We've got some sort of heating cord in the eve's above the front door to help alleviate the ice dams. Ginger dad put it up there a few years ago and we've had to start using the damn thing so the roof doesn't leak. Well guess what? I went to let the dogs out and I couldn't get the door open. It was frozen shut. I had to sent Ginger out to chip the ice so we could open it just enough to let the girls out and tomorrow I'll chip the rest. I told Sonny this would happen but you can't tell him anything. For the last 4 years the ice has melted and refrozen the door closed, in and under the door jam and has caused it to rot. The whole damn thing needs to be replaced. I rent this damn house and getting him to do anything is like talking to a brick wall. It's bullshit we can't use our front door in the winter. I'm really thinking about holding back on the rent until he fixes what needs to be fixed. I wish we never moved up here to the U.P.. We had a better life and less hassles in Rochester and I was a whole hell of a lot happier.

Sorry I had to vent.