First-time homeowner mistakes:

Check out that bad boy!  Huge.  

Whoops!  What to do, what to do... ;)

Stupid snow.

What's this, you ask?  It's our driveway...a hill.  You can't even tell because it's covered in THAT much snow.  See our neighbor across the street?  Yeah...

See our other neighbors across the street???  EVERYONE ON OUR BLOCK is like this!  Their driveways are totally dry by 4:30 p.m.  How can they make that work?  How can they all be home during the day to shovel and salt?  They are all middle-age!  I think they mostly have to work, right???  (Color me jealous of their skills...)  ;)