Checking in from rehab with dad - 1st full day. He is doing well. Earlier today, braved the traffic & crowds at Walmart (yuck) which were awful, to get him some sweatpants for PT. We had good success finding a size that should work.
Caught a mouse in the house this week - we always get a few when the weather gets cold. It’s not frigid yet, but Dec. 22-28 is when we’ll be teens at night, 30’s during the day. Our pipes are fine, might put a light in the pump house, but we didn’t do that last year. The kitchen plumbing is on an outside wall, so if it’s low teens, single digits, we open the cabinet doors under the sink at night. Outside hydrants are ‘frost free’, but we make sure the hoses are disconnected. I use black rubber feed pans with low sides for bird baths, so I can easily break ice out every morning & refill.
I do hot herbal tea a lot in cold weather (coffee in the a.m.), but what I REALLY have a hankering for right now is eggnog with a good slug or two of “something something” added ... must be the Christmas music putting me in the mood! :-)
Got home from the hospital & what do you know, mouse #2. The little rascals are really coming in from the cold.