Thoughts on Shoveling Snow
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As I was shoveling the driveway for the 2nd time today, I was thinking:
- Why is it that I always want to spell shoveling with 2 L's?
- I really wish the neighbors didn't have snow blowers - not because they get their driveways cleaned in less time with less effort, but because the gas fumes really bother me and sometimes give me a headache. So much for crisp, fresh air.
- I really don't mind shoveling snow - unless it's really wet, heavy, and deep, like at the bottom of the driveway where the plow goes through, and in front of the mailbox.
- Even if the snow isn't super deep and heavy, shoveling the entire driveway is still good exercise, especially when I have to do it multiple times a day.
- Sometimes I'd like to wait until it actually stops snowing so I can shovel the snow all off at once, but I don't like to drive through it or have anyone else drive through it. Tire tracks in the snow just make it harder to clean off the driveway.
- It doesn't seem to matter which gloves I wear, my fingers always seem to get cold. Except today - today they were warm, but it wasn't very cold out there, I guess. I did recently get some fingerless gloves with a mitten part that pulls over the end - what do you call those? Glittens? I'm hoping that will help. If not I may have to find me some mittens and see if that helps, keeping my fingers together so they can keep each other warm.
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and, there were other things going through my head, not all of them related to snow or shoveling, but I can't remember any of them now. Oh, one of them was that I probably wouldn't get outside if I didn't have to shovel. I still get outside in the mornings to walk, but the rest of the day I don't, so shoveling is good for getting me outside. Getting outside to play in the snow isn't something we seem to do anymore. So shoveling is good.
