I Have A Sidewalk!

Yesterday was sunny with a high of 1C. This morning it is cloudy and 2C. Today is supposed to be sunny and 9C. 

Lifestyle

Yesterday morning my neighbour and his youngest son were over and shovelled the driveway. I gave the boy 4 bottles of Gatorade for doing his share of shovelling before school. He was excited as he has enough drinks for his last 4 games. When they left, I salted the sidewalk so the thick ice could melt. 

After a fast breakfast, I was at the arena to walk at 8:05 am. We did 5 laps (1 km) and called it done. Once home, I took a bit of time and started to shovel the sidewalk. It was brutal as I was lifting 12 x 18" chunks of ice that were almost 2" thick. I got quite a bit of ice off that little sidewalk. 

After I had a cup of coffee, I went out and put more salt down on the ice. I was ready for work in the afternoon. 

I spent a lot of time cleaning the house. I laundered the blankets on the couches and then I vacuumed the couches. I got a lot of hair off them. So much so that I had to empty the machine. I also vacuumed the dining room and mopped the rest of the floor, did the small area at the front closet which also go mopped. I then vacuumed the hall and the spare bedroom. 

I realized when I was done the vacuuming that I am having a flare up. I took Tylenol in the morning and I was still very sore. I knew then that nothing was going to work so I rested until after lunch. Resting meant folding laundry. 

Mid afternoon daughter-in-law and I finished cleaning the ice off the sidewalk. A big job of me chipping at the ice and her scraping it up and then us reversing the job. 

We went to the big patches of ice on the driveway and chipped at them. Once done, I salted everything that was wet and we called it a day. It was time for me to sit on heat and rest. 

I did not sew or knit last yesterday as I had no time in the afternoon to sew and was tired last night. With the ice removal completed, I can now start sewing and knitting on a regular basis. 

Thoughts

    February was a brutal month for us. We seem to spend all our time shovelling snow and doing ice removal. We are now to have 3 days of rain which is worrisome. Tonight we could have freezing rain which is not wanted. I will be out salting the driveway late this afternoon. 

    My cold is getting better. My head and chest are clearing up. The cough will linger which is normal for this cold. I didn't have an allergy attack yesterday doing the couches which surprised me as I removed a lot of hair from it. Having clean blankets is also helping too. I am done with the cold and want to be back to normal asap. 

    I am really looking forward to getting back to sewing and knitting. I have missed doing it. Hopefully I can do some of both each day now that I am feeling better and the weather is improving a bit. 

Today

I have two loads of laundry to do. The first load is on and almost ready for the dryer. I have to make two dinners and then vacuum and mop the kitchen and hall floors. Then it is out to get a few groceries and salt. If I have time, I would like to sew on the purse. Maybe I will be able to knit tonight. I do have to salt the driveway tonight just in case we get freezing rain. 

Until the next time........................................................