After two weeks of very cold weather, and a day where we are getting up to 15 above zero, I thought it would be a good time to start up the old plow truck (Elvira) and also my John Deere lawn tractor/snowplow.

Needless to say they did not start right away, Elvira just needed a little gas in the carbureator
and she did fire up! I thought for a little bit I was going to need to charge the battery some. So after it warmed up I loaded up the dogs and we scrapped off the little snow we had in the yard and on the driveway, after a few light flurries over the last couple of weeks.

The JD was a different story, I did have to hook up the charger and also put a heater on it for about 20 minutes to get it to go, but once I got it running and let it warm up a little also, I used it to clean up some of the snow around my woodpile, and a few smaller spots that Elvira is to big to get into.

The critters got a fresh bale of hay yesterday and also a bale that I used to bed down their sheds with, which they eat more of it then lay on it, but it does give them something to lay on till they do eat it all up. The water tank was also filled this morning, which is a job I need to do about every 5 days.

Other than that we are feeling better but still have a cough, and it is more annoying then anything. We are both ready to be done with it all, but I am sure in a week or so it will be gone!

Work for me has been busy, as we kicked off a new year the 1st of January and this year my sales goals are higher, and there will be lots to do to meet those goals. I was pleased however that I made my January goals by 128%, which will give me a little cushion if I have a down month, but things look to be off to a good start!

Crystalie, is busy making items and selling some stuff to her wholesale customers. We started discussing plans for next summer and some occasional sales here at Coffee Lake Farm, and we hope to make some announcements in March or early April has to our 2013 sale schedule!

The woodpile is holding up well, as I have 4 rows of wood left, and we just started the 4th on the 1st of Feb. With warmer temperatures coming, it will be interesting to see how much I have left by Mid April.