Missing out on today’s stunning trails covered in new snow. ☹️
Why? Sprained ankle. Stupidly.
A spectacular stupidity.
How? Ignored inner voice that told me to change out of heels before shoveling snow. Inner brat said: Naaah.
#snowshoveling
Maybe I can persuade the cardinal to do the shoveling. #BirdsOfMastodon #SunflowerSeeds #Cardinal #SnowShoveling
Ouch
I’m too old for this shit.
Shoveling, I mean. I felt okay when I first came back inside after shoveling, but now that a few hours have passed… Ouch town, population me, bro. Every inch of me is sore, and despite having two of the best nights sleep I’ve had in ages over the last two nights, I am completely exhausted.
I don’t know if I have the energy to do anything other than sit on the couch for the rest of the night. I think we were already planning on ordering out for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll be able to crawl to the door to bring the delivery in.* I mean, really… that’s asking a lot.
It is a good thing I managed to put rhythm guitar tracks onto two RPM Challenge songs this morning before I shoveled. I don’t know if I will be able to do any more than that tonight, though I really need to. We’ll see how the pain goes. For now though, it’s just couch time. Much needed couch time, believe me.
Here’s a few guitar pictures to hold us over until next time.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316576981/in/datetaken/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316806444/in/datetaken/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316994390/in/datetaken/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805879/in/datetaken/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805869/in/datetaken/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54315686237/in/datetaken/
*Obviously I exaggerate. I mean, it’s still laundry day after all.
#365 #365Challenge #365Project #exhaustion #Gibson #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonday #gibsunday #Guitar #health #LesPaul #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #pain #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #shoveling #shovelingSnow #Sleep #Snow #snowShoveling #SongWriting #sore #soreness #Weather #winter #z5
Gift
We got a lot of snow. I can’t really say how much because it tends to drift into my driveway. That’s just how the wind works in our neighborhood. A lot of the snow and leaves and stuff blows down the street and piles up in front of my house. I’d say at least six inches of snow, maybe more like eight. Could be a little more, who knows. It was enough.
Fortunately it was nice and light and I got outside to shovel before it started to melt and refreeze, so it wasn’t a million tons of slush. It just picked up easy. The huge snow bank at the end of the driveway that the plows left behind was heavy, but not world ending heavy, if you know what I mean.
I cleaned off the cars and shoveled the driveway-proper nice and easy, then spent a big chunk of time on the snow bank. The piles on either side of the driveway are getting big enough that you really need to chuck each shovel full far and high to get it over the top. I felt a little like a soldier in World War I wandering around in a trench (no I didn’t, really, but you get the idea).
When the snow bank was gone I walked over to the fire hydrant at the other end of our front yard and found a really nice gift. Someone had already dug it out. It looked like the work of a snow blower, but I didn’t see any evidence of who might have done the work. Whoever it was (whomever it was?), I thank them very much! I don’t mind digging out the hydrant (it’s on my property after all) and you will never, ever hear me complain about doing it, but it was a really nice treat to not have to today. Again, thank you so much!
I finished up by digging out the path around the side of the house to where we keep the trash barrels, and to the back door. Once it was done I came back inside and wrote this literary tome. Now I get to make my wife some lunch! Snow sucks, and shoveling sucks more, but it’s all done for today so it’s time to celebrate! Huzzah, babie!
#fireHydrant #shoveling #shovelingSnow #Snow #snowRemoval #snowShoveling #snowStorm #Weather #winter #winterStorm #winterWeather
Radio Cat
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54312756400/in/datetaken/
Just look at that furry little diva being all bad ass.
Today has been better than yesterday on the healthy front, but I’m not up to 100% yet. Let’s call it 80-85% and assume I’ll be through whatever is bothering me by tomorrow.
Today I managed to completely screw up my daily routine but I’m okay with it. We got snow yesterday, so this morning at 5:30am or so instead of going down to the cellar and getting my exercise in for the day I went outside and shoveled. We didn’t get a lot of snow, but we got enough. Within an hour it was all gone. Not long after finishing up outside I went out and ran some errands. Today is a very important day, after all*.
I didn’t get to breakfast until I was starting work at 9:00am. The hunger pains that I wrote about yesterday were definitely a thing and the eating struggles I also mentioned yesterday were also a thing, but not as bad as last night. Since breakfast was so late I didn’t have time to eat a snack mid-way between breakfast and lunch. I ended up going four hours without eating and wouldn’t you know it, when lunch time started approaching those mean old hunger pains were back again. I’m eating lunch now and feeling a little better, though that weird queasiness that has been slowing me down the last couple of days is still there. It is definitely better than it was, but it’s still there. It hasn’t been enough to stop me the way it was yesterday, so that’s a big plus. Maybe I can eat enough lunch so that I won’t be hurting in the lead up to dinner. That would be nice.
*Why is today a very important day. you ask? Because today is my beloved wife Jen’s birthday! It’s not just any old birthday either. It’s a big enough milestone birthday that her present this year was a week at Disney World. Yeah, it’s a big deal. She’s the love of my life and the woman of my dreams and my beautiful bride and it’s her birthday! Wish her a happy birthday!
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Jen,
Happy birthday to you!!!!
#365 #365Challenge #365Project #birthday #Cat #diet #exercise #Family #gastricBypass #gastricBypassIssues #gastricBypassSideEffects #gastricBypassSurgery #health #iphoneography #Jen #Kitty #Love #morningRoutine #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #robin #routine #shoveling #Snow #snowShoveling #weightLossSugery #wife
Transitions
My glasses have those transitions lenses. You know, they tint themselves in bright light so they act as sunglasses when needed. When the light is dimmer the lenses un-tint themselves.
Yesterday we got an inch or two of snow. Not much, but enough to need to clean it up. I did a lot of it yesterday when I went out to the store. It snowed enough afterwards that everything was covered again. I went out and shoveled it all this morning, including the path to the side of the house where we keep the trash barrels and in front of the fire hydrant that’s on the end of our property. I also put some ice melt down on the driveway. We’re good to go. Our personal snow removal is complete.
If you’ve ever been outside after a fresh snowfall you know that it is super bright. If the sun is out, it reflects off the snow and everything around you is super bright. The transitions lenses come in handy on days like this.
I’ve been back inside for 15 minutes now and the lenses have yet to un-tint themselves. It’s like I am walking around at midnight with all the lights off.
Fun.
#eyeGlasses #glasses #iceMelt #prescriptionGlasses #shovel #shoveling #Snow #snowRemoval #snowShoveling #sunglasses #transition #transitionLenses
"Oh no! Gotta clear all this snow or my car won't make it in time!"
早くこの雪を退けないと車が間に合わない！
#ImageCreator #kitten #ほのぼの #heartwarming #冬 #雪かき #大雪 #winter #snowshoveling #heavysnow
No #snowShoveling as a workout type to track in #gFit... weightlifting sounds close enough.
If #snowshoveling was added to the Winter Olympics, I'd feel like I'd have a shot at the podium.
BONUS #JOKE:
FREE FREE FREE!!!
FREE SNOW SHOVELING CLASS this
Thursday & Friday! I'll be holding a FREE snow shoveling class in front of my house. Come & join the class to learn about the proper ways to shovel. Reviewed techniques will include the scoop & throw method, the down & push method (AKA the plow technique), and the upside-down scraping technique. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to enhance your snow-lifting techniques without throwing your back out! I will provide the driveway to ensure your training is conducted in the most life-like situation, I only ask that you bring your own shovel (Ergonomic designs suggested). PM me for additional details and times. Seating is limited and handled on a first-come, first-served basis.
* Subject to date change depending on total accumulation.
(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)
And it will go on for the whole day …. 🥶
I must say I’m not really up to this today, but I have a grocery delivery later.
#snowshoveling sucks. Especially when it will be “undone” in a few hours.
Not so cold, but really windy as well with hard gusts.
ALL the snow shovels were cordless snow shovels for this Montana boy! Snow is coming for the northern California valley floor this week! I'll have your 7-day weather forecast through the first day of March at 4, 5, 6, 10 & 11pm!
#California #Chico #Redding #RedBluff #NorCal #Montana #snow #shovel #snowshoveling #cordless #Wednesday #Thursday #Friday #winter #weather #wx #cawx #caweather #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon #climate
*W*inter means *W*orkout. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the snow — this needed another round before I even finished!
Here is the first page of my alligators in the sewer story. Next week will be an exploration of what our one alligator in the sewer spawned in or culture and imaginations.
You can also read along at www.animalsoftheapple.com/comic8.html
#art #webcomic #comics #alligator #alligatorsinthesewers #NYC #harlem #snowshoveling #history
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