Freezer

Our chest freezer is a black hole.

And then it frosted up and built big

ice bergs that wouldn't allow us to

slide the shelves around,

so everything under them was going

to have to stay there until the end

of the current ice age.

Which finally occurred last week.

Kyle and I got out there and

after unplugging it and leaving it

open to thaw, pulled out all the old

2014 stuff that was buried in there.

You think I'm joking.

There were still a few things we

couldn't get out. Still frozen.

Friday my farrier came by to do the

horses' feet and I gave him all the old

rabbit pelts. I know they will use them

to make something cool.

And I won't.

And then after he left I had to drive south

to teach my class.

So the freezer remained mostly empty.

And warm.

And it STANK!

So this morning after a trip into town for

some church stuff I needed to do...

Kyle and I pushed it out the door so it could drain.

We pulled the drain plug out,

put a hose in there to rinse it out,

and let it do its thing.

Then I sprayed it down really well with some

bleach water and cleaned it all up.

It's beautiful.

Then we slid it back into it's rightful spot.

Where it awaits our next load of beef.

The girls have an appointment for "freezer camp"

on the 6th of January.

Which means the freezer should be full in a couple

of weeks after that.

Meanwhile, I was nervous Beau would get 

in the way. At the very least he would run

around in the stinky water and then he would

need a bath. And it was only 50 degrees out there.

So we put a Bull(dog) in the Bull / Stock Trailer.

He was not amused.