Echo Base Officer: “Your Tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker!”
Han Solo: ”Then I’ll see you in Hell!”
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
I just shoveled snow on my little city driveway and sidewalks for 2.5 hours. I’m going to go pass out now. We’ve been promised a one day reprieve before the snows return on Sunday.
Update: After a lovely half-hour nap, Dad Windu and I went out for another hour and a half, to help dig out a couple of the neighbors after they got home from work. This is what I love best about this neighborhood. Everyone pulls together to help each other out. After she cleaned out her driveway, the lady across the street let our neighbors use her snowblower. Another neighbor parked in our driveway while he cleaned out his drive, and then he cleaned out the elderly lady’s drive next door to him. Padawan Learner, Dad Windu, several neighbors and I have been pushing cars out of the no-pass zone at the end of our street for most of the afternoon and early evening. The plows haven’t been through yet and our road is a complete mess of roughly 15 inches of snow. I hope they can get to it tonight.
Now I’m really tired, but in that good, work-induced way. I remember often feeling like this as a kid, after working in the barn all day. I’ll sleep well tonight.
After tonight (when Boy gets home) send some my way!!
It was high 40s today!
We don’t have a snow blower, but our neighbor does. He did at least 3 driveways (including ours) this morning. The funniest thing was when he snowblew a path across the street before the snow plows got through.
Thanks for your warm thoughts!
We have more rain than we know what to do with this year. I bet it nice to live in a neighborhood like that.
Here’s wishing you & yours a Very Merry Christmas!
Snow blower?? Please translate. Does not compute. It was 65 and rainy here today, but what I wouldn’t give for a chance to do just a little snow shoveling!! Sleep well!
Translation for topsytechie
Snow blower: n. large, loud, and cumbersome machine that belches smoke and tosses snow at passing walkers; while rarely necessary, it is coveted by shovel-wielding neighbors approximately 2 times a year; found only in areas that get too cold and miserable for habitation by large portions of the US population, especially those over the age of 65.