Hot wassail. Honey and cinnamon tea. Zinc. Advil. Thieves oil. Ben Gay. Neti pot. Lots of ice water. Great book (A Wise Man’s Fear) (affiliate link) and warm blanket. A couple tears for the Christmas party I’d been anticipating for weeks (prime rib, dancing, cheesecake, New Fancy Clothes) that I missed tonight because of this…
Rotten
Feeling rotten with a cold… hoping you’re much better than I am!
A Couple
I spent most of the morning taking pics of grandkids with Santa and most of the afternoon cussing my sewing abilities! I don’t know why I think I can whip up something for the grandsons for Christmas without some high stress levels appearing… sewing just DOES that to me! Argh! I’ll post that Thursday, maybe…
Bangs Vaccination Day
They predicted 2″ – 4″. We are laying under a blanket of 9.5″. With .9″ of moisture. It looks like Christmas now! Today was Bangs Vaccination Day, did you celebrate??? Well, no, I don’t suppose you did… but this annual inoculation for our yearling heifers took up most of the day. This morning was spent…
Tree Trimming
Trimming a tree. It has different meanings, different times of year. This year, it means both for us… Our huge cottonwoods are getting trimmed back… Branches with cracks, widow makers, limbs over the house, they’re all disappearing. Believe it or not, they had this done some twenty+ years ago… and it’s past time again. Today’s…
Local Mystery
OK, all you internet gurus… I have a search for you! On our little geology trip the other day, our neighbor showed us this. I know you can’t see it well here, but this gives you a perspective. Halfway up the steep slope, under a little overhang… A cross is in a recessed rectangle… then…
Some Giggles
What do you do with two pups, one who needs to learn to relax a bit, one who needs to learn to have a little extra zip? Well, while we weighed our calves today, Daniel’s plan was to tie them together. Eden is ready to rush and “get ’em” and she needs to learn to…
Fake Drake
He’s brilliant enough to look faked or enhanced, but he’s not… he’s just swimming in sunshine!