Winter Woolies

[RGR]

On sunnier days, I usually try to go outside and do some sort of chores to keep from having so much to do during Spring. It never fails that there is always wayward trash from the barrel to pick up, or stuff the dog has torn up, or stray limbs from the occassional sleet/freezing rain that moves through.

Winter sure can be a messy season for sure Sawdust and wood chips annoy me. I don't mind pine cones so much - its the bugs that crawl out of them that makes me cringe. Do you have cockroaches? We do. They hate the cold and come prancing inside to keep warm.

Spraying the windows and doorways over summer with ripcord, stops them from coming in for up to six months.

Ronald, do you get winter visits from woodland critters?

Actually not. Our main "visiting" period is late winter (February or so) from birds like red breasted robins, cardinals, etc. who will stop by. We'll notice an occassional rabbit now and then, but our main animal, the mosquito , goes away during winter, lol! We had a bout with roaches several years back, but finally (PTL!) got them killed out. However, I can't seem to get rid of ants, lol!

[Spunky]

Well I wanted to hibernate like the bears,

yet didn't seem likely so I dresses the family

according to temperature and Lysol'd my

house on a daily basis.Kept sick from visiting!

but hey we still got sick lol, hmmm maybe I

will be able to hibernate when the kids leave

the nest lol!

God Bless!

[refugepsa91]

We go sledding Put on our snowsuits and fluffy mittens and scarfs and go out to the frontyard (where we have a pretty good hill) or to Branchstrum park that has a huge hill And climbing back up the hill will have you positively toasty in no time at 'tal

We always have food stocked up in the winter, because the road we live on is always the last to get plowed...and it drifts really bad when the wind blows...we also have electric blankets....we turn them on about 40 minutes before going to bed to warm the bed up and once we get in we can click them off. We also like to hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick in it....mmmmmmmmmm

I just put away all our winter clothes....I've kept out a few sweatshirts though, it still is pretty cold here...although the weather man promises that this week its going to start warming up.. I buy the big plastic containers to pack all the winter clothes in....and go through about 3 boxes of dryer sheets...I put them in between the clothes to keep them smelling good.

Love and Blessings,

Angel

[Brandli5]

To get myself ready for winter, I take vitamins to keep colds away.

I also put heavy plastic on my windows for keeping in the warmness.

I make sure my coat, sweater, gloves, hats, ect are clean so I can grab them.

I make sure I pick up more activies so I do not get bored, and start to get winter blues.

I do not like depression and winter causes it in me, if I do not get up and so something.

Just pray, and keep warm.

[Bolts]

Actually not. Our main "visiting" period is late winter (February or so) from birds like red breasted robins, cardinals, etc. who will stop by. We'll notice an occassional rabbit now and then, but our main animal, the mosquito , goes away during winter, lol! We had a bout with roaches several years back, but finally (PTL!) got them killed out. However, I can't seem to get rid of ants, lol!

We had an ant nest under our back verandah. I used dishwashing liquid and water to scrub down the verandah and haven't seen any ants since. My advice is to find the nest!!

[Bolts]

Well I wanted to hibernate like the bears,

yet didn't seem likely so I dresses the family

according to temperature and Lysol'd my

house on a daily basis.Kept sick from visiting!

but hey we still got sick lol, hmmm maybe I

will be able to hibernate when the kids leave

the nest lol!

God Bless!

I'll be hibernating too when the kids leave the nest - its a looooong way off though

[Bolts]

We go sledding Put on our snowsuits and fluffy mittens and scarfs and go out to the frontyard (where we have a pretty good hill) or to Branchstrum park that has a huge hill And climbing back up the hill will have you positively toasty in no time at 'tal

We always have food stocked up in the winter, because the road we live on is always the last to get plowed...and it drifts really bad when the wind blows...we also have electric blankets....we turn them on about 40 minutes before going to bed to warm the bed up and once we get in we can click them off. We also like to hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick in it....mmmmmmmmmm

I just put away all our winter clothes....I've kept out a few sweatshirts though, it still is pretty cold here...although the weather man promises that this week its going to start warming up.. I buy the big plastic containers to pack all the winter clothes in....and go through about 3 boxes of dryer sheets...I put them in between the clothes to keep them smelling good.

Love and Blessings,

Angel

when our weather man says its going to be fine ... you can guarantee that its going to rain for a week here comes the best bit - he works with us at the station

[RGR]

We go sledding Put on our snowsuits and fluffy mittens and scarfs and go out to the frontyard (where we have a pretty good hill) or to Branchstrum park that has a huge hill And climbing back up the hill will have you positively toasty in no time at 'tal

We always have food stocked up in the winter, because the road we live on is always the last to get plowed...and it drifts really bad when the wind blows...we also have electric blankets....we turn them on about 40 minutes before going to bed to warm the bed up and once we get in we can click them off. We also like to hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick in it....mmmmmmmmmm

I just put away all our winter clothes....I've kept out a few sweatshirts though, it still is pretty cold here...although the weather man promises that this week its going to start warming up.. I buy the big plastic containers to pack all the winter clothes in....and go through about 3 boxes of dryer sheets...I put them in between the clothes to keep them smelling good.

Love and Blessings,

Angel

when our weather man says its going to be fine ... you can guarantee that its going to rain for a week here comes the best bit - he works with us at the station

There's this one dude who was on TV for many years locally as a weatherman; whenever he said it was going to do something, you expected the opposite, lol! A couple of months ago he said that there was no danger of severe weather that day and all would be calm! About 6 PM that night, we had a power outage at work from a severe thunderstorm!

[Bolts]

To get myself ready for winter, I take vitamins to keep colds away.

I also put heavy plastic on my windows for keeping in the warmness.

I make sure my coat, sweater, gloves, hats, ect are clean so I can grab them.

I make sure I pick up more activies so I do not get bored, and start to get winter blues.

I do not like depression and winter causes it in me, if I do not get up and so something.

Just pray, and keep warm.

WoW!! Brandli, thanks for this

winter blues are something I totally overlooked.

I love the way that you organise for the winter - I feel a little guilty now, that I didn't wash up my winter jacket

[tah]

Well I wanted to hibernate like the bears,

yet didn't seem likely so I dresses the family

according to temperature and Lysol'd my

house on a daily basis.Kept sick from visiting!

but hey we still got sick lol, hmmm maybe I

will be able to hibernate when the kids leave

the nest lol!

God Bless!

I'll be hibernating too when the kids leave the nest - its a looooong way off though

For those of you who think you can hibernate when the kids are grown you are in for a BIG surprise...