-22ºF this a.m.

Too cold! It was 22 degrees below zero and no school delay. Borderline crazy, especially since the bus was 45 minutes late!
It is so cold we let the goats stay in this morning. I think they are healthier when they go outside every day but this is ridiculous. Maybe around lunch time I'll let them out for a bit?
The boys start exams at the high school today. They'll be done at noon. One will go to work, the other will be home on the bus. He gets dropped off almost a mile from home so I should go pick him up so he doesn't freeze.
A family is coming later today for the weekend in the guest house. I would love to write about our guests on this blog because they very often are quite interesting but I guess that wouldn't be right. We've had people from many different parts of the US and world and it is extremely fascinating to meet them and have the kids learn things about their ways of life. It is very enriching.

Boy! It's cold outside!

It's 15ºF at 9:15 a.m. and not expected to get much warmer today. We heat the main house with wood. Lots of wood! We have a wood furnace in the cellar. There are also 2 wood stoves upstairs that we light of it gets really cold. The guest house is heated with oil. I'm waiting for an oil delivery this morning. It's supposed to be $2.34 per gallon. If the last people didn't leave the windows open, maybe we wouldn't need to buy any oil. Why would people leave the windows open when it was 20 degrees F out anyway?
I think I better go throw another log on the fire. I'm cold.

Skating anyone?

I heard the ice is thick enough to skate. If only it wasn't so darn cold........yeah, I know, then the ice wouldn't be thick enough. But geezum crow yesterday it didn't get above 10ºF! And we're going to go outside and play?! I guess we'll have to find some wood for a fire. And you know what that means.......Marshmallows!!