Sunday January 9

Very cold morning ... neither mower will crank... let dogs out, then crank husband's tractor ... brief run , then feed and kennel and go to church ... terrible winter storm (for this area) is on the way... return from church, still cold, low 30's , take dogs for another brief run, then start making preps for a possible power outage, clean travel trailer, get dogs accustomed to it (it is really small) get water (we have a well-pump so if power goes, no water) travel trailer does have propane heat... husband working on getting greenhouse ready ... and planting some trees that wont make it if grenhouse loses power ...can't FIND a kerosene heater we thought we had (to put in dog shed in case travel trailer is too cramped ...) bring dogs in for brushing and nap, out again for brief run, feed ad kennel ... and watch the weather reports... if this hits like they say it will, we'll be frozen in til Wednesday ... I know this is hard for folks in the North to believe, but a 'little bit of winter' in the South just paralyzes us ... power outages are common, as pine trees ice up and take down power lines ... roads are impassable,  we have no snow plows ... prayers will be appreciated