This year is poised to be a nasty and severe Wintertide season.
Meteorologists expect multiple arctic blasts with blizzards and ice storms in December and January.
The people I was with and I were lucky to have a mild Wintertide season last year. I don’t guess I ran the gas furnace nearly as much as the year prior, and I guess there was less snow as well. I guess awful for our little dogs when they have to go out in frigid temperatures, especially if they have to wade through multiple inches of snow to do their business. I bought little booties to put on their feet and small jackets to stretch over their fur. Sometimes I take our snow blower out of the garage and I clear off a section of the backyard for the dogs. It makes going outside in the snow much easier for both of them. But before we get that far into the Wintertide season, I need to make other preparations first. I want all of our rain gutters disinfect before they beginning filling with ice. I need to get the snowblower inspected to make sure the engine isn’t getting ready to die or go south on me. I can’t imagine getting through the Wintertide without our powerful snowblower—it’s a night and afternoon difference compared to a shovel. Lastly, I have to take our window air conditioner out of the window in our lake house office and store it for the season. I appreciate to get it out of the window so I can tightly shut the window while it’s freezing outside. It’s hard to prevent all air from getting in or out around the seal of the window air conditioning system, so it’s smart to unmount the device when it’s not going to be used for weeks at a time. This will prevent any unwanted freezing drafts or heat leakage through that identifiable window.