Anybody who likes this white shiit obviously doesn't have to SHOVEL it. At least I'm halfway done now. Most of my neighbors are probably still sleeping and haven't opened the door to this winter wonderland yet.
Actually, call me insane, but I used to enjoy shovelling the snow, when we lived in our old house anyway. It was on the end of a 1 block dead end street. When we'd get a decent accumulation all of us (neighbors and kids) would go out and work on it together, it was a blast after being cooped up inside and not seeing each other for days or weeks.
This house is a little different, I don't particularly like any of my neighbors. They are at best obnoxious and/or overly needed. One in particular - well if I shovelled snow near his house I'd be inclined to clear it off the road and put it all on his sidewalks.
BUT I refuse to let that stop me from enjoying this while it lasts. Beats the hell out of plain old cold and ugly.
Well, we just got three feet of the white stuff in the last four days, and I am sick and tired of shoveling it! How come CNN never does a report on us? Oh, because this is Alaska, and for some reason we are ignored as being in America. Except of course when certain political factions tell us that we are not allowed to drill for our own oil up here... -->
Ahh but the snow...Well, it sure is pretty, but what a pain! But my kids are digging the snow boarding at the local ski resort!
Aw, don't despair, JL. You could make the news in Alaska if you'd been one of the two states blamed for tipping the election in Bush's direction. :D--> :D-->
We got the snow yesterday, Abi. A good 15" or so, though we we forecasted for 4". We took turns removing snow around the house at work, and then when I got home, I had to do it all over again.
Hey Rottie -- if life hands you snow, go 4-wheeling!
After all the *removal* was done, I must've wasted a half a tank of gas last night driving in town, out of town, country roads, freeways, you name it. :D-->
The plows weren't even out since it was coming down so hard, and I was having a blast until the wee hours of the morning. It's stopped now, but hopefully the plows will be busy enough in town, so that I can do it all over again tonight on the backroads that they were too busy to get to today. 4-wheel drive and snow covered roads -- ahh - it's a wonderful thing!
Anybody who likes this white shiit obviously doesn't have to SHOVEL it.
It could be worse. I am living in an extended stay type hotel that is built like apartments, and I have no shovel. In order to make a place out in the grass for the dog to do her business, I take a pitcher of hot water and go throw it on the grass, multiple times, until I have a clear snow-free spot for her to go on. Being the bitch that she is, she refuses to walk on snow, so even to get her to go to the clear spot I have to carry her. I hate that stupid dog.
dmiller 15 INCHES? Wow. Forget the 4-wheeling, you need a sled and a team of huskeys.
Well I got a humonga snow blower, it's so big it's scary looking. Even rottiegrrrl is afraid of it. So my job tis done for now. Must have been 12 inches of that white shiit this morning. Supposed to get 4 inches more later. Lovely.
Rottie Girl loves it though. She was out there bouncing around like a big black meatball in the backyard. She wants me to roll around with her but with my luck and mood this morning I'd probably roll right around in a big pile of poop that I can't see.
Also, we only got between 2 to 4 inches, so it wasn't as bad as the weatherman predicted. I'm happy about that because it means there is no snow emergency and I can go out somewhere today. :-)
We have a huskie and let me tell you, she is one happy dog today! Even our little pest is having a blast - he's a riot too cause the snow is deeper than he is tall.
Well, I finally broke down and got a power shovel yesterday. The thought of (again) shoveling a foot of snow from the drive made my back hurt.
The strange thing around here is that we have several snows each winter, but there is rarely enough to justify one of those Chicago/Michigan/Upstate NY style snowblowers. But it seems like that is all they sell. I was in luck finding that power shovel (it was the last one in the store), because it is about the right size for the snows we get here.
December 8: 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season. The wife and I took our cocktails, and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic, we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9: We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a lovelier place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years, and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snow plow came along, covered up the sidewalks and closed-in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.
December 12: The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry, we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man. I'm glad he's our neighbor.
December 14: Snow, lovely snow! 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snow plow came back this afternoon, and buried everything again. I didn't realize that I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.
December 15: 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4. Bought snow tires for the wife's car, and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.
December 16: Ice storm this morning. Fell on my foot on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
December 17: Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.
December 20: Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. God damn snow plow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.
December 22: Bob was right about a white Christmas, because 13 more inches of the white dang fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to ..... By the time I got undressed, ....ed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob, who has a plow on his truck, for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the foot hole is lying.
December 23: Only 2" of snow today, and it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she... nuts? Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did, but I think she's lying.
December 24: 6". Snow packed so hard by snow plow, l broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son-of-a-bitch who drives that snow plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour throwing the snow all over where I've just been! Tonight, the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was busy watching for the god damn snow plow.
December 25: Merry Christmas. 20 more inches of the god damn slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God I hate the snow! Then the snow plow driver came by asking for a donation, and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's an idiot. If I have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to kill her.
December 26: Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.
December 27: Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze.
December 28: Warmed up to above -50. Still snowed in. THE BITCH is driving me crazy!!!
December 29: 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?
December 30: Roof caved in. The snow plow driver is suing me for a million dollars for the bump on his head. The wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.
December 31: Set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.
January 8: I feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
I heard SC shut down cause they got an inch of snow.
tee hee
And those Southerners give us hell in summer if we get a heat wave saying we can't take the heat.
tee hee
I love watching Southerners drive in 2 centimeters of snow. It's fun. As long as you stay half a mile behind them.
tee hee
Maryland suburbs of DC. And its even more fun to see them drive around here...combine south of the Mason Dixon line with a lot of tourists, foreigners (most from countries with NO snow), and imports from other states (with lotsa SUVs) and you have chaos!
There is a saying around here:
4 wheel drive
does not equal
4 wheel stop
I think of it every time I see a 4WD off the side of the road.
ROFLOL - they must have moved to the upper penninsula where I grew up. Up there we didn't measure the snow by inches, we measured it by feet. Every so many years someone goes wacko and kills their spouse.
Once, we were awakened in the middle of the night to the sounds of "EVERYONE COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP". My brother freaked (probably thought he was gonna get busted for having pot in the house LOL).
Turns out they were across the highway. The husband killed his wife then walked off into the woods and killed himself. I know it is not funny and I shouldn't make fun of it - but it was just the way life was up there.
I haven't seen that little snow shoveling story for awhile, but I laughed hard at it once again! Sounds too familiar. My two boys and I shoveled ours and the neighbors driveway five times in the last three days, and each morning we had to get rid of that damned BERM left by that frickin snow plow!!
I got so mad at the plows, that I began to shovel all of the snow back into the middle of the road just so the plow guy could shovel it on down the road! Hope the neighbor didn't mind, because some of it ended up in front of his driveway.... Ooops :o-->
And Mark, just what is a "power shovel" as opposed to a snow blower?
And Mark, if you are from the suburbs of DC, which one? I grew up in Kensington, Maryland, between Wheaton and Bethesda, south of Rockville. Right off Cedar Lane..
My Mom tells me that the winter has been kinda tough....Hmmph!
Well it has arrived here in the Northeast and its about time! our first realsnow of the year. I spent the afternoon in the midst of it out icefishing with my neighbor, if you dress up warm blizzards are actually sorta cool, anything beats the cold miserable nothing grey
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Anybody who likes this white shiit obviously doesn't have to SHOVEL it. At least I'm halfway done now. Most of my neighbors are probably still sleeping and haven't opened the door to this winter wonderland yet.
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Rottie - that's what snow blowers are for!!!!
Actually, call me insane, but I used to enjoy shovelling the snow, when we lived in our old house anyway. It was on the end of a 1 block dead end street. When we'd get a decent accumulation all of us (neighbors and kids) would go out and work on it together, it was a blast after being cooped up inside and not seeing each other for days or weeks.
This house is a little different, I don't particularly like any of my neighbors. They are at best obnoxious and/or overly needed. One in particular - well if I shovelled snow near his house I'd be inclined to clear it off the road and put it all on his sidewalks.
BUT I refuse to let that stop me from enjoying this while it lasts. Beats the hell out of plain old cold and ugly.
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Well, we just got three feet of the white stuff in the last four days, and I am sick and tired of shoveling it! How come CNN never does a report on us? Oh, because this is Alaska, and for some reason we are ignored as being in America. Except of course when certain political factions tell us that we are not allowed to drill for our own oil up here...
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Ahh but the snow...Well, it sure is pretty, but what a pain! But my kids are digging the snow boarding at the local ski resort!
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Aw, don't despair, JL. You could make the news in Alaska if you'd been one of the two states blamed for tipping the election in Bush's direction.
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We got the snow yesterday, Abi. A good 15" or so, though we we forecasted for 4". We took turns removing snow around the house at work, and then when I got home, I had to do it all over again.
Hey Rottie -- if life hands you snow, go 4-wheeling!
After all the *removal* was done, I must've wasted a half a tank of gas last night driving in town, out of town, country roads, freeways, you name it.
:D-->
The plows weren't even out since it was coming down so hard, and I was having a blast until the wee hours of the morning. It's stopped now, but hopefully the plows will be busy enough in town, so that I can do it all over again tonight on the backroads that they were too busy to get to today. 4-wheel drive and snow covered roads -- ahh - it's a wonderful thing!
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It could be worse. I am living in an extended stay type hotel that is built like apartments, and I have no shovel. In order to make a place out in the grass for the dog to do her business, I take a pitcher of hot water and go throw it on the grass, multiple times, until I have a clear snow-free spot for her to go on. Being the bitch that she is, she refuses to walk on snow, so even to get her to go to the clear spot I have to carry her. I hate that stupid dog.
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dmiller 15 INCHES? Wow. Forget the 4-wheeling, you need a sled and a team of huskeys.
Well I got a humonga snow blower, it's so big it's scary looking. Even rottiegrrrl is afraid of it. So my job tis done for now. Must have been 12 inches of that white shiit this morning. Supposed to get 4 inches more later. Lovely.
Rottie Girl loves it though. She was out there bouncing around like a big black meatball in the backyard. She wants me to roll around with her but with my luck and mood this morning I'd probably roll right around in a big pile of poop that I can't see.
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Also, we only got between 2 to 4 inches, so it wasn't as bad as the weatherman predicted. I'm happy about that because it means there is no snow emergency and I can go out somewhere today. :-)
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We have a huskie and let me tell you, she is one happy dog today! Even our little pest is having a blast - he's a riot too cause the snow is deeper than he is tall.
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Well, I finally broke down and got a power shovel yesterday. The thought of (again) shoveling a foot of snow from the drive made my back hurt.
The strange thing around here is that we have several snows each winter, but there is rarely enough to justify one of those Chicago/Michigan/Upstate NY style snowblowers. But it seems like that is all they sell. I was in luck finding that power shovel (it was the last one in the store), because it is about the right size for the snows we get here.
So call me a wimp, but enough is enough.
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Now you got me wondering where you live.
I heard SC shut down cause they got an inch of snow.
tee hee
And those Southerners give us hell in summer if we get a heat wave saying we can't take the heat.
tee hee
I love watching Southerners drive in 2 centimeters of snow. It's fun. As long as you stay half a mile behind them.
tee hee
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I just love the white stuff. I like to take my shoes off and wiggle my toes, or just lie back and enjoy it...
We are talking about sand, aren't we?
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Raf: Shuddup.
This is an oldie but a goodie
The Diary of a Snow Shoveler
December 8: 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season. The wife and I took our cocktails, and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic, we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9: We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a lovelier place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years, and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snow plow came along, covered up the sidewalks and closed-in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.
December 12: The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry, we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man. I'm glad he's our neighbor.
December 14: Snow, lovely snow! 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snow plow came back this afternoon, and buried everything again. I didn't realize that I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.
December 15: 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4. Bought snow tires for the wife's car, and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.
December 16: Ice storm this morning. Fell on my foot on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
December 17: Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.
December 20: Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. God damn snow plow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.
December 22: Bob was right about a white Christmas, because 13 more inches of the white dang fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to ..... By the time I got undressed, ....ed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob, who has a plow on his truck, for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the foot hole is lying.
December 23: Only 2" of snow today, and it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she... nuts? Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did, but I think she's lying.
December 24: 6". Snow packed so hard by snow plow, l broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son-of-a-bitch who drives that snow plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour throwing the snow all over where I've just been! Tonight, the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was busy watching for the god damn snow plow.
December 25: Merry Christmas. 20 more inches of the god damn slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God I hate the snow! Then the snow plow driver came by asking for a donation, and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's an idiot. If I have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to kill her.
December 26: Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.
December 27: Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze.
December 28: Warmed up to above -50. Still snowed in. THE BITCH is driving me crazy!!!
December 29: 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?
December 30: Roof caved in. The snow plow driver is suing me for a million dollars for the bump on his head. The wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.
December 31: Set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.
January 8: I feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
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PS Mr. P I somehow missed your above post. Now THAT WOULD be a real pain in the a$$, yes it would.
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Maryland suburbs of DC. And its even more fun to see them drive around here...combine south of the Mason Dixon line with a lot of tourists, foreigners (most from countries with NO snow), and imports from other states (with lotsa SUVs) and you have chaos!
There is a saying around here:
4 wheel drive
does not equal
4 wheel stop
I think of it every time I see a 4WD off the side of the road.
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Oh, and btw, I LOVE my new power shovel!
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Kit Sober
when we got our big snow (worst in history as far as I can tell), I was feeling like it was The Day After Tomorrow.
Now we are getting the freezing fog: fog from the evaporating then freezing. It makes for lovely winter draperies, but it is hard to drive in.
Praying for people out and about in this snow.
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Rottie,
ROFLOL - they must have moved to the upper penninsula where I grew up. Up there we didn't measure the snow by inches, we measured it by feet. Every so many years someone goes wacko and kills their spouse.
Once, we were awakened in the middle of the night to the sounds of "EVERYONE COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP". My brother freaked (probably thought he was gonna get busted for having pot in the house LOL).
Turns out they were across the highway. The husband killed his wife then walked off into the woods and killed himself. I know it is not funny and I shouldn't make fun of it - but it was just the way life was up there.
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Oh, btw - came home from the grocery store and 1000Names had made pumpkin bread - man did the house smell good!!!!
It was the perfect touch too - kids went out and played in the snow then came in for hot cocoa and fresh pumpkin bread.
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RottieGirl-
I haven't seen that little snow shoveling story for awhile, but I laughed hard at it once again! Sounds too familiar. My two boys and I shoveled ours and the neighbors driveway five times in the last three days, and each morning we had to get rid of that damned BERM left by that frickin snow plow!!
I got so mad at the plows, that I began to shovel all of the snow back into the middle of the road just so the plow guy could shovel it on down the road! Hope the neighbor didn't mind, because some of it ended up in front of his driveway.... Ooops
:o-->
And Mark, just what is a "power shovel" as opposed to a snow blower?
And Mark, if you are from the suburbs of DC, which one? I grew up in Kensington, Maryland, between Wheaton and Bethesda, south of Rockville. Right off Cedar Lane..
My Mom tells me that the winter has been kinda tough....Hmmph!
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Well it has arrived here in the Northeast and its about time! our first realsnow of the year. I spent the afternoon in the midst of it out icefishing with my neighbor, if you dress up warm blizzards are actually sorta cool, anything beats the cold miserable nothing grey
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i have never seen so many happy children !!!!
bundled up (swish swish) black tubes in hand
heading off for the hill by the school
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my dryer has been running all day. haven't lost a sock or a glove yet !!!!!
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now they all just ran in and grabbed cokes so they could make coke slushies !!!!!
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