Tag: winter

Do we need a snowblower…

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I shoveled 3-4 inches of snow in about 20 minutes.  Cleared off our cars, walkways, and mailbox in another 5 – 10 minutes.

Which isn’t bad and wasn’t stressful.  But if we got more than just a few inches, or we aren’t home when it snows and come back to snow – say after being at my parents for a week for Christmas, it’s a pain to shovel.

We were thinking about a cheaper plug in one.  They’re lightweight and easy to store.

The kid in me says no I’ve got this.  The adult in me say think it through. You’ll eventually want it.

It must be winter.

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Must finally be winter in Cleveland, I got my first where the hell is your coat comment from a stranger.

Typically I thrown back a comment like I’m from Buffalo, or something like that. I didn’t even bother to try and explain it today.

It’s only 30 degrees outside and it’s not like I’m walking around outside for 20-30 minutes at a time. I really don’t see the need for a jacket when I walk from my car to a building it from a building back to my car.

Another Motivational Post

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Or is it another post about lack of motivation.  Its not that I don’t want to exercise.  I enjoy it when I do, and just need to force myself to exercise.

Instead, I came home and crawled in bed at 5 yesterday.  I half slept half read til 7, got out of bed, made some dinner, watched the Sabres lose, and was back in bed around 10:30.  Fast asleep by 11pm.

I don’t know if I would call them visions, maybe just longings.  I swear I’ve closed my eyes and pictured myself 25 miles away on the Tow Path.  25 miles out and turning around in the middle of nowhere for a 25 mile bike ride back.  It just seems ideal.

Last year I used a crazy stupid 50 mile bike ride to jump start my exercising in the Spring.  I was tired and exhausted and had trouble climbing the stairs back up to my apartment (bike on shoulder) afterwards.

But it worked.  I exercised all summer long after that.  I lost over 25 pounds and have kept it off, even without constant exercising.  That’s pretty good.  So when I have visions and longings for another long bike ride, I’m sure its my body telling me it wants get back in that shape.

I think I need winter to be over.

My mom may not approve…

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But I love feeling the cold on my skin. It’s 30 degrees outside and I just walked to the coffee shop with no jacket, a baseball cap, and scarf on. It was brisk and windy and I loved every second of it. My ears getting chilly, the cold air on my cheeks, knuckles getting white, and a giant smile on my face.

Chalk it under “one more reason I belong in the north.” Aside from needing to see four seasons in the environment, I like the cold.