Ok...I'll finish up Friday evening.
All we basically got done was went down to the other farm and do some little things. I happened to arrive down there right when my aunt LeeAnn was pulling in the yard. So, I had a chance to visit with her (she is from ND and coming for the weekend); my other aunt Charlene came shortly after. I pounded in a few screens on the second story, worked on a window...unsuccessfully, filled up a tank to give Olluv a bath (lol fun times coming there), and finally....I climbed up on a ladder that was leaning on the front doors tiny little overhang deal carrying a "sharp" knife and cut off a wad of spray in insulation that needed to be trimmed. Yes, it was interesting, but we got it done. Otherwise we chatted and went and got a pizza from Baltic and went home and to bed.
This morning I had my alarm set for six, but in order to have my phone plugged in it had to be quite a ways from my head...so instead of waking up at six I woke up to some pounding around seven fifteen! Yep, Wayne (one of the guys who helps us out a lot) was already here and starting to tear apart some plywood where we are putting in a window....oops. I felt bad, but he had only been here like ten minutes...and I can use the mountain time excuse! So, anyway, him and I managed to get the window in after a couple trips to the lumberyard and some serious shimming. But, it all worked out and looked pretty good in the end. Meanwhile, Virginia was running around the house and cooking dinner. When we finished with the window we went over to Joel's place (a good friend and neighbor that pretty much is the sole reason we keep the farm in one piece) and picked up his JD 4010 and helped him unload and empty a tank and move a few things around.
As soon as we made it back home with the tractor and skid loader that Joel hauled over, the three of us went to work. First, we filled the sistren, it took more than a full load of gravel- and is still settling tonight! I think that will be a long process. Then, we went at the trees. The whole goal of the project is not only to clean up some trees around the place, but to get them away from the house and barn so that the house painter can get to everything ok and the guy hired to give an estimate on fixing our barn can see and work on what he wants to. So the fun began. We pulled and cut down lots and lots of trees. Ranging in size from tiny to a foot and a half in diameter. Needless to say, we got quite a bit done, but there is plenty more to do.
We all shut down a little early in the afternoon cuz the guys were taking there kids out- one to the rodeo to mutton bust and the other to the tractor pull for quarry days. Virgingia and I had to be in Sioux Falls by six to have supper with the grandparents and mom and john. So, we quick loaded everyting up and I got stuck taking the John Deere back to Joels. In order to do this a person has to drive through town...yes that's right, people saw me driving a John Deere. So not cool! haha, but I guess I'll have to get over it after all the help Joel gives us, even if his tractors are the wrong color. Viringia met me at his place and we stopped and talked to his parents, Lois and John, for a while. Then, we headed home and helped the aunts paint the chicken coup for fourty five minutes before we finally went back to our house and showered for supper.
We made it to town on time and had some tasty brautwursts with the family. It was fun, and nice to see everyone- even in one place! We made a few stops on the way out of town and then headed home. That takes me about to where I'm at...tired and ready for another full day of tree killing and then some lovely driving time! Ahhh- I will need lots of sugar and caffeine to stay awake on that drive!
Sounds like they have been haying away on the ranch while I've been gone- hope it continues to go well as the weather here is not cooperating and has basically ruined first cutting:(
All we basically got done was went down to the other farm and do some little things. I happened to arrive down there right when my aunt LeeAnn was pulling in the yard. So, I had a chance to visit with her (she is from ND and coming for the weekend); my other aunt Charlene came shortly after. I pounded in a few screens on the second story, worked on a window...unsuccessfully, filled up a tank to give Olluv a bath (lol fun times coming there), and finally....I climbed up on a ladder that was leaning on the front doors tiny little overhang deal carrying a "sharp" knife and cut off a wad of spray in insulation that needed to be trimmed. Yes, it was interesting, but we got it done. Otherwise we chatted and went and got a pizza from Baltic and went home and to bed.
This morning I had my alarm set for six, but in order to have my phone plugged in it had to be quite a ways from my head...so instead of waking up at six I woke up to some pounding around seven fifteen! Yep, Wayne (one of the guys who helps us out a lot) was already here and starting to tear apart some plywood where we are putting in a window....oops. I felt bad, but he had only been here like ten minutes...and I can use the mountain time excuse! So, anyway, him and I managed to get the window in after a couple trips to the lumberyard and some serious shimming. But, it all worked out and looked pretty good in the end. Meanwhile, Virginia was running around the house and cooking dinner. When we finished with the window we went over to Joel's place (a good friend and neighbor that pretty much is the sole reason we keep the farm in one piece) and picked up his JD 4010 and helped him unload and empty a tank and move a few things around.
As soon as we made it back home with the tractor and skid loader that Joel hauled over, the three of us went to work. First, we filled the sistren, it took more than a full load of gravel- and is still settling tonight! I think that will be a long process. Then, we went at the trees. The whole goal of the project is not only to clean up some trees around the place, but to get them away from the house and barn so that the house painter can get to everything ok and the guy hired to give an estimate on fixing our barn can see and work on what he wants to. So the fun began. We pulled and cut down lots and lots of trees. Ranging in size from tiny to a foot and a half in diameter. Needless to say, we got quite a bit done, but there is plenty more to do.
We all shut down a little early in the afternoon cuz the guys were taking there kids out- one to the rodeo to mutton bust and the other to the tractor pull for quarry days. Virgingia and I had to be in Sioux Falls by six to have supper with the grandparents and mom and john. So, we quick loaded everyting up and I got stuck taking the John Deere back to Joels. In order to do this a person has to drive through town...yes that's right, people saw me driving a John Deere. So not cool! haha, but I guess I'll have to get over it after all the help Joel gives us, even if his tractors are the wrong color. Viringia met me at his place and we stopped and talked to his parents, Lois and John, for a while. Then, we headed home and helped the aunts paint the chicken coup for fourty five minutes before we finally went back to our house and showered for supper.
We made it to town on time and had some tasty brautwursts with the family. It was fun, and nice to see everyone- even in one place! We made a few stops on the way out of town and then headed home. That takes me about to where I'm at...tired and ready for another full day of tree killing and then some lovely driving time! Ahhh- I will need lots of sugar and caffeine to stay awake on that drive!
Sounds like they have been haying away on the ranch while I've been gone- hope it continues to go well as the weather here is not cooperating and has basically ruined first cutting:(
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