this morning I went outside to do a bit of shovelling so that I could get to the hot tub…

it was warm, amazingly, and water was dripping from the various icicles which were hanging across the back of the house…

took a few pictures while I was out there…

this one shows how the snow was actually melting along the edge of the deck…

a bit later I went to have a shower and discovered water dripping from the ceiling into the bathtub… realized that it was from an ice dam that I had been taking pictures of earlier…

called and consulted with my son-in-law and he agreed he would look at it when they arrived for dinner…

had a bit of a poor me meltdown wanting my beloved to be here to look after me and fix this…

later the kids had some fun in the snow while their daddy blew lots of it out of the driveway…

then there were ladders, hammers, roof rakes, and long bars as the two oldest boys tried to get rid of the ice dam…

fought with those big girl pants today…