Work then Play

Back to work.

So, today was pretty normal- nothing too terribly exciting, well not until tonight that is. I got up for chores, which were pretty uneventful and from there we had quite a list of things to choose from. Ross came out and kept on windrowing- he thought that maybe the hay he had cut down while we were gone yesterday was ready...not a chance, it was so limp it felt like it had just been cut! So, we just dropped his pickup off with him and came back home.

The summer fallow looks like it's getting away from us again, so we pulled out the chisel and decided to start switching the chisels back to sweeps again. When we started in, we realized that the bolts were getting pretty worn and old and wouldn't last much longer. So...Merle called Jay at GE in town and it sounded like they would have enough. I got sent to town to pick up all sorts of things we needed and Merle stayed back and worked on the chisel. I went and got a tire fixed, picked up bolts (had to wait like 15 minutes to go five blocks because of road construction), had the run around on dropping off some table and chairs for Marykay but finally got them where they belonged, got the mail, got the groceries, went back to GE for the sweep that I left there (and waited another 15 minutes for the construction) and finally headed back home.

It was noon before I got here and Sabina had already shown up. Sabina and her sister Nicole used to work here - long before me and she now lives in Michigan. They pretty much seem like an extension of the family and are really nice people. She is down from Michigan for a wedding in Rapid this weekend. She had been helping Merle when I was gone. We all ate some dinner, and then those two went out to shoot prairie dogs (when Merle asked Sabina what she wanted to do when she came that's what she said lol!) and I mowed some grass. They shot a lot of dogs and I knocked down a lot of grass and sorta kinda got the mower cleaned out. I did chores and then got ready really fast and we headed out for Gordon around four fifteen. Sabina and I had a good time ganging up on Merle and giving him a hard time most of the way down there..haha, poor guy, he's probably pretty sick of blondes for the day!

It was the sale night so there was lots to do. Hayden was selling his cookie jar, cookies, both Morgan and his calves, and a chicken. The parents were on edge, but we got it done. There were no disasters and the calves behaved fairly well with all the commotion around. Hayden's calf topped the sale at 2.50- crazy! Merle bought his chicken and got run up to $150! For a chicken! It was hillarious, but hey if it lays an egg a day it will drastically improve our ratio of flock eggs! haha. The night was a little stressful for Morgan, Hayden and his mom and dad, but I think they still had a decent time, and him and Morgan made quite a bit of money. I hope the whole thing sits well with them all and they want to do it again. I don't think it's going to be a problem: next year Hayden want a pig too! We finally got out of there after Merle settled up for his chicken and home by about nine. Sabina hopped back into the little shoebox car they rented her in Rapid and headed back so she could get it in on time by the morning. I am headed to bed. We had a good time, but now I'm definitly ready to sleep!

O, and apperently Jeff is done here too now. No blow up, just plain quit coming the last couple days and come to find out he quit. So, now we're down to just me for hired help...wow I feel sorry for the guy who has to deal with that! So, if you know someone who is interested in ranchwork and is dedicated you know who to call!