Winter continues...

Yup, anywhere that corn will grow is no fit place for people to live! December was filled with rain, freezing rain, more rain, ice, some sleet and a little bit of zero degree temps. We had a couple of 60 degree days and now we're back to yucky with really cold headed this way! We keep salt in a lidded bucket on the top step of the porch now!

Keith is still slogging off to the refinery to drive around in a truck, picking up the equivalent of dumpsters... It's still not dirt work, but it still pays well. We just knew they'd lay him off at Christmas time--but not! In fact, I think he's worked longer this time around than any time since July! I'm pretty sure they aren't keeping him around for his charming personality--he grumbles and growls all the time about the stupidity he sees all around him there....!

I just keep knitting, altho a friend mailed me a box of assorted beads that I may have to dig into and make something from! But first I have some socks to finish!

ReRun got to visit the vet yesterday, so he's been snipped and is a bit 'ouchy' today. I almost hated to have it done, because it seems like every time we've had a male puppy done, we've lost him within a year. Now, don't get me wrong, I would gladly give him to a good home that doesn't mind having a dog that stubbornly insists on leaving 'surprise packages' around the house--even tho he may have just come in from outdoors!



Now, back to my needles, while the wind howls and flaps the slide-out awnings and the furnace hums.....