No Clinic & No Electricity.

I found out around 10pm that we were not going to the clinic, which was fine with me. I didn't want to get up and drive in that crap. All would have been well, but we lost power in my house sometime around 1:20am. I was awakened to all 3 of my smoke alarms telling me they had low batteries. I looked towards the clock and there was no numbers....therefore no electricity. I didn't sleep well after that and got up around 8:30 to 60 degrees IN my house. I made coffee by boiling water (thank you gas stove!) and by 10am it was cold enough that I decided I might as well go to the barn and be cold as stay home and be cold. I practiced showmanship in the aisle and bagged grain. I was almost ready to leave but then Max's people came and we shoveled a path to the turnout and put our boys out. They had a GREAT time cantering through the knee-deep snow! These pictures were taken yesterday during the storm. The sun is out now but we have around 10" and more in the drifts. I'm home and glad to find the power was on when I got home. Right now I'm trying to decide what to do about blankets. I bought a neck-cover to go with my blankets but realized after it came that it has specific attachment points that go with my Techno-Fleece, but do not work well with my old heavyweight turnout. You can see in the pictures. So one thought is to buy a heavy stable-blanket with a belly band or blanket liner with holes for leg straps and use the Techno-Fleece as an outer layer during turnout. OR I'll have to buy another heavyweight turnout and neck cover. This horse is starting to have nicer clothes than me. But he's so cute!