Tomorrow is a big day - Town Meeting Day. I hope everyone who is eligible to vote will do so. We won't be going to town meeting this year - Fred isn't quite up to that yet - but we did absentee ballots and will be watching the results of the voting closely.
     We spent most of this morning in St. Johnsbury getting the car inspected. With everything that's been going on, I never noticed the inspection sticker has a very large 2 on it - but Fred reminded me as soon as he got home. We got an appointment right away, but were a few days late. Turned out the rotors had to be redone, so it took a lot longer than we'd expected. It was okay, though, and we got home shortly after 1 o'clock. Fred was a little tired (he drove home!) but I think being able to drive again after so many weeks of being laid up gave a really good boost to his spirits.
     The roads were a little muddy but perfectly passable. I expect we will have a nasty mud season this year. Everything is pointing in that direction. Right now we are expecting more snow coming at us on Wednesday, but it shouldn't be too troublesome and perhaps the ski areas will get a little boost of spring skiing. The season hasn't been great for them - too cold and then too warm and too little snow. Spring is coming, and with it, plenty of clean-up work, no doubt.
     I took the following from Front Porch Forum tonight. Quite often I get requests from people looking for help during the spring and summer, so this caught my eye: 
 Teenage Boys Looking for Side Jobs

Rita Durgin, jrdurgin2000@hotmail.com, Danville Hill Rd
Announcement

2 Teenage boys looking for side jobs such as - clearing roofs, stacking wood, helping with sugaring any odd jobs. Please feel free to contact them directly Daniel 595-4603 Matthew 595-4234 References upon request. They will also be booking jobs for lawn work in the spring.

 I took these pictures today to show you how little snow there is. In St. Johnsbury, there is hardly any at all. This picture was on Route 2 coming out of Danville just before Larrabee's Building Supply. The picture below is West Shore Road, just past Sandy Beach Road, heading up the hill towards our house. You can see there's a big difference in the amount of snow in just that short distance. It's due to the elevation, I expect - and we do have some mud here and there. Lots of washboard along the flats from Barre Avenue to Shelly Walker's, and again on the flat by Mason's about to Rossi's. There are really bad, very deep potholes at the approach to Route 2 from West Shore Road. There is a stretch of washboard on that flat, too, but the washboard is nothing compared to the potholes. It will get worse before it gets better, I expect.
     Larry Rossi said he would get the Ice-Out flag out this week, so I'll let you know if that happens. With the snow coming on Wednesday, Larry may rethink putting it out - we'll see. On-line ticket sales have been pretty steady over the weekend - a few each day - and that's a good sign. Looks like another good year for Ice-Out!