Such lovely weather!

The temperature is 5° now at two o'clock P.M.  I went outside an hour ago and spent 20 minutes doing chores.  The goats didn't come to the water I carried out, but they were glad to see their hay.  They had a big drink yesterday afternoon, and I'll take their water early in the morning.  Believe me, they'll be glad to have a drink by then.

Gabe thought he needed to go outside mid-morning, so I put his sweater on him and fastened his leash; he peed about half an ounce and decided he wanted back in the house.  I took him with me when I did my chores, though, and he got down to business that time.

They say it's going to be zero tonight and seven below tomorrow night, but there are good news for the future:  We are expecting 60° Monday, and it appears like the rest of the month will be much warmer.  March will be coming in like a lamb, bless her heart, but if that happens they say she will go out like a lion.  Tornadoes, anyone?  

I'm hoping to get my glasses back at Costco this week.  I'm also thinking about getting another stove so I'll have an oven, but I'm not totally sure yet.  I've had enough money all along; I just hate to buy a stove after the oven of my current one stopped working after just four years.

It's snowing again now; how much fun can one woman have?  Originally the weather folks said we might get 8 inches, but I doubt that.

Mother Nature is mad at the world, I suppose. 

Mostly family stuff, and the picture Debbie wanted.

 Who knows what stuff I'll put on my blog today?  Not me.

For baking, three tablespoons of mayonnaise equals one egg.  My mother-in-law often made chocolate mayonnaise cake, and it was a winner for all her children.  You can read the history of mayonnaise cake HERE. 

I shared my love of Grandma's house recently, so here are some pictures I've shared in other posts.  This is her house, as well as the smokehouse.  I took this picture from the road in front of her place in April, 1963.  All the cars are there because the whole extended Stevens family usually celebrated Easter at her house.

There I am in the middle, with my cousin Betty on the left and Royce on the right.  Behind us is the porch where Grandma kept her African Violets until winter, and that's where people entered and stepped up to the kitchen.  

 

Below is a video I made some time ago to tell the story of the music box my grandfather gave his wife early in their marriage.  I still have it, but the more it ages, the worse it looks.  My Aunt Ruby had it after Grandma died, and later gave it to me.  My children never knew my grandmother, so it means nothing to them.  I hope somebody in the Stevens family will be interested in it.  I have always loved it.  As a child, one of the first things I did when I went there was to listen to the three tunes on it.  

This is something Grandma created.  She did a lot of crocheting sitting in her rocking chair.  

Below are two Afghans Aunt Ruby made for me.  My favorite is the one on the right, and she made it from all the leftover skeins of yarn she had.

Here is Gabe after his grooming.  We don't do the fancy Schnauzer look because he's outside with me a lot, and the long hair on the feet and skirt just get dirty.  So he doesn't look as cute as the full Schnauzer cut would make him, but he'd be tracking in a lot more dirt into the house.  

And there you have it.