This might get interesting. What sounded like a major collision on the highway, followed by several arcing explosions on the power lines, and now been without power over an hour. Toss an extra quilt on the bed and go to sleep you say? Not bloody likely with half a dozen emergency vehicles all with their obnoxious lights playing on my ceiling and walls.
Let's see
Snowblower fueled and started -check
Generator filed and test run -check
Horses settled with heavy rugs -check
Groceries stocked, including comfort foods -check
Quilts freshly laundered -check
All electronics fully charged -check
That should be sufficient to see to it we get the minimum impact from the storm. If I didn't do all that we would get burried!
Troughs are easier, crack with a hammer then use a pitch fork (dedicated, not used on manure) to move the chunks. Somehow I always manage to get soaked when doing the stall buckets.
I prefer the snow blower myself. It's a little more work but fun as shit when hubby makes the mistake of throwing a snowball at me and I "goof" as I redirect the snow shoot!
We have a show scheduled Sunday. Here is hoping it either a) doesn't add up to a hill of beans like last weekend or b) they have the sense to cancel/postpone the show.