It's COLD in Texas!

 It's been a really cold blustery Thursday here in the country!

While we don't have the camper's propane heating system operating, we do have an electric heater we are using inside the camper and a small mostly-for-looks fireplace heater in the front room AND a really good Dearborn heater in the bathroom that runs on propane.

Even so......I have been COLD today and I'm not really complaining as I would rather be too cold than too hot!

I meant to do some deep cleaning in the front room but I decided to cut up denim instead.

I took this pic from the camper door which is two steps up from the front room.

We leave the door open and the cats have the best time chasing one another racing in and out and then up and down!

I enjoyed doing stockings stuffed with all kinds of gifts - but they must fit into the stocking - for Christmas presents from us to everyone on Christmas Eve so much that I have decided to do it again this next Christmas, too!

I had a bit of a challenge finding enough stockings and some were more narrow than others so I would have to change out from one stocking to another depending on if the gift would fit in there.

SO.......I used my stocking as a pattern for the denim ones, making them just a little bit bigger.

I made the red and white stockings back in the 70's and had Summer and Jesse write their name on the white cuff and then I embroidered their signature. When Amber and Ben came along, I made stockings for them from different fabrics. I still have theirs but only my stocking and Summer's remain of the original set. It is definitely time to make new ones.

I not only have some blue denim but some black jeans also.

I started not to use those but then decided they would look good with black and white checked fabric for the cuffs and toes. It's going to be fun making these throughout the year and embellishng them according to the personality of the receiver.

We took a hot chocolate break that was just heavenly!

Our Waco friend, Linda, made some chocolate bombs.

You plop one in a big mug of hot milk and it dissolves into some serious goodness!

Louis Dean got the white chocolate one.....

and I had the peppermint!

They were so good and just perfect for this cold January day!

I caught the sunset this evening and went out IN THE COLD to get the picture.

This does not look like a cold weather sunset to me but maybe a sizzling HOT weather one.....

except for the bare trees.

I've stayed busy inside and Louis Dean has been working in his utility room organizing and cleaning.

Who KNEW he could do such a good job?

HIs challenge will be NOT to trash it when he tries to find something.

So while we stayed in, Sherry and Dean went out in the cold around 6:00 tonight to rescue some bees that were about to be bulldozed. They were in a container out in some woods that were being cut down.

Probably in preparation for the solar farms that seem to be all over the county now. Vast amounts of acreage all being bulldozed completely down. The were successful in retrieving the bees and placed them in apiary where they will occupy the Hive #4 spot.

Hopefully when the weather warms up, I will go out with Shery to check things out.

We lost a couple of hives this past year but they have more than made up for them by the hives they've rescued!

I am going to close tonight's journal entry and het into my long sleeved flannel pajamas and join Louis Dean in the bathroom for a glass of wine in front of the Dearborn heater!

That's the only warm place here and I'm really glad it's big enough to hold two chairs and a small table!

You MIGHT be a redneck if you drink wine in the bathroom in from of the heater!

Just sayin'.....