TOP 5

The top five reasons you know you have been watching way too much I.D. Channel

5. Spotting strange shoe prints on the deck evokes thoughts of a homicidal maniac roaming the back yard.

4. Seeing strange shoe prints in the snow prompts detective like deducing... small, pointy, probably a woman's.

3. While outside investigating the source of the shoe prints yelling at your daughter in law "Don't contaminate the scene!" as she traipses through the snow.

2. Taking pictures of shoe prints in the snow.

1. Placing a ruler next to the shoe prints  for a point of reference for the police.

As it turns out, the pointy, small shoe prints belonged to my husband who had come up onto the deck to change the bags in our recycling bins.