{SnOw DaY #2!!} 2011 Making the most of it!

 So, I'm sitting here at my pc and the power has finally come back on.  We are all so accustomed to using electric and this is one reason my husband and I  have longed to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle out here.  We are moving toward that as best as we can.  One day at a time, right! So, here I sit. Keyboard at my fingertips and looking out across the land with all it's beauty and snowy glory before us.  Yesterday we all went out and 'played' in the snow before the sleet hit.  Later in the afternoon freezing rain fell and atop our 9" or 10" of snow is a 1" layer of hard, cold ice.  'Crunch!' 'Crunch!' 'Crunch!' as we walk over to my little chicken coop, or over to the horses to brush off the layer of crust ice on their manes. 

 This is the view from my back door.  I so enjoy sitting here in the mornings to read my Bible and take time with the Lord.  This morning was different, and we were bustling around making sure everyone was warm, because last evening we lost all power.  Just at dinner time.  Thankfully we had eaten a good dinner and we had our trusty kerosene heaters at hand.  God does provide!  Today the power has been restored and we are busy with as much as we can do inside just in case we loose power again this evening. 

 Laundry, baking, and cooking are on the agenda on the inside, for today. Trekking to town on these icy roads to retrieve kerosene is on the agenda on the outside, even though all roads are officially closed.  My husband and one of our sons went to town to get some kerosene.  We live about 10-12 miles from the nearest town.  That's not really very far considering. The roads we use to travel to town are mostly little, back roads though.  So, they're icy-slushy-slick roads.  

 Here is my favorite tree. Covered in ice and snow. 

 On Sunday, before the storm hit, the kids and I cleaned out our big wheel barrow and set it next to the house.  We thought that if it snowed alot, it would fill the wheel barrow up and then we could scoop out some fresh, clean snow. That's just what we did!  And it made some of the best snow cream ever!! We decided to top it with chocolate syrup and then since I don't eat dairy, I put chocolate and strawberry on top of mine. It was simply dee-lish!! 

{more to come}