WINTER ALREADY???

Goodmorning,

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Winter is for sure here – slightly below temperatures each morning this week.  This morning it is -2 degrees.

  

Later today, Nelsen Grier will be bringing George Harris out for a visit.  George will overnight with the Millirons and preach at tomorrow’s service. 

Kevin and Tommy will be butchering some cows today.  Yeah! More meat to cut! 

Steve S with other guys (Craig, Jim, and ????) changed the batteries to the tabernacle’s heating system yesterday.  The poor ladies working in the kitchen were without heat for the majority of the morning.  It was for a good cause.  See, we turn our big farm generator off every night at 8 pm, and it doesn’t go on until 7 am.  All the buildings and homes need to have their own battery bank to take care of any electrical needs during that “off” time.  The tab’s batteries were bad so the heating system would soon quit each night when the generator was turned off. Hopefully the new battery bank (6 or 8 big golfcart things I think), will do us for another 20 years...NOT! haha...

We also need to replace one of the minivans due to the demise or early retirement of our Dodge MV. As well as 3 new washing machines. So some expenses coming up which the PDF will come in handy for. I also hear that the big gennie is showing its age and a newer one is somewhere in our sights....hummmm

Jon Squires is out working remotely as an EMT or paramedic.  Somewhere on an island in the middle of frozen Alaska where there is a gold mine. He has been gone for two weeks and will be gone for another week.  Last week, Patrick went to Valdez for a week to tune pianos in that area. He still has his Glenallen trip to do.

May has recently moved into the little house behind our home, the house that used to belong to Peter and Stacey (before that it was Rachael B’s, before that it was Paul and Liz’s and before that it was the clothing bank)....haha...now you have the history of the place. P&S really used it for a while after they were married and set it up very nicely. Quite small and compact but May is happy with it and has fixed it up all nice and cozy. We miss her at home, but she probably does not miss us much! ☹

Rob has his own room now and his train set has made permanent residence on the rug...I  think he is pleased with the new arrangement.

Tomorrow Sunday dinner, I hear we are going to have Sarah's  old fashioned dinner of roast and potatoes.  Then…..  the strawberries given to us by the Haines farm to make strawberry shortcake!  Should be good. 

I have gone out with some of the young kids snowshoeing but the snow is not deep enough...am waiting for some more and then we will venture out on our old trails again.

My sister Karenza is in BA, looking out for arrangement for our aged stepmum Chi. Always an intense time, praying for a suitable arrangement for all concerned. Hard to be able to do anything when one is so far.

Have a great weekend.  Love,