Lightly Snowing

It is -9 this morning and Hubby just left on an adventure of his own. His Rangers are going off for a weekend of winter camping and skiing by the full moon and he did find his boot. After tearing the shed apart yesterday he came in last night with a grin on his face and two boots in his hands. I asked him who was bringing the tent and he said they weren't bringing one!!!! I thought they would at least have some nylon between them and the elements. But no, the idea is to learn survival skills. As a result, they are off to the bush today, I think there are 7 of them, and they are going to ski to the area they want to camp in... which is a small lake in the back of beyond, they are going to dig ditches and fill them with bows and then shove saplings into the snow at a slight angle and cover it with more bows so the the bows covering the saplings will be their roof. Then they are going to throw their mummy style sleeping bags in the ditch, on top of the bows and that will be their shelter. I am quite happy to sleep on my $2000.00 dollar memory foam bed with plenty of blankets to keep me warm while Hubby proves his manliness with all the other weirdos... uh sadistic fools.... uh boyos.... well you get my drift.....

I've always felt that I was lucky to not have a man in my life that had to spend every waking hour staring at a bunch of men chasing on a set of blades, a small black disk, while taking every opportunity to punch each other in the helmet thereby breaking knuckles at every opportunity. There's something neanderthal (wow those neanderthals are really getting a bum rap from me this week!! I really don't have anything against the neanderthals...) about hockey and while Hubby is not unmanly for not watching this dumb (did I say that??) sport he does get his gronk times by pushing his wilderness skills to the extreme. Actually, I feel they have taken every precaution to make sure this weekend will be experienced safely and pleasurably. I hope he enjoys it.

So I will be filling those 9 wheel barrow loads of hay for the alpacas and sheep we care for and I will be heading off with Daughter #1 to see that Dreamer (the horse) has enough food and water for the day. Meanwhile it is snowing lightly and I am back to spinning for the jacket commission. Last night I finally finished all of the black wool and today I will carry on with the black alpaca. But tonight I will crawl into bed and think of Hubby in his cold bow bed and wish for a warm hand to hold as I know he will be thinking the same.