Holed up in the house like the pioneers!

Tuesday was quite cold and snowy and windy. We stayed holed up in the house like the pioneers, braving the weather, cooking over a fire, living the good life! Just kidding, BJ braved the weather, me and the kids stayed by the propane heater. And cooking over a fire means I used my gas cooktop to cook meals. I did make BJ some warm treats to brave the day though. This is what BJ dealt with all day.

I don't know if you can tell or not, that is BJ the blob of coverall and coat and hat and gloves walking back form the heifers. You can see the heifers and their snow covered backs eating hay and watching BJ their ever faithful caregiver. The night before he went out ever hour to break ice, the temperature fell that fast and was that cold. Negative 15 people! What is this world coming to?

 Poor old katie. This is our lab Katie. She has old bones, so we felt sorry for her. We let her and our other outside dog Sissy come in. You can see katie was not ashamed at all and found BJ's favorite blanket and made herself at home.

 Here are some little treats I made BJ to warm him up. Homemade doughnut holes.

Homemade chicken and dumplings

I didn't get a picture, but for supper we had sausage biscuits and gravy. The girls had pancakes.

So as you can tell we are not exactly suffering, but we continue to maintain the pioneer spirit!

Stay warm everybody!