Hey all, been buzy the last few days. We were asked if we wouldn't mind letting a now homeless family live in our old place. They were renting from another family in our church ward when the house they were staying in burned to the ground. Absolutely nothing left. They've been lucky enough to be able to stay with the wife's sister, but since we have the nearly empty house, it would be nice for them to have a place to stay.
So, I spent about 20 minutes today trying to shovel the driveway before my bil showed up with the tractor and plowed out not only the driveway, but a path almost up to the door. That was quite the blessing, as the snow was about 18" deep and 3' at the berm in front. It was an extra special blessing, acruelly as this is my bil who just had spinal surgery about 2 months ago. Needless to say, he's going to be getting a delivery of chocolate chip cookies as a thank you.
We are hoping to be completely moved out of the main house by the end of January at the latest and a bunch of the garage stuff moved by then, too.
I gotta say though, I'm so glad we are getting all this snow. Winter has always been my favorite time of year and the huge amount of snow this year is like a whole extra sundae, not just a cherry on top.