Today was our first real cold day of the winter, about -10 this morning, and it did not go well. M went out to start his bale pickup and the battery was dead. So, he started another pickup so he could use it to jump start the bale pickup. It started but wouldn't come out of park. He let it run awhile thinking that maybe if it warmed up it would go into gear--not! Then he started our good pickup which was in the garage, backed it out and jump started the bale pickup. I was watching out the window and told him I didn't think the hood on our good pickup was latched. It wasn't, and it won't latch. Something is wrong with the cable that runs from the cab. Not sure how we're going to fix that. By that time M was a bit upset and cursing the weather.
We went to do cow chores and found all the cows at home crowded around the wind break. M finally felt sorry for them and rolled out a couple of bales of hay. The pickup died, and we had a moment of panic that it wouldn't start again, but it did. A friend showed up to look at some pasture so he and M took off to do that. I was really hoping they wouldn't get stuck somewhere. I didn't want to go rescue them.
They came back for lunch and to watch the Cat-Griz game. The Cats (our team from Montana State) were leading the conference (undefeated in conference play) and ranked #1 in the nation. The Griz are from the University of Montana and if they won would share the conference championship with the Cats. It is a HUGE rivalry in the state, and we Bobcat fans are a bit outnumbered (but a lot nicer). Anyway, the game went from bad to worse and the Cats lost--at home to the rotten Grizzlies. Ruined our whole day!
After the game we put a light fixture in our kitchen that we had gotten in Rapid City a month ago. We are trying to find something to replace our fluorescent fixtures and are not having much luck. We don't think these are going to give enough light so we may be back to square one. I think it's time for wine......
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