{"id":7532,"date":"2020-04-22T21:07:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T21:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7532"},"modified":"2020-06-30T19:21:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T19:21:16","slug":"stapleton-couple-fights-over-who-gets-to-shovel-sidewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7532","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Couple Fights Over Who GETS to Shovel Sidewalk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crop-0-0-1280-720-0-Shoveling-sidewalk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7667\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crop-0-0-1280-720-0-Shoveling-sidewalk.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crop-0-0-1280-720-0-Shoveling-sidewalk-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crop-0-0-1280-720-0-Shoveling-sidewalk-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crop-0-0-1280-720-0-Shoveling-sidewalk-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crop-0-0-1280-720-0-Shoveling-sidewalk-750x420.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shoveling is typically a chore no one wants to do, especially in the Carman house.&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019ll nag him after a snow to get out and shovel like all the other guys on the block are,\u201d said Meg.&nbsp; \u201cI hate having our house be the only house on the block that has a snow-covered sidewalk.\u201d&nbsp; Meg\u2019s husband Jeff says that sometimes Meg has to do the shoveling base on the timing of the snow and when he is either at work or has to leave for work.&nbsp; \u201cIt doesn\u2019t always work out, as sometimes I\u2019m not even home when it is snowing.&nbsp; Regardless of what she thinks, I can\u2019t be in two places at the same time.\u201d&nbsp; Neither of the two enjoys shoveling.&nbsp; \u201cI mean, having to bundle up, go out in the could and do hard, physical labor for 20 minutes is not something I enjoy,\u201d says Meg.&nbsp; \u201cI don\u2019t mind the work,\u201d says Jeff.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s just dicking around trying to find my boots, gloves, and hat, putting stuff on and taking it off\u2026just a pain in the ass.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>During the quarantine, shoveling attitudes\nhave changed, however.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s snowed a\nhandful of times in the last month, and we are actually fighting over who gets\nto go out and shovel,\u201d said Meg.&nbsp; \u201cI mean,\nanything to get out of the house and away from the fighting kids.\u201d&nbsp; The quarantine has definitely made Jeff\nappreciate the simplicity of snow shoveling.&nbsp;\n\u201cI can\u2019t believe I ever bitched about it,\u201d says Jeff.&nbsp; \u201cI would much rather be out there than listen\nto my kids fight or complain due to their cabin fever.&nbsp; I even shoveled my neighbor\u2019s sidewalk.&nbsp; But, he texted me and told me never to do it\nagain.&nbsp; Must be going through same thing\nas me.\u201d\nThe couple recently came to an agreement to avoid these\nfights in the future.&nbsp; \u201cWe essentially\nsettled on \u2018every other time,\u2019\u201d said Meg.&nbsp;\n\u201cWe thought of other options, but this seemed to be the easiest way.\u201d&nbsp; Jeff is saddened by the current forecast showing\nno snow for the next 15 days.&nbsp; \u201cWhat\u2019s\ntough is Meg does all the grocery shopping.&nbsp;\nI get to go to the liquor store, but really, that\u2019s not near as much\ntime.&nbsp; I\u2019m really looking forward to\npulling the weeds this spring, however.\u201d&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-6","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7532"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7669,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532\/revisions\/7669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}