Snow is real and here is proof!

This is looking over the field out the front of the house after our first decent snowfall.

I died. But I lived!!

Yes folks we are still alive. It is currently a balmy -4 outside and Kurtis and I braved the snow and EXTREME COLD and went in the spa which is OUTSIDE. Well it's actually in a half-closed-in shed thingy called the playhouse but the wind is free to blow through. I guess you could call it an essential Canadian experience or something?? Getting there wasn't too bad but getting back through the snow and breeze was something nightmares are made of. I think living in Canada for more than a couple of months must do something to your brain :P

Canada's cold, eh??!

On Sunday night it got down to -36. Nice and chilly. It wasn't too bad except for the wind which made it feel ten times colder and icier than it actually was. The heifers in the shed needed water so Kurtis ran a hose out to them--it took 60 seconds of it being outside before it was frozen solid. Ice cubes, anyone??!

Cows are actually a funny shade of peach

The cow classifier is coming on Wednesday to classify the cows, funnily enough. So now they have to get the 5 star beauty treatment which is something 99.99% of Australians have probably never heard of! They get clipped, brushed, and their tails washed so they look extremely pretty and hopefully the classifier will share our opinion and make them all Excellents. Ha. Anyway tonight after we finished milking I got out the clippers and a very itchy old sweater of Kurtis' (due to an infestation of cow hair) and went to work. 6.5 cows later (I gave up on Andrea--she's in love with me and she doesn't care who knows it) I wandered back up to the house a lot itchier than when I started and the cows now have extra bedding in their stalls in the form of clumps of fur and instead of looking white and black like a normal cow, they're all a funny shade of peach. The classifier better appreciate this. The highlight of my day (besides sleeping in until 8am if you can call that sleeping in) was that Celina was sold very early this morning. I'm happy, Kurtis is happy, and believe it or not all the other cows were ecstatic when she left. She was manic and not well-liked among the herd. I've only been barracking for her sale for the last 8 months so victory is finally mine!!!!!!!!

Snowblowing in -20

Today Kurtis and I got the Kubota out and the snowblower hooked up and away we went! It only took about 20 minutes to fully snowblow the driveway from the mailbox to the barn, alongside the barn where the milk truck backs in and a bit more around the grain bins so the tractor can get in without sliding the next time Kurtis needs to grind chop. It was -20 this morning and we kept warm...except for when the ABS rep turned up in his Ford, opened the door of the Kubota and stood there letting the wind blow in for about 10 minutes. He said it looked like a cozy place to be--which it was--when the door was shut.