Last week was the most unique in terms of the weather changes. As we expected a heavy snow fall ahead of Christmas eve, I googled for some tips on shoveling my driveway.  I got lucky and found a interesting blog (unable to find it now..) well it had few tips on how to efficiently and quickly push the snow to the sides of the drive way. I followed it and was really helpful. But I couldn’t beat the wet snow that was heavier and the overnight subzero temperature that froze the snow. I was determined to see a clean driveway. so the next day I chizzled away the icy snow mountain sitting on my driveway. I was sure relived to see the mess cleaned up… but ouch.. I didn’t realize that I had sprained my upper back/shoulders. Towards end of the week the rain and unusual 50*F temp melted away most of my hard work sitting on sides of my driveway.

I was explaining this to my brother who is a doctor (and also has special interest in alternative medicine like acupuncture). He mentioned about a self practiced healing technique called Alexander Technique I am impressed by this art and was interesting to see how many people had practiced it.

With this (and some hot patches!!!) now I am getting ready for the next snow storm :)

wow… I just noticed that I haven’t blogged for more than 2 months now.. Here are my top 5 reasons -

  1. Economy – Its  sure the biggest worry on every ones mind. Its quite disturbing to check news or even log on to internet.
  2. Canceled Vacation – I had my plans to visit Bangalore this month but I had to cancel my trip for safety concerns. Its hard to come out of the vacation mode. I had planned to do nothing for 2-3 weeks :)
  3. Child care – As an offshoot of the above change we had to spend some time searching for quick and affordable alternates.
  4. Weather -  Not to blame our Chicago weather, it had always been a lousy winter weather in last 4 year. But still every year I feel this is the worst weather I have ever seen. So while staying indoor, I’m trying to get off computer and spend more time with family.
  5. Changes at Work – Had been some shift in project/team I am currently working on. So that needs some extra attention.

Ok.. I know.. I too lazy to even realize that I was not blogging. But good news.. now I’m back on.