Lesson number 1: A shovel is a very handy tool to have.
This is probably common knowledge to anyone who lives in the snow. However, as a mostly-California-girl-recently-transported-to-Boston, I had yet to learn this.
However, after Nemo the Blizzard, I consider myself a learned individual. I will be sending an email to Bob, my landlord, thanking him for leaving the shovel in the entry way. I was so happy to get outside for a little bit, shovel snow and see the winter wonderland.
I had to take a few breaks because my fingers would free and my arms were aching.
"Don't be a wimp!" I said to myself. "Can't you shovel for 20 minutes without taking a break?"
Apparently not.
Of course, I could get all philosphical about how shoveling snow is a great analogy for dealing with life's problems. Just as one scoop of snow shoveled gets the job in due time, so tackling problems and trials one at a time. No matter how high the problems go, we dig ourselves out one shovel, one piece of effort at a time.
Of course it helps if you have a bigger shovel.
Or stronger arms.
These are the kinds of things I think about as I shovel snow. That, and, how which recipe I will use to make cinnamon rolls on Day 2 of Snowed In Fun (tomorrow).
There's nothing philosphical about cinnamon rolls. They are just absolutely yummy.
Lesson Number 2: not letting the pink watercolor dry before applying green causes problems problems. (I had to get in my "pinkify moment' somewhere!)
Hope you have a lovely weekend wherever you are: in a place full of snow or dry and warm! Happy Weekend!
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