Hi friends!
Happy end of December! Are you ready for the new year? I am getting there.
To be honest, things got just a touch derailed the few days, because, in what is becoming a trend, we had another December house repair issue. Luckily it seems like it’s a much more simple fix than last year, no weeks of plumbing issues and terrible companies and scummy practices and lighting my house on fire. I’ve had the first roofer out today and his estimate is that it’s not that big a deal, the leak is easily solvable, and it’s not going to be expensive or frustrating. I love it when that happens, because it does sorta feel like the end of the world when it is raining in your living room.
We’ve had a ton of rain lately, like an abnormally large amount, and are having flooding issues and wind damage issues in places we don’t usually see that. The storms have been rolling through almost every night, and now they are predicting a snow storm. That’s sorta why I feel an urgency to get the roof fixed up.
We’ve had a lovely, quiet Christmas, got to see some family and just hang out and be chill. I got some very posh new bedding that I am in the process of washing and setting up today while I type this. It’s been much needed, my beloved comforter is a hand-me-down and while it’s done a very good job for many years, it’s starting to look like I massacred a gaggle of geese every time I make my bed. It’s starting to shred faster than I can patch it. So, it’s getting retired to the back up blanket shelf, and I am setting up cozy new bedding. I am very excited! I think this also speaks to the stage of adulthood I am in haha.
It’s been really lovely on the farm, very quiet, with lots of Christmas spirit and that warm, soft vibe of settling in for the remainder of the winter. It’s the first year that everyone sorta settled into the idea of a cozy Christmas and I think it did a world of good. It’s also why this post is going to be short and sweet, because I would like to stay off the computer and with the family as much as possible until I go back to work.
The animals are doing good, Joe is really tired of being inside most of the time (I am too, to be fair, so I get it), but he’s a happy boy. Watson is happy as long as a blanket is being shared and Nellie and Ro are especially tired of the rain since their corral and part of the arena resemble ponds more than land. But they are loving the alfalfa bale. They usually eat teff but I sometimes add in more alfalfa when it’s cold or wet. My hay storage solution did not hold up to the latest round of 35+ mph winds, so I am back to square one keeping their food dry, but they don’t seem to mind it.
I know this post is a little shorter, and I apologize for that, I’ll catch you up again in January. But things have been pretty slow, and I am enjoying a long winters’ nap, so I will catch you next time.
Until we chat again, my friends!
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