Winter Storm 2013

We have spent the last several days preparing for this winter storm and I know that most of you have heard me complain about the heat and the drought and the rain and so forth, but for the record, let me just say that I HATE snow and cold!  And I hate snow and cold most of all!

There was a time, as a child, that I remember loving the snow.  Even when we lived in town I loved the snow.  Looking back I realize that I loved it because I wasn’t really responsible for anything, at least we weren’t responsible for livestock.  Oh we had livestock when we were growing up and we helped with the chores, but we weren’t the ones who were “responsible” for “everything”.  Now, it is a whole different story.

All of the chores take at least twice as long.  You bundle up in layers and can hardly move and then you go back and forth and back forth in the snow and before long it feels as if you can hardly take another step.  We can prepare for many of the farm chores.  We button up the barns and get plenty of hay into the barns before the storms hit, but the most difficult chore (to me) is making certain that all of the animals have plenty of fresh warm water.  In temperatures like we are having (and we are fixing to have), plenty of fresh warm water is just as important as food and a warm house to the girls and let me tell you……..when you are carrying warm water in 5 gallon buckets, these girls drink a LOT of water!  LOL