3 day difference

 What a difference a few days makes! This was our driveway Saturday afternoon when the storm finished dumping a foot of snow on us.

This is what it looked like today (Tuesday) when I got home from work. Nature seems to be a bit fickle.

Project truck is here

 I picked up a battery for the "project" truck this morning and drove it back here. Jessica brought the Nissan back home for me.

The truck is a 1990 F-150 XLT with 73K on it, but it does need some work. Most notably, a transmission. The frame on my Chevy is rusting badly and I need something to replace the truck with. This should do it, with some work.

Norman's return and a snowstorm

 We got Normie back just over a week ago. His massive size gave us some freezer issues. This is the stack of beef we still had to get into the freezer -

 After we had already put these 4 flats of burger in the bottom of the freezer, taking up almost half of it. It took some re-arranging and putting a couple of non-essential things outside on the porch. The weather has been cold enough to keep them frozen until we ate them.

 Our storm started on Friday morning. I managed to get home from work before it became impossible to make it up the hill. It was a long, slick ride home. I measured 12" before I started clearing the driveway.

 Lots of things were buried. It was messy getting over to the shed to get out the snow shovel. I forgot to get it out before it snowed.

 Cars cleared off and driveway cleaned. It took a couple of hours, but a lot of it was making the 4 wheeler start and stay running.

The redneck snow plow from last year had to be repaired before being put back into service. I hope I don't need it any more this year, but you never know. It sure beats shoveling.

home projects

 We got the shelves pulled out of the laundry room and replaced with a hanging system for the pots and pans today. There are a couple that don't fit, like the big stock pots. They will have to find a new place to stay.

I put the rolling laundry basket together yesterday. Then re-did it because Lynne wanted it shorter than what she said the first time. It's all ready for it's tryout now.

Christmas 2015 and beyond

 We had a good Christmas here. Allen and Sheri were down for it, and Heather was here, too.

 Santa's helper! Jessica had her elf hat on.

 Then on the 29th, Norman went in for his transformation into little white wrappers. He was by far the biggest ever, with a weight of 1575lbs. He loaded well, but I got a kick from him when we unloaded him. Luckily, it didn't connect squarely, just a glancing blow.

The kids got me a hitch for my truck for Christmas. Since it finally stopped raining, I got it put on today.

Last week's update

I finally found someone that had a bumper for my truck. I had already called every salvage yard in the area with no luck. There wasn't much left of the original bumper.

Somebody over in Nicholasville was scrapping out an '02 Silverado and still had the bumper. I hurried over and got it before it was gone. 

It took a couple of days with the grinder to get the old bumper and hitch off, and a few more hours to bolt the "new" one on. I still need to put another hitch on, but now I don't have to worry about the bumper falling off.

update

 This shot is from our trip down the Kentucky River several weeks ago. We had fun, even though Heather got sunburned.

 Jim, Lisa and I started with a big oak tree in the pasture behind us. It was a pin oak that came down in a storm a couple weeks ago. We had to wait until we got permission to cut it up.

 As you can see from the crown, it was a big tree.

 Another trailer full of good firewood for the Warner's stove. Not this year, though. It still needs to be seasoned.

There is still another 8-10 feet of trunk left to be cut. We will come back for it another day.