Firstly.. Sorry to not have written
anything in a while. Life in general has been hectic here.
Now about Snow days... the first year
we were hear we had sooo much fun with them. Seemed like every other
week the school would cancel days on end. Well in the last 2 months
aside from the normal time off they have had an additional 2 and a
half weeks off. ...and last week it got ridiculous. The last
couple days they had off there was no snow on the ground and one of
them was a day it rained all day. I jokingly said on Facebook that
it wasn't a snow day it was a “rain day”.
It was so bad that back on Monday I
joked about the fact they'll call school off on account of heat... as
it was in the 50's in January. The intense cold did give us a minor
problem. Our pipes froze, just one segment and it was the important
one. The outside pipe leading to the house from the well. So
instead of waiting for thaw we just went out and bought some PEX pipe
and re ran it.
On the pigs we were
going to get... Seems they died in the cold we had along with the
goats these people owned. Now my only problem with this is that we
own 1 goat. She lives in a shelter made of tarps, concrete board and
some rolled roofing. Theirs had a post beam structure and 3 goats in
total. I'd think the three goats would be able to keep each other
warm. While the only help my goat had was hock deep straw and my
daughter's blanket. Shrugs
We got
our van which was out of commission working again. Spent over $300
on the repairs till we replaced the right thing. Funny thing is
everything we replaced needed it, but wasn't the problem till we got
to the final one. It was the MAP sensor something that costs $40.
Well at least we now have a new...
Fuel
pump
Fuel
filter
Distributor
cap
ECM
Spark
Plugs
Spark
Plug Cables
..so
we know if something else happens they won't be those.
My son
gets to go on his first maneuvers with the National Guard next
weekend, hope he enjoys it. Right now all we are currently doing is
making plans for the building we are going to do. The house is low
on the list, have so many other things we need doing first. Well
house, outdoor kitchen, layer house/yard, goat house/yard, pig pen
(as we are planning on trying for some other pot bellied s).
Well
That's it for Now.
Be
Well, Be Safe, and Blessed Be...
