Entries Tagged as ‘Newspaper Delivery’

April 13, 2008

Our long day is over….

We decided that we’ve had enough paper route. It’s been approximately 1511 consecutive days of getting up at o’ dark thirty. Every.single.day.
It hasn’t been been terrible and most days it is actually quite pleasant, but since Dave broke his leg it’s gotten to be overwhelming. The fatigue has been [...]

February 22, 2008

When it rains, it POURS

It all started when Dave stepped on that fated patch of ice and broke his leg in three places. That was Friday, February 8th. Unfortunately, the emergency room missed a break up high in his leg and also missed one break in his ankle. They sent him home like it was [...]

February 8, 2008

Murphy makes a visit….

I can’t believe that it didn’t happen sooner.  This month it’s been four years we’ve been “throwing newspapers for freedom”.  Four years of winter, cold, snow and ice.  It’s fabulous exercise!  Most of the time it’s easy if you don’t mind sleep deprivation.  It fits into our lives perfectly.
I should have know this would happen [...]

January 21, 2008

Adventures in Paper Delivery

This time of year we get disgruntled. The weather is awful. It’s cold. There is ice and snow everywhere which means we have to get up even earlier to get papers delivered before deadline. We think about quitting every single day. Words come out of our mouths that we aren’t proud of when we have [...]