The Hidden Bonus
The bonus for me in doing the shoveling by myself today is that I was right out there working when the trash collectors went past. I month ago I put out a couple of empty cardboard barrels for them to dispose of for me, but they left them. I thought they should take them, so I was surprised that they didn't. I took them back from the curb, back by the shrubs and thought that probably I could figure out a way to burn them. But the weather hasn't been good for doing something like that, so there they still sat.
When the men got to my place, I asked them why they couldn't take the barrels and they said there is no problem about taking them. They could do it. So I quickly toted them to the curb and they picked them up and threw them on board their truck. That's a really good bonus for me! Although, I was thinking it should be kinda fun to put shredded paper in them and light the paper. Maybe that would be too much fire for me to deal with. At any rate, I'm glad the barrels are gone. That's one less chore for me to deal with.
Since I knew I had to do the job by myself after all, I put my best effort into doing it and the activity warmed me up sufficiently. I got tired, but I wasn't cold. The temperature warmed up by four degrees, so it was much warmer than it had been. I'm sure the sunshine helped a lot and it was only cold when there was a blast of wind.
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Leslie
at 1/27/2006 11:17:22 AM- Today is our garbage day and we sure had a heavy load to haul out to the back lane. There's a limit of 5 bags per household, with weight restrictions for each bag, so we filled our maximum today. I hate to have to throw out that much but it's all mostly from the basement. Tomorrow will require several trips to Goodwill and the dump to finally be rid of it.
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Kim
at 1/27/2006 11:56:35 AM- Are you sure there aren't some enterprising teenaged boys at your church that would like to shovel your drive? That just seems like an awful lot of snow for you.
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NJ
at 1/27/2006 12:04:17 PM- I've thought about church, but they have to hire the parking lot plowed. There doesn't seem to be someone who has extra time to do this chore. I wouldn't ordinarily need help with the job, but this was really a hard job. The snow was knee deep. Usually shoveling snow wasn't too difficult for me, but this was a heavy burden. I am very tired today and my muscles do feel the strain after all. But it's sunny again today. Cold, though, so the snow isn't really melting.
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I wish we had some of your snow. We NEVER see snow that deep!! 2-3 inches maybe once or maybe twice a year.