We saw some surprising things yesterday. You guessed it – badgers and snow! Snow was falling in the morning as we rode to Belfast with some friends from Downpatrick, Thomas and Ciara. We keep hearing that it doesn’t even snow every year, let alone in October. It was sticking to the ground on the way to Belfast, but none left to be seen on the way home. Such is Irish weather, I guess.

And while pulling up to our house, we finally saw a badger! One of the older men that lives in the big manor house near us sets out lots of birdfeeders and trays of food for badgers. But last night was the first time we’d seen one. Have you ever seen one of these? They’re so strange looking and are about the size of a medium-sized dog!

It’s really, really cold today. I’ve been working at the house, doing second coats of paint and other majorly fun stuff. Mark has been working at Campbell and Kristy’s, as he will be doing until Nov. 10, when our internet is FINALLY turned on. For some reason, though, their heat isn’t working at all today. So I came over to bring one of our space heaters and found Mark wearing 2 undershirts, a sweater, a hooded sweatshirt (hood pulled up) and his coat. Poor guy was freezing!

That’s all I’ve got today. I’m going to get started on the guest room now.