Good morning! 24 now. Allegedly to to make it to 32 later. Snow forecast off and on all day.
Condolences check.
Got maybe 4 inches of snow yesterday, but it was extremely wet. When we got home from the grocery run, decided to get the snow off the driveway and cut a park to the barn and firewood storage. Barn and firewood paths went well, but first pass down the drive way, about 1/2 down, the snow blower stopped driving

. Pushed it back up the drive to the garage, checked the drive belt, it was ok. Pulled the belly pan and a broken bolt fell out. Little poking around and found the bolt went in the sprocket that drives the axle. The broken bolt was a grade 8 bolt, of course I had no grade 8 bolt of the correct length. Used a grade 5 and was able to finish the drive.
The county road department snow plows left a mess at the end of the drive. That took a while to clear up. It was windy, and even as wet as the snow was wet, a surprising amount got on the cab windows. The hillbilly defroster kept the snow melted off the windows. I was tired when I got done.
We had supper a little early. Just got done eating and there was a knock on the door. A young lady was at the door and slightly panicked. She had hit a deer just up the road, deer was in the ditch and couldn稚 get up. She was ok and her SUV wasn稚 damaged. Took a handgun and went up the road. Deer was alive, but couldn稚 get up. It seemed to have no control of it痴 legs...and no feeling in it痴 legs. So, did, I hope the right thing, and ended it. It was a small deer, so drug it out of the ditch and across the road to roll it down over the bank. Let Mother Nature reclaim it.
Probably better do the work thing. They are making major changes to warranty processing, so I have major changes to make to the reporting files and structure. Fun fun!
Everyone stay safe out there!