Up Early ~ Frozen Pipes ~ Handmade Hay Net ~ A Prescripton for Myself

Cell phones were ringing early this morning. Both between 4am and 5:30am. Hubby was called in to work, and the school called. With temperatures at -12°F, the school is currently delayed for 2 hours. I am praying all the outside animals stayed warm enough last night. The barn cats did not come to the door, so I am sure they found a warm corner in the barn.

Our water pipes froze last night, which was to be expected, so last night I warned the kids to fill all the water jugs for the animals, and of course flushing toilets. At 7am, we got cold water, but hot water pipes were still frozen.

Yesterday I made a hay net for Blondie. The drawstring is a bit too short, but she ate all the hay in it. I'll be posting a photo on my S.C.R.A.P. blog later.

...this is what I prescribed to myself today, along with a hot up of tea.

I love Leslie Meier mystery novels. Lucy Stone, married with two kids, is a newspaper reporter in Tinker's Cove. My kind of book. If you haven't read the Lucy Stone series, you should.

Comments

onesimplefarmgirl2 said…

Its very cold here too. Hate milking cows when it is this cold.

January 22, 2013 at 9:30 AM

Candy C. said…

Awesome hay net!
I love your self prescribed break! We should all do that more often. :)

January 23, 2013 at 4:35 PM

Chit Chat

The pickings are slim right now, but we'll take anything we are blessed with. I made a salad and cleaned the beans. The rain will give us more for a meal in a day or so. The green beans are every so slowly coming on this season. I made a batch of homemade granola, and instead of my homemade vanilla extract, I used my homemade Christmas Spice Extract. It smelled so good in the oven, and while cooling. I picked some purslane, and am doing an experiment with it this time. Update soon. Chit Chat © August 2026 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

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I've Been MIA and Heat Wave

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