Granny's gone and done it again

[Wishing4Wings]

Morning @troyer and everyone else.

I spent yesterday battening down everything for the 'bomb cyclone' winter storm that is supposed to hit here tonight. Extra plastic over the windows in the coop and pop door, new water heater for the main coop, blah blah blah.

Then we brought in almost a face cord of firewood and stacked it in the shop. I guess from what the weather forecast is saying, there are going to be wind gust up to 40MPH and up to 4 inches of snow so blizzard conditions, along with dangerous wind chills in the -38 range here. We have no desire to hump out to the barn and bring in firewood in those temps not when the shop is closer and best of all inside.

Have to admit I am worried about how my birds will fare through all of it. My coop is an old shed with questionable foundation. I have plenty of bedding down but now I am just praying that everything holds together.

Plans for today? Baking cookies. Not too many, neither of us need them but pinwheel sugar cookies and oatmeal raisin and choco chips so busy busy. Told DH that if we lose power I can always cook meals on the stove but our oven is electric so I'm going to err on the side of caution and get the baking done today.

Sounds like you are prepared. Hope everything goes well.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Gmorning all, MC wish I could bake some cookies! I cant even do those premade rolls. lol
Waiting to take Tom to the food drs. then off to get a battery. Thats IF the van starts. Its pretty cold out there.

 

[microchick]

Be safe, Granny, hope all goes well at the doctors.

Thanks Wishing and Granny. All we can do is be as prepared as possible. All in the line of this storm, be safe.

 

[h2oratt]

I learned this some time ago, and it was one of many things I admirer about him. Love me Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

Now you know...

I'll never watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas" the same again.

“In 1965, Charles Schulz, a devout Christian and creator of the Peanuts comic strip, was asked to create a Christmas special for CBS featuring the Peanuts Characters. He agreed with one requirement, that they allow him to include the story of the birth of Jesus. Although the stations executives were hesitant and tried to convince him otherwise, Schulz was insistent. As a result, for the past 50 plus years, millions of people have watched and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and heard the story of Jesus and “what Christmas is all about.”

It wasn’t until a few years back that I realized a “hidden message” in the film. Linus, a child who seems to have some insecurities as he carries a security blanket with him at all times. In fact, Linus NEVER drops his blanket, except once....

While sharing the message of “what Christmas is all about,” Linus drops his blanket at the exact moment he says the words, “fear not!”

In this seemingly innocent moment, Linus delivers a powerful reminder of the true meaning of Christmas. We are to “fear not”, for Jesus is born. We needn’t rely on material things for security, we have God with us, “Immanuel”, (Matthew 1:23) Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior - the true meaning of Christmas.

Awhile back, someone informed me, indignantly so, that Linus picks up his blanket at the end of the speech so my interpretation must be wrong. Well, he was right, Linus does pick up his blanket at the end of his speech. However, he “drops” it again later...

Amid big, bright, colorful, shiny artificial trees, Charlie Brown chose the least of these, a little, wooden tree with just a few branches. Shortly thereafter, Linus uses his blanket to wrap about the base of the tree and says, “Maybe it just needs a little love”. In that moment, the tree “awakens”, stands tall and firm. A reminder that no matter who we are, how many mistakes we’ve made, a “little love” can make all the difference.

Let’s strive to “fear not” (Luke 2:10) and “love one another” (John 13:34), not just at Christmastime, but the whole year through.”

Borrowed from Charlene M. Speer & ‘Christian Life Ministry’ on Facebook...

 

[h2oratt]

It's called..melted air pollution.

Even in Alaska?

 

[h2oratt]

Gmorning all, MC wish I could bake some cookies! I cant even do those premade rolls. lol
Waiting to take Tom to the food drs. then off to get a battery. Thats IF the van starts. Its pretty cold out there.

I bet Robert could bake the premade ones.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I bet Robert could bake the premade ones.

he can. Hes done it before.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

he can. Hes done it before.

thats how I know I cant. everything hurts. bending over using the oven, standing long enough to put them in the pan is what stops me.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I think Im feeling sorry for myself. Ignore me.

 

[Granny Hatchet]