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All the signs of winter are here:

1) The first thing I did when I got up was to start the snowblower and clear the sidewalks.
2) We had the first plow berm of the season.
3) I broke the first shear bolt of the season, and had to run out and buy more.

Usually, I'm of the opinion that there should be snow on the ground by my birthday. Well, it's there, so, enough already, ok?

Busy Day

Today I cleared all the sidewalk and the driveway of snow, then sanded and salted same.

Next it was off to Woodman's for people food, bird food, and candy making supplies, with a stop at the hardware store for propane and a bacteriostat and a new wicking pad for the humidifier.

Then I went back and cleaned up the end of the driveway after the plow came through, and then shoveled off the edges of the roof, and then drove over to the hardware store for shear pins because the plow berm did in one of the ones in the blower, and I couldn't find any spares in the garage.

After a lunch break, I spent the afternoon installing a second lampworking station in the garage (canopy hood, tile on the counter, torch) and cut quick connects into the line for the first torch to allow the second torch to run simultaneously.

Now I'm going to start some laundry.