Help support Yonked by shopping through our affiliate links!

Get 10% Off PLUS Free Delivery on Orders Over $40 at eBags.com


Find the Best Car Rental Rates in Top Destinations


Try Angie's List!



Save 80% on Printer Ink!


YONK:
1. n, an inhabitant of Yonkers, NY
2. v, to live in Yonkers, NY. also YONK, YONKS, YONKED, YONKER, YONKING
3.adj YONKED descriptor of a person living or the act of living in Yonkers, NY, sometimes used in a pejorative sense.
EX: "We bought this old house and are re-habbing it--we are so yonked!"
4. n, YONKED a weblog that chronicles the life, trials, tribulations, and other of two lovebirds and their new child in an old house in Yonkers, NY.




Stephanie

Adam


Monday, February 26, 2007

Wintertime... And the shoveling's easy...

Last night it snowed like the dickens, and snow means that my home owner duties are calling. What it means that I have to get up at the crack of Oh Dark Thirty to shovel. Sadly, that snow doesn't shovel itself.

The good news is that unlike the Valentine's Day Snow-(which was a hateful, awful day-- there wasn't any ice, it snowed at night, and it didnt continue to snow) Today's snow was in fact perfect for shoveling-- thick, and light, and a little wet. Easy to shovel. I almost didn't mind the fact that we've got so much frontage cover (we live on a corner, so that means that I've got to do both sides of the house, plus the long driveway area. And don't forget the front door walkway and the back door walkway. Basically a lot of shovelling.

I have a method... I cut the areas into smaller areas-- I do the backdoor out to the sidewalk, and then do the sidewalk towards the driveway, but stop at the driveway. Then I go back and do the rest of the sidewalk to the end of the street. Then I do the side of the house (actually the front) Then I do the front stairs. Then I salt everything, because now I'm tired. And then I do the driveway last of all, because I need more salt in the garage which is next to the driveway. So the last thing I do is salt, and then I go inside and take a shower. Because after that I am VERY smelly!

Okay, it's a little anal, and it's a little programmed. but hey, whatever gets you through the shovelling.

After the shovelling today outside, I decided to do some shovelling inside, and went through the mounds of papers that have been sitting around my desk in boxes. I really did some good hard paper throwing out today. Threw out two huge bags of shredded paper, and reduced 5 big unorganized boxes to 4 smaller boxes a little more organized. Tomorrow, I do more organizing and filing. I'm trying to get this stupid paper under control. If only there were some kind of salt that I could put on all of the paper that I have and it would just dissolve.

Comments on "Wintertime... And the shoveling's easy..."

 

Blogger Stephanie said ... (8:55 PM) : 

Have I said lately that you're the best boyfriend ever? The sidewalk, and the office, are all looking really good!

 

Blogger DADAPALOOZA said ... (9:54 PM) : 

Wow-- two best boyfriend comments in a row-- careful-- it might go to my head!

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (6:37 AM) : 

Nothing melts a woman's heart faster than a guy shoveling ;)

Um, so what does it say about our house, that the WIFE does the snow removal? Heheh.

 

Blogger bruno said ... (5:14 PM) : 

Hello!
I'd like to invite you to check out Curbly.com - a DIY Design community for people who love where they live. We're establishing a passionate, creative user-base and drawing more and more traffic every day. We're trying to engage home-enthusiast like you and provide a place where people can share ideas and get inspired. Let me know what you think!

Thanks,
Bruno Bornsztein
Co-founder, Curbly .com
www.curbly.com/bruno

 

post a comment