Call Me a Cheapskate

After another harrowing drive two nights ago through inches of hail, snow and ice and idiot Seattle drivers who can't drive in snow, I slept in yesterday. Yep, it's another two snow days. So we made the best of that and slept in. Then we went to the neighborhood sled hill. It was awesome. The kids had fun with friends. The only lingering injury is CG's tailbone. I guess we don't bounce as nicely as the kids do.

Also yesterday, I noticed my eldest had cleared CG's side of the drive, but left the other two drives with 8-10 inches of snow. What's up with that? So I pour on the guilt.

Anyhow, my eldest got straight to work. It was slow going because each shovel full was put in sleighs to take across the street. The neighborhood are trying to accumulate all the snow at one house to make a snow fort. I'm glad it's their house and not mine. Last time they did this, the neighbor's drive had snow/ice for at least a week after the rest of us and ended up boiling water to melt it down.

About half way through clearing my drive, my son turns to me, and says, "Mommy, do I get paid for this or am I doing this because I love you?" The way he said love you was almost with a sigh of disdain. I snorted, "All for love, babe-y!"

He's silent for a minute then shrugs and says,"Okay!"

At first, I was a bit outraged because, hey, he did it for CG. Given CG has a Mini and I have an Expedition, so he clearly needs it more. Yet, I was still in a little bit of a half-humored, half-slightly offended snit. What I didn't know until later was CG had brokered a deal to pay for the shoveling. It wasn't until I relayed the love as payment that CG admitted he had offered to pay. Then, I felt like a cheapskate.

P.S. This pic above is complements of CG. He never sleeps in, so he got pics of the snow pristine. I love it when trees look like this. It reminds me of Alaska. By the time I woke up, it looked like someone had taken an eggbeater tro our yard. Those darn kids....

'lisciously scribed by Scout's Honor @ 7:42 AM