Happy birthday to my younger brother Chad. Trust his day is safe and warm.
It is snowing again on the prairie. We have gotten about an inch so far and it is still coming down. The wind is lightly blowing today but not the gale force winds we had earlier. The sun is trying to come through so maybe the snow is about done. I don’t think the temperature got much above zero again today.
Kathy braved the elements and went to town this morning. She got home just before the snow started flying. Good timing on her part. We both hadn’t thought that since we have to park in the barn we have to carry groceries from the barn and over the snow drifts to the house. It took Kathy a couple of trips to get them all in the house.
I have a fairly large grocery list but may cut it back to essentials so I don’t have to carry so much up to the house on Thursday. Maybe by then the driveway will get cleared. It is to warm up Wednesday and maybe we can get the driveway shoveled out again.
I need to get chicken feed this week too. There is no way I am carrying a 50 pound sack of chicken feed over the snow drifts. I will leave it in the barn and deal with it there. I think I have one more full bag of dog feed that will last another week or so. Hopefully in another week when it runs out I can get a bag of dog food to the house easily.
I haven’t been down to do the chicken chores yet. I was hoping the snow would let up and it would be a bit easier to walk down there. It sees to be lighter now than it was before so we shall see what it does.
The dogs spent the night outside but came in this morning when I opened the back door. They have been out once but didn’t stay long. They are both snoring and taking a long winter’s nap in the house. The cat came in but wanted back out.
Jason brought home the insurance papers I needed so I got those taken care of and checks written out to cover the new insurance. He will take those to town with him tomorrow and hopefully I will be set.
My meeting for tonight got postponed until tomorrow night. I may or may not go tomorrow night depending on the weather. It is risky walking down the snow drift covered driveway during the day and not sure I want to try to navigate it at night.
Jason brought home some frozen bread dough balls so I am going to make bierrock for dinner tonight. Kathy made some soup this morning and had some leftover cabbage and this will be a good way to use that up.
Decided not to bother cleaning house until the dogs don’t have to come in for the day. They slobber all over the floor while they sleep and leave spots everywhere. No one is coming over any time soon and I will get it cleaned up sooner or later.
Still haven’t heard back from the insurance adjuster about the final window payment. I will give him to the end of the week and then i will have to bug him about it. I had to pay the final half of the bill out of savings and sure would like to get those funds as soon as possible.
This is day eight of my weather isolation at home. I have a lunch to go to tomorrow if I can get out. It is in Cottonwood Falls so don’t have to go far. If the weather is good, I will go into Emporia after lunch and get groceries, pick up a prescription and go to the Chiropractor. I have to go to Emporia Thursday to get my vaccine and have the tires balanced and aligned so I can get them then if needed. I’ll get chicken feed one or the other day too.
Wednesday I have to go to KC. So far the forecast for that day is holding good for travel. It is to be in the high 20’s that day which will feel like a heat wave compared to the below zero crap we have had the last few days.
I haven’t gone totally bonkers staying home this long – yet! With the temperature as cold as it has been, I have been perfectly content to stay in. Walking down to take care of the chickens gets me out in the cold enough. Usually by this long at home without leaving the house, I get anxious and need to get out. Not sure why that hasn’t happened this time.
Sure hope this is the only long blast of winter we will get this year. It has been brutal. We haven’t seen temperatures like this for quite a while. Hopefully, it will be a long time before we see them again. I sure feel for the ranchers that have to feed livestock in this as well as all the other people that have to work outside. It has been dangerously cold.
Even with the isolation, January sure seems to be going faster than December did for me. December was a month that felt like it was three months long. Time seems to pass by whether I do anything or not.
Grateful Kathy has a safe trip to and from town, grateful I get to stay home again today, and grateful it is to warm up by Wednesday.