socked with snow and other BS

 The snow hit us yesterday. Fast and hard. And with the high winds, they called it a blizzard.

This was the front of my house yesterday morning.

 You can see by this photo that it was white-out conditions. Mr. Squirrel was brave.

 Despite shoveling twice yesterday, this is what I woke up to today. Where's my porch?

We got 16-1/2" of this annoying white stuff.

Before I started in on the shoveling again (and I sure am thankful for the young

man that lives a few doors down that shoveled our driveway yesterday and today

while Brian was at work), I walked around and took some photos. I love how the snow

is hanging precociously over the edge of the roof. 

 My butterfly garden's under there somewhere, too. Don't let the pretty sunshine

fool you. When the sun is shining in the winter and the sky is bright blue, that only

means it's extremely cold. We're now experiencing the below-zero wind chill temps

that usually happen after a snowstorm.

 The back yard...

 

 My neighbor's cat, Gilbert was watching and meowing at me out the window.

I hope no one's offended by my blog post title today (the "BS"). I am just so fed up

and stressed out today. The well problems continue. The new pressure tank they put

in continually cycled on and off, even when we weren't using any water. And the pressure

was continually high. Also, the house filter we have was getting so filled with sediment

that Brian was changing the filter every few days. The well guys were just back out at

the house. They fiddled with stuff and said they think it was just the check valve, but then 

they started talking about a possible leak in the well and if they have to bring their trucks 

out here and dig down into our well, it's going to be huge bucks. What?! These problems

weren't happening until they installed this new pressure tank. As far as we're concerned,

they're responsible for these problems. Brian has a call in to the owner of the company.

 We do not have big bucks. Heck, we don't even have little bucks. We are a one-income

family supporting a college student and living as frugally as we can. And we're supposed

to get a new furnace and AC this spring because both of those are past their prime?!
(Original units of the house - 26 years old.)

And this may seem piddly, but for me it's big. And it just adds to all the stress of the above.

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow morning for a crown. The thing is, I have terrible

 dental phobia. So bad, that I dread my appointments for at least a week in advance. I

 consider cancelling (and I have - or procrastinated at making the appointment at all) but I 

know that it's best to just get it over with. So, I am feeling both on the verge of tears or 

vomiting right now. It's just all a lot to take in at one time. Thanks for listening. I so 

appreciate my blogging friends.