I did have an old lady who grew up in Jefferson start talking to me about Hoiball this week. Oh and one day they left the door open to the yoga studio so that was a nice surprise as well.
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I did have an old lady who grew up in Jefferson start talking to me about Hoiball this week. Oh and one day they left the door open to the yoga studio so that was a nice surprise as well.
My one saving grace is that I don't have to be at work until 10a. Hopefully that'll give the crews sometime to work with the roads. I am sooooo not looking forward to trying to navigate the steepish hill(s) here in town.
Unfortunately, I don't have that saving grace. Not knowing how things are, I'm allowing an hour and 15 minutes to make the 10-mile drive to work.
Well, overall not too bad, considering.
2 YO woke up at 6, wanted to give a kleenex to mom. I remembered I forgot to do my wing prep work last night (decided to make those wings, Rev), so I got up and made those, wee one went into bed with mom for a bit.
2 YO finishing waking up now on the couch, while I make pancakes.
Tell you what...the guy our landlord hires for snow removal is awesome. Woke up at 2a to hear him plowing the lot. Woke up again at 7:30ish to hear him again. Lot plowed, sidewalks plowed...I can't remember when the lot hasn't been plowed after a storm.
My street? Not plowed. (But not a main thoroughfare either)
My street? Not plowed. (But not a main thoroughfare either)
Carver- your story about the paper delivery reminded me of my days as delivery boy. I got good enough to usually get it to land right in front of the door while still being on the sidewalk. However we all have off days. There was the occasional slam on the door (walk away quickly after those). I put a few on the roof too. One time I went back home to get a broom to reach up and get it...then the home owner came out...that was awkward. Another time I was nearly done and put it on the roof. I knew it was going to snow a bunch that afternoon. So I just grabbed an extra and gave that one to them.
Good times.
Good times.
Man, we had some good times in college doing snow removal at o-dark-thirty. 2 of my buddies and I would go every time, others would be in and out based on how early it was, etc. We worked for a lawn place that did snow in the winter...didn't do the lawn stuff, but we were crazy/poor enough to be the ones to get up in the middle of the night to shovel/blow snow. Did a lot of the sororities, businesses, apartment complexes. We'd get up at like 2 or 3 in the morning and work until like noon, get a full day of work in before afternoon classes (Morning classes were just gonna have to get skipped. Learned a lot about driving in the snow with a big old rear wheel drive van with snowblowers/shovels/etc. in the back. They had a minimum time charge, so by like 9 AM we'd be charged out until 10:30, so we'd stop at donutland or one of the fast food places for breakfast.
Will never forget when one of my buddies got stuck on the RR tracks with a mower with a blade onna front.
Implied by association in my post but the more technically correct sentence would be "...me and the even older dudes"
BTW, some of these guys are just weird. Guy starts talking with me (I made the mistake of saying something casual to him workout related). Next thing you know he is off on a rant about President Bill Clinton. Dude, you are in a gym talking to a guy you don't even know and you are ranting about Bill Clinton who left office 4 terms ago? And how he was fired from an exercise club instructor for being "anti-communist" back when Bill was pres and also how he had fought commies in Vietnam etc etc. Want to hear about his prostate cancer surgery and his suspended testosterone treatments? Neither did I!
Hour later in the locker room another older dude, maybe late 70's goes on a rant to me (out of the blue) that he cannot retire because "Obama stole all of my money". Than he admits he doesn't really want to retire because "you just die a couple months after that like my did so I'll never retire!" Oh, and toss in he is a Vietnam vet ...blah ..blah... something about how you'd have to shoot him or shot him or something. I am thinking he might assault me when he saw me putting on a Corps of Engineers jacket but maybe didn't put two and two together to figure I was one of the those evil federal employees "stealing" his money or maybe he thought I was okay cause it is "Army" or something.
I need to work on my "don't talk to me" face.
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My parents are supposed to fly out of the country on Monday. Usually when they travel they fly out of MLPS. This time they are flying out of DSM. Bummer.
PapaLew has been out pushing snow for about an hour. He does the lane & most of the driveways (one guy likes to race to see if he can get his scooped before PapaLew gets to him), usually takes 1-2 hours depending on how much snow, how cold it is, how tired he is, and how picky he is about getting it "pretty".
Mel has been watching him from the window. Back when Mel first showed up as a feral tom, he used to ride on PapaLew's shoulders while he was running the Bobcat. I think he longs for the outdoors until he actually gets OUT doors...then he hightails it back inside before you can say boo.
Mel has been watching him from the window. Back when Mel first showed up as a feral tom, he used to ride on PapaLew's shoulders while he was running the Bobcat. I think he longs for the outdoors until he actually gets OUT doors...then he hightails it back inside before you can say boo.
So, how much of the white stuff? I bailed on the basketball game last night after I saw the forecast winds tonight. Figured I-35 would be nasty. Mason City currently at NE 25 G 36 mph winds. Safe at home watching on my laptop was the way to go.
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