The weather turned a little nippy the last couple days… in fact it got down to -4 here at the homestead and that was VERY cold. We took extra precautions with the animals, extra feed and water, extra straw and bedding to help keep the cold away. Maggie spent some time plasticing up some of the pony barn to keep the cold from Cody.

Inside the house, we’ve put up a little bit of plastic and sealed off the two offices. Since they are built actually as enclosures of the old porch, they are drafty and hard to keep nice and warm. So we figured it was time to condense the area that we were trying to heat. We moved the computers into the living room and bedrooms, just to make it easier.

The girls love to play video games and they have discovered that a good blanket helps to keep the chill away! And all the critters enjoy snuggling with them to pass the evening away. Actually it was kind of fun, playing games, watching DVDs an doing crafts. I’m working on a rag rug out of old t-shirts. We’ve been watching the first season of the Waltons on DVD and the girls are getting a big kick out of the show. I have to admit, it’s really good! We are enjoying it.

I’m surprised at how comfortable we are with just a pair of kerosene heaters and a pair of space heaters throughout the house. It was well insulated before it was lost through foreclosure, and I am certainly glad for that. It’s helping now to get us through the rest of the winter. Hopefully, by next winter we will be able to install a propane furnace. That’s the goal.

Well, the weather is due to change in the next 10 days or so. Instead of these very very cold temperatures, we’re due to start creeping up into the high 30’s! Yippeee! It’s soon to be February… and then March! Can’t wait!