Chicken chores are done. I feel like that is a good day’s work these days. The girls gave me 13 eggs today. They seemed to be handling the cold fairly well. Jason brought me a five gallon watering container so I got that put in place. The other one was only two or three gallons and they kept running out of water with it. Grateful that is taken care of.
It is brutally cold outside again. I don’t think we have cracked 0 yet. My Tempest weather station is not doing well. I think there is some ice in it.
Kathy and I were both up early so we watched the sunrise. People were posting pictures of sun dogs yesterday and I hoped we would see one this morning. Last night there was a beautiful light pillar coming from the sun as it was setting.
The sunrise did not disappoint us this morning. It was fabulous and we saw the sun dogs. If the clouds had not been above the sunrise the sun dogs would have created a complete rainbow. It is hard to get pictures of them but I did my best.
I feel a bit like I am living in two different realities at the same time. If I look out the west windows it is often a white out blizzard scene. If I look out the east windows it is usually clear. Truth is funny like that – it depends on your perspective.
I’m sure glad I canceled the Five Wishes Workshop for today. It is a challenge to get inside my house right now with the driveway drifted close. It is cold enough I can walk on top of the snow and not sink through very often. There is a layer of ice in the low spots. Grateful I made it down and back up again without falling.
This is day six of staying home. I might be able to get out Tuesday but it may be Wednesday. We are to get a bit of a warm up Tuesday and by Wednesday it is to be in the high 20’s. That sounds like a heat wave right now.
I have to go to KC Wednesday so grateful it will be a good day to go. I won’t get home until after dark and I don’t like being out after dark, especially when the roads are dicey. So far, the forecast is in my favor.
I’m going to have Jason take a check to the new insurance people Monday and bring me the paperwork I need to sign. He can return it on Tuesday. That way I don’t have to get out. I have to have the insurance signed, sealed, and paid for by Friday morning and I don’t want to wait to do it Wednesday. That seems to be cutting it too close.
Thursday I have to go to Emporia to get my second Shingles vaccine and then I am going to get my wheels balanced and the alignment done. I think I have time to go to the Chiropractor between those two appointments. I had to miss my Chiropractor appointment this week as I couldn’t get to town. I will pick up any groceries I need when my car is done.
Tagen turns 18 next Friday. Where does the time go? I’ll have to get his present to him somehow. I may have to mail it.
I made No Bake Chocolate Cookies today and then made a meat loaf and made potato cakes out of the left over mashed potatoes from last night. Feels good to eat real food again. I won’t eat the cookies but Jason and Kathy will enjoy them. If there are any left, I will take some to Tagen and Ellexia when I can get out.
Jason got the TV hooked up to Peacock so we can watch the frozen football game tonight. I can’t believe they didn’t cancel that game. Trust no one gets seriously injured due to the cold. You couldn’t pay me to go to that game in person. Of course, it would take lots to get me to go to any of the games – even in good weather. I don’t like noise and crowds.
I’m handling life much better today. I feel like I am back up the ladder of consciousness. The last two days were rough. So far today, nothing has broken or challenged me. I have absolutely reached my limit on that kind of thing.
There was nothing wrong with the furnace. The wind and cold is making it hard for it to keep up. I don’t remember this happening before but I don’t remember it being this cold and windy this long. I’m so very grateful for my propane fireplace that has kept the living room comfortable. I’m grateful I had the guy come out and check it out though. It would have been a miserable weekend if there had been something wrong and they couldn’t get out to fix it until Monday. It is too cold to take chances.
I dragged Sophia into the laundry room today and made her stay inside for 30 minutes. She wasn’t very happy with me. Roxy gets in the heated box in the garage under the heat lamp but Roxy won’t let Sophia in there. Sophia has a rug to lay on but the garage is cold. They were out romping in the snow a bit ago. They are built for weather like this but it makes me cold to watch them. That reminds me when my kids were little – I would put a sweater on them when I got cold!
I put a portable heater in the laundry room. It was having trouble staying warm in there and I was afraid the water pipes would freeze. The pipe in the garage that I can’t open backs into the laundry room. The last thing I need is a broken pipe.
Grateful today has been a better day, grateful I have the luxury of staying home in this dangerous weather, and grateful the chicken chores are done for the day.