Pioneer Life

 Today is a busy day.

It's my daughters 37th birthday.

So I'll be making her a birthday dinner that she can take home after she picks up the kids.

Homemade Vegetable Tortillini Soup

Homemade Skillet Bread

Homemade Cherry Crisp

It's also Friday which means scrambled eggs and toast and bacon for the grandkids for breakfast.

It's also bathroom cleaning day, changing our bedsheets and catching up on laundry.

I need to salt the front sidewalks which are very icy and I'll need to check the dryer vent and furnace exhaust to make sure they aren't buried under a snow drift next to the house.

The snow is almost 3 feet deep in our backyard so I have started a Squirrel feed box.

I watched as one Squirrel tried to climb down the tree into the snow and as soon as it's little paw hit the snowbank and sunk, it quickly turned around and scrambled back up the tree.

So I'll need to check on that Squirrel box too. 

I keep it loaded up with peanut butter crackers, sliced apples, sliced oranges, and sunflower seeds.

The bird feeder looks frozen solid so I better check that out while I'm out there.

Feeling like a real pioneer wife today...lots to do on the homestead.

Except that I don't have to chop wood or break the ice in the river to heat and make water, you know...like those folks in Texas.  (too soon, eh? sorry)

Don't mean to be flip. I laugh and crack wise to alleviate my anxiety.

Hope Dan Tucker brings home something good for supper.

Thanks for reading,

Love, Lolly

Waiting for March

 It snowed glitter today.  Bright, silvery, shiny, glittery flakes. It looked so beautiful.

The snow is drifted 3 feet deep in the front yard and looks like it is covered in diamonds.

Temperatures have been brutally cold for the last few weeks with many days being below zero.

Today the real feel temperature is -10 degrees but the sun is shining so it looks warm outside.

This winter feels like it is never ending and more snow is predicted over the next few days.

Covid, remote learning and shopping for groceries on-line have kept me virtually housebound.

There's nowhere to go anyway so the weather hasn't really been an issue.

In two weeks my husband will be having Thoracic spine surgery at RUSH in Chicago.

I hope the snow lightens up so we can safely drive in to the city. 

To be honest I'm more concerned about driving in the snowy weather than his surgery.

We found one of the best surgeons in the USA for this type of surgery and I am thrilled.

Dr. Kern Singh teaches other Orthopedic Dr.'s how to do this rarely performed surgery.

Our son is coming home from St.Paul for the week to help us out and he has a friend with an  apartment just 3 minutes from the RUSH Medical campus just in case we need a place to stay.

Our daughter took two days off of work and will be in charge of our Chihuahua back home and will also be doing the remote learning with the grandkids (her OWN kids).

Our son-in-law, a firefighter/medic, also has a few days off after the surgery in case we need his help.

I want the surgery to be over already and to be back at home playing nursemaid.

(Remind me of this when I next post about him being a horrible patient and him accusing me of acting like Nurse Ratchet....both of which will be true).

Hope you are all staying healthy!

Thanks for reading,

Love, Lolly