Lessons learned while shoveling
We've lived in our new house (yay!!) for about a month now, and in that time it has snowed probably at least 20 times (ok, probably actually 4) so I'm feeling pretty experienced at this shoveling thing. Michael is in Des Moines this month doing a rotation at Blank Children's Hospital ER so I'm currently the sole shoveler for our household. Good thing I'm so experienced. It started snowing last night and has not yet stopped (it's now Sunday evening), so we are looking at probably at least 6 inches. I spent the morning (finally) unpacking and organizing our basement and office space, and then after a hearty late lunch/early dinner of mac 'n cheese 'n peas 'n carrots (I'm an adult...right?), I went outside to get my workout and tackle our driveway and sidewalk. It started out well, though I noticed some very slippery spots where I had neglected the shoveling last week after it had freezing rained + snowed + more freezing rained (Lesson #1). We did...