Now I Did It!

Not too bad out there, but we are headed for below 0 numbers by morning.  The boys may be spending some time inside tomorrow.

Little Wonder made it out for morning chores, but passed this evening.

Rebel is definately dominant in this relationship, but they get along very well 99% of the time.  He moves Buddy out of the way when he thinks it's his turn for getting a drink.

I did some stuff around the house and wanted to put a little tree above the fireplace.  I stepped on the hearth with my right foot and crunch!  I pulled something in the back of my left leg toward the right side of my calf!  Yikes!  So painful I could hardly walk on it.  Perfect timing!  I iced it, put heat on it and am using my cane.  The pain pills I took did not cut it and I will have to switch to a better anti inflammatory. Gary did the water tonight and made sure I was able to get around.  Fortunately, it does not take very long.  Both boys were into rolling.

Got them tucked in...

and we headed back to the house.

One of our friends had back surgery and can't do anything for a couple of weeks, so Gary wanted us to make a simple dinner for them.  His wife (my pal Shamra the artist) is a vegetarian so I made Mac and cheese, a nice salad and some crusty rolls (Wegmans).  Gary also sent over a jar of his dill pickles.

When he got back to the farm after delivering the meal, we had the same exact dinner.

Still not into taking photos....and now I'm a gimp!

Night all.

 

At Last! To the Groomer....

Fortunately, after a cold start the temperature hit 32 degrees.  I put hay for Buddy and Rebel behind the grooming room so they could be out of the wind.

Look at this photo now!  It's the before.

At 11 I dropped Little Wonder off at the groomers and ran all kinds of errands while he was there.

He was done at 12:30 and went with me to my last stop....Country Max.

I did not know if he was going to be cold without his long hair and bought him a sweater while we were there.

At one of my stops, I picked up some simple Christmas decorations.  Gary had found three branches for me and I wanted to turn them into my version of a tree.  Little Wonder lounged on the couch and supervised.

Sidney napped on the bed.

We have not had a real tree for decades.

I attempted to squeeze in a short nap before chores.

For some reason, it was extra light when I went out to the barn.

As usual, Gary filled up the water buckets and topped them off with warm water.

The barn was near 30.

By the time I was finished, it was a little darker.

French toast for dinner.  Not in the mood to cook.

Love having this twinkie light in the living room.

Night all.

3 Days at 3 Degrees Each Morning

I still don't have my act together and have been missing my nap time.  We had more snow last night and it continued much of the day....low volume considering....

Little Wonder goes for a stroll out in the pasture when we first go out for chores, then he comes in and hangs out in the stalls while I clean them.

Rebel and buddy are so lucky to have these huge suites.  I never feel bad when they are inside with all this room.  In the spring I will go back to letting them decide if they want to be in or out.  For now, I need to know that they are out of the wind and comfy.

I'm happy to report that the new heater is doing a good job in the water trough.

Bridge at the library this afternoon.  A couple of really good hands and more that were so weak.  It snowed the whole time we were there and with the wind, felt so cold when I left.  The sun was trying to make an appearance on my way back to the farm.

Did not make a real dinner tonight.  Eggs and bagels.

Chores at 5.

I can't get warm today.  Have to get out by the fire.

Night all.