#winter problems

[crazycatsiren]

I like snow. But I don't like that 1) I'm physically incapable of shoveling so the husband has to tackle the driveway all by himself every time and 2) it always inevitably brings with it a flare-up. ⛄️

[midnightmuffinss]

Walking is safer than driving, they said. Meanwhile the sidewalk and driveway⛸️❄️🥹

[nowforthefunpart]

I will never not enjoy watching Joe rake the roof. I find it weirdly thrilling seeing all that snow come off the roof. My job after he does that is to clear the stairs and sidewalk of all that roof snow.

We're going into a cold snap that will keep the temperatures well below zero for a few days, then a rapid warming to at least the mid-30s, so the snow on the roof will begin melting from underneath from the heat rising from the living quarters, then the water flows down and freezes at the eaves, creating ice dams which just suck the big one. Definitely no fun to remove them, but if they get big enough they can create water damage inside the house.

That yellow house next door never gets ice dams. Unlike virtually every other house in our 100 year old neighborhood, the owners never turned the half story above the main house into additional bedrooms. Building out the half story brings heat just underneath the roof, melting snow and defeating the original purpose of that half story attic which was to keep heat from below away from the roof.

Well. I sure got my geek on with this post. Sometimes these posts go places I never intended when I started writing them....

[doctor-direst]

Befriend an entomologist.

They will teach you weird facts against your will.

Bees can get dysentery.

Bees can get the poops.

[phoebester]

Ugh I’m so done with winter!

[a-really-cool-blog-name]

Dry hands

Based off of my experience every night as of recently.

[foreveranevilregal]

I (half-jokingly) told @therubbleoroursins that I put a salt circle around my car to protect it from the snow demon and she didn’t know whether I was kidding.

[bereft-of-frogs]

I’ve been making a bunch of jokes about hibernation but it’s 7PM and I could genuinely fall asleep right now