[horselover]

It was a preview of what's in store for the winter.

We went shopping yesterday for a snowblower and all other supplies needed for snow clearing.

It was hard driving yesterday afternoon, took me 2 and a half hours to get home, on a drive that normally takes only an hour.

Got up at 3am to leave here at 3:30am to go clear snow. Got home at 5:30pm.

18 properties later, we were done in 9 and a half hours. Not a lot of driving time though.

We had it easy though, the temperature hovered just below freezing and a lot had melted by the time we got to our last few stops. So there wasn't much to do then.

However, once the snow falls more, we'll be looking at 12 hour work days plus the driving, which was about 3 hours today, not including the commute down(1 and a half hours) and the hour long commute home.

The only reason the driving was taking so long was because I don't have snow tires yet, and was skidding despite having about 800pounds of stuff in the car.

I wish I had taken a picture of how beautiful it was today.

This is north of me, we didn't get that much snow. CP24 | News Photo Gallery - Winter wonderland across the province

[Lyndsey]

We have laws here in Quebec that say we have to get snow tires on our cars by a certain date - December 15, I think. Not a bad idea to enforce a deadline, especially since we had 15 cm snowfalls last year.

[horselover]

The problem is that not everyone can afford new tires. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to afford them and I really need them.

[stav]

We complained that we got a couple of inches in October lol.. We are back to a mild 10 degrees again now... with a bit of rain here and there... Don't remember the last time we had snow at Christmas either! Looks lovely though... bbbrrrrrr...

[stav]

I REALLY must learn to keep my big mouth shut... tempted fate again... We have snow today! Out of the blue.. spooky...

[tater03]

We have had snow here in Ohio already. I am so not looking for to more of it. I don't mind it when I don't have to drive but sadly that is just not possible. Hope you are able to get some snow tires soon. I know it is no fun to drive without them.

[horselover]

I know. Hopefully I can get them soon, we'll be out often in this and we need to shave time off of our trip.

[CaliRanger]

I don't miss snow...i had 18 years of it in Colorado and now I get none in Los Angeles

[horselover]

It's horrible.

Today it went from snow to rain and it got icy. Having to work out there today while it rained was not fun. I'm glad we got through it without getting soaked.

Was nice to come home to a warm apartment, the furnace has been broken for 2 days.