M calls and says he'll take 1 through 4 to the corner station for a snack!! Hooray - Happy Dance! That was the best news I'd had in the 72 hours that we'd been snowed in. #5 was sleeping - imagine the things I could get done in the 45 minutes they'd be gone.
He had one request before he left {anything for this wonderful man that would grant me 45 minutes of solitude}. "Could you fill the bucket with snow?" Why does he need a 5 gallon bucket filled with snow - I thought to myself. I said sure with slight hesitation but not willing to question. They left. I quickly got suited up so as to not waste ANY time. I walked out the door to find...
The payloader was sitting in the drive. Seems as though the snow from in front of the garage that can't be "gotten" with heavy equipment needed to be scooped into THE BUCKET. I'm here to tell you that's a darn big bucket and there was a heckofa lot of snow that needed to be shoveled.
M's nature is to solve my problems. I'm guessing the complaints I've made about the extra 10 pounds I've found around my waist after mainlining chex mix, sugar cookies, cream cheese, and sausage for the last 8 weeks gave him the idea to help me out with my obvious need for exercise. It worked. Took me 20 minutes of hard labor (maybe not so terribly hard). I felt great afterwards and I may have broken a sweat at
-24 degrees.
Here's to no pressure keeping the gym membership and a little motivation to just get up and move a bit more. Easier said than done - I know, I know.
Blessings - B
1 comment:
You go girl! I think we should make a farm website that lists various "normal" activities and how many calories they burn. You know... lugging 5 gal buckets of corn (100 cal), unrolling a round bale uphill in the snow (150 cal), chopping ice (25 cal), shoveling BUCKETS of snow... (at least 1200 cal). Who says you have to go to the gym to stay in shape? Thinking of you!!!
J
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