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The storm seems to have slowed down a bit, winds have decreased as has the snow.\u00a0 It looks we got around a foot, but I can tell you that many of the drifts exceed that.<\/p>\n
First, my insulating vest over my sweatshirt.\u00a0 Then the wind pants over my sweats.\u00a0 Down coat.\u00a0 Mad bomber hat with rabbit fur flaps secured under my chin.\u00a0 Scarf around exposed neck.\u00a0 Insulated socks pressed into Sorels.\u00a0 I was ready to get the mail and the newspaper.\u00a0 Successful.\u00a0\u00a0 Minnesota, a state where getting to the mailbox from the house can be a challenge worth dressing up for.<\/p>\n
After that adventure, I strapped on my snow shoes and headed out to Ruth and Gabe’s playhouse to retrieve the little giant ladder system still standing out there.\u00a0 I waited until a historic snow storm to grab it just to test my true mettle. I’d say it was thin aluminum.<\/p>\n
The damn ladder system is heavy and clumsy.\u00a0 Walking in snow shoes is not an elegant dance in the best of situations, but navigating around small shrubs without snagging and trying to thread my way between an electric fence and a snow-drift narrowed passage up onto our deck, all the while dragging a ladder–priceless.<\/p>\n
The ladder went in the garage to melt off its snow and be ready for Adam Lindquist, the improbably named Chinese lighting specialist from Lights on Broadway, who is coming out on Wednesday to install our new fixtures.\u00a0 Huffing and puffing I sat down to drink some hot chocolate Kate made.\u00a0 Decided to give myself 20 minutes of aerobic workout since I also shoveled the deck some.<\/p>\n
Just finished my other 30 minutes on the treadmill.\u00a0 Now I can settle down and enjoy the storm.\u00a0 Tomorrow, more Latin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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