Not once but twice – I just can’t face typing it all again tonight. Heater quit in barn – everything froze up, one dead hen. It’s just all getting to be too much to deal with. Sorry, Gals. I’ll try tomorrow.
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Not once but twice – I just can’t face typing it all again tonight. Heater quit in barn – everything froze up, one dead hen. It’s just all getting to be too much to deal with. Sorry, Gals. I’ll try tomorrow.
Mary I feel so bad you’re having these problems and to lose a hen. This winter has been brutal on your farm animals. My heart goes out to you Mary.
Hang in there we are all rooting for you. We will wait to hear from you but I can certainly understand your frustration.
I’m relieved! I read the title and thought, with all the bad weather you have, that it was a car crash! Take a blog break if you need it. We’ll wait.
Oh Mary! I’m so sorry ! Wish I were close enough to lend a hand! This winter can’t end soon enough!
Take a deep breath, Mary! We all have bad days & hard weeks! Yours has been especially hard. We’re all here for you! ♥️♥️
Sorry to hear. We appreciate you and hope the weather warms up.
So sorry Mary! Sometimes it seems so overwhelming.. Our neighbors st the lake heat their cabin. There’s a thermostat that alerts your phone when it gets below a certain temperature. Maybe this may work in your barn… either way… a big hug to you 💗
So sorry you are having such a bad day, Mary. Winter is so hard on everything, but especially when you have farm animals. I hope things get better soon. Take Care.
Oh Mary, so sorry you lost one of your well loved animals. You deal with such extreme weather, and provide a wonderful clean and cozy barn for all your farm pets. You work so hard to keep them healthy and happy. How frustrating when something that is supposed to keep them safe, fails. A situation out of your control. Will be praying for you!
Mary — you work so hard , maybe too hard, for all this to happen to you. Take a break and say a prayer. I will say one for you also. Have two beers. This vortex has been terrible this year. I don’t remember it has been this bad and I have been around for many years.
I’m heart sick you are having such a hard winter and such a hard time keeping all the animals safe. I often wonder how you manage it all. You are a tough one and I admire you and that toughness every day. I’m saying a prayer for a better day tomorrow. Feb. is half over— the only good news…
Praying for you and all of your fur and feather babies.
Oh Mary, sending you big hugs. So sorry you’re having to deal with so many difficulties. It’s been a hard winter. Spring needs to hurry! ❤️🌷☀️🍺
Oh no! Sending prayers you are able to get things up and running and all is fine very soon. Thinking of you – it must be stressful.
Mary, I am so sorry that you are having to deal with such a bad winter. I can’t even imagine dealing with the temperatures y’all have had. We are total wimps in Texas and could not handle a winter like y’all have had in 2019!
Have a good cry take care of what you need to and don’t worry about the blog we all understand. We will be here when you get back, know that we are thinking of you and feel your pain. There will be many voices in prayer for you.
Hi Mary…I don’t know what to say as the winter and happenings are wearing on you. I’m not experiencing what you have been thru but I do care. We are all concerned. Please take a needed rest after the animals are seen to. Thanks for all your helpful ways…
So very sorry for your hen and heater you work so hard 🙏🙏
I’m so sorry, Mary. It seems it never rains, that it pours. It’s sad about your poor chicken. Your winters seem brutal and having your heater go out was tragic. May tomorrow be a much brighter day. Wish there was something I could do to help. It’s like you’ve become my neighbor. Hugs~
Sending you prayers as you navigate this latest challenge. The weather has been so difficult and harsh. I’m so sorry you’ve lost a hen now on top of the geese you lost earlier.
Prayers for relief—in gentler weather and less loss all around.
We have a barn with livestock, believe me sometimes in the winter when chores are sometimes unbearable I wonder why! But we love all those animals that need our care and love. Our barn does not have a heater, neither our chicken coop. The only heater is in the tack room where we lock our cats up at night. They have beds in there. Keep your head up, spring is on its way
Sending prayers that tomorrow will be a better day. So sorry to hear of the passing of one of your dear hens. Stay strong and praying for better weather.
Mary, so sad to hear about your hen. I know that you love your nd you take such good care of them, but there are times when we can’t help it if things go wrong. Sending you a big hug and hoping for better days for you and the animals.
Oh! Mary, I could say something about life and lemons…but not today.
After all you went thru today, then to have your computer crash. What next?
You need beer and popcorn. Enjoy a few minutes.
We are not your first priority. Your home and family are so important. We will still be here whenever you are able to return. Take care and remember, we love you!
Sounds like an awful crummy day. Sorry about your hen. Never easy to lose a pet. Hope tomorrow is better.
So very sorry, Mary, about everything that is happening at your farm. Just terrible! As the others are saying, we will wait and be praying for you.
Mary, you are in my prayers. I know it has been a particularly tough time this winter…in many ways. Look to your blessings to help you persevere. We love you.
-Jean <3
We all wish we could be there Mary, that’s how much we love you and respect your hard work for your pets. I am so sorry you lost a hen. Years back I always wanted a horse when I came home from forming a 4-H horse club meeting and I think now at my age, I can barely manage getting two dogs outside in this harse winter weather. 31 days till spring !!!
Mary, So very sorry for the loss of your chicken. It’s never easy losing a precious animal especially after the week you had of attending funerals. You are one of the strongest person I know. (We live vicariously on the farm thro you…don’t know if I could do what you do)…..as several have said after taking care of business have a good cry and sit down down with a beer or two. Hugs, love and prayers sent your way.
Mary, So very sorry for the loss of your chicken. It’s never easy losing a precious animal especially after the week you had of attending funerals. You are one of the strongest person I know. (We live vicariously on the farm thro you…don’t know if I could do what you do)…..as several have said after taking care of business have a good cry and sit down down with a beer or two. Hugs, love and prayers sent your way.
Mary, life has been rough for you lately. Isn’t it just the final straw to have your blog crash not once but twice! Days, weeks, like you’ve had is when we all scream ‘give me a break’! Cold and snow is cruel for animals and those taking care of them. It’s not all sitting by the fire drinking hot chocolate for those of you with animals. I grew up in the south and seeing snow is just glorious to me… but I also look out at a big snow storm and think of farmers who are trying to keep farm lanes open so the milk truck can get in to get the milk. Years ago there were no cabs on tractors , many still don’t, and whomever got stuck with that job would have snow frozen on their face and spend hours fighting the weather. My husband grew up on a farm, was the youngest of 4 boys, so you know who got that job. There were times they had to dump all the milk on the ground because the milk truck couldn’t get to them. I’m sure many in your area have had to do this. But it will end soon! On February 2 I saw a daffodil blooming in Chestertown that was in a protected spot close to a building! Chestertown is our home town, very close to where we live. Day at a time. Hang in there. We hope it helps to know that we all wish we could help you!
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Sad to lose your hen n have such problems with winter! Too much snow here and minus degrees coming. Praying for a thaw!
I’m sorry about your hen and the winter we are having, prayers for strength and an early Spring. GOD Bless
Oh Mary… so sorry for all your difficulties…. do what you need to do and relax… we aren’t going anywhere and will be right here when you return… we will miss you, of course, but you know what they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder…. take good care of yourself and hopefully that barn heater will stop being a problem….
We’re all concerned for you, Rick, your pets, and farm. Everybody has said it so well, so I’ll say, have a beer, put your feet up, read a book, watch some basketball, and tomorrow will be a better day. Hang in there; we are all rooting for you.
Hang in there Mary! Hopefully today is a new and better day!
3 more books for February
The Perfume Garden by K Lord Brown
The Winter Guest by P Jenoff
The Orphan Keeper by C Wright (a true story)
Born in Albert Lea and still have family throughout Minn and Iowa so I keep up with the winter weather. This has to be the coldest in a very long time. I remember the blizzards. My mom and her 8 siblings and parents lived in a 2 story farmhouse. No heat. Draft coming through the outside walls. Outhouse of course.
Take care. In love with Hazel!
Oh no Mary…..that horrible!!!! You worked so hard you just want to throw everything out the window!!!
So Sorry for all of this. Hope today was a better day