When you have such  cold mornings, you need to start them out with a good cup of percolated coffee!  In a cup from my mother and with my homemade vanilla creamer it goes great with the morning news.

Getting up with a small headache put me behind my home decided schedule.   It wasn't until after Tom and Jess left for work that I started out in the mudroom.  Doing the first round of pick up in the morning and getting the dishes to soak,  I took on the added chore of bathing the back-end of Sammy.

  Poor Sammy.  He has always had his internal issues, but they seem to have gotten worse.  It doesn't hinder his eating or drinking, but he is just a mess.  Literally.  I took him in and cleaned him up in the tub before breakfast.  Hoping he will be ok the rest of the day.  I try and keep the  mudroom clean and aired out throughout the day.   Bummer.

In between doing the housewifey chores I am driving up to the neighbors to vist while Dianna goes out to do some grocery shopping. The weather has been bad and she doesn't want to leave George alone for to long.  I figure on a few hours through lunch and I will be back. 
I have to get all the "i" and "t" s done before I leave.  I don't know what Tommy is doing but I am better off just getting the stuff done before I go. 
i.e. horses water and hayed for a lengthy time,  dogs ran, fed, and locked in their cages,  the coal stove going but not overly...
Might at well plan dinner and either get it thawing or in the crock pot too.