Greetings from a Grandma
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:56 am
I'd heard about this concept (the No S and Shovelgloving) about a year before, but it didn't quite click. Well, we had a snowstorm up here in the Midwest, and that reminded me of shovelgloving -- more precisely, just how sore I would NOT have been if I'd been working out all along!
My spouse has a heart condition, and our son lives 2 cities away; so, even though I'm 54 years old, arthritic, and roly-poly, I was the one who had to do most of the shoveling. We don't have a snowblower. I got the driveway cleared out twice, but when the plow pushed knee-deep snirt into the throat of the driveway, there was no way I could clear it. Thankfully there were some young neighborhood guys with a snowblower who helped out.
I'm starting out slowly, just learning the movements with a broom and not worrying about time. I'll graduate to the lightest sledge hammer I can find. Next time it snows, I want to be in such good condition I'll be able to shovel it all out and won't even get a backache!
Since it's Lent, I thought it would be a good time to start No-S 'ing.
My spouse has a heart condition, and our son lives 2 cities away; so, even though I'm 54 years old, arthritic, and roly-poly, I was the one who had to do most of the shoveling. We don't have a snowblower. I got the driveway cleared out twice, but when the plow pushed knee-deep snirt into the throat of the driveway, there was no way I could clear it. Thankfully there were some young neighborhood guys with a snowblower who helped out.
I'm starting out slowly, just learning the movements with a broom and not worrying about time. I'll graduate to the lightest sledge hammer I can find. Next time it snows, I want to be in such good condition I'll be able to shovel it all out and won't even get a backache!
Since it's Lent, I thought it would be a good time to start No-S 'ing.