It is cold as a well digger's butt

And I should know because I was married to one for years..

I am ready.

woke up, it's only 3:30 AM. It is 16 degrees outside. That is really cold. I got up and turned on all the water in the house, let it run at full force, and then turned it back down to a trickle. I did turn my propane heater on to the lowest setting, so there will be a little heat in the house besides the all burners I have in the kitchen to keep the sink warm and the one in the bathroom to keep under the sink warm in there periodically. Plus, I keep all of my plants in the bathroom to try to make them through the winter.

Fleet is supposed to go to work today. Normally, she will be leaving in about an hour. I don't know if she's going to go today or not. It rained a lot yesterday, so I imagine the roads are slick. If she does go, I hope she makes it just fine.

I'm already back in bed after tending to the water and the heat. My days do not consist of a lot of things to do. I did turn on the light and peek out the door outside, and there is no white stuff, but it sure is cold.

I could get up and fix a cup of coffee and cover up with my electric blankets. But I think I'll just lay here in bed and read a little on the computer.

It is so cold today. A pot of pinto beans and cornbread sounds pretty good. Plus, cooking the beans on the stove would help warm the house. Hopefully, I'll get up and do that before too long, but you can't ever tell.

I think I'll go out to the shed today. I have a large roll of plastic and will bring it into the house just in case I need to put it over the windows if the house gets too cold. The windows in the house are from 1947, so they are not well insulated, as you can imagine. The old house is really old, but considering its age, And since is the same age In comparison, it is in pretty good shape. 

I'm gonna check and see if I can find some sort of picture to put on here It may have nothing to do with what.

 I've written about.

Baby it's cold outside!

Well, winter has definitely arrived. It is cold today, and I will have to leave the water running tonight for sure.

I've stayed in the house most of the day. I stuck my head out once and saw just a couple of snowflakes flying around. And it is supposed to be cold for the next 2 weeks. That sounds like fun.

Fleta sent Greg to town today to buy some groceries. She had him come by here and asked me if I needed anything. I ordered a bag of candy, which shows where my priorities lie...

I wonder what's going to happen if the electricity goes off. My furnace here is gas propane, so I'll be okay with that. But I didn't know about cooking anything. I decided I could cook outside on an open fire. Most people think that was pretty bad, but it sounds kind of interesting to me. I guess we'll see if I have to do that. There is plenty of wood lying around everywhere, that's for sure. I'm always reminded of this because Mom used to make us go get the kindling. After years of doing that, we had to go pretty far up on the hill to find old dead pieces of wood. Now they're right down by the road.

I've done a couple of loads of laundry today, fixed myself some food, and watched some TV. All in all, I've done very little. It's only 6:30, so it's a little early for bed.

I took Fleta to Harrison yesterday to buy a new pair of shoes. She bought a pair of Nikes that had sort of a high top on them, hopefully to help her ankle feel better. They cost her $100, and she wore them around the house today and has already decided she's not going to be able to keep them, so we'll be taking those back.

I gave Fleta a permanent a few weeks ago, and it still looks pretty good. It is not too fuzzy. She has a problem with her hair, as Rhea said, she has cat hair, and that's pretty much correct.

Tomorrow is Monday, and it's supposed to be a work day for Fleta. I don't know if she'll be able to make it in or not. It all depends on the weather.

My day will be the same as usual I won't be going anywhere I'm sure. I could crochet a little but I don't find that very relaxing. I could so that would be better I guess There is a couple of things I need to make Then again I Then again I may just hold the couch down all day.

January 4th

 

there should be a flag waving somewhere today. My sister Fleta is 77 years old today.

 Fleta was the fourth child born to my parents. She's right in the middle of the eight of us. She is always been a forced to reckon with all of her life. 

Fleta was born on this farm, but not in this house it was being built at the time she was born my parents lived in the old house up by the cave. I know daddy was there, of course mama,grandpa Powell come over, and I guess Dr. Purdy delivered her.When Fleta came out with that red hair, it was a big laugh that grandpa Powell said he guessed George Hampton had been visiting. George Hampton was our neighbor and he had red hair. 

Fleta has done a lot of things in her life. She is traveled and lived more places than any of the rest of us that was because her husband was in the service. she lived in Alaska and several other states. Fleta moved back to the farm to look after Daddy, Mama, and Debbie. For that job, which was a big job. They gave her the place that is where fleta has lived ever since. 

She taised her two boys here and she has raised her two youngest grand kids right here on the place. Since George died a few years ag, she has carried that weight solely alone. This will be her most two precious jewells in her crown one day soon.

 Although Daddy gave her the place, I guess it didn't make much difference. Brother Clayton lived here rent free for over 20 years. Right here in this house. When he died I moved right in. Now I have lived here for 12 rent free. Neither one of us paid the taxes. Jr has to pay them now. I always tell him doing things for people makes a person feel good. He should feel really good. 

Fleta broke leg late last year, in September.She is still walking with a little limp, but I hope she gets over that soon because she does love to walk. Our poor mama walked with the limp all her life. Well,since Clayton was a baby anyway.

 It's really cold here today and is going to be for the next few days. I don't believe any of Willis Powell's children ever enjoyed winter. We just sit here and think of spring and wait for things to grow green. So today, I'm just sitting here in the house covered up with an electric throw thinking about spring and how grateful I am for my oldest living sister.

I have action today..

look whats happening in my field today

Maybe I will post more

Sweet lexy Show me how to get blogger on my tablet and now since I have internet at my house this will be much easier for me to use it's kind of hard to post from the phone. It has been really warm and nice hearing Arizona and my sweet daughter-in-law has certainly put up with me well And anyone that knows me knows that is not easy But I have love staying here I'm now ready to go home though since Christmas is over and all I've just gotta get some things fixed on my car do I have a little bit get a little more time in here make sure I don't have trouble. I really thought on this Since I'm talking instead of typing I could say. And paragraph and it was switch but it doesn't I'm probably doing something wrong. I will be really loaded up in the car coming home again I've gotten a few free things off of the free side here. And when I say a few free things everyone hears making fun of me. Paragraph I discussed with bill last night and I may take the southern route home going through lower New Mexico And then to Little Rock spend the night with Betty and I are too till I'm sure the roads are clear it's a little longer that way I'm not Sure that I'm going to Do that it really depends on how the weather is if I sure it's clear for 2 days I'm taking my normal route it's a little shorter plus I pretty much know how to get there that way even without the GPS. I will probably spend the night somewhere going home It's kind of a long driveEspecially since I won't be able to have the windows down cause it will be cold. We had a great Christmas here Grandpa and Ronda come and Melissa and Benjamin came over and we had really good food and it was nice... Christmas eve all of Kimmy's family came over and that was really nice too. The grandkids had a really good Christmas. New paragraph I spoke to fleta and Betty a few times it's not gotten cold back there yet I'm sure it's just waiting for me to get home Lottie dawg Lexi crochet me the most wonderful blanket for Christmas I will never forget ITIT's 1 of the best gifts I've ever gotten. Well I'm gonna see if I can post a picture on this thing and see how much troubles That is I'll be posting soon.