jan 21, 2011

i slept so soundly last night that i didn't hear boyfriend come home from work, or snore and toss around in bed. i didn't wake up once until after 10am! i guess i was tired. when i looked out the window, there was about 7" of new fluffy snow. just what i needed, more snow on top of the 1 1/2 feet we already have on the ground! since i had to use up the package of stew beef in the fridge, i decided to make my beef stew before breakfast. i chopped up some carrots, potatoes, butternut squash, onions, and the beef and threw it all in the slow cooker along with a package of beef stew seasoning. i know, that's cheating. but it comes out really good!
so it was time to shovel. and shovel. and shovel some more. boyfriend snowblowed the driveway while i shoveled the path (almost a tunnel at this point!) and around the cars. then i cleaned off his car and moved onto mine. i hadn't driven my car all week due to my illness earlier so under the fluffy 7" was a nice, hard crust of another 5" or so. i had to hack and scrape and brush for a good 15 minutes to uncover the whole thing. when i went to back it up to snowblow the huge piles that now lay around it, the damn thing wouldn't start. grrrrr!!! on went the battery charger.

boyfriend went to work and i stayed outside to shovel his space out some more. it was getting pretty tight. i also chipped away at the huge snowbanks that were at the end of the driveway. you know, the ones filled with ice and dirt from the city plows? yup, that was super fun. once that was done, i had to go inside to rest for a while. i was still pretty weak from not eating for four days.

after laying there for a while, i realized it was almost 4pm and i had to get to my friend's house to snowblow their driveway while they are away. luckly my car was charged so i was off. of course, the first corner i took, i spun the car halfway around. i didn't hit anything, though, and managed to get it straightened out. i guess i need some practice driving a rear-wheel car! i made it to her house with no more trouble. i parked at the top of the driveway and slogged through the snow to get to the house. i was able to get the snowblower started pretty easy and managed to get the whole huge driveway done in about 45 minutes. it wasn't great, but better than nothing! then i went inside and fed the fish before i left for home.

when i got back home, i was finally able to clear the area around my car. then i remembered i was supposed to scrape off some of the snow from our shed with the collapsing roof. by now, it was dark, so that job really wasn't pleasant at all. not that any of the days' work was pleasant... it was now almost 6pm and i realized i hadn't eaten lunch, so i had a big bowl of my beef stew. it was delicious! it was my first real meal since getting sick on monday and i am happy to say there was no tummyache after! just a little heartburn. i pretty much zoned out for the rest of the evening. i will have some sore muscles tomorrow, that's for sure!