karebear1 said:
I'm from the midwest- and absolutely LOVE the snow- of course, I've never had to go out into it! I just enjoy it from my nice warm home, with a fire burning in the fireplace, Christmas Carols
Ahhhhh ... how romantic! Talk to me after you've been out shoveling at midnight or 1am because if you DON'T ... you'll never be able to make it through what piles up over night!!!!!!!!
We never had a snowblower until DH left for Iraq. DH isa strong guy and we just never had the money for it. (they're expensive for one that actually WORKS) Shortly after he left, we got hit HARD! My DS was not quite 5 and was sick. I went out to shovel with the baby monitor around my neck -- in hopes of hearing him.
I think it took almost 2 hours to shovel a "shovel wide" path from mt door to the car! (We have to have a plow truck -- our driveway is MUCH too long!) I came in for a rest and sat to read email and just sort of started crying to my girlfriends (a Mommy list based on when our kids were due).
I headed back out, but just to keep up with wat the wind had blown into what I had already shoveled!!!
What I didn't know is that my friend in FL took it upon herself to try to rent me a snowblower!!
I was so shocked! She called (I had a phone in my pocket too!) and told me the story! Told me to stop shoveling and get off the phone to expect a call.
Soon after, I got a call from a local business. She had explained DH was in Iraq and I was in over my head! They didn't rent snowblowers -- but sent TWO MEN!!! They shoveled all my walkways and deck and they even raked the snow off my roof!!! I was so very grateful!!!
Then -- she thought she had done nothing! (Can you believe!) She told me she couldn't let it hapen again and asked if I had a credit card. She told me to go out and buy what I needed for SNOWBLOWER! She sent me a check to cover te cost!!!! How can you ever thank someone for doing this? I had met her ONCE in Boston!!! We had been talking since we were both pregnant (sometime in 1997) and this was 2003.
Anyway ... that's my little pixydust story!!!!!