Below, you can see Husband clearing a path so the milk truck can get through later this morning. Husband plugs in the engine block heater on the tractor right away when he goes out in the morning so the tractor will start after milking. 
Because I had two kids out in the terrible cold and windy conditions last night, I didn't get to sleep very early. My high school sophomore son was with a group of friends......I was glad it was group. He got home around 11:30 p.m. My older son was with his girlfriend (soon to be fiancee, we think), at her parents' home in a nearby town. I tried to call his cell phone around midnight to tell him to just stay put there in town to avoid getting his two-wheel drive vehicle stuck in a drift in our long farm driveway. Of course, he didn't answer the phone, so I left a voice message, but didn't know if he would listen to it.
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I went to bed; Husband was already there, snoring up a storm. After reading a few pages from a book, my eyes wouldn't stay open, but fighting sleep I got up and dialed my son's cell phone again. This time he answered.......I said sleepily, "Please, just stay there in town." He said, "Mom, I'm just about to our driveway.......and there's a huge drift by the mailbox!" I went to the window......yup, sure enough, there were his headlights, bouncing up and down over the snowdrifts in the long lane. Thank goodness......he was home safe and I could go to sleep in good conscience.
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We're staying home from church. Its not listed on the cancellations being shown on the TV screen, but the wind is so strong and the snow continues to pile up, so we will stay put. I'm looking up the Bible readings for this first Sunday in Lent.......did you know this day has a name? It is "Invocavit". It is listed that way in the older Lutheran hymnals I have here at home, but not in the newer ones. The Gospel reading appears to be Matthew 4:1-11, in which Jesus is tempted by Satan in the wilderness.
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A blessed "Invocavit" to everyone!!
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6 comments:
Looks like your hubby has just the tractor we need to get out Jeannelle. Want to send him east? lol. Stay warm girl.
I really enjoy your blog. I feel like I am there with you and your agricultural way of life is what I grew up with. I miss it and love being in your blog. I also have waited up nights for kids. Thank God for cell phones.
Thank you "memphismemory" for stopping by and leaving your comment!
Sherry-
You stay warm, too! This winter has been way too wintery!
Man, I am glad I don't live there!! It was a warm and golden weekend here. And yes, our sermon was on Jesus' temptation in the wilderness.
Kids don't know how frustrating it is for the parents to call on the cell phone and get no answer ;-). I am so glad for webcam--yesterday (Sunday) we had a long long talk with our son in Seattle--It felt like we were just hanging out on a Sunday afternoon in the living room together---we had coffee and he had olives ;-)---just had a blessed time of fellowhip.
Love those pictures on your post. Oh and the one of you as a girl on the sidebar is precious.
hmm, I put fellowhip instead of fellowhip!
Enjoyed this post very much!
I used a green tractor with a loader to move snow yesterday and like your husband plugged in the engine block heater long before trying to start the tractor!
When I was growing up we always had a lot of cows and calves. My job was to take care of the calves and seeing the picture of the little calf sure brought back a ton of memories!
We also had lambs and I bottle fed some! See the picture of you holding the lamb brought back a lot of memories, too!!
Take care.
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