Christmas time already?

Well, it has gotten cold here. I know, not like some have it up North, but cold enough for us.
There have been two morning Frosts that have wilted some of the plants a bit. I even came out in the morning to find the Goat's water frozen over, they looked surprised. But, all the critters seem to like these colder days. We have been letting the Gob Kitty come in for the night the last couple of days, but he is blocked out of our bedroom. We still have the Three Amigos, we just couldn't decide what to do, and put off one of the people wanting them, then we decided to go ahead and let them go, and we can't seem to get ahold of her again. Oh well, perhaps it wasn't meant to be.
We got several responses to our add on Craigslist, but none of them had any knowledge about Alpacas, and their questions raised concerns for their well being. We at least, had done our homework, and had their living area prepared well before we bought them. And although we are still learning about them, at least we had the right food, and feeders, and pens ready for them.
So, it has gotten too cold to do any more night fishing, and although Scott and I have gone during the day a few times, it just hasn't been the same. We keep getting skunked, and although just getting out on the water is fun, not catching anything takes some of the thrill away. We even took a Professional Tournament fisherman friend of Scotts on our last trip, and although he yanked a few out of the water, we still got skunked. We did get plenty of insight into the art of fishing from him though. The wind was up that day, and we got blown all over the place, and my trolling motor just wasn't strong enough to overcome the wind. So there were several places he wanted to fish that we just couldn't get close to safely, without fear of ending up on the rocks.
Perhaps we'll take a break from fishing for a bit.
We got in the onion sets we ordered, and have planted them in the first two rows. There are almost twice as many as we planted last year. We had given away some, and we are now all out and are buying from the store again, and it is not the same! The Chickens have slowed production a bit, we are getting an average of three eggs per day, which is plenty to keep us in morning eggs, but we have been giving away several to Becky each week and are glad when we have a five egg day to make up the carton.
My health has deteriorated some and I find myself sleeping a lot more than ever before. I am thrilled when I get some long put off chore done, as many days I do morning chores and then fall asleep on the couch, and then get evening chores done, and it goes that way for a few days.
We got a huge wind/rain storm a few days ago and there was plenty to do to repair some damage, and clean the place up. The roof of the Goats pen got ripped loose and I was able to get it screwed back down until next time. Two of the garbage cans with feed in them lost their lids in the wind, and then the rain damaged the feed. The dog food was almost empty, but the Alfalfa Pellets were almost full and the top layer was all puffed up. But under that was still plenty of good stuff. Just life on the farm I guess.
The Oranges on the two trees out back are full of fruit that is almost ready to pick. I've picked a few and other than the first one, which was bitter, the next couple have been wonderful. They are all Blood Oranges, and are just delicious. The Green House has held together, although the wind did yank loose some shade cloth, which I was able to get back into place. There are some wonderful Bell Pepper plants still producing, and the Tomato plants have many nice tomatoes getting ready for harvesting. There are some Lettuce, and Spinach plants growing, and the Snow Peas are growing too... The Gob Kitty has been keeping the Mice at bay, so thats a good thing.
Well, the Gals have been in the kitchen all day baking goodies to give out at Christmas, so the house smells great. I guess they will go back to it tomorrow to get finished with all they have planned to bake. I'll enjoy the little bites I can sneak away when they are not looking.
In case I don't get back on here till after Christmas, You'all have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.... Bob