Shortest walk in history

I knew what I'd see when I woke up this morning, but of course, little Joey didn't. I knew it would be warm enough to walk, so when I woke up, I bundled up and hooked Joey to her leash and we stepped outside to see the scene above.

We stepped up onto my drive and didn't even get a quarter of the way down before Joey turned around and literally high-tailed it to the back door. I coaxed her out to the drive once more just to make sure she was really telling me that she wasn't interested in a walk in this stuff. And of course, once again, she turned right around. I'm afraid that Joey's going to get tubby again over the winter, which isn't so bad, but we'll also have to deal with the pottying issue. She's going to have to learn that if she's going to go potty indoors, it MUST be in the basement on the cement floor, preferably by the drain. We'll have a little lesson in that later this morning.

Although I already miss our walk, I'll go out later this morning and scoop my very long drive by hand. It's not that cold and it'll be my exercise for the day.

Last night, I did my Zumba DVD. It didn't seem as intense as what we do in class, but I think part of that is that there's no one else seeing me. I probably don't lift my legs up as high and I'm sure I cheat more. However, it was exercise. I decided that just the two nights a week wasn't enough and since I'm not walking to school...I'm sure shoveling snow will be a more than adequate substitute to my walking though. I'd love it if I could get guns like Mari's. (For those of you not familiar with the lingo, that means well-developed, strong arms).

9:21 - I just came in from shoveling snow about 10 minutes ago. It's a very wet and heavy snow. Ken thinks we got about 6 inches, which sounds right to me. In that hour I cleared 3/4 of my drive. I have a very long drive. Don't get me wrong. I have no intention of shoveling snow by hand all winter, but why not do it for exercise now and then. Besides, it's not such a chore if you think of it as exercise and not a hell of a lot of work. It's all in perspective.

2:00 - Well Joey and I just came in from a short walk. Now that my drive and sidewalk are cleared and all we're getting now are some light flurries, she found it much more acceptable for walking. We had to walk on the street some and occasionally through sidewalk that hasn't been cleared yet. She did a great imitation of a bunny leaping through the snow where the walks weren't cleared. We only went around the block but that was enough.

While we were out I inspected my fallen trees. It looks as if I'm going to lose quite a few lilac branches, and this is just the first snow of the season. It'll be interesting to see how they look in the Spring.

By the way, I was very proud today. When I came in from shoveling snow, I eventually went down to the basement, and Joey had both pooped and peed down there right where I wanted her to go. Maybe it won't be as much of a struggle as I had envisioned this winter.