Monday, March 3, 2008

So much snow

Mike spent his entire Sunday morning on the roof of our house trying to shovel off the snow that had built up through the winter. In about 4 hours of work he managed to clear off the roof over our bedroom (where the leak is) and the three-season porch. The rest of the roof is very steep and he was getting tired and didn't want to chance falling so he called it quits. That part was raked, but hopefully we won't have anymore problems.

As for the bedroom: it is drying out. We got rain, freezing rain and snow last night, but couldn't tell from any of it if the actual roof was leaking or if the problem is something that will go away now that the excessive amounts of snow are gone. So, we are waiting.

Waiting for spring and waiting for baby. At this point, I am really hoping I wait until my due date to go into labor so that we can get our bedroom fixed before baby gets here.

Here are just a few shots I got yesterday. It was hard to do much with a 2-year-old in tow.



This was a block of snow he pushed off our porch roof. I wasn't much worried about exposure or anything, just documenting the little bit I could.



The picture below shows just how much ice had built up in our gutters. As the ladder absorbed sun it formed its own little groove in the huge block.

14 comments:

Reds said...

Don't you love snow??!!! I'm kind of sick of it!! ;)

Val said...

Welcome to winter, right? (Hate it...)

Jess said...

Holy moly! I hope he is being extra careful up there!

Anonymous said...

oh man! i feel so badly for you guys! that's horrible! my dad has to do this and he is 70 years old, i worry about it so MUCH!
tara

cherie said...

that's alot of snow !

Margaret said...

Wow! What a day for your husband! I hope you get spring soon where you live. It sounds like you've definitely had enough of winter. That block of snow coming off the roof is HUGE!

Amy said...

I like the perspective on these shots and you did a great job "catching" that falling snow.

Becky said...

Glad he didn't get hurt. There's lots and lots of roof shoveling going on around these parts--we have four feet of snow on the ground right now.

Anonymous said...

another reason i live in florida! i really hope the worst of it is over!!!

Amy said...

That's a lot of snow! Love the action shot of the snow falling off the roof!

Stacey said...

When I see my DH working hard like this...I just think to myself, it's SO nice being a girl! LOL

Melissa said...

Love looking at all of these snow pictures! your poor husband. ;)

Tera Fraley said...

ICK, Im so tired of winter. I like the snow falling!! I hope you all get it fixed soon!!

Angela2932 said...

Wow! Impressive and disturbing photos! The one with your husband looking down, and your catching the chunk of snow falling, arereally wonderful. Our snow doesn't look like that right now. Ours is now snirt. Snow and dirt. Ugly, disgusting dirt. And dangerous black ice. I hate this winter.