This will be a brief blog as I am very tired from shoveling 2 feet of snow that has fallen over a period of 48 hours. It started out okay because I purchased a very beautiful, two cycle, shiny, red snow blower on December 16th of this year. Her name is Sunflower and I can clear the driveway, patio and sidewalk in less than an hour. Unfortunately she sucked up a rug last night and that was the end of snow removal nirvana.
The rug was my fault, although I wasn't operating her at the time. There was a big patch of ice on the driveway and every time I stepped on it I fell down. In my mind it made sense to lay a couple of rubber back rugs over the ice so when you step you don't slip. Rugs are very hard to see under the snow and even if you tell someone to be very careful about the rugs that doesn't mean he will remember. You get the idea... Fortunately Sunflower was repaired this evening after I had shoved manually for a total of 3 hours.
Which brings me to tonight, six weeks into being (conceptually) 50 and not a single change has taken root in my new, mature world:
Health Eating - Nice idea if you have a personal chef
Exercise - You exercise, I have to shovel
Saying No - Saying and doing are two different things
I am ready to watch a good infomercial that will help me find the keys to the kingdom of change. Nobody ever said change was easy, although something so very essential should be. Maybe that is where I should be starting, with something easy. Ha! That's it, starting today I give up shoveling!
Here is a clip of Jack the trainer in the snow today, narrated by Sam who is stranded at home waiting for weather to clear before heading back to college.
that is the most sane comment you have made so far my good friend! Hip Hip Hooray for you give up the shovel and I am pretty sure you can stick with it. You are great just the way you are so a complete makeover isn't necessary (trying in and of itself is admirable I might add) but I am pretty sure we are supposed to enjoy and live and be whatever we already are just a wiser version, you are a wonderful resource to go to for that (advice and wiseness, is that a word lol) so sit back and put down that shovel and pick up a book or ?? I am standing beside you proping you up and supporting your decision with my shovel that I hurled into the air a few years ago....here is to freedom.... Love Kymmie
ReplyDeleteHey Kathy,
ReplyDeleteMark should do what my husband does, he sends Jaden and I out (without coats) to shovel. A neighbor always comes over and snow blows for us. Ha Ha
Love the weekly updates !!
Nancy
I have learned how to run the shiny red machine (alias snowblower) this year. I enjoy getting outside and let me tell you standing behind a machine that does all the work for you is AWESOME! So far my husband has on his record, one electric cord and newspapers from the neighbors devoured. I have learned it can be quite the art trying to find a spot to blow the snow too!
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Diane
Drop Self Improvement, start Self Acceptance. That's my campaign and I swear by it. As for Sunflower she's the one who should be more careful about what she eats!
ReplyDeletePS. I don't see the video (as usual, I can't find the fancy stuff).
I say shoveling the driveway is excercise, so count yourself good for the week (as far as excersising goes)!
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