Some background. See previous.

It might not feel quite so bad out if I hadn't woke up chilled again; I had an extra blanket within reach but didn't wake up to put it over me when I should have. According to Weather.com we're looking at a high of 58F for the day. Add in a very damp 20 to 30 mph wind and that's enough to chase a tired old dog back to the house pretty quick. I threw some hay in the pen and I'll put more in later but that's going to be about the limit of my outdoor activity for the day.

I decided to gamble on it not getting hot again between now and spring and took my window fan out of the window. It's not a big deal to take out but putting it in is a hassle. I'd been just putting cardboard in front of it and lowering the blinds to keep it in place but that wasn't really doing the job.

The bank still hasn't released the hold on that check from my ex so I can't even go shopping for gates, etc. I'll try to get some blogging done about other things but over all it's starting to feel like a good day for a long afternoon nap.

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I got to feeling guilty about sitting in the house relaxing while Sunshine was stuck in that little pen and went out and tried out that new "Post Popper." I pulled one old T-post out of the ground successfully and broke another one off at ground level -- Someday when I have some help I'll set another one on top of that one and drive it down about 2 or 3 inches. There are two hunks of 3" pipe that were also used as fence posts but I'm going to have to wait till I have help to do anything with them.

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It's not actually the temperature outside that's so unpleasant right now, it's the wind chill. Weather.com says it's 56 out right now and feels like 56, which is just flat wrong. The wind's blowing a good 25 mph and making it feel a lot cooler than it is. On the other hand, the wind just led me to a solution to something that's been bugging me. I'm going to need a way to drill holes in some posts to hold a couple of gates, I can't afford a cordless drill, and I'm not sure we have enough heavy duty extension cords around here to use a corded power drill. I'd been wondering for days what happened to the "bit brace" I knew Dad used to use in situations like that. I did a pretty thorough search of the garage with no success. Then when I went out to feed right before sundown I walked around to the downwind side of the old barn to get out of the wind for a minute before walking back to the house and found it lying on the ground right next to the barn (My sister moved some things out of the barn when we were talking about selling that part of the property and some of it didn't get carried back in.) Problem solved! The one I found isn't nearly as pretty as the one in the picture and would probably have some value as an antique if we wanted to sell it -- I can remember Daddy using it when he and Uncle Ray wired Grandma Faith's house for electric lights way, way, back -- but it's still perfectly functional.