Ice

A few months ago we had snow. We hadn't had much to be worthy of causing trouble previously but the day after it snowed it rained and everything froze. I had to pay rent a few days later. In order to the climb the little hill up to the landlord's front door I had to use a garden hoe to break through the ice to create places for my feet to go. Needless to say I realized a few things that week. The most important was that I was not prepared to handle our driveway.

The day before the storm I had been shopping. I eyed the bags of ice-melting product and shrugged off the thought to buy one. I regretted my thought. Ice stayed on our drive way well past the de-icing of the roads. I had even tried to make up for my mistake and go to the store to buy some. As I was searching the store I heard another shopper ask a worker if they had any de-icer left. His response was, "no".

One of the other things I learned from this winter is that the stores put out a ton of de-icing product right before a storm. They will never have any left after. So, the next projected storm I went and bought some of those bags so as not to be left behind this time. Turns out I didn't need them, but they have now become a part of my storage.