1) Ordered a snow blower, a good one from Sears, due to arrive between 27th & 29th.a) Wait, today I get an Email that it is delayed, now the 30th.2) We were do to get 12"-19" of snow, crap crap crap why couldn't it hold off until I got the damn snow blower.
a) Well actually 24"-28" with some nasty drifts.3) While shoveling and shoveling and shoveling a 40' pine came down, of course it fell on the house. No one injured so that is very good, not near the power lines, also good but it snapped the Fiber Optic cable in two thus no phone, Internet or TV.
b) My mail box got hit by plow, this was my home made one on a long arm to protect it from the damn plows and of course oil trucks. Fixed it real fast, watching out for traffic.
a) The old cable line is about 2' further out, it is not in use of course but that was missed by the tree.4) None of the tree guys I called yesterday called back.
a) Well at least the guy I called today called back, I am now waiting on him.5) Verizon FIOS call took 20 minutes to place yesterday, suppose to be out between 8-12 today. So I planned to get out this morning to cut the branched out of the way.
6) Last night I was dead tired, went to bed before 10am and crashed quick. But all good as I wanted to get up early to clear those tree limbs and carve a path to where the Fiber line goes. My wife wakes me up just after midnight as the Carbon Monoxide alarm is beeping. I get up, find the alarm beeping (did not know it was the CO alarm immediately), went to the would stove that was left open and smoldering so I turned it over a bit and closed it up, let the dog out, let the dog in and then went back to bed where I could not fall back to sleep until around 3am.a) Mail box hit again and worse and end of driveway partially filled in.7) Little later than I hoped, I got going on the pathway to the driveway from the FIOS area, beat a trail to the shed and dug it open to get the pole saw to clear the branches from the 40' pine tree that snapped my FIOS line and nearly passed out by the time I got back from the shed. Did I mention the snow was 28" deep on average? OK, took a break, got the pole saw in action and found the saw needed some quick repairs. Came back in, shucked winter gear and carried pole to basement shop and tried to add a new wing nut but cheap wing nuts kept snapping in half. Dug up an older, well made one and used that and a good washer to fix the saw blade and then made a quick fix to the locking mechanism. Back up, back into winter gear and saw-saw-saw and realize it is noon. Trudge back in strip out of winter gear ...
8) Called back Verizon to find out when to expect truck, was no surprised at delay, just wanted a ballpark. Stuck on hold for 20 minutes today, let pass an incoming call as this was happening that of course was the FIOS guy. Kept cutting branches. But once he got here we were up an running by 2pm. Of course still waiting on Tree Guy.
9) I also widened the end of the driveway as mounds are 6' tall and driveway was narrow. Then lowered the left side mound for improved vision of oncoming traffic.
So here I am at last relaxing a little and hoping the tree guy shows up or calls.
This really sucked, my back and most of my muscles hurt.
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