Friday Nite Check In

 Merry Christmas..., about two months too late.  This is the scene out the front windows on Wednesday morning around 10 am.  Earlier this week I woke up to what I at first thought was a really hard frost..., but the temperature didn't support that thought..., and I soon realized that it was snow.  It melted off fast once the sun rose above the tree line.  The temperatures have been dropping a little below freezing overnight..., and I have been letting the various water lines run a bit to forbid any frozen plastic pipes.

Charley Horse must have known that this little flurry wasn't going to last much longer and just turned his back to it and waited it out.  I had to break a little ice this morning..., but the snow was all melted off by this afternoon when I went out to do the clean up chores and make sure he had some hay in the manger in The Barn.

The colder temps have given me another chance to praise my Home Comfort electric heaters.  I had to put the "spare" that I had repaired and wrote about a while back to use when the heater in the bedroom and bathroom area gave up on us.  It was a different brand..., but was a tall model that blew warm air out the top..., about bed level.  That was the reason we purchased it when Julie was still around.  Replacing it with the spare Home Comfort heater has made a world of difference in the comfort level overall.  I no longer shiver in the bathroom in the morning and I don't have to strain the front room heater by turning the thermostat up to high to warm things up in the morning.  Setting both heaters at 70 keeps us on a pretty even keel day and night.

I may purchase another Home Comfort heater so I will have a "spare"..., after I see how the meeting with the AARP Tax folks goes on Saturday😀   Speaking of financial matters..., I paid $25 for a juicy Rib Steak the other day.  A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the price per pound had raised $2..., from $16.99 a pound..., to $18.99 a pound.  And The Chump says that he is tackling the "affordability" problem..., he is completely clueless..., and will probably have us in another war..., a BIG one this time..., soon.  What do you suppose I will be paying for Rib Steaks when that comes?  I try not to think about that.

But thinking about frozen pipes reminds me of this one by Black Oak Arkansas for your Friday Nite Music Video...,

Little hometown from where I came
Air so clean you can smell the rain
I've been many places, but none quite the same
Right in the Bible belt therein, church bells ring

Older than Grandpa
Old Black Oak tells
Overlooked by the union
But heavier than Hell

Older than Grandpa
Old Black Oak tells
Overlooked by the union
But heavier than Hell

Remember Sunday dinner with Elsa Rose
Even the time when the toilet froze
Smoking a pipe bowl, that old fishing hole
Oh I knew how to live but forgot how to grow

To grow
Older than Grandpa
Old Black Oak tells
Overlooked by the union
But heavier than Hell