I finally talked my DH into buying the best snow blower/garden tractor there is--a couple was moving to Utah into a condo and selling lots of their belongings. The snow is beautiful and plentiful here and this tractor saves our butts every winter. Even I can drive it (with a bit of a review). The neighbor claims that we need 3 winter warnings out there---storm warning, severe weather warning, and "Marcia's on the tractor" warning..LOL
(I do drive it a bit fast--get'er done!)