It was snowing slightly when I went grocery shopping yesterday. Off and on little bits the rest of the day and night. Just a tinge of snow on roofs, etc. Nothing on the sidewalks, etc. At this date it would take more than a couple inches to merit shoveling, it would melt so fast.
But we’re no necessarily done. Last year we had real snow much later than this. The trees were somewhat leafed out and the appearance of our park was a “winter wonderland” Xmas card thing.
We’re getting 2-3" overnight, but I am DONE.
DONE, I say.
I will not shovel one more time this season.
At this point, I’ll face the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and the threat of the hit from both the City and the HOA.
My shovel(s) … have earned their time off.
So there.
HEH!
[righteous indignation subject to change, based on my mood or tomorrow morning’s conditions. I … tend to fold like a cheap lawn chair on such matters. And, historically, all bets are off until Mother’s Day]
Got two inches last night. That’s a ‘whatever’ I’ll ignore it.
We are supposed to get 12 inches 4/27/24 (tomorrow). And 3 more by 4/29/24.
Won’t be able to ignore that. 
It’s like this every year though. Ya hope you are done with winter, but you never are.
It’s always very heavy snow this time of year, so it’s work.
I know you’ve posted your location before, but I’m old and forgetful. Where exactly are you located?
I’m old and forgetful too. 
Colorado mountains. 11,200 feet in elevation at our house. It’s kinda crazy.
Wasn’t bad when I was 30-40 years old. But It’s getting a bit rough now. When I had my hip replaced, I said ‘screw it, I’m hiring someone to plow for me. At least that winter’ I ended up having to pull his stuck plow truck out with my plow truck 3 times.
He did not ask to renew the contract. 
I do at least work from home now, so I don’t have to plow when I get back from work. I can do it in daylight.
Summers as short as they are, are lovely. My wife and I sit on the deck, take in the view, play chess and have a couple of beers with classic rock playing. That’s my retirement goal. Only without the snow.
made ya look!
It was 83 two days ago. Some snow predicted in a couple days but probably not worth worrying about.
A week ago there was several spates of heavy snow but nothing stuck to the pavements.
The lawn will need mowing soon. So I’m going to swap the snowblower to the “back” position and put the mower in front of it for the season.
While we have had significant snow later than this, it does look like I am done. Yeah
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Or just not do it at all, depending on the weather (is your wife also WFH?). Our last needs-to-be-plowed experience was a couple weeks ago, in far upstate NY, when our AirBnB was snowed in before we got there. They had a snowblower out to clear the driveway first thing in the morning. By that evening, virtually all the other snow had melted.
And our rented truck (Ford Expedition Max) was useless in the snow. It got stuck in the driveway the night we got there. When AAA pulled us out in the morning, I tried parking in the spot at the top of the driveway, and could not get out of that. Then the neighbor said I could park in their driveway. And I could not get out of THAT either.
Yes, it was stuck in 3 different places, inside of 10 minutes.
SUVs are supposed to be relatively GOOD in snow. Not that one! (rear wheel drive).
Either this winter or last, I got a traffic alert for somewhere in our county. “Road closed due to snow plow being stuck”.
I’m feeling optimistic that we’re done with snow so I’ll get that stuff put away and drag out the hose this weekend. It’s supposed to hit 80 tomorrow.
My Wife may be able to work from home some, she is thinking about it. We have the space and internet. I think for the odd day that she may not be feeling well, she would do it. Or the storm that makes it difficult. The nature of her job does require her presence though (she’s a real estate appraiser).
It’s also the nature of the person. My wife did some when COVID first struck, but she likes to go see her coworkers.
I’m about 50% deaf, hearing aids help very little. It’s a struggle for me to need to communicate with more than one person at a time. All my meetings can be CC’d. I’m a bit solitary by nature anyway. And as a programmer, everything can be done online.
Not plowing is not an option at all. We get 25-30 feet of snow a season. We must keep ahead of it. We need to eat.
I can imagine! I was just thinking of the upcoming snows, where the weather should warm enough to melt it if you wait a day or two.
But yeah, your wife’s job doesn’t sound at all conducive to WFH.
Plowable snow after May 1st is rare, but not unheard of here in New Hampshire. A snow shower to a coating is quite common though. Last year, we had a hard freeze on May 18th, and all the apple trees dropped their fruit.
Same about plowable snow this time of year. But in a different way. I’ve a gravel driveway. My hardpacked snow base has melted off. So I end up plowing snow and gravel. I could put the feet on the plow down lower I suppose, but they just dig into the gravel. The drive is not flat, so the plow needs constant adjustment so that I might be able to keep it above the gravel and just leave a few inches of snow.
It beats the hell out of the plow truck. The snow ripped a step/running board off of it this winter. Oh well, didn’t really need it.
Two switchbacks in drive. Three culvert crossings. I always check my next move, but sometimes things go pear shaped. It can, frankly, be kinda scary.
Also winched my 4Runner out twice and my Wife’s Subaru out once. Also my neighbors 4x4. He has a winch on it, but it quit. Never a dull moment up at altitude.
Well, that turned out bad.
Got a winter weather advisory this morning for 4-12" of wet snow.
Last night we got an (unexpected) thunderstorm. 1.2" of rain overnight. A big burst of snow earlier that coated everything. The snow is still coming down but not as much. The roads since turned to slush which is mostly gone. But more is expected. A lot more.
Certainly not mowing the lawn this weekend.
21 inches of snow last night. Not much description is needed I suppose. But there is a 4Runner under the snow in this picture - Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Yeah–Thursday morning we woke up to 2’ of glop. Stupidly, I put the bucket on the tractor and the plow was at the bottom of the hill in the barn. 3 1/2 hours to clear the driveway and then Friday I went a bailed out a trapped friend down the road. Now it’s 70 degrees.
Heh. Yeah my Wifes Subaru Ascent decided that it was no longer an AWD. Found that out on Saturday. It would have come up the drive no problem in AWD. But it couldn’t do it in 2 wheel drive. I wanted to pull it up yesterday afternoon to get it out of the way, but my wife was sick of driving (she did a 1300 mile trip in two days by herself).
All my wife needed to do is sit in it for 20 minutes and steer while I winched it in and got it out of the way. She wouldn’t. Very odd behavior from her.
So now, because of that, we are stuck. The car is in the way. I can’t plow. Too much snow to try to winch it up now. And my neighbors truck is also stuck. I need to help him. He could pull my wifes car down the driveway. But his truck is really stuck now.
IF the county plows the road tomorrow, we should be able to dig my wifes car out and get it to the road. Then I can use the plow truck.
That sounds like a truly shitty situation.
Now that we’re past May 10th here (date of the 1990 blizzard that gave us 6 inches of snow), the snow shovel is put away. It’ll come out on Halloween.
Snowing. A foot at the ski area, 6" here. Sigh. Supposed to be paving the driveway today (for this reason–if the ground’s not going to freeze, plowing is tough).