Most of y0u know that here on the East Coast we got hit with a blizzard last week. This was our first big snowstorm living in a house rather than an apartment so my husband was dismayed to realize that he was now the one responsible for shoveling the driveway. Naturally, massive procrastination followed.
Day one passed with no signs of a shovel emerging at all. Day two came and I had to cancel a visit to a friend since we still had a foot of snow covering the driveway. Finally, on day three my husband reluctantly put on his boots, pulled out the shovel, heaved a big sigh and headed out the door.
I thought: Hooray! We’re no longer going to be stranded inside the house! Maybe we can even go to the store! And yet, as soon as I finished having that thought, my husband came back in panting as if he had just run a marathon. (Which, by the way, he does. Run marathons. So this is not a guy who is out of shape. Or so I thought.) Yes, he shoveled for all of 5 minutes and then came back in, claiming exhaustion and that he needed to “take a little break.” This went on all day. 5 minutes outside, 25 minutes inside on the couch watching TV. And there was one time when he came in after his 5 minutes were up and proclaimed, “I think I just earned myself a beer!” and he proceeded to open a beer and plopped on the couch.
I would’ve taken a picture of him shoveling but apparently I’m not quick enough because every time I was about to he came back in the house so here’s a cartoon image I found on google images. Apparently, even a cartoon can shovel better than my husband.
that was an awesome story! so hilarious.
This is my husband EVERY.TIME.IT.SNOWS. We live on a corner lot and have a driveway, plus quite a bit of sidewalk to shovel. I wish I could tell you that he’s improved in the almost four years he’s owned the house, but I quickly learned that if I don’t want to get cited by the city or if I want to drive my Corolla out of the garage and not get stuck, I have to suck it up and do it myself. The best part is when he leaves it on the sidewalk and says “I’ll get to it later,” then all the foot traffic tramps down the snow and creates an icy mess that’s impossible to shovel off.
I shovel snow better than your husband. And I’m a girl! LOL
My bf shovels snow for a living. Apparently this means he does not need to shovel any snow that falls on his own property. You would think his would be the best shoveled area in town…NO….! Because he is so tired from work, he cannot ever shovel his walkway or driveway. Anything to get out of shoveling, I guess.
get a leave blower LOL itll blow it off most of the important stuff, lol thats what we do here, weve been hit by every storm my kids have only been to 3 days of school since dec 12th. ugh.
OMG I totally get this!! We live in a sunny state where snow is not an issue, but the procrastination is totally my husband. He starts a project which takes months for things to be done. We still have a couple 5 gallon buckets near our pool where he was working 3 months ago. I choose not to pick-up after him outside, as doing the inside of the house is enough for me.
Maybe you could get off your ass and do it yourself if its so important.
Well I wouldn’t put it the same way Seamus does, but it does not mean his question is not valid.
I prefer to shovel the driveway myself.