The last couple of days have been just fun. We had another snowstorm this week and it wasn’t as bad as the past few storms  have been. The one thing that made this storm different was the first 6 “to 7″ inches was nice and fluffy.

I was able to go out during the day and shovel the driveway a few times so I wouldn’t have to shovel it all at once.

The next inch was all sleet and my driveway was coated with ice.

The next morning I was able to walk on the driveway with no problem as there was still a dusting of snow on top of the sleet.

I brought the trash down to the end of the driveway, a bag in each hand, when all of a sudden I fell to the ground with my feet coming out from underneath me. What a bummer as it really hurt my right hip and I also got  a nice raspberry on my right arm. I am beginning to really hate winter.

On Wednesday I noticed the bathroom ceiling sheet rock was splitting. I knew right then and there that time was needed to get on the roof and shovel the snow off to relieve the ice dams that were forming.  Out comes the ladder and the roof rake.

I am not a big fan of heights and my roof is not that high only about a story and a half. No sweat right?

I was able to get a lot done on Thursday on the northwest side and  I needed two sets of gloves as they got soaking wet pretty quickly.

One thing to always remember never rake the roof on the side that the wind blows. Gets a little chilly when the snow blows back in your face. The good thing is the ice dams have been relieved an no further damage will be done.

This is where I started Thursday.