Shoveled.

[navygreen]

Well, three hours and twenty minutes later, the driveway, walkway and back deck are shoveled. The swing is cleared off, and the trash area is clear. I even cleaned the snow off the trash cans on the curb (pickup day was supposed to be today, so they were already out there).

It feels nice that it is done. All my men neighbors finally started coming out when I was in my last 45 minutes or so of shoveling. Not only that, but their not doing nearly as nice a job as I did, leaving that bottom 1/2" or so of snow (whereas I shoveled and scraped all the way to the pavement). I was happy to come inside and see my lovely drive all clear, and I'm not at all jealous of the folks who are still out there or have yet to even start clearing their houses.

I ache in so many places now, though. I've already taken my ibuprofen, but I'm surely going to be very sore tonight and tomorrow. I'm also having asthma attacks from the cold winds and then coming back inside. I'm taking a warm shower in a few minutes, and I hope that helps some.

Schools are already closed for tomorrow, so the boys are excited. Now that it's beginning to get dark, there's not time to really play in the snow. Tomorrow will be the best day for them to really play, and there's certainly plenty of white stuff to do so!

I must say, though, that Philip has impeccable timing in leaving. Seems like this happens every time he leaves - I get stuck with the big snows. What a jerk. (I kid, I kid.)

Comments

[adiasplat.livejournal.com]

You need to learn how to use the snowblower... They are SO much fun and not that hard to operate at all. Mickey said the worst part is starting ours but then ours is also 20 years old. I'm assuming you have one that might be a littler bit newer. :)

He let me snow blow 2 weekends ago... So much fun! I wanted to do the whole neighborhood!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

A guy from two doors down came out there as I was finishing up, and I yelled to him and caught his attention. He came over, and I told him that the snowblower was gassed up and he was welcome to use it if he wanted to. He and his 14-year-old son tried to figure it out then for the rest of the time I was outside, and they couldn't keep it going for anything. It has an electric start, too - not just the pull cord.

So not my thing, though. It would have been done so much faster, but I'm afraid to even try it. It's only 3 years old, but for such a huge amount of money, I'm certain I'd break the thing and then Philip would kill me. I don't even know how to use a lawnmower, so I'm really clueless as to what to do with it (so many people say it's not harder than mowing).

But I know how to shovel, and I got it done! :-)