Blizzard Warning

What?!! We are a county away from a Blizzard Warning. Oh good grief. At least we are on the far side of the county but I don't think there's much difference between a Blizzard Warning and a High Wind Warning, except the amount of snow!

All of our current snow has turned into ice and our driveway is now a skating rink. I slid into the car yesterday and while hauling water, I about fell over while dumping water into the mare's trough. I'll be glad for spring.

Luckily I left  blankets on. The temps were actually below zero. I have no idea if we ever actually hit the 30 degree mark that the weatherman had predicted. But I expect tomorrow will not be nice if the wind is blowing. I bet we'll have below zero wind chills even if the temps are above zero. I haven't even bothered to look except to notice that we are one county away from a Blizzard Warning. Too bad the world can't come to a stop when a Blizzard Warning is issued so we could hunker down and stay warm in the house (or barn)!

On the bright side, the days are getting longer. I didn't end up going out to do chores until a quarter to 6pm. It was getting dark but for the month of December, if you aren't outside by 4:30, you're doing chores in the pitch black. So at least now the days are getting longer, even if we are in the midst of winter.

But we are doing a lot of planning (for the saddle club I run), so now there's a lot to look forward to. Now if I could only get myself motivated to get that paperwork going and get some fun activities set up for the Sanctuary! Any takers on helping?