Well, our high yesterday was -7. But, hey, we are snug as a bug in a rug, just tossing more wood in the living room stove and kitchen range. New Years Eve and day were quiet and comfortable. On New Years Eve, we took Randie over to the China Buffet, our favorite restaurant in Hibbing, for supper. It was quiet and as usual, a great meal. We were home by 7, then watched part of the series Alone. It was kind of funny as we were all saying, “All that ocean and they’re starving?” “So, what if there’s wolves out there?” After all, we are all survivalists. Randie, too, grew up doing what those guys should have been doing all along, instead of crying and complaining. For those of you who, like us, had never heard of this series, it’s a reality show where they dropped off several men, one at a time, in isolated wilderness spots. The guy who stayed the longest won $500,000.
It made me think of why so many people would fail, in a *^$t hits the fan scenario. It’s not the cold or lack of food and water that gets you. It’s the mindset, like oh, this is so hard, I’m going to quit, instead of figuring out a way to better the problems.
The New Year is fully here and we’re gearing up for an even better one. Hopefully, with the seed orders, we’ll be able to pay off Will’s “folly,” the big Kubota tractor, and again be totally debt free. Owing money on anything really is, for us, a much more stressful situation than facing wolves, bears, cold, or wilderness. We’re comfortable with the latter. Not so much with the former!
Randie leaves tomorrow, and the next day, I’ll be down in the basement, organizing the new shelving unit Will built for me. It’ll be so sweet to get those jars organized so I can find something without digging through boxes and boxes! But I’m sure not complaining we have all that canned food. Nope, not a bit!
— Jackie
