North vs. South

 We knew that when we bought a North-facing home that our Winters would require more shoveling, more salting and more patience waiting for spring to arrive on our side of the street. I don't know that we anticipated this much ice chiseling. We even broke some child labor laws and forced our 16-month-old kid to shovel.

Notice the grass turning green on the other side of the street???  :)

 Keep in mind that we received our last, decent snow storm over two weeks ago. It is a vicious cycle of melting and freezing with the drains "not working how they should." Really? I'm thinking about looking for some ice skates on clearance to buy for next year. We have an entire block (north side only, of course) that could be put to some good use.