SNOW SHOVELING HACKS
How to Spend Less Time Clearing Your Driveway Every Winter
Everyone loves the snow — at least until it settles on the driveway, a barrier between your car and the open road. Shoveling snow off your driveway and walkway can be so tedious that you might be tempted to just hope and pray that the sun melts it all before you have to shovel it — which, of course, almost never happens. However, a few tools and methods you can use to clear the snow away are faster than shoveling for hours on end. Check them out below. Create a nonstick shovel. Wet, partially melted snow might work well for packing snowballs, but it’s a pain to shovel. It has a tendency to stick to the scoop and not let go — unless you spray it with some common household cooking spray. This will make it a lot easier for the snow to slide off your shovel. Just remember to wipe your shovel down afterward! Make your own salt alternative. Sometimes you start shoveling, only to find that the snow concealed a layer of ice that you can’t scoop up with your shovel. However, if you combine 1 teaspoon of dish soap, 1 tablespoon of rubbing alcohol, and 1/2 gallon of water
in a bucket, you can spread the mixture over the ice and melt it away, much like the salt you see on major roadways.
Be preemptive with some tarps. Did you see on the weather forecast that your area is about to get some major snowfall? Throw down some tarps on your walkways and driveway. Then, after the snow stops falling, lift the snow off to the side, and your walkways will be as clear as if it hadn’t snowed at all. Blow the snow away. If you’re lucky enough to be clearing your driveway while the snow is still powdery, rev up your leaf blower instead of breaking out your shovel. You’ll be able to clear your driveway in a fraction of the time it would take to shovel and dump it off to the sides of your driveway.
With one (or a few) of these methods, you can clear your driveway and enjoy the fun side of snowfall in no time!
SHARE YOUR FAVORITE STORIES WITH MELISSA’S SOON-TO-BE GRANDCHILD WHAT WAS ON YOUR CHILDHOOD BOOKSHELF?
When Melissa was a little girl, she and her grandmother would curl up together on Sunday afternoons to read “The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter.” There were 23 tales, and as you read on Pg. 1, the book meant so much to Melissa that she decorated her daughter Katie’s nursery in a Beatrix Potter theme. Now, Katie is doing the same for her baby! She’s even using the original mobile from her childhood nursery. Of course, Melissa isn’t the only one with a favorite childhood book. To give you a window into the stories that shaped their lives, we asked our team to share their favorite nostalgic tales with you. Have you read them all?
Lorie Fullerton Paralegal
Maddie McCutcheon Legal Assistant My favorite book as a child was “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett!
My favorite book when I was a child (and my children’s favorite book) was “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak.
Libby Thorngate Operations Manager
Kristen Hawthorne Paralegal
My mom read the “Little House on the Prairie” series to me and my siblings when we were kids, and I would secretly read ahead because I loved the stories so much. We’d love to hear what was on your childhood bookshelf. Melissa is collecting titles right now to put together a basket of
As a kid, my favorite book was a tie between “Prince Cinders” by Babette Cole and “The Clown-Arounds Go on Vacation” by Joanna Cole.
Joel Franklin Attorney
My favorite book series was the “Berenstain Bears” by Stan and Jan Berenstain. There are at least 100 of them. I don’t remember any book in particular now, but I really enjoyed reading them all as a child.
books for her first grandchild, who’s coming into the world this month. If you share the name of your favorite book on our Facebook page, Facebook.com/EmeryLawOffice/, it just might find its way to the baby!
Audra Seng Senior Paralegal
My favorite book as a child was “The Pearl,” written by John Steinbeck. This was a book we were given in middle school to read and write an essay on. I really enjoyed the book, and every once in a while, I think about it and the story.
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