Snow Days

This year in the midwest we have had more ice and snow than I can remember for a long, long time. While it may be true that my memory is failing me, it could just as well be true that I tend to remember trudging through snow and driving everywhere in four wheel drive or nowhere at all with amazing clarity.
One of my February chores each year is to do chores for my neighbors while they attend a fox hunt. (That might sound pretty uppity, but this is not the champagne in the cup before releasing the hounds, and more the sixpack. ok, twelve pack, the night before and chase around on a four wheeler). Each year, it seems, brings a new set of challenges to getting those chores done. The lane to the property starts out steep and from there you have to climb. The first couple of days I could not get up the hill with the truck and got my cardio workout for the year getting up the hill.
I did find a fun way to transport the feed though. In the past I have used the horses, or the tractor, or gotten stuck with the "gator". This year I decided Bella could help and we used a padded dog harness and a kid's toboggan to transport the bags of feed. She caught on amazingly fast and by day two, was an old pro.
If you want to see more of her in action, I posted a short vid on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g-Mzoa02yU