Two days of shoveling snow this week. It might have melted the first time without really getting out the big guns, but it was the first time and it was novel. Oh, how I do remember Misawa. I also remember that Stephanie won a snow blower one year as she guessed the day of the first snow fall. Since we don't own and don't want to own our own equipment, Justin had arrange with Lloyd and Gloria that he'd clear both driveways using their big-boy blower. I cleared our deck and sidewalks and then I was done. Justin worked with Lloyd to arrange his garage. The first time was more involved just getting things all set up. Today, our second snow, Lloyd went out too with his smaller snow blower while Justin was clearing driveways. At age 90, it reminded me of my mom using a vacuum cleaner as a walker for stability. He told Justin he wanted to try his hand with the larger machine -- that lasted about two minutes. Lloyd then went back inside as he was done. Gemma is quite happy to bound about in the snow...she is a girl from Sheboygan after all.
We also made a trip to D and D Glass to get a table top cut for a Japanese silk spool that will now serve as an end table. After having had five different companies come out to our house to get estimates on window repair and replacement, we found that D&D can do the job. What a find!
We had a very pleasant and long-overdue chat with Ken and Eileen this week. One day we might just be able to go visit. I was reminded of when a colleague commented that Eileen wore pearls so casually. Me? I've been wearing pearls every day since the election (in a tribute to RBG) even when shoveling snow.
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