The irony isn't lost on me that my first winter in my new house is also the worst winter in recorded history in my part of the world. I thought I'd be struggling with cutting grass eight months after moving in. I never expected to be shoveling snow from the FOURTH snow storm of the season. And, according to the groundhog, we still have several more weeks to go!
The first snow storm caught me totally unprepared. By the second storm I realized that couldn't spend my way out of snow removal at the same time I realized that there wasn't a single snow shovel left in the stores. I'm embarassed to admit that I used a garden shovel to dig myself out. It was awful.
Just before the third snow storm last weekend, I called Home Depot on a whim and was stunned and delighted to discover that they'd just received a new shipment of show shovels. I can't begin to describe how much of a difference dealing with the snow was with a snow shovel. It just goes to show you, it's all in having the proper tools.
