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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / December 2006Holy Cow! How many inches??!
I can't say how much I appreciate having a teenage son at times like this. We are in the 12" belt of snow with this latest storm that ended about 1pm this afternoon (central time). Mike and I spent the morning putting new paneling up in his room. Schools were closed and the University, for the first time in at least 10 years, closed!! I was aghast. I was also grateful as it saved me a vacation day. So, Mike got the job of shoveling us out. I've shoveled snow for the last 50 yrs. of my life and my days of heavy shoveling are over. I help a little, but don't feel comfortable trying to do it anymore. Of course, I have to teach him that life isn't over 'cause he has to get through the snow or we don't get out of here. But, he did do it with minimal complaining for which he gets big points. If you don't already know......I HATE SNOW! I HATE COLD! Born and raised in the upper Midwest. Go figure. jonnie, a little opening here........buddy........please?......... lol GaryZ <snip> When I read the Subject line of this post I thought maybe it should have included an 'adult humour' warning ;-) Ari  Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor and literally save someone's life: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ > <snip> > > When I read the Subject line of this post I thought maybe it should have > included an 'adult humour' warning ;-) > > Ari LOL, we had 14" in Bellingham :))) > LOL, we had 14" in Bellingham :))) my bellingham brother sent pictures. looked beautiful but made me glad i'm in NC and not there. diane > my bellingham brother sent pictures. looked beautiful but made me glad > i'm in NC and not there. > > diane It was very pretty but I was also glad that I'm retired :) If I had to try to get to work in it, I'm sure it would not have been so pretty. I had stocked up at the food store last Saturday, so when the storm hit, I had soups, tea, hot chocolate, etc. and I just enjoyed the beauty of it all :-) It's mostly melted now and today is so lovely that I have my window open to let in fresh air. Bellingham is a super place to live :) Carole > It's mostly melted now and today is so lovely that I have my window open > to let in fresh air. Bellingham is a super place to live :) melted???? MELTED??!?!?! I came home from church today and said, "oh yeah, that's what I do after church this time of year - shovel the driveway some more!" (I walk to church, Mike shovels just enough to get his car out as he leaves fairly early for the other service.) I finally got the minivan in the garage and shoveled for a half hour before my costo started screaming at me. sigh.......... I'm not ready for this again, I'm a Florida girl! It will seem better once I get my mind to shift gears to winter. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > melted???? MELTED??!?!?! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > again, I'm a Florida girl! It will seem better once I get my mind to shift > gears to winter. LOL, yes we are mostly melted :) I'm FREE again :)) I was getting cabin fever staying in. I went out today and it was lovely! You need to adopt a stud muffin, Nann! :-) Carole :) > I finally got the minivan in the garage and shoveled for a half hour > before > my costo started screaming at me. sigh.......... I'm not ready for this > again, I'm a Florida girl! It will seem better once I get my mind to > shift > gears to winter. Yup, We're still buried here as well. No temps above freezing since the snow. As to mind shift? It's true. Usually have a couple of months of gradual worsening of temps before winter comes for real. Not this year! Whole week of 60's (F) and boom! below zero with a foot of snow. GaryZ >> It's mostly melted now and today is so lovely that I have my window open >> to let in fresh air. Bellingham is a super place to live :) [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > shift > gears to winter. Easy on that kind of work. I know you do not want to hear it but they find lots of people with a shovel in their hand in the snow and forget all about finding a stud muffin to do the job.... Fusssss at the better half for not taking care of you better... Sometimes men just do not think as they should. Soooo change the way he thinks. Harv > Easy on that kind of work. I know you do not want to hear it but they find > lots of people with a shovel in their hand in the snow and forget all about > finding a stud muffin to do the job.... Fusssss at the better half for not > taking care of you better... Sometimes men just do not think as they should. > Soooo change the way he thinks. > Harv Apt warning, Harv! Fortunately for me, I do gardening and some exercising with weights throughout the year; that leaves me in better shape for shoveling. Mike and I do share the shoveling, except when I just can't do it and he takes it all on. The reality is his work means he CAN'T do it all - sometiems we have major storms when he's down south at a meeting and I need to make it possible for him to get in the drive on his return! We both think of it as our winter exercise. We're just lucky we don't live on the west side of the state - they're expected to get 6-12" of lake effect this afternoon and overnight. We'll only get 2-3", or so they say. Got 2-3" yesterday when we were supposed to get none, so we'll see! Then again, Mike is Kris Kringle right now in the local production of "Miracle on 34th Street" and I keep telling him he needs to get those reindeer in to take us around. LOL SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >> Easy on that kind of work. I know you do not want to hear it but they >> find [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > "Miracle on 34th Street" and I keep telling him he needs to get those > reindeer in to take us around. LOL It is good to read that you work out a little. It will add years to your life but what we have keeps us from doing what we want to do sometimes. Aaaah, an actor in the family,,,,, great fun.... Harv poor Gary................ This was another of those weird storms that had us in the 6" snow belt because the major snows passed SOUTH of us. That's so strange to me! My Mike had a Men's Breakfast at 8 his morning, so he had to get out there and shovel. I think I'll just lay low and start adjusting my brain to the reality that winter really is coming around again. ;) SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > If you don't already know......I HATE SNOW! I HATE COLD! > Born and raised in the upper Midwest. Go figure. > jonnie, a little opening here........buddy........please?......... > lol gee willikers man, i would help/but I'm in shock after our temps dropped to nearly 20 for the first time in decades. Just don't wear that snowblower out. Sounds like your turning him into a real handyman and thats a good thing. There will come a time when he will truly appreciate the time your spending working together. My 30 year old is graduating next week and just told me that he is going to stay on for the few months we need to finish the house. These are precious hours we get to share with our kids. johnie |
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