Brrrr!

Good Morning!  Temperature went down to 20 last night/this morning.  Tonight it is supposed to be in the teens.  Definitely below normal for this area.  The biggest worry is freezing water pipes.  We don’t get a hard freeze very often.  I just hope it kills some of the bugs, especially the ants!

Hope everyone had a blessed and happy new year.  Jana and I had a very quiet one.  We watched a moving called “God Is Not Dead.”  It was great.  Kevin gave it to us to watch and highly recommended it.  Started out kind of slow, and we weren’t sure we would like it.  Changed our minds after a short time and really glad we did.  If you get a chance to see it, it is worth your time.

Neither of us made it until midnight.  I can remember when Jim and I had parties and they lasted most of the night/morning.  We sure had some good times! 

I have four birdfeeders and the birds are emptying them almost daily.  Looks like I will be buying more birdseed.

Yesterday Jana and I started taking down Christmas decorations.  She took hers down inside her house earlier in the week.  Yesterday she took down her tree here in my house.  We got all the bins from the shed, and I started packing our Christmas dishes.  Today I am doing laundry and planning to get more decorations put away.

It is Friday and all decorations are down except my tree.  They are packing in plastic containers and need to be taken to the shed.  I also need to get the box for my tree from the shed so I can take it down.  The outside decorations are still up because of the cold.  I will probably take them down and put them away next week when it gets a little warmer.  We are going to stay cold, for us, for a few more days. 

I really shouldn’t be complaining about the cold.  After seeing the reports and pictures from New England it isn’t too bad here.

This year we are being invaded by ants.  I have sprayed as much as I can with Penny and Mattie here.  I also put some ant bait traps around.  Of course, they are up high because of the girls.  I know that living in the country I am going to have ants, especially when it gets cold and they are looking for someplace to get warm.  I haven’t seen any signs of mice yet, but that could happen also.

All decorations are down and packed except the outside ones.  This includes the tree.  Now we are waiting for a day when we can take them to the shed until next year.  It has been so cold and windy that we are waiting for a warmer day.  Today it is supposed to rain.  We have two containers and my Christmas tree waiting for Kevin to carry to the shed.  I also bought some moth balls to put around in the shed to keep the critters out!  I hope they work.  Jim and I used to put them around the motor home when we were volunteering. 

Other than the above it’s just been routine doings; laundry, moving furniture back into place, loading the dishwasher, unloading the dishwasher, making the bed, etc.  Such an exciting life.  Hopefully, the next blog will be better.  But, this is what I do.  Aren’t you lucky to read about it?  At least I am on the right side of the grass 😊

I think the weather and being inside is getting to me.