November 12 has quite a bit of historical significance in my life. Some happy, some sad.
I woke up this morning with the thought that my good friend, Wanda, passed away on this day 20 years ago at the age of 29. It seems impossible that she's been gone that long, and I still cry when I think of her but I'm so thankful that she was in my life for the time that she was. She was a special person and had so many friends. She was an elementary teacher and touched a lot of lives. I'll never forget getting the call that she had passed away just before I was on the way out the door to a parent-teacher conference for J who was in the first grade. I remember driving to the school thinking that maybe I had misunderstood and she wasn't really gone. Then I got to the school and told J's teacher who was Wanda's coworker and friend. Even though her death wasn't unexpected, I have to say it was one of the worst times of my life and my heart was broken. I still regret that I didn't make the trip to see her one last time.
Fast forward to November 12, 2004.....the day we buried my dad. Another death that wasn't unexpected and was just as heartbreaking. I will always miss my daddy, too.
On a happier note, my brother got married on this day in 1977 (even though they were practically children), and she's a keeper! I was 15 at the time and recall having a good time at their wedding dance.
And.......possibly most important, I got pregnant with J on this day in 1985. I don't think anyone wants any more detail on that, but it definitely changed my life!
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
More Cow Stuff
We should be winding down on our cow stuff until we have to start feeding. Last week R and I moved our heifers one step closer to home. It was a bit of a cool day so R suggested that we could take a pickup and the Jeep instead of 4-wheelers. The day before when he had gone to check on them they came running to the pickup, and he had to race them to get to the gate and through before they beat him to it. I think it's never a good idea to not have at least one 4-wheeler, but I went along with his plan. We picked up the mineral tubs and put them on the back of the pickup and parked it on a hill and the majority of them gathered around, but there were some stragglers that we had to round up and some that wouldn't cross a coulee. Eventually, we got them all together and I started off with the pickup. They followed me to the gate, but once through the gate they started to veer off. I couldn't see that ten or so had broken away from the group right off the start so R was trying to get them back on track with the Jeep while I was trying to push the group in the right direction and wondering where the heck R was. Finally, he got them through the gate and tried to push them. I was caught between trying to lead them and trying to push them because they'd follow for awhile and then pass me. We eventually let Junior out, and he was helpful in getting them moving for the last mile. I should know better than to not have a 4-wheeler. So much easier.
The next day R and I had to load cull cows to take to the neighbor's where he had his so M could pick them up with the semi. We had to haul two loads over. We were halfway over with the second load when it occurred to me that I didn't really need to go along, but it was too late to turn back then. I think R wanted my help so I could open and close the three gates we had to go through.
The neighbor's cows were not cooperative about getting loaded onto the semi, and there was much cursing and gnashing of teeth. M was having a bad day already because he'd hauled a load of calves for another neighbor, and they were not cooperative either so he was not a happy cowboy. From there R and I had to go to another neighbor's to take back a heifer. She had gotten in with our cows this spring, and we told the neighbor that if he didn't come get her before we moved our cows to summer pasture she was going along. He didn't seem worried about her so we had her all summer. We cut her out when we pregnancy tested this fall and took her back home, but the next day she was back again. If she doesn't stay home this time he may have to make us a good deal and we'll keep her.
I was anxious to get home because I was going to get my granddaughter for a few hours while J and K cleaned out their camper for the winter. I had barely gotten home when they arrived to drop her off. We had some play time, and then she took a nap. I love rocking a baby to sleep and don't get near enough grandbaby time.
We have a pen of about 75 heifer calves to feed this winter, and M says they are all calm and nice, even better than last year. I haven't been out to check them out and pick my favorites so R will probably beat me to the best ones. There is one I want because I helped save her life when she was born. I got kind of attached.
We had a blast of winter the past couple of days with lows about 5 degrees and a skiff of snow. It was nice today at 45 degrees and sunny. I hope that trend continues for awhile longer so winter will be that much shorter.
The next day R and I had to load cull cows to take to the neighbor's where he had his so M could pick them up with the semi. We had to haul two loads over. We were halfway over with the second load when it occurred to me that I didn't really need to go along, but it was too late to turn back then. I think R wanted my help so I could open and close the three gates we had to go through.
The neighbor's cows were not cooperative about getting loaded onto the semi, and there was much cursing and gnashing of teeth. M was having a bad day already because he'd hauled a load of calves for another neighbor, and they were not cooperative either so he was not a happy cowboy. From there R and I had to go to another neighbor's to take back a heifer. She had gotten in with our cows this spring, and we told the neighbor that if he didn't come get her before we moved our cows to summer pasture she was going along. He didn't seem worried about her so we had her all summer. We cut her out when we pregnancy tested this fall and took her back home, but the next day she was back again. If she doesn't stay home this time he may have to make us a good deal and we'll keep her.
I was anxious to get home because I was going to get my granddaughter for a few hours while J and K cleaned out their camper for the winter. I had barely gotten home when they arrived to drop her off. We had some play time, and then she took a nap. I love rocking a baby to sleep and don't get near enough grandbaby time.
We have a pen of about 75 heifer calves to feed this winter, and M says they are all calm and nice, even better than last year. I haven't been out to check them out and pick my favorites so R will probably beat me to the best ones. There is one I want because I helped save her life when she was born. I got kind of attached.
We had a blast of winter the past couple of days with lows about 5 degrees and a skiff of snow. It was nice today at 45 degrees and sunny. I hope that trend continues for awhile longer so winter will be that much shorter.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Cow Stuff
Again, I'm behind on my blogging. We've been busy with our usual fall stuff. M and R built another fence up the hill from our barn so that we'll have another space where we can move cows and calves in the spring. My job is always the clipping. I did it in about three hours since I had a date with our accountant later that day. Think three hours of doing squats. My thighs were so sore the next day I could hardly walk. I should do that every day!
Next on our agenda was pregnancy testing our last bunch of cows. Our friend, Roger, did it for us and the only day he could come was when R was gone. Not fair! We had to enlist J to help us run the chute. We were lucky to have another nice day to get it done. We had a few more open cows than we would have liked, but the majority were older cows that should probably be retired anyway.
On Wednesday M and R rounded up all the cows and calves to be ready for shipping yesterday. I missed out on that, but M said that Junior did well helping with the roundup. He still has a lot to learn, but he's making progress.
We had a very smooth shipping day and good weather for it. The cows and calves came in without any problem. M and R sorted one bunch to separate the calves from the cows while C, his stepson, Jared, and I worked on sorting the big bunch. When M and R finished sorting their bunch they then started separating the steer calves from the heifer calves while we finished sorting cows from calves. We also had the open cows to sort out. Then we loaded calves into our trailers to take across country to the neighbor's where the buyer was to be weighed and loaded on semi trucks. M was so happy that it all went so well that he celebrated with a beer and a sandwich. While we were finishing up our neighbor called to see if we were on the way over because we had too much weight and had to decide what to do. Calves that are too heavy is a good problem to have! The calves came in quite a bit heavier than last year, so M had one more thing to be happy about. Maybe that kept him from feeling the pain of getting kicked by calves a few times during the day.
The majority of the calves were contracted and went to South Dakota, but a load went to Billings to be sold today. We're hoping they sell well there, too. We were a little concerned about the calves getting to South Dakota in good shape since it appeared that the truck drivers were a bit clueless. We watched one of them back up to chute and wondered what the heck he was doing. It's probably not fun having a bunch of people watching you, and when he finally got backed in and got out of the truck he said he hoped we all got a good laugh. We did. The neighbor's wife put it best when she said "I shouldn't care because they're not our calves anymore.....but I do care". Spoken like a true rancher.
When the work was done we had supper and drinks with the neighbors. They live in Harlem so we don't see them all that often but really enjoy the time we do spend with them. They are pregnancy testing today so M and R are helping them. I knew they had a lot of help so I stayed home (and out of the wind) to catch up on things here.
Tonight we get to babysit our granddaughter while J and K go to a Halloween party. Can't wait to get my hands on that little girl....♥
Next on our agenda was pregnancy testing our last bunch of cows. Our friend, Roger, did it for us and the only day he could come was when R was gone. Not fair! We had to enlist J to help us run the chute. We were lucky to have another nice day to get it done. We had a few more open cows than we would have liked, but the majority were older cows that should probably be retired anyway.
On Wednesday M and R rounded up all the cows and calves to be ready for shipping yesterday. I missed out on that, but M said that Junior did well helping with the roundup. He still has a lot to learn, but he's making progress.
We had a very smooth shipping day and good weather for it. The cows and calves came in without any problem. M and R sorted one bunch to separate the calves from the cows while C, his stepson, Jared, and I worked on sorting the big bunch. When M and R finished sorting their bunch they then started separating the steer calves from the heifer calves while we finished sorting cows from calves. We also had the open cows to sort out. Then we loaded calves into our trailers to take across country to the neighbor's where the buyer was to be weighed and loaded on semi trucks. M was so happy that it all went so well that he celebrated with a beer and a sandwich. While we were finishing up our neighbor called to see if we were on the way over because we had too much weight and had to decide what to do. Calves that are too heavy is a good problem to have! The calves came in quite a bit heavier than last year, so M had one more thing to be happy about. Maybe that kept him from feeling the pain of getting kicked by calves a few times during the day.
The majority of the calves were contracted and went to South Dakota, but a load went to Billings to be sold today. We're hoping they sell well there, too. We were a little concerned about the calves getting to South Dakota in good shape since it appeared that the truck drivers were a bit clueless. We watched one of them back up to chute and wondered what the heck he was doing. It's probably not fun having a bunch of people watching you, and when he finally got backed in and got out of the truck he said he hoped we all got a good laugh. We did. The neighbor's wife put it best when she said "I shouldn't care because they're not our calves anymore.....but I do care". Spoken like a true rancher.
When the work was done we had supper and drinks with the neighbors. They live in Harlem so we don't see them all that often but really enjoy the time we do spend with them. They are pregnancy testing today so M and R are helping them. I knew they had a lot of help so I stayed home (and out of the wind) to catch up on things here.
Tonight we get to babysit our granddaughter while J and K go to a Halloween party. Can't wait to get my hands on that little girl....♥
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Fall Chores
I'm a little behind on my blogging.....oops!
We finished our harvest a week ago. What a good feeling! The last stuff we cut was hail damaged so everyone kind of lost interest. J was wondering what happened to all his help as M decided he and R were going to swath and bale some of the hailed wheat that wasn't worth combining. We ran to Peerless for burgers and beer to celebrate the day we finished up. It had been a long haul. J spent most of this week helping a neighbor finish up. There is still some wheat standing in the area, but harvest is finally winding down.
A couple of weekend ago we pregnancy tested most of our herd. M scheduled with the vet thinking that if we didn't have rain we'd be done with harvest and if we did have rain the combines would be sitting anyway. We did have a rain delay so it all worked out, and we're that much ahead of the game now. We had originally planned to just do the 120 heifers. Then the vet called and asked if we didn't want to do the cows, too. As M was saying "I think we can make that work", I was vigorously shaking my head "no!" because that meant another 120 cows plus vaccinating 120 calves. I bet him that we'd be finishing up in the dark since the vet is always late and he likes to hear himself talk so gets a bit sidetracked at times.
We worked them at the neighbor's corral which is bigger and a more efficient setup than ours--and closer to our pasture. We had to round up the day before which went pretty smoothly. The cow puppy got some more work and now that he has found his calling is a bit overzealous. R let his puppy have a turn and he was a bit disappointing. Apparently he's more lab than border collie.
Our preg testing day went well. The vet was only a little bit late. We ran through the heifers first, had lunch and then did the cows. It was almost 5:00 by the time we were done with them so the vet had to leave so he could make the border by 6:00 (he's Canadian). Then we quickly ran the calves through to vaccinate them and sent them all back to their pastures.. So, I lost the bet because technically we were done before dark although it was pretty dark by the time we got everything loaded up and headed home. We were a little disappointed in our AI results, but the conditions weren't good when we tried to do it. On the bright side, the bulls did their job and we didn't have many opens.
Last weekend we went to Scobey for a high school football game to see Jared play, visited M's parents along with J and our granddaughter. Then we all went out for our annual post-harvest supper--I think there were 14 of us.
We moved a bunch of cows home from our pasture near Richland the other day. Once in awhile we haul them home, but usually we trail them home, about 5 miles, and that's what we did this time. The puppy got some more work in although there wasn't much work to do as the cows pretty much moved themselves home. They've done it before and knew where they were going. It was good for M and the puppy to learn more about each other, though. There was one cow that kept turning around and looking at the dog. Finally she stood there too long with some attitude and the dog let her have it. That was the last time she turned around. The cows were used to Pete so have some respect for dogs. It's just so amazing to see the natural instinct in cow dogs.
M has been busy with his fall plans, mostly fencing. He fixed the spot that got washed out by the big rain storm this summer. It was kind of important to get that done before we moved any cows home. Then he started on the calving pasture. When a corner post floated out of the ground this spring he decided it might be time to move it and redesign the fence to get it out of the bog. He also moved the gate. I helped him the past couple of days. I was feeling guilty that I'd kind of been on strike since we finished harvesting and trying to get some of my stuff done at home. One day I unclipped the wires and pulled out a few posts and the next day I clipped the wires back up on the new stretch. The first day was a beautiful day to be out. Yesterday, not so much. Pretty windy!
Next on the agenda is more fence work, moving the cows closer to home, pregnancy testing our last bunch, cleaning corrals in preparation for winter and winterizing things. I have a "honey-do" list of things around the house, too, but I have to wait for inclement weather before I dare ask him to start on those. Just hoping we continue to have decent weather because this is time time of year we try to catch up on all the things we didn't have time for during the summer.
We finished our harvest a week ago. What a good feeling! The last stuff we cut was hail damaged so everyone kind of lost interest. J was wondering what happened to all his help as M decided he and R were going to swath and bale some of the hailed wheat that wasn't worth combining. We ran to Peerless for burgers and beer to celebrate the day we finished up. It had been a long haul. J spent most of this week helping a neighbor finish up. There is still some wheat standing in the area, but harvest is finally winding down.
A couple of weekend ago we pregnancy tested most of our herd. M scheduled with the vet thinking that if we didn't have rain we'd be done with harvest and if we did have rain the combines would be sitting anyway. We did have a rain delay so it all worked out, and we're that much ahead of the game now. We had originally planned to just do the 120 heifers. Then the vet called and asked if we didn't want to do the cows, too. As M was saying "I think we can make that work", I was vigorously shaking my head "no!" because that meant another 120 cows plus vaccinating 120 calves. I bet him that we'd be finishing up in the dark since the vet is always late and he likes to hear himself talk so gets a bit sidetracked at times.
We worked them at the neighbor's corral which is bigger and a more efficient setup than ours--and closer to our pasture. We had to round up the day before which went pretty smoothly. The cow puppy got some more work and now that he has found his calling is a bit overzealous. R let his puppy have a turn and he was a bit disappointing. Apparently he's more lab than border collie.
Our preg testing day went well. The vet was only a little bit late. We ran through the heifers first, had lunch and then did the cows. It was almost 5:00 by the time we were done with them so the vet had to leave so he could make the border by 6:00 (he's Canadian). Then we quickly ran the calves through to vaccinate them and sent them all back to their pastures.. So, I lost the bet because technically we were done before dark although it was pretty dark by the time we got everything loaded up and headed home. We were a little disappointed in our AI results, but the conditions weren't good when we tried to do it. On the bright side, the bulls did their job and we didn't have many opens.
Last weekend we went to Scobey for a high school football game to see Jared play, visited M's parents along with J and our granddaughter. Then we all went out for our annual post-harvest supper--I think there were 14 of us.
We moved a bunch of cows home from our pasture near Richland the other day. Once in awhile we haul them home, but usually we trail them home, about 5 miles, and that's what we did this time. The puppy got some more work in although there wasn't much work to do as the cows pretty much moved themselves home. They've done it before and knew where they were going. It was good for M and the puppy to learn more about each other, though. There was one cow that kept turning around and looking at the dog. Finally she stood there too long with some attitude and the dog let her have it. That was the last time she turned around. The cows were used to Pete so have some respect for dogs. It's just so amazing to see the natural instinct in cow dogs.
M has been busy with his fall plans, mostly fencing. He fixed the spot that got washed out by the big rain storm this summer. It was kind of important to get that done before we moved any cows home. Then he started on the calving pasture. When a corner post floated out of the ground this spring he decided it might be time to move it and redesign the fence to get it out of the bog. He also moved the gate. I helped him the past couple of days. I was feeling guilty that I'd kind of been on strike since we finished harvesting and trying to get some of my stuff done at home. One day I unclipped the wires and pulled out a few posts and the next day I clipped the wires back up on the new stretch. The first day was a beautiful day to be out. Yesterday, not so much. Pretty windy!
Next on the agenda is more fence work, moving the cows closer to home, pregnancy testing our last bunch, cleaning corrals in preparation for winter and winterizing things. I have a "honey-do" list of things around the house, too, but I have to wait for inclement weather before I dare ask him to start on those. Just hoping we continue to have decent weather because this is time time of year we try to catch up on all the things we didn't have time for during the summer.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
COWch Dog?
The puppy has been trying my patience lately. His newest thing is jumping on the couch and snuggling in and getting comfy. He's not supposed to be on the couch so I told M that maybe he misunderstood and thinks he's a "couch" dog instead of a "cow" dog. He hasn't shown too much interest in the cows to this point, but he's been getting a little braver. I have tried to explain to him that he owns those cows and will be the boss of them someday.
Our harvest was delayed by rain again so M decided we needed to move the heifers. R was busy hauling grain so it was just M and I and Junior. The heifers are kind of like pets since they were bucket fed all winter. They were all in a bunch so there wasn't much rounding up to do, and they are a bit hard to chase because they are like pets. We let Junior out and once he figured out that he could bark and make them move he thought it was kind of fun. His herding instincts were evident, but we need to work on his listening skills! M has been a bit afraid that he wasn't going to have any interest, but I kept telling him that it's too early to expect much and dangerous to get him into a situation he can't handle. He's feeling a bit better now, though, that maybe there's some hope.
Junior has been showing his "puppy-ness" lately. First, he and Kobe (R's puppy, a border collie/lab mix) got into a mud hole. I'm sure Kobe pushed him in since he's a bully and Junior definitely got the worst of it. I couldn't see any white on him at all and then had to figure out how I was going to get him home like that. Thank goodness they then found a clean waterhole to wash themselves off a bit. I still had to give two puppies baths when I got them home.
A few days later M and R were putting a new propane tank at our house and Kobe and Junior were outside playing and found the sewer outlet. Again, Junior got the worst of it. Bath #2 for the week. Today I was so happy that he was playing well by himself outside.....until he came to the house after finding the sewer outlet again. Bath #3 for the week.
We need harvest to be over so he can start going with M and doing fun things outside. It'll be good for him.....and good for me!
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| But I'm comfy here..... |
Our harvest was delayed by rain again so M decided we needed to move the heifers. R was busy hauling grain so it was just M and I and Junior. The heifers are kind of like pets since they were bucket fed all winter. They were all in a bunch so there wasn't much rounding up to do, and they are a bit hard to chase because they are like pets. We let Junior out and once he figured out that he could bark and make them move he thought it was kind of fun. His herding instincts were evident, but we need to work on his listening skills! M has been a bit afraid that he wasn't going to have any interest, but I kept telling him that it's too early to expect much and dangerous to get him into a situation he can't handle. He's feeling a bit better now, though, that maybe there's some hope.
Junior has been showing his "puppy-ness" lately. First, he and Kobe (R's puppy, a border collie/lab mix) got into a mud hole. I'm sure Kobe pushed him in since he's a bully and Junior definitely got the worst of it. I couldn't see any white on him at all and then had to figure out how I was going to get him home like that. Thank goodness they then found a clean waterhole to wash themselves off a bit. I still had to give two puppies baths when I got them home.
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| A Muddy Mess!! |
A few days later M and R were putting a new propane tank at our house and Kobe and Junior were outside playing and found the sewer outlet. Again, Junior got the worst of it. Bath #2 for the week. Today I was so happy that he was playing well by himself outside.....until he came to the house after finding the sewer outlet again. Bath #3 for the week.
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| Kobe and Junior........trouble times two |
We need harvest to be over so he can start going with M and doing fun things outside. It'll be good for him.....and good for me!
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Harvest Update
I was pressed into service on the grain cart last week. We were at as place we call the hell hole because it's a long, rough trail for the trucks. Its also some of our best land so there's usualy a lot of wheat to haul out of there. We had three trucks and three drivers and just barely kept up.to the combines. There was rain in the forecast for the weekend so the goal was to get finished and moved out of there on Friday, and we achieved our goal and moved about 4:00. They cut a field near our house and then made a couple of short moves in the dark and cut late to get as much done as possible before the rain.
And rain it did! We woke up rain Saturday morning and had two inches in two hours with a total through the weekend of 2.5 inches. North of here there was up to 5 inches. The coulee to our west looked like a river and our neighbor's yard looked like a lake. The rain came so fast that there was water over roads. We were so glad we got out of the hell hole.
We had four days off from cutting and started back up yesterday afternoon. In the downtime the guys hauled a lot of grain to the elevator to make room in the air bins. The aeration allows us to cut grain that is a little wetter.
Today seemed to be a day of bad decisions. This morning M said that they'd be finishing up around Richland and moving up to our neighbor's. I asked why he'd do that since it is hail damaged and not a good crop. When I took lunch out everyone thought it was a bad plan to go cut that when we have good wheat still standing that we should cut first. M had his mind made up so off we went up the hill. I was giving C a ride back to get another truck when he got the call that J was stuck. He made the bad decision to try to cross a coulee. That didn't take long! We went to get a tow rope while R unhooked the tractor from the grain cart. After several unsuccessful attempts to pull the combine out from several different angles, J decided to go get the big tractor and another tow rope. On the first try all 12 tires on the tractor were spinning. Ugly sight. R moved over and tried again and finally had success. There are quite the craters left behind. By that time M had made a round with the other combine and determined it was too green, and we were moving out again. That met with frustrated groans from the crew. We only wasted a couple of hours and now are headed west again. Hopefully, M and J will make better decisions from here on out.
And rain it did! We woke up rain Saturday morning and had two inches in two hours with a total through the weekend of 2.5 inches. North of here there was up to 5 inches. The coulee to our west looked like a river and our neighbor's yard looked like a lake. The rain came so fast that there was water over roads. We were so glad we got out of the hell hole.
We had four days off from cutting and started back up yesterday afternoon. In the downtime the guys hauled a lot of grain to the elevator to make room in the air bins. The aeration allows us to cut grain that is a little wetter.
Today seemed to be a day of bad decisions. This morning M said that they'd be finishing up around Richland and moving up to our neighbor's. I asked why he'd do that since it is hail damaged and not a good crop. When I took lunch out everyone thought it was a bad plan to go cut that when we have good wheat still standing that we should cut first. M had his mind made up so off we went up the hill. I was giving C a ride back to get another truck when he got the call that J was stuck. He made the bad decision to try to cross a coulee. That didn't take long! We went to get a tow rope while R unhooked the tractor from the grain cart. After several unsuccessful attempts to pull the combine out from several different angles, J decided to go get the big tractor and another tow rope. On the first try all 12 tires on the tractor were spinning. Ugly sight. R moved over and tried again and finally had success. There are quite the craters left behind. By that time M had made a round with the other combine and determined it was too green, and we were moving out again. That met with frustrated groans from the crew. We only wasted a couple of hours and now are headed west again. Hopefully, M and J will make better decisions from here on out.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Holy Lentils!
The guys finished up the lentils Friday afternoon (except for a wet patch that won't be ready for quite awhile) and we made the big move back home. There's always a bit of a sigh of relief when they switch over to wheat since it's easier to cut, but M was wishing they had another thousand acres of lentils to cut the way they were running. They averaged over 40 bushels/acre across the board. The cool, damp July was just what they needed.
I hate to say very loudly that I have had a pretty easy harvest so far. They must have been listening when I said I was retiring from my grain cart duties because I haven't been called into service yet. Thank goodness R is back and taking over there. There's a new tractor hooked up to the gran cart, and they keep tellimg me how nice it is. I'm hard to impress, though, and would have to learn how to run it. J had made a deal with a friend over the winter (I think there was a snowmobile involved) to help so we've had him in a truck this week. He has a lot of irons in the fire, though, so he might not be consistent help. M woke up with the stomach flu on Friday so I was prepared to take my turn on the grain cart so R could run the combine. M threw up and felt better so we headed to the field. R got his 20 minutes in the combine, but that was it. He told his girlfriend that his dad would rather poop himself in the combine than let someone else run it. He also said lentils aren't that fun to cut, so he wasn't too disappointed.
I haven't even had to do lunches for the past four days. My mother-in-law has been out staying in the camper and making lunch. She wants to be involved which is great. I missed the big move west since I was at my job that day. K was wishing she had a picture of the pickup on the way home with five adults, one baby and three dogs. The baby is 3 months old already and has had her first ride in the combine. Never too young to start, I guess. She's going to have to get used to it if she ever wants to see her daddy!
I'm not really feeling too guilty about my lack of participation so far. I gave birth to and raised the work force so I think that should give me a pass for life.
I hate to say very loudly that I have had a pretty easy harvest so far. They must have been listening when I said I was retiring from my grain cart duties because I haven't been called into service yet. Thank goodness R is back and taking over there. There's a new tractor hooked up to the gran cart, and they keep tellimg me how nice it is. I'm hard to impress, though, and would have to learn how to run it. J had made a deal with a friend over the winter (I think there was a snowmobile involved) to help so we've had him in a truck this week. He has a lot of irons in the fire, though, so he might not be consistent help. M woke up with the stomach flu on Friday so I was prepared to take my turn on the grain cart so R could run the combine. M threw up and felt better so we headed to the field. R got his 20 minutes in the combine, but that was it. He told his girlfriend that his dad would rather poop himself in the combine than let someone else run it. He also said lentils aren't that fun to cut, so he wasn't too disappointed.
I haven't even had to do lunches for the past four days. My mother-in-law has been out staying in the camper and making lunch. She wants to be involved which is great. I missed the big move west since I was at my job that day. K was wishing she had a picture of the pickup on the way home with five adults, one baby and three dogs. The baby is 3 months old already and has had her first ride in the combine. Never too young to start, I guess. She's going to have to get used to it if she ever wants to see her daddy!
I'm not really feeling too guilty about my lack of participation so far. I gave birth to and raised the work force so I think that should give me a pass for life.
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