Tag: winter

April Fools

Happy April Fools Day.  If I get some time today I will scour the internets looking for web site April Fools jokes.  I saw one this morning where Mashable reported that CERN had discovered The Force and that gravity was just some prankster Jedi holding us all down.  That’s pretty good.  Google is traditionally the April Fools King.  I’m looking forward to seeing what they have in store this year.

The real April Fools joke came from my phone though.  The weather channel app told me it was 25 degrees out as I was getting ready to leave for work.  That’s funny.  25 degrees on April 1st.

You realize now of course that the joke was on me… because it wasn’t a joke… it was really seven degrees below freezing on April 1st.  Winter will never end.

Happy Spring

According to my calendar today is the first day of Spring!  Happy Spring, everyone!  You survived another Winter!  Nice job!

The temperature in Methuen, Massachusetts right now is 16 degrees Farenheight and the forecast for tonight calls for snow.

Happy Spring, everyone!

So Far So Good… Still

Got out of bed a little while ago and checked the window. Nice and dry. It’s been 24 hours since anyone witnessed a drip. That’s very good. Unfortunately we’re in line to get another small snow storm. They are saying 3-5 inches, which given this month is little more than a flurry. Hell, it’s practically a summer day! That being said, it still adds weight and moisture to the roof. Two things we don’t want. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to get a little warmer and we might get rain. That’s concerning. While the warm and rain will wash away what’s left of the snow, and hopefully some of the ice dam, it won’t get it all. The amount of weight and water up there will increase quite a bit. I’m not quite ready to call this a win yet. Let’s see how things look on Monday.

Fingers Crossed for Continued Good Luck

It’s 10:42pm. There hasn’t been a drop of water through our picture window since about 9:00am. Not being a carpenter, I don’t know if it’s due to the cold outside or the lack of snow on the roof (thanks to the two guys who shoveled) or some other factor. I really don’t care. I’m just thankful as all hell that the leak has stopped at least for now.

Fingers crossed for continued good luck.

All Quiet on the Leaking Front

The leaking virtually stopped at some time after 2:00am today. About 20 minutes ago it seemed to be starting again, but it’s quiet now. Please please please stay that way. A contractor is coming to shovel the roof at some time after 10:00am. Please please please let that alleviate the problem for now.

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Insult to Injury

To add winter themed insult to winter injury, it’s snowing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HJnPl6JEg

I tried to make a longer video using iMovie, but I ran the clips through Cinematic first and, while it looks cool, you can’t really tell it’s snowing… which was the whole point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xczQreCbOnc

I am So Sick of Winter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49QpWiyhNug

This started at about 8:30 this morning. On Monday I hired a contractor to shovel my roof. Today is Thursday and he hasn’t arrived yet. He probably won’t get here until next week. So much for that. I started calling around to every other contractor under the sun. I spoke to a few people early in the process who all but laughed when I asked if they could get here today. One guy said he could do it tomorrow. Another said he might be able to do it tomorrow. I kept calling around. Eventually I stopped getting answers and just got voice mails. I booked an appointment with the guy who said he could do it tomorrow.

This sucks. I am so seriously sick of this friggin’ winter.

Oh Good, Snow

Last night when I came home from work there was a lot of ice on the driveway. I told myself to get up early today to put out some rock salt before Jen, my love, left for work. Imagine my surprise when there was an inch or so of snow. I was like… really? You are such an asshole, mother nature.