One Thing you can’t do in Michigan in February

A good friend of mine and his wife (also a great friend) told me once or twice about a book called One Thing You Can’t Do in Heaven.

Well, as a spin-off on that, here’s a short list of things you can’t do in Michigan in Febraury:

• Have a barbecue
• Cut your grass
• Go to the Water Park
• Go fishing from a boat
• Go Para-sailing, water-skiing, or feel the sand between your toes at the beach (it’s frozen solid)
• Buy a SNOW SHOVEL

That’s right, it is nearly impossible to buy a snow shovel in Michigan in FEBRUARY!

Last week, my car was stuck. When I say stuck, I mean STUCK.

Oh, by the way, it was stuck in the driveway. I tried to get it out for an hour and was unsuccessful. I was successful, however, in breaking my snow shovel. That initiated my search for a new snow shovel. I was willing to pay 20 or 30 bucks just to get a good one with a metal edge.

Checked Sam’s Club – Nope.
Checked Wal-Mart – yes, but only one, and it was really really cheap and flimsy. Not good at all for a foot of packed-down snow.
Checked Lowes – Nope.
Checked K-Mart – Nope.

Argh!!!!

So finally I got one. Good ol’ Meijer came through for me. Thank goodness for a Michigan-based company who has the brains to look outside and see that there just MIGHT be a need for snow shovels in February. And, as a bonus, they are on clearance for 50% off!

I can finally get into my driveway again, after about an hour and a half of shoveling last night. Not fun. At least I got to enjoy the snow over the weekend on Snowmobiles at my in-laws I just had to pay for it last night, lol.