These blogs are hard work. They are especially hard when your life is boring. I get up at 5:30am, drink tea, take care of the animals, pack my lunch, go to work, come home, take care of animals and nap in front of the tube until 10pm bedtime. Repeat ad infinitum. That's not much to work with.
I've included pictures of the Christmas lights. The white blob is our Advent Star also known as a Moravian Star. Sent by friends in NC, it became an instant prized possession. It was the first light up and will probably be the last down.
Winter has just started here. By that, I mean snow. We've watched the snowstorms circle all around us for a while but they have finally come to us. Now we can cook all the fattening foods we save for the winter. White stew and biscuits and maybe a traditional plum pudding. It's time to feed heavily and hibernate.
Christmas was good with lots of visits with friends and family. The loot was good, too. I have a TomTom gps to use now. I'm logging all the sirens in it so I can find them easily. It's pretty easy to use. Stacey got a WII Fit. I hooked it up and tried it. First, it told me that I'm obese and then it told me I'm in good shape. Maybe it realized that I'm an electronics tech.
The animals are all fine. Jacob the steer goes to freezer camp at the end of the month. I'm looking forward to that. I haven't had Jersey meat in a very long time. For the uninformed, Jersey cattle have a yellow fat that looks like butter and tastes delicious. Sure, the steaks are half size but you just eat two of them. I was thinking of selling Max the steer but I may just keep him for a while. He'll still be good eating for another couple of years and maybe I'd rather have beef walking around instead of money in my pocket.
I hoped originally to try and train these two as oxen to break into animal power but I just don't have the time.
I've been trying to break the wheels loose on the plow I salvaged but nothing has worked so far. I may have to break down and buy a restored plow. At least I've found a source.
We went out for dinner on New Years Eve to The Island House in Port Clinton. It was good food in a fine setting. We walked over to see Wylie Walleye and the Elmore Sausage but then headed home to try and stay awake until midnight. I was awake at midnight. Stacey woke me up.
I'm bored again.
