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No snow but we had to break the ice on some of the water troughs this morning. About 19 degrees when we left home this morning. I'm a FL girl and have to get the hang of layering my clothes.
Denim Deb Hay, hay, hay. Thank the Lord!
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The roads weren't too bad this morning, but the cold was terrible! The bunnies water bottle was frozen solid, so I took them another one. I also took the goats some extra hay and water. Then, I headed to the farm. At least w/the auto waterer, I didn't have to break the ice for the horses, but the cat's water, and the chicken's water was frozen solid. Plus, I couldn't find Rerun this morning. I drove a bit slower than normal since I wasn't sure what kind of road conditions I was going to find. The roads weren't too bad. And, I still made it to church early. I think Pastor is starting to realize that he's going to have to buy me coffee soon.
By the time I got back out to the farm to give Storm his 2nd feeding, the cat's water was starting to freeze again. So, I did dump and refill that B4 I left. The chicken's water was fine-probably because it's right in the sun. But, starting tomorrow, when I go to feed the chickens I'm going to be carrying a BB gun. When I went to check on their feed this morning, there was a rat in their feed! It just stood on it's hind legs and looked at me, then jumped out the top and ran off. If I had had the gun, I would have shot it. I don't know if it's strong enough to kill a rat, but it might have given it something to think about!
When I got home, I checked on the bunnies water. And, while it wasn't frozen, the nipple to the bottle was. So, I took it inside and let that thaw out-it didn't take long. But, here's the big news for the day.
WHEN I WALKED IN THE HOUSE, MY HUSBAND WAS AT THE SINK DOING DISHES!!!!!!!!!! He not only unloaded the dishwasher, but he reloaded it, ran it and then washed up a bunch of stuff that we don't put in the dishwasher!
By the time I got back out to the farm to give Storm his 2nd feeding, the cat's water was starting to freeze again. So, I did dump and refill that B4 I left. The chicken's water was fine-probably because it's right in the sun. But, starting tomorrow, when I go to feed the chickens I'm going to be carrying a BB gun. When I went to check on their feed this morning, there was a rat in their feed! It just stood on it's hind legs and looked at me, then jumped out the top and ran off. If I had had the gun, I would have shot it. I don't know if it's strong enough to kill a rat, but it might have given it something to think about!
When I got home, I checked on the bunnies water. And, while it wasn't frozen, the nipple to the bottle was. So, I took it inside and let that thaw out-it didn't take long. But, here's the big news for the day.
WHEN I WALKED IN THE HOUSE, MY HUSBAND WAS AT THE SINK DOING DISHES!!!!!!!!!! He not only unloaded the dishwasher, but he reloaded it, ran it and then washed up a bunch of stuff that we don't put in the dishwasher!
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this is a time to scream---HORRAY FOR HUBBYS!!!!
moxies_chickennuggets
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omg deb!!..keep that man!! 
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Only problem being, I could probably count on 1 hand the number of times he's done dishes in almost 30 years of marriage. :/moxies_chickennuggets said:omg deb!!..keep that man!!
moxies_chickennuggets
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Yeah..I feel your pain. My first one was kinda like that. But, yours sounds nicer. My new DH...(had him 3 yrs now)....I'll keep him.
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I love many things about my husband but far and above, I love his dishpan hands!
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It would be nice if he'd do some more, or if our DD would. I still can't do everything like I used to be able to do, and have to be very careful when I do some of the stuff I do. (I probably should not be doing firewood right now.) But, I was able to do some dusting today. I didn't attempt on top of the piano-I have an upright and I normally have to climb on the piano bench to dust that and take off everything on there which means a lot of up and down. I also ran the vacuum cleaner a bit. I found that it still bothers me to vacuum. I can fold up clothes, so I did some of that. I can also sweep, so I did some of that. Tomorrow, I'll try and get some of the kitchen clean.
I started collecting eggs today. Angel laid one and RU has 1 chicken that lays green eggs. She laid one. So, I have those 2 for now. I'll be getting it set up in the not too distant future and hope I have better luck this year than I did last year. If not, I'm seriously thinking of getting a better incubator. Hubby is wishing now that he had bought the one I wanted last year. He thinks it would have been a better investment.
I started collecting eggs today. Angel laid one and RU has 1 chicken that lays green eggs. She laid one. So, I have those 2 for now. I'll be getting it set up in the not too distant future and hope I have better luck this year than I did last year. If not, I'm seriously thinking of getting a better incubator. Hubby is wishing now that he had bought the one I wanted last year. He thinks it would have been a better investment.
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Sounds liike you are close to getting back to normal. Try not to over do it though!
