I really am alive, just very busy and very tired. I need to make it through one more week. But what a hell of a week ( Read more... )

1. Dar is really coming along with her recovery. She has another check-up with her surgeon tomorrow, but I'm betting it'll be either the last one or else scheduled for another month instead of another two weeks ( Read more... )

Poll Comfort foodI'm in need of comfort food, which for me is mushy ( Read more... )

It is in no way, shape, or form looking like spring around here. We had an unannounced storm last night that dumped a load of wet yet drifting snow which then proceeded to freeze. Had to shovel out all of the paddock gates in order to feed the alpacas. Yeah, that was fun this morning at 6AM 7AM. Today was gray, cold, and windy with flurries. And I ( Read more... )

1. I'm watching Cloverfield for the billiontyth time. I deeply love that movie, and yet I couldn't tell you the name of one actor in it. Because there are no actors - it's a documentary, see?

2. My right ring finger has an infected hangnail. Or space where the hangnail was before I pulled it out. I will never learn ( Read more... )

I've been in the worst mood today. Tense, blue, monosyllabic. I don't know what the problem is, but I'm hoping that a decent night's sleep will take care of it ( Read more... )

This cold spell has to break. We're around 0F/-17C right now, but that's not factoring in the very strong arctic winds that are making those temps plummet when it touches your skin. And of course, it's just going to get colder as the night wears on. So far so good with the alpacas; they need to hold it together for another few days, and then we' ( Read more... )

Our storm hasn't started yet. Well, the wind is up, but the snow hasn't started. We'll be having an overnight and all-day event, it looks like. I'd rather have it here and gone, but I don't get to choose. The alpacas are all tucked in. The girls' barn wasn't that cold this afternoon during chores, so hopefully they stay nice and toasty. Well ( Read more... )

So we're going to get that megastorm that's threatening most of the States and eastern Canada. We've been getting snow every day, even if only for a few hours, and it has accumulated. We've got some very impressive drifts from the strong winds that we get almost daily, too. But this is going to be the first big snow dump of the season. None of ( Read more... )

We're in line for that next big snow storm that's gearing up for a run out of Texas. We've been getting snow every single day for weeks, but it's been a slow accumulation (aside from the huge wind-blown drifts around the property). Not exactly looking forward to being dumped on all at once, mostly because of having to be sure that the alpacas ( Read more... )