I'm joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.
We got more snow, so the wood is buried. We will forever, never forget to stock up this summer. We both agree, last year was very tough on our family emotionally, and physically we just went into hibernation with grief. We do realize now that maybe staying busy would have helped us much more in more ways than one.
We made a call, fired up "Big Red" with a jump (too cold out to work on her), and headed out for a road trip. Back home with a load of wood. We will have the worst cold weather here in 4-5 years they said. It's also the anniversary of the blizzard of '78 when we had 1 inch of snow and 10 foot high drifts due to the wind that year. I do remember some of that. Mom filled the bathtub with water and a boil advisory was on.
They are predicting 3-7 inches of snow today, but Daughter's school was not delayed or closed. I'm predicting the let them out early today.
They are now saying we'll get wind chills of -39 to -50°F in our state. I'm so worried about the chickens right now. We also haven't seen the stray "Leo" that would come to our house to eat. I am worried about him too. Wednesday will be our worst day yet. We literally just thawed the pipes and woke up to the hot water frozen, so doing dishes today will be oh so fun. Not. Meanwhile our electric bill is skyrocketing. Lord help us all. We may purchase a propane heater (aside from the one we borrowed) as a back up.
Yesterday I got my very first manicure. Daughter is being trained in school and I was her practice person. I'll admit it feels strange to have polish on (I only use non-chemical polish and not very often due to the work I do around here). She was pretty proud of herself, and I found out I can book appts. with her at her school.
On the breakfast plate. . .
Bagel and Coffee
The weather outside . . .
I think I covered this in my intro...ugh
On the to-do list . . .
-dishes
-laundry
-winterize the coop more than ever (toss straw down to make sure their feet stay dry, put plastic over their ramp door and look for another heat lamp)
-sweep floors, vacuum
-put trash out (I missed last week due to drifting)
-Clean one bathroom
-dinner prep
-make homemade shampoo
On the menu . . .
In no particular order-
-Homemade pizza
-Beef Burgundy(Crock pot, recipe will be posted soon)
-Biscuits and gravy, fried potatoes, scrambled eggs
-Meatballs and hot pepper mustard sauce, quinoa, broccoli
-cabbage/sausage/potatoes
-Tuna and noodle, steamed broccoli
-homemade sloppy joes and sweet potato fries
-spinach/parsley pesto pasta and a veggie
-waffles (for this weeks breakfast), sausage
Snacks - hummus, deviled eggs
Reading . . .
Same book - Snow, Stars and Wild Honey
On the TV . . .
We finished The Ranch, as well as You (which by the way was very creepy). Now we are stumped on what to watch next.
What I am Creating . . .
Pot holder set and more bookmarks. Pictures to come soon I hope.
From the camera . . .
We literally ate this in bed watching netflix yesterday. Mmmm...so good.
One of my simple pleasures . . .
Slipping into PJ's around 3-4pm, with crochet, a beverage, the TV, and a dog at my feet during cold winter nights.
Prayers . . .
To be honest - for my chickens/rooster and our stray cat Leo (and our entire state we live in). We have never had these predicted temps.
