Snow Storm

Today we got walloped with a snow storm. It was the first time since we've been picking up garbage that I didn't pick up due to the weather. Our neighbor Mike has been helping me with the routes. He came over at his regular time and wondered if I was still planning on going. It had been snowing all night and there was a good 8 inches on the ground with quite a bit of drifting. My plan was to at least give it a try. Never had a 'snow day' since we started.

Once we got out of the drive way, ( had to take a few runs at it) we set out on our way. The main highway was plowed but, none of the side roads looked touched. The first un-plowed side road we went down helped us decide to call it quits. As long as you kept moving it was alright but, once you came to a stop it wasn't so easy to get going again. If all we had to do was drive, it wouldn't have been so bad but, in this line of work we make a lot of stops. Took us about 10 minutes to get a path shoveled well enough to get a run at it. After that we headed back home. No sense risking having to call for a tow truck. So we'll try it again tomorrow.

Well, we did a last minute impromptu Christmas tree and wreath stand. Our growing partners happen to have Christmas trees and every year they make and sell wreaths. So Kelli was talking with them one day and made the offer for them to set up a Christmas tree lot here at our place. We've talked about it often over the years and now here it is. Just a spur of the moment set up.

We used our farm stand infrastructure. Works pretty good and it is all self serve. They've sold at least 14 trees and numerous wreathes. For some reason the trees are selling better than the wreathes which I think they are a little disappointed in. The wreathes are beautiful so I don't know why they've been slow in selling. They are competitively priced as well so, who knows.

Selling trees and wreathes out here is keeping people looking which is good for the produce stand. A number of people buying trees and wreathes have been vegetable customers.

Yesterday was mine and Kelli's 25th wedding anniversary! We spent the day getting the yard ready for the coming snow storm. Got the sheep all settled into their winter homes. Divided some of the ewes between our two rams so we'll have lambs in the spring. Got all done with that just in time for the snow to start.

We stayed close to home for our anniversary. There is a well known steak house just down the road so we went there. Figured we could always walk home if we got snowed in. Of course it didn't come to that but, I'm glad we didn't have to drive far in that storm. It sure was coming down. Then we spent a quiet evening warm and cozy alone in our cabin enjoying each others company. Usually we end up Christmas shopping on our anniversary so last night was a nice treat. After all it was our 25th. We talked about how it doesn't seem possible that we've been married that long. In some ways it seems forever ago, yet in others it seems just like yesterday. Like we woke up one day and we turned middle aged over night. How'd we get into our 40's anyway? But, we feel greatly blessed to be out here in the country living out our dreams and taking one day at a time seeing what God has in store for us along the way.