Hi everyone. Yes, I am always SO glad for winter solstice to arrive! Cuz I don’t like the darkening days and get down right excited about having a couple extra minutes of daylight tomorrow. And the next day…and next. Until I’m not doing evening chores by moonlight. Speaking of which, glorious full(?) moon out tonite when DH and I fed. I do enjoy moonlight too….but only if I have extra large dog with me. [predators lurk] I walk her and DH does the rest. This winter [baring a number of subzero nites] has been mild, more like it was around here a couple decades ago. Before we got so horrifically COLD and HARSH winters. I would like to return to the milder winters!!!
I am feeling like I have again beat out the virus/whatever that was attempting ‘invasion’. Never really got uncomfortable….just pending. So I’m keeping up with the herbs, etc. Make sure it doesn’t return. 🙂 Elderlies happy it won’t interfere with Christmas!!
Solved the issue of DH’s Christmas gift. I just asked him – so much for surprise- but he mentioned another attempt at getting gloves/mittens that can keep his hands warm enough. We think he’s developed Raynauds in our years up the mountain. 🙁 It’s so very painful when the blood won’t flow to fingers. I spent couple hours searching. Eliminated the electric gloves…they don’t extend the heating elements down the fingers. In his case, that doesn’t work. Finally found insulated mittens with a glove inside. The gloved hand can come out of a zipper, to do dexterity work, then slip back inside the warm mitten. I think we might have found our solution. By now, it’s a medical problem for him when he’s out doing chores, etc. Pricey tho…but if “the lights go out” we’d better have something to keep him able to endure winter. Also can slip those air-activated heaters inside…which he’ll need. Remember, you can use those for an hour, then put them into a Ziplock bag. Lack of O2 will stop their use. Then re-activate them with air the next time you need them. Otherwise they are an awful waste of money.
Read Daisy’s article about organizing preps in the house. Laughed in recognition at the preliminary remarks….WHERE IS IT? I say that a lot. I’m still sorting…a little each day. It shows…after the past month and a half…it really does show! 🙂
Because of wildfire/EVAC experience, I’ve had my First Aid stuff pretty organized into 2 kits [one for each of us] if we had to run out door. Now a large cardboard sign [large so I don’t have to get my readers to read it] tell us to also grab his meds and our herbs, and a few other BO things. If we had space, the larger totes of 1st Aid/medical would come too. In other categories, I’m not as organized…tho somewhat. If I’d quit moving things around, I could remember better. But have to make room for new stuff….thus, new arrangements.
Too tired to make comments tonite but enjoyed everyone’s posts. Stay safe on roads…crazies abound! Glad Hanc is out of mud! G’Nite!
OldMtWoman …fell asleep at laptop tonite til doggie-dear started barking..Hmph!
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