Yet Another Thing

     With the Arctic blast currently hitting my area of the mountains, I have found myself new struggles that I have to face in the coming days. Even though I left the water dripping from our tap, the water decided to freeze in our pipes. Now, I have to dip water from a bra creek and carry it by bucket to the house to flush the toilets. 

    Not only is that a main problem for me, but keeping our house toasty and warm for my toddler seems to be an endless task as well. Our central air and heating unit went out which was over $5000 to replace. Even with a new unit, we are still having to rely partially on our gas logs for heat. Being set back financially with this burden right before Christmas is completely traumatizing for me. I haven't even went shopping yet. With little to no money I fear that my child will not have an adequate Christmas. Thankfully, she is still a toddler I will not be able to really see my shortcomings and lack of gifts this year. Being warm is more important than buying gift gifts.

    My goats are currently heavy and milk so that means our kidding season is going to begin any day now. Five of my dose are dripping milk/colostrum so I didn't even get to check this morning to see if any babies have been born overnight in this cold weather. I don't want them to freeze. This afternoon I will have to go and lay a fresh bed of chips down along with making sure no drafts are blowing in our goat shed. I'm using the deep layer method in all the chicken coops so I know they are fine. I will carry hot water down to all the feeders so they will get a fresh drink of water once I get off from work this afternoon. My husband will probably attend to most of the chores today while I'm at work because it will only get cold as the day progresses.

       Not only am I worried about my outside animals, I'm worried about transportation to and from work now. My car really struggled to crank this morning in the 13° weather. I'm hoping it's only a battery issue and not an alternator issue. It would just be another thing to add to the list of worries. Perhaps I should take on a third job. I don't know how families make it without having multiple jobs by each spouse. We seem to not be able to make it through the day today struggles without having to use a credit card. I am very thankful our credit card debt is small. Which will be paid off, hopefully by the end of February. If nothing else arises. We only use those in case of a major emergencies. On a positive note at least I don't have to buy meat in the foreseeable future because our freezers are full!

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