Hello!

What has everyone been up to? This blog is so quiet.....

Not much with us. We closed on the land next door on the 15th so have an additional 32 acres. The buildings that were there are down along with the house, and burned (for the most part). Still a lot of garbage clean up with many trips to the dump, scrap iron to haul in and that's only the stuff above the snow - Can't wait to see the surprises in the spring :( She put all of her garbage in a trailer, then when they left, dumped the trailer so it's all left for us. I've been searching through garbage and learned her diet: beer, hard liquor, soda, and spam - any one hungry?

We continue with our lovely animals and picking chicken eggs. We have someone who will sell the eggs so we are trying to get more chickens. Not sure how this is a money making proposition, but at least pays for the food that they eat :) and they are just fun to have.

It has been a bit chilly here. The last couple days schools were closed, businesses closed - with the exception of my place of employment. Sunday and Monday was really warn with rain on Monday. Then we went from 39 to -25 with wind chills of -50. Needless to say, the rain helped to create an ice rink in everyone's yards and we walk around with pillows strapped to our backsides to help with the reoccuring need to sit down unexpectedly. This morning, it was much warmer (-12) with a lot less wind.

Would love to hear what the rest of you have been up to.
Heather