New York Renovator

Just Try and Knock This Over, Buddy

Posted on28. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

We haven’t had hardly ANY snow this year, but the snowplows have gone wild! There are three road signs along the front of my property, and two of them are fallen on the curb, the victims of the maniac snowplow driver. One of them (a “No Parking” sign) is horribly mangled, as if the snowplow [...]

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The Snow Queen Goes Outside

Posted on14. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Well, the temperatures have warmed up to a balmy 32 degrees today! Practically myrtle beach weather here in Upstate NY! The icicles are melting, the ice dams are shortening, and The Little Princess is whining. She wants to go outside in te WORST way. Three weeks ago, I did a boo-boo and carried her outside [...]

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Non-Stick Spray for Shoveling

Posted on28. Dec, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

We finally got some snow in Upstate New York! The Mohawk Valley got about 4 inches over the weekend (just a spit o’ snow– I grew up in the Snow Belt between Lake Ontario and Lake Oneida; four inches is like a dusting there). The snow was wet and heavy, though, and still needed to [...]

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No More Chances

Posted on31. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Well. I guess we’re not getting our January Thaw.

Here’s hoping for an early spring. Usually we get a reprieve of winter’s gloom and cold about the last week of January. No such thing this year. It was a freezing cold January, up until the bitter end. We got up to a whopping 12 [...]

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Snowy Days and Wednesdays

Posted on31. Dec, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

We had a freaky, surprise snowstorm this morning (the third consecutive storm on a Wednesday). It was unexpected (well, that just means we didn’t know it was coming until forecasters started chattering about it on Monday). Usually we have a good four to five days before we know a “big one” is on the way. [...]

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