Tagged

I've been tagged so here goes:
Six names you go by:
Nancy, Mom, Grandma, Grams, Nance, Sissy

Three things you are wearing today:
Jumper, blouse, and LONG JOHNS! :-)

Three things you want very badly right now:
For my youngest son and his family to move close
That everyone in my family would be saved
Too deep to share

Three things you did last night/yesterday:
Watched a "Little Bear Wheeler" video and ate popcorn
Washed eggs
Read from my Bible and Martyr's Mirror

Two things you ate today:
Turkey sandwich :-)
Smoothie (drank really)

Two people you last talked to on the phone:
My daughter-in-law
My granddaughter

Two things you are going to do today/tomorrow:
Go bowling with my daughter and her family
Feed goats

Your three favorite beverages:
Milk
Lemonade
Kombucha

Whew! Now you know more than you wanted to! :-)
Nancy

December Snow

Two days ago it was warm enough to open up the cold frames and cut lettuce and spinach (that was a treat!), and today it is gray and very cold and the ground is covered with snow. Winter set in early this year, but I'm still hoping it won't be as cold and wet as it has been the last two.
Marty, the steer, has decided to leave the chicken coops alone for now, but keeps jumping the fence to get in the garden and graze. There's not much in there, except for some corn husks, but it's enough to get his attention. We wouldn't worry about it if it weren't for the cold frames, raised beds, and strawberry plants, but because of those things, ever so often the alarm is sounded, and everyone available has to run outside and chase him out. Marty always joins in the festivities by kicking up his heels and giving everyone a good run around the garden.
Hope you're enjoying the time getting ready for Christmas! It will be here so soon.
Nancy

In Case You're Wondering

Cayenne pepper really does stop bleeding. (They used to use it for that purpose in wars.) We bought a young Alpine buck a while back that was pretty wild because he hadn't been handled. He had been disbudded but decided to grow horns at just under a year old. One day he caught one of them in some fencing and broke it off. It was bleeding badly. Jack came to the back door calling for help and told me what had happened. I knew about cayenne so I grabbed some from the kitchen and ran it outside. Jack was elected to be the one that applied the cayenne to the badly bleeding horn site. While cayenne may burn at first, it then deadens pain. (You'll see it in arthritis rubs and such.) It was the burning part that concerned us. (Especially Jack). He went in and after much crashing around in the barn, he emerged unharmed. (Jack, not the goat.) Now that the coast was cleared, I went in and saw that the bleeding had slowed to a small trickle, then clotted and stopped completely. What a wonderful thing.
Hope your daily adventures turn out well.
Nancy