Pioneer Woman at Heart

We went from this on Tuesday.....  . . . to this on Wednesday.  This is a photo from this morning.   The wind blew the entire day and even blew drifts inside the animal barn.  This part of the horseshoe drive, had 5 foot drifts across by 5:00pm.  Not only did we go from melted snow to piles of snow, we went from 50°F on Tuesday to -10°F wind chill today.   And yes, some water pipes are frozen, but thankfully not my shower (woo hooooo to that!). 

I took a little time to sit on the porch and rest a bit today.  The summer beauty is slowly appearing around the homestead. Sometimes I have to look at all the "good" to get through all the "bad." 2 Timothy 2:23-25 ESV  "Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth"  

The opposite side of this barn (same end) has roofing missing from the tornado winds that came through about 2 years ago.  

There is nothing more peaceful, at least for a mother of a large family, to be able to sit and relax knowing that her work is done.  Or the the most part, know that there are no other "projects" to be finished, and no piles of clutter that need attending. My goal is to declutter the clutter, no matter what or where it's at, one day at a time. Current (and ongoing) project:  Recipe Organization Each "work" day, I take the time to copy, or cut and paste, at least 5 recipes.  I have a bad habit of printing of or making a copy of a recipe, then clipping it to my fridge magnet.  It got so heavy, it fell off (sigh).   Step two to this project, is to take the recipe titles and record them on a word document, so that I can simply access it for dinner/meal ideas when planning my meals.  It's hard to remember every good recipe we use or try. Current Bible Verse: Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplicatio...