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helwenIt's a snow day for many folks I know. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fitzw started the shoveling and I joined in, so the sidewalks and driveway have been cleared once. It is of course still precipitating -- sleety stuff right now. But even the earlier stuff was a bit on the heavy side, so taking a trip out now makes for a lighter burden on the next trip out.
Also, snow shoveling can tax many people beyond their safe, healthy limit for exercise. Very few people bother to warm up/stretch first, and because it's cool outside it takes longer for them to notice that they've been working hard. Also, it's an unaccustomed physical activity for most people. Because of these things, many injuries occur and older folks have had heart attacks and such. Shoveling is best done in short increments. There are no rules that say you have to do it all at once. Also, remember to drink fluids when you come in from working out there :)
fitzw is working today of course, but what he does for work may be affected by the weather, as some of the servers he needs access to for some of his work are in Ohio, and they are having problems there. Fortunately he has other work he can do.
We did go out one last time yesterday afternoon because the cats had suddenly decided that they didn't want to eat anything except turkey, which we'd just run out of. While we were out we went to the mall as well (it's just a minute away from the pet place), went for a walk and a quick shop for Valentine's things.fitzw thought it would be nice if we did a little more of something for it than we've done in recent years. We are also planning on baking today -- probably chocolate chip cookies, and maybe crackers. fitzw really likes crackers -- I'm a little more choosy possibly, but I really like the homemade ones. They are hard to make, not because of the ingredients, but because the dough doesn't like to be rolled so you have to press the rolling pin very firmly. Still, they are some of the best crackers ever :)
Today I'll spend some time finishing a wool top and maybe one of the linen tops I started last week. Also, more cleaning. Chinese New Year is just a few days away and the house needs to be much cleaner than it currently is, including washing the kitchen floor, because the kitchen is one of the most important rooms in the house. The bedroom is one of the other important rooms, but we are doing pretty well with that.
fitzw started the shoveling and I joined in, so the sidewalks and driveway have been cleared once. It is of course still precipitating -- sleety stuff right now. But even the earlier stuff was a bit on the heavy side, so taking a trip out now makes for a lighter burden on the next trip out.Also, snow shoveling can tax many people beyond their safe, healthy limit for exercise. Very few people bother to warm up/stretch first, and because it's cool outside it takes longer for them to notice that they've been working hard. Also, it's an unaccustomed physical activity for most people. Because of these things, many injuries occur and older folks have had heart attacks and such. Shoveling is best done in short increments. There are no rules that say you have to do it all at once. Also, remember to drink fluids when you come in from working out there :)
fitzw is working today of course, but what he does for work may be affected by the weather, as some of the servers he needs access to for some of his work are in Ohio, and they are having problems there. Fortunately he has other work he can do.We did go out one last time yesterday afternoon because the cats had suddenly decided that they didn't want to eat anything except turkey, which we'd just run out of. While we were out we went to the mall as well (it's just a minute away from the pet place), went for a walk and a quick shop for Valentine's things.
fitzw thought it would be nice if we did a little more of something for it than we've done in recent years. We are also planning on baking today -- probably chocolate chip cookies, and maybe crackers. fitzw really likes crackers -- I'm a little more choosy possibly, but I really like the homemade ones. They are hard to make, not because of the ingredients, but because the dough doesn't like to be rolled so you have to press the rolling pin very firmly. Still, they are some of the best crackers ever :)Today I'll spend some time finishing a wool top and maybe one of the linen tops I started last week. Also, more cleaning. Chinese New Year is just a few days away and the house needs to be much cleaner than it currently is, including washing the kitchen floor, because the kitchen is one of the most important rooms in the house. The bedroom is one of the other important rooms, but we are doing pretty well with that.
