That's cool playing with both hands already. I started when I was 9 and I'd often wished I'd started sooner. I really wished I'd never taken those 20 years to just play off and on and wished I would have worked harder during that time. I think I'm getting my fingers back under me now, but it seems harder now than it did then.
You bought a snow thrower? We call them snow blowers here!!

8-12 inches is a hefty amount!! We've got a ton of sidewalk and driveway to clear and a few weeks ago, we got this horrible, heavy wet snow that our snow blower/thrower couldn't even move. It was awful!! The next day, even with an aching back, I went out and pulled the kids in the sled and I'd grab Trey and throw him down in the snow-he loved it! Anything to make my kids laugh! Good luck-I hope you don't really get that much. Here, they always predict several inches and we usually just get a dusting, but every once in awhile, we get dumped on. Montana winters are not all they used to be. They're very mild anymore. When I was a kid, I remember snow drifts and piles on the roads that stayed there until spring. Global warming maybe??