Pioneer Woman at Heart

We warmed up from 0°F to 2°F today.  It's all a sheet of ice outside.  No sign of thawing just yet.  We also got more snow last night. We are getting news from family and friends of sickness.  One is one of the kids too.  She has confirmed having the flu.   The water softener is still on the "off" mode.  My husband has acquired the supplies to repair the leak in the line, but has lacked the time to do the actual repair.  I'm tapping my foot in anticipation, so I can turn the water softener back on (laundry awaits).  He works outside in this cold some days, so when he comes home, he is physically spent so to speak. With that said, I have only moved a few puzzle pieces on our current puzzle. Update on the last new pancake recipe.  I froze about 15 of them, and we are thawing them this week for breakfast with a side of homemade chicken "sausage" patties.  I may add scrambled eggs later, but I wanted to let you know they thawed and...

  Do you ever look at the sky and just know what weather is coming?  Or somewhat what to predict yourself?  The sky started out with sunshine.  However... Yesterday, moments later, the sky looked like snow or rain was coming (I did not watch the news).    It brought rain.  A cold, dreary, windy, wet winter day.   Update on the lentils.  A week and a half went by and the green lentils I had been sprouting got dumped out. Look at these?  They didn't expire for a few years, and were an off brand I normally do not buy.  I have no idea where I picked them up either.  Anyway, they went in the trash. I then purchased this brand, and started sprouting them for the chickens.  To my delight, they were sprouting within the first soak (within a few hours).  Literally.  I'll have an update soon I hope.  The chickens have been waiting patiently. Although it looks like there are not enough blueberries (I added ab...