I need a BIG Shovel for all the Sh......
By Sparks
@sparkofinsanity (20471)
Regina, Saskatchewan
January 12, 2009 12:21pm CST
...shifting snow!
It's been snowing light puffy lovely flakes here on and off for weeks.
It hasn't been hard to shift it off pathways and steps and it really is pretty!
Last night changed all that. The wind was horrific and the humidity high.
I opened my side door this morning to let my dog out and there was a drift of snow at least two feet or more in height that was flat on the side where it rested against my door. Spunky took one look at the snow, me, shook her head, and went back to her favorite place on the living room rug.
So I checked the front door too as it is protected by our porch overhang, but no, it was just as bad!
Because of the high humidity the snow now has a hard crust on the top of it and shoveling it out of the way is going to be a major pain in the butt Then of course, I'll have to shovel the porch, steps, walkway to the street, around the side of the house and the small porch by the door, down those steps and across the yard to Spunky's dog run. THEN, I'll have to shovel a path from the gate of her dog run to her dog house and clear the drift from in front of it so she can get inside.
I'm exhausted just thinking about it! Plus my back won't be able to take it......
So, I need a BIG Shovel for all the sh............
Got one? I'll pay you a hundred bucks to do it for me and feed you dinner.....
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21 responses
@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Ha ha...snow. That's cute. I thought snow was a scary story told to children from the south to keep them from moving north!
I live in Florida. There's no snow here. I only miss it at Christmas - but I don't miss the cold!
I have no shovel to offer, but if you want a nice, sun filled escape from the snow, I live five minutes from the beach!
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Up here in the 'far' north we tell our children scary stories about crocs and alligators in the waters in Florida! So there! ROFL
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
LOL, I think we smoke the same 'brand of...' ROFL I just wrote another discussion 'under the influence', so MY Bad too! LOL
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@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
13 Jan 09
The only crocs around here are the ones I see on people's feet!
As for the alligators...well...I'm not in the swampland part of Florida, so I'm okay. Except for that one I wrestled because he ate my golf ball.
Wait. That was Happy Gilmore. My bad. What are we talking about?
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
13 Jan 09
I wish I had such a big shovel, which you are asking for, had it been with me, I would have given you without charging any fee. However, I am afraid that I do not have any such thing, which could be passed on to you for your help.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
13 Jan 09
Many thanks for your kind words!It shows how nice your are.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
No sweat. It's the thought that counts and I appreciate it a lot! Hugs.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
All stocked up for you and Gissi both Gabs! I'll be waiting.........but um, I wouldn't hitch a ride with P1ke....................LOL
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Poor Gissi! lol
I'll tell Devon you said Hi! He'll be so happy you thought of him! Hugs.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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13 Jan 09
[Holds Map in hand] "Straight on at Bristol. No. Turn right then up over the North pole. Down Donner, Down Blitzen. I knew borrowing a couple of Santa's reindeer would be fraught with problems. OK. Then down over the frozen wastes to TEXAS. No No. Back up. We're off to rescue Sparky not have a holiday. What do you mean you left the shovel behind. Hang on Sparky. We'll be there by the summer........of 2010 at this rate. What do you mean Santa never gives you this trouble...cheeky bloomin' reigndeer"
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
LOL P1ke, I think Annie's right and your reindeer were imported from Newfieland! LOL So I won't expect to see you before 2020! ROFL Nice try though.
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@AnnieOakley1 (5596)
• Canada
13 Jan 09
Willful critters, aren't they? Sometimes I think they were raised somewhere silly but fun, like NFLD. When you ask them to TURN RIGHT, they ask, "which RIGHT" and then suddenly turn LEFT! But they are sooo cute, and love tummy rubs, so it is hard to be angry at them for long. Plus, carrying those yummy candy canes on their antlers all the time is a bonus for those much needed long distance snacks.
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@mentalward (14691)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Hahahaha! Well, I don't have a big shovel, but I do have a rider mower I could get a plow attachment for!
Of course, riding it up there from here MIGHT be a bit tricky!
I had that happen once, kinda. We had 3 snowstorms in a 2-week period back in '79. We had 5 feet of snow dumped on us. Guess who got to shovel it all? Yep, me. This stuff was over my head in places!!!
Anyway, when the first storm hit, we got about 2 feet of snow. I had 3 dogs. I was able to put open the back door (with a lot of effort) but the back yard was gone!!! It was just a big white. That's all, just a big white... no bushes, no fence, no nothing but white!
I shoveled about 15 feet down the sidewalk so my dogs would have someplace to do their 'business'. One of my dogs... the poor thing... thought that the rest of the yard was 'over' that big white thing. She was a little gal, only weighed about 20 pounds.
She proceeded to run and jump 'over' that white barricade, right into the snow! About a second later, she came barreling out through the side where I had shoveled, covered from snout to tail in snow!
I almost peed in my pants laughing so hard!!!
Wish we got some of that snow of yours! We've had snow here, but not much at all, not this winter nor last winter. I miss it!!!@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
ENJOY my snow? Are you nuts? There's just waaaaaaaaaaaay too much this year and I'll gladly box some up for you and AngrierKitty! Hells bells you should have seen what I had to deal with this morning.........but that's a new discussion! ROFL See you there....! lol
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@AnnieOakley1 (5596)
• Canada
13 Jan 09
Hilarious story, mental. Just hilarious! Thanks for sharing that, I nearly peed my pants laughing, too. Soooo cute!
Here, you can have some of this storm we're having right now, WWWWHHHHHHOOOOOOOOSSSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
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@mentalward (14691)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Oops, sorry. I must need more sleep. I said that I "put open the back door", when I meant "PUSH open the back door". Also, it wasn't the first storm, it was after the second storm that my dog did her thing in the snow. We have over 3 feet of snow at that time... closer to 4 feet.
Okay, I'm going back to bed now... need sleep! Didn't get much last night. Enjoy your snow!!!
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Not to mention the damage to my shoes! @sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
12 Jan 09
Baloney! You're just afraid of the cold! ROFL
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Is there such a thing as a cold plague? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......must research that. Now I know what to get fwidman for xmas next year! ROFL
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@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
13 Jan 09
Finally someone from Canada, who actually knows what our winters are like. I am in Alberta and we got a ton last night too. I shoveled yesterday and have to do it again GRRRRRR. I know what you mean about your back too. I suffer from back pain and recently broke my tail bone.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Oh Sk, do I hear you! I lived in Alberta from 2000 to 2007. Moved out in the summer though! LOL Our winter here in Saskat last year was mild compared to what is happening this year. In fact I don't even remember it being this bad in all the time I lived in Alberta! LOL Remember the famous winter a couple of years ago in Alberta that was more horefrost than snow? Hubs and I used to take road trips all over the province and I have lovely pics of that winter....
Anyway, I also broke my tailbone back in highschool and my discs have been degenerating from the base of my spine up ever since. So now my vertebrae are grinding against each other, pinching the nerves and my butt muscles have moved UP to support my spine! LOL I'm a mess and can only stand up for about 10 minutes at a time before I collapse in tears. So you can imagine what shoveling snow does to me!
Sk, please pm me. I can help you, now that I know where you are living........
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
12 Jan 09
All the resident's in my town are over 65! LOL But the old duffer who runs the snow plow has a crush on me, so maybe I can get him to carve a path around the house to the dog run................LOL
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Hello vanities........yes it is good exercise, and I sure got plenty of it yesterday.............NO ONE had any big shovels! LOL
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@moondancer (7433)
• United States
12 Jan 09
This is just too funny. I have a large snow shovel, but with my health and my back I wouldn't last more than 2 or 3 minutes. Sorry but I won't be able to help. I know my hubby would help you for nothing, but we'd have to get a flight to Canada as we live in Tennessee. Also you have 4 extra little one sthere with us. Unless my sister would be able to stay with them on such short notice.
Maybe it you have something that would melt it then blow it or move it out of the way. You might have a bunch of sluge to deal with then though.
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@moondancer (7433)
• United States
12 Jan 09
That's a wonderful idea. lol, you crazy lady. I don't think there's many times you don't make me laugh.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
12 Jan 09
My new year's resolution was to spread more love and laughter................LOL
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Well now, let me think about that. You are going to feed me and pay me to do the work. hmmmm. I am sitting here watching my neighbor plow my driveway out with the big tractor. It looks mighty cold out there. Ummmmm, no! I am not coming cause I don't have a big enough tractor. LOL
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Borrow the neighbour and bring his, and then you and I can feed ourselves while we watch HIM! ROFL
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@cynicalandoutspoken (4725)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Just buy my plane ticket and I'm on my way. I'll even cook dinner after I'm done. After the inch or two of ice I had to chisel off my van this morning I consider myself a resident expert on snow and ice removal.
And hiding out in the canadian wilderness will protect me from the local law enforcement when they come to arrest me for attempted murder of my two sons yesterday.
We took them out to go sled riding and I didn't bother to teach them how to steer or stop before I pushed them down the ice covered alley. They leaned a little too far to the left, hit the neighbors driveway, the sled was stopped by the cinder blocks on the edge but my sons proceeded forward about 9 feet, flying through the air before they fell a good 4 feet to the crunchy snow covered ground below.
They were obviously okay because they crawled out of the yard screaming how awesome that was and asked me to push them again. The second time they got tangled up in the air (you would think they would have learned to steer by now) and landed on top of each other on the ground. The oldest on top.
No broken bones but my husband in sure that the police are going to investigate or at the very least child protective services are going to be called.
LoL
So, hide me away until the spring thaw and I will gladly shovel your yard :)
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
12 Jan 09
Bidding closed! YOU'RE HIRED! Ticket is waiting at the airport..............!LOL
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@AnnieOakley1 (5596)
• Canada
13 Jan 09
Awesome story, cyn. Hilarious! Thanks for sharing. LMAO. Truth is always stranger and much more entertaining than fiction could ever be.
And so glad to see you again. You have been missed. ((((HUGS))))
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
13 Jan 09
Nope Sorry..Here's a brownie and come back later and maybe you can find someone else that will shovel it..I'm busy baking..lol..
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Oh lucky you! Do an AnnieOakley and wrap some in saran and put them in the mail will ya? I can't bake worth sh*t!
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@tamarafireheart (15384)
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12 Jan 09
Hi Sparkey,
Yes I would come and shift it for you but don't think I can manage not with my back too, I hae not had any snow like that, just a few flurries and didn't rest on the ground, hope you find someone to shift all that snow so Spunky can go out. Love and hugs.
Tamara
xxxx
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
12 Jan 09
Me too. I just spoke to the hubs on the phone and he asked if I could wait until he got home............well I can, but poor Spunky can't! LOL
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Annie..........I really hope you meant SPUNKY? ROFL
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@AnnieOakley1 (5596)
• Canada
13 Jan 09
Maybe you can do what someone else has done and just hold her out the window every few hours. I thought I heard of someone holding their kids butt out the window of a moving car to have a pee once recently. Ridiculous in a moving vehicle, but in an emergency, it just might have to do for Sparky, eh?
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
12 Jan 09
[i]Hi sparks,
That is fun when we are neighbors! LOL! Just feed me and i'll help you! LOL!
I hope you will find kids who will do it for you, in our place, I don't like to go out whenever it is very cold! I will be more grumpy! LOL![/i]
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
No chance of getting kids to do it where I live cappy. I've just come from doing most of it myself and I just KNOW I'm not going to sleep well tonight because of the back pain. There better something really good on tv tongiht! LOL
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@craftcatcher (3699)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Ughh I can sympathize Sparks, we've got a blizzard moving in here in a couple of hours with 40-50 mph winds so that's going to not only blow the snow into nice big drifts but plunge the wind chills down to about -30 below zero. It is gorgeous but I'm glad we don't have to go outside until tomorrow. Heck with a $100 shovel.Depending on how high the drifts get maybe a tractor with a plow on the front. Much easier on the back. No I don't have one but I can dream. Share the dream with me Sparks. 
@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
12 Jan 09
Oh I'm sharing the dream Craft! LOL Because our little town usually plows the snow by pulling huge tractor wheels along the road behind a John Deere, but the snows are so deep now they can't get through! LOL My kingdom for a proper plow!!!!
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@CharlieTango (39)
• United States
12 Jan 09
I could really use $100 bucks right now, let me strap some sea turtles to my feet and I'll be on my way! :) Love the title to this post by the way, hehe.
@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
12 Jan 09
I'll be waiting, and I even have a big lake 'next door' for the sea turtles! LOL
And yeah, as a writer I know how to 'hook' the reader with a good title! LOL Clever you to notice!
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Hey sparky! That made me tired just reading it! I hope your
poor little doggie can learn to use the potty really quick!
Doesn't sound like going out is going to be possible until
sometime in the Spring! Wow! Sounds like you really got hit
with Sh!t, I mean shifting snow! That's the worst! When the
wind blows it and it freezes in place making it too heavy
to push or lift! Isn't there any nice neighbor kids you can
bribe to shovel? I don't think that you should dare even try!
That stuff is too heavy for you to be messing with, especially
with a bad back! I really hope you can find another way!
Please don't try doing it yourself! Tell Spunky to use the
potty!
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
It made me tired just writing it! LOL
But there are no kids where I live. Everyone in town is OLD! No kidding! So yeah, I did it myself. And yeah, my back is going to kill me for the next three days, so it better not snow again for at least a week! By that time the hubs will be home and HE can shovel! lol
As for Spunky, I took her out the front door with me and when I finally got the path to the street shoveled, she could get out to the street and across the road to our property there where the drifts weren't so bad, and do her business. She is now cuddled up at my feet sighing with pleasure! Lucky dog! LOL
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@CRIVAS (1815)
• Canada
12 Jan 09
Well if I lived closer to you I would happily shovel your snow for a good home cooked meal. Sorry. I can't even help you with the shovel but maybe one day you'll wake up and someone will have done it for you,LOL. If it makes you feel any better it's the same over here and my dog refuses to touch the snow so I have to shovel everything for him too,LOL. I think our dogs are spoiled, I don't mind, Hopefully you'll be able to shovel it without too much trouble, I'll keep my fingers crossed.
@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
12 Jan 09
Hi Crivas! My dog doesn't mind the snow, but only if it doesn't go up passed her waist and she's a large dog! LOL It was so funny to see her refuse to go out this morning, so you can imagine how much snow there is!
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@Brifri328 (56)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Wow, I feel sorry for you... Too bad I cant help. You know I think im allergic to work or something. Besides I dont think I could do it within the week. :D Of course if its 100 bucks per day or maby hour... Then I might consider helping!
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Jan 09
Well you're a right little opportunist, aren't ya?! LOL I like your style. You'll do well here, so welcome to the lot!
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