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Shoveling = done
Dec. 9th, 2005 10:33 pmWhat ever happened to those little 3-4 inch snowfalls at the beginning of the season? The light, easy ones to waken the muscle memory and remind us how shoveling works?
Oh, that's right. We had one of those last weekend. Only I was in Portland, and when I arrived home a little past 1am last Tuesday, I just as easily drove over the snow on the un-plowed, concrete apron in front of the garage. There was little enough of it that I could hope for the self-shoveling effects of a thaw.
Whompf! A mere 11.5 inches later, and I am reminded all too well of what shoveling is all about. I moved here? By choice? Why, yes, I did. And so, I shovel. And shovel some more.
Mere shoveling won't help the gutter that I failed to have reattached to the house after noticing it was loose early this fall. The first big storm of the season tore it still further loose, adding a 90 degree twist which means I'll have to have it replaced rather than just reattached. My own damn fault, and all the more annoying for that. It doesn't seem like a good candidate for a winter repair, but leaving it dangling until spring isn't all that appealing, either. Arrgh.
So, yeah, color me grumpy.
Oh, that's right. We had one of those last weekend. Only I was in Portland, and when I arrived home a little past 1am last Tuesday, I just as easily drove over the snow on the un-plowed, concrete apron in front of the garage. There was little enough of it that I could hope for the self-shoveling effects of a thaw.
Whompf! A mere 11.5 inches later, and I am reminded all too well of what shoveling is all about. I moved here? By choice? Why, yes, I did. And so, I shovel. And shovel some more.
Mere shoveling won't help the gutter that I failed to have reattached to the house after noticing it was loose early this fall. The first big storm of the season tore it still further loose, adding a 90 degree twist which means I'll have to have it replaced rather than just reattached. My own damn fault, and all the more annoying for that. It doesn't seem like a good candidate for a winter repair, but leaving it dangling until spring isn't all that appealing, either. Arrgh.
So, yeah, color me grumpy.
