Spring Clean Up Part 1

Hopefully we won't have any more snow, so I went ahead and rolled up the Heat trak mats. I saved the boxes they came in so packed them in two of the boxes for next year. 

Then I took my new power tool on a little test! Boy does this little guy blow! Cleared off the ramp and some of the residual leaves from alongside the house-it's a little windy today, so not the best day for it!

The violets are popping up in the yard, and the dandelions too. I'll have to get the lawn mower ready next week I guess.

The peony plant is coming up well, it didn't bloom last year but I hope it will this year.

And the rhubarb is coming on strong too!

The tulips in the front yard that the grands planted are coming along. I though the squirrels ate all the bulbs, but there are a few left. And the Lilac bush is coming around. She was almost displaced last summer, but here she is!

There should be a lot more daffodils, but I think the squirrels got most of them. 

We'll see if we get a few more this year!

And There's More!!

So As usual, there's more.....click this link to hear This noise in the furnace . So I called our pals at Affordable Heating and Cooling. They installed this nice Lennox furnace for us back in 2018. 

I sent that video to the guy who was coming to fix it and he said it sounds like a bearing. I asked if he'd have parts on had to fix it and he said, it depends. He came and said it's your INDUCER. 

And $688 later our furnace is once again quiet and running smoothly. And I'm glad it is! We're expecting below zero wind chills today! Even the heat mats couldn't keep up with the snow we got!

I spent the morning with the snow blower on Wednesday. That's enough of that stuff I hope!!

And one last thing-I got a new chair mat for my rolling sewing chair. It's glass! My old acrylic mat was all cracked up and broken up so I splurged and got a fancy tempered glass mat. That's all for today....brrrr, I'm staying in today!

Something New

 So I made a large purchase with Hubs.  This is what the snowy ramp looked like before the purchase....

And here's what it looks like AFTER the purchase!

I bought the Heat Trak mats that melt the snow and ice, so I never have to shovel the ramp. 

It was about $750 bucks to get the mats, but so far they are working out really well. Here's a link to heat Trak LINK