We have had almost an inch of rain over night! Yea! I keep watching the radar and the frozen stuff is getting really really close to us. I can really do without the frozen stuff.  I am glad for the rain, but wish it was about 20, oh OK 40 degrees warmer!  It is about 37 right now. 

One of the reason I don't like the cold wet is it is so hard on the stock.  This morning I was watching a kid out in the goat pen.  No mamas around just one very humpy kid.  I gathered him up and took him to the barn.  The stress of being handled on top of being so chilled killed him.  :(  He was alive when I got him to the barn, but couldn't stand up.  He was standing when I picked him up.  By the time chores were done he had died.   This is an example of why I fuss so about cold.

Last night my milk cow finally brought her baby back to the barn.  I promptly stuck her in the barn.  :)  With the rain I was glad she was in the barn.  This morning after I did her mama who gave about 3-4 gallons I filled a bottle with milk and bottled her.  It was just a coke bottle, but I want her to be use to us and come to us for attention.   So far she hasn't kicked or tried.  Some babies will kick every time you get in range.   I am hoping she has the calm spirit of her dad not her mom.  

I made a crock pot full of potato soup for last night.   Well I started it in the crock pot but someone forgot to plug it in.  So when it was almost supper time potatoes weren't done.  I switched it to a stove pot and finished it.    I hope I have enough potato soup for today. Kids sorta made pigs of themselves last night with it. I didn't even eat any. I had a cinnamon roll about 5.

After chores I wanted to work on my opera wrap/cape thingy that I am making with a knitting loom. I worked on it until 10:30! You know how you want to get to a certain spot? I wanted to finish that skein of yarn. I finally gave up! I have a tiny handful of yarn still on the skein. Today I will start the new color!  I am using two threads.  One is a variegated brown/red/cream/blue the other is a dark blue.  When the variegated skein is used up I am switching the blue to a cream.  I will continue with the variegated only with cream for a skein.  Then I will finish off with more of the blue/variegated.  I can't wait!   I see me doing a LOT of knitting today.  It is the perfect day.  Weather is to dreary and cold so setting by the fire and knitting sounds wonderful.