Sneaux next week. (45 Viewers)

For my LA brethren and sisteren (and I know Marsha doesn't need this advice), if you are shoveling, do your back a favor and push the snow. Don't shovel it except where you have to. Even the light, fluffy stuff will wear on you after a while, and the wetter, heavy stuff is no joke. Best thing to do is cut a small path first to shovel enough to give yourself a clear pathway and then push everything from there.

For example, I have a rectangular driveway that ends at my garage. I start at one corner and cut a path to the street down one of the long sides. Next, I come back up and clear enough from in front of my garage to get to bare concrete. I then start at the intersection of the bare spots and go side to side with the shovel width about 1/4 to 1/2 way into the shovel. Push from there with the shovel slightly tilted toward the snow and you'll pick up enough snow to fill the shovel. You'll figure out pretty quickly how far to start the shovel to wind up with it full enough. Rinse and repeat. So much easier than trying to fill the shovel and throw it.

Side note, when you get to the edges after pushing, you may have to lift it a bit to get it all off the driveway. No big deal - just break it down into a couple of shovels and you'll be good. Just don't try to throw it.
Shoveling snow ain't no joke ...

 
lol you think any of us have snow shovels?


Same for snow boots and winter coats. And I mean the REAL kind that isn't just for going from car to store and back inside but where you have to be outside.
 
Just got back from the store. Whew. Only got one loaf of bread, no milk, and no toilet paper. I don't know if we're gonna make it.
 
All y'all don't know how wonderful it was to listen to the radio the night before a big storm ... or, depending on your school district, sometimes the next morning ... and listen through all the school closures to hear yours! Then your mom spending 20 minutes to get you all bundled up to go play in the snow only to come back in 2 minutes later cos you're too cold.

 
All y'all don't know how wonderful it was to listen to the radio the night before a big storm ... or, depending on your school district, sometimes the next morning ... and listen through all the school closures to hear yours! Then your mom spending 20 minutes to get you all bundled up to go play in the snow only to come back in 2 minutes later cos you're too cold.
THIS is SO TRUE. Well, for me it was the local early news and waiting for the district to call it.
My daughters school called before she got off the bus this afternoon saying they were shutting down school for tomorrow...dangerous cold, it is supposed to be -18 and with the wind it will be 'feels like' temps of -35 or worse. The poor dog can barely make it 10-15 paces to relieve herself right now--with booties and a coat!
 
For 53, I’d say I’m in pretty decent shape considering I workout 4 to 5 times a week. It takes me about 30 minutes to clear my driveway by hand but keep in mind that the snow here is a powder and not slushy at all. It makes a massive difference in the amount of effort needed.

The hardest part of shoveling snow is my fingers always freeze no matter how thick the gloves are I’m wearing. I really need to invest in some heated gloves.
The gloves are amazing.
 

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