How We Spent the Snowy Weekend

 We spent a few days winterizing in anticipation of the winter storm that has been blanketing so much of the country. We were kind of on the western edge of it according to the weather maps.

DH built a couple of frames to cover our HVAC units. When it snows, the snow piles up on top and can freeze up the system and we don't want to burn out the motors.

We got those put in place

Heat lamps in the well house, shop, and tack room (because there's a bathroom and sink in there)

Freeze misers on the faucets

The chickens have feed and water in their insulated coop. Spoiled chooks.

Our high was 12 on Saturday and they may have ventured out, but I didn't see them.

The horses came up looking for breakfast

They get frisky when it snows and will be playing in it after their feed buckets are empty

Our injured horse is still being confined

Normal people would follow suit of the chickens in such weather, but we never claimed to be normal. This man doesn't have an idle bone in his body...retired or not. After a warm bowl of Posole and corn bread muffins at 11, we spent the afternoon burning slash piles 

I don't even know how many there are...maybe 15 or so, but we just burned 4 on Saturday. 

We have to let them burn down and then walk around and toss outlying debris into the center so we get a complete burn.

We'll see what the weather does overnight, but if there's no wind, we'll tackle more tomorrow with our trusty supervisor in tow.

Snowy trails

When we came home, I made a big pot of stew since we'll be away from the house and will want something warm when we come in. While that was simmering, I wrote this post, watched a little UFC, and tried not to fall asleep.

Showers and our heads hit our pillows pretty early. That's about as wild as it gets around here on a Saturday night. We ought to sleep really well tonight! 

Sunday update: We ended up getting 5" overnight and it's snowing again this morning.

And we're on slash pile duty and behind the shovel again today

It's a ton of work for 2 old people.

So many areas were hit harder. We're just grateful for the moisture and honestly, it's just beautiful here when it snows.

We've got a good fireplace and access to more wood than we could ever burn and a gas stove and grill so we got along just fine. You can see the house way off in the distance.

Skeet's prayers for more snow were answered.

I'm just praying I can lift my arms tomorrow. 😂