Haven't had a chance to update this for several days. I've either been too busy, tired or both.
Friday night was much colder than forecasted. They were calling for a low of around 30*. They were off by about 10*! It was closer to 20*! And, Saturday was cloudy in the morning. So, even though it warmed up to the 40s, the ground was too frozen to do anything w/until the afternoon. I did work on some stuff, but just not as much as planned. I kept trying to work in the garden, but wasn't able to until sometime around 1:00 pm. By then, the sun had come out, and the ground was workable. So, I did more work on preparing the ground, and then worked to get the rest of the manure out of my truck.
By the time I got it all out, it was late, too late to get more. And, there was no way I was going to get the hay out of my trailer. I had to give Stormy his 2nd feeding, plus put blankets on my 3. It was supposed to rain on Sunday, then the temperature was supposed to plummet. I wasn't as worried about Licorice as I was about Misty and Stormy. I don't know if it's due to her being an Arab, or if it's because of her being neglected for the 1st 5 years of her life, but Misty gets cold if it's raining and in the 50s. And w/Stormy's age and heaves, he has trouble keeping weight on, so I wanted his blanket on him. Licky has a new blanket, but I had washed both Misty's and Stormy's. I dried them in front of the wood stove. I had bought a can of waterproofing in Wal-Mart, which I put on them on Saturday afternoon.
On my way to the farm, I called RU. I knew I needed to put out a round bale, but the only RBs I had were the 2 in my trailer. And, I just didn't have the time to get them out-I need to move the trailer to get them out. So, I asked if she could either call her hay guy, or let me buy one off of her. She GAVE me one! I put that out, then helped her get hay covered up. She has a huge stack of RBs covered w/a tarp. The tarp had blown off, so we had to climb up and pull the tarp into position the best we could. Once that was done, I went over and grabbed Stormy. I tied him to my trailer and gave him a quick brushing, then put his blanket on him, then gave him his second feeding. Then I grabbed Misty, gave her a quick brushing and attempted to put her blanket on her. She acted like she'd never been blanketed b4! I was finally able to get it on her, but only because RU had come over, so she held her while I got the blanket on her. Of course, once it was on her, she was fine. She just stood there and let me get it all adjusted. Then I turned her out. Then I grabbed Licky. She's never given me a problem b4 about being blanketed. Well, this time she did. And, by then RU had already left.
I was finally able to get it on her, and adjusted. Then, I fed my chickens, fed Cindy, let the rest of the horses into the front field and left.
I had to go to the store and get a few things. My DH had said he was going to cut up some wood. Well, he didn't do it. I had a small stack cut, but I hadn't been able to split it w/the axe. So, I got out the splitter and split it all up. Then, I started to carry it all in the house. I got done just in time. It started to rain while I was getting it all in. It rained Saturday night and Sunday. We got a total of 2"! I figured I'd be able to finish getting my garden ready this week. I planned on doing a section a day, then bringing home a load of manure as soon as the ground firmed up again.
B4 I went out on Monday, I did some work in the house. I figured I could get the section done that I wanted to get done in a short period of time and I really needed to do some housework. It took me a bit longer than I was expecting. I still had to dig the new section. But I wasn't worried. I figured I'd just get out there earlier on Tuesday. The wood that I had split on Saturday had been just enough to get me thru the weekend. I had no wood to start a fire w/once I got home, so I did some wood.
I never made it out to the garden on Tuesday. The temperature dropped below freezing and stayed there. That didn't bother me. What bothered me was the wind! It was horrible. I went to the hay auction, and was able to buy 2 medium squares. The auction was still going on, but I couldn't take the wind anymore. I walked up to the feed store to pay, and almost got blown off my feet. The only good thing about the wind was that it had dried up the pastures quickly, so I was able to drive my truck into the pastures, up to the RB feeders, and unload the hay into them. Then I went home and worked on wood.
Wednesday, while not as windy was still windy. So, I did some housework, then ate dinner and worked on wood.
Today, I planned on doing some more housework, then going out after dinner and working on wood. Well, it started to snow! So instead, I did a bit of housework, then got dinner started and went out and worked on wood for awhile. I couldn't find out how much snow we were supposed to get. They kept saying snow showers. Well, it had been "showering" for a couple of hours. I didn't want to take a chance of it getting too deep. I worked on the wood for about an hour. It snowed the whole time, but wasn't a heavy snow. We got a heavy dusting.
Tomorrow and Saturday, it's supposed to warm up and get sunny. If it does, then on Saturday afternoon, I'm going to try once again to finish my garden
You make me tired reading this...I gotta stay away from your journal from now on! 
