Storm of the decade? Nah!

What fun the past few days have been! We got hit with the massive winter storm that hit most of the country and are just digging ourselves out. I'm happy to report we all survived and didn't even loose electricity once. That's amazing in it's self. We all just hunkered down and stayed home. Sean was able to work from home, it was nice not having to worry about him out on the roads. He's got an hour long commute each day so that's one less thing to worry about. Wesley's preschool was canceled so I didn't even have to truck him in either. It all worked out well. Sean actually did try and go to work yesterday and got the car stuck not ten feet away from the garage. He spent the next two hours getting the snow blower attachment put on the front of the Cub Cadet garden tractor. He then proceeded to use the tractor to clear the driveway. It worked great!

 

We actually only got about 6-7 inches of snow but the drifts were amazing.  The snow was never the issue it was the temperatures. Talk about miserable! It got to -6 degrees last night. I left the water on slightly to prevent any pipes freezing over night. It's dangerous weather for anyone to be out in, including animals. Everyone seemed to fair ok, although the horses had so much packed snow under their hooves this morning it looked like they were walking around on softballs. Poor things could hardly walk. They got all cozy in their horse shed and I gave them extra brome hay to keep warm. Stock tank heater is plugged in and working great. I'm sure we'll see how well it's working on our next electric bill. This morning I went out there to find them all laying down sleeping in the sun. 

 

The goat family (Dym and her kids) stayed cozy in the shop. The thermometer said 34 in there this morning. That's practically a heat wave compared to the -6.  I did let them out to get some sun. They wanted nothing to do with that idea. 

God forbid their tiny hooves touch the snow.

 

I hope everyone else is fairing well with this storm. Stay warm!