Penut Butter

You never know what the day will bring until it happens...literally.

So, I got up at about 6:20 this morning and we down to do chores by 6:30. Yes, thank you, I know I'm talented! After feeding everyone their breakfast in order to stop the "let's bellar and scream at Sara until she feeds us" fest, I was given a morning assignment. It was my job to go check all the electric wells and see if the wind and lightning took any of them out. So, off I went in the four wheeler.

It was a little chilly this morning to be going 40mph on a four wheeler, but my ears stayed in tact and did not freeze off as I thought they had. I made it over to the Red Cows at Boeman Dam and checked all three of their wells. They all looked good- even the one Ross and I fixed (it's a miracle)! As I was buzzing through the pasture I was checking the usual: salt troughs, grass heght, cows and bulls. Everything looked pretty good minus that last part. I ventured all over that pasture and never once saw any of the 5 bulls that are supposed to be in there. But, I had a job to finish and figured we would look for them later or hear about them being out first. So, I took off and stopped by the dry cows (and did not close the gate upside down this time). In fact, I stopped and tried to tighten that super loose gate and didn't have much luck because I had a crappy fencing pliers and no good wire to replace it with, so I will have to better the job I sorta did on that gate tomorrow or sometime soon. That took a little time, but not more than 15 minutes I would bet.

Off I went to Chief Bears which is clear on the north side of the ranch (I was on the south side). I made it over there with no problems and did not see anything out or in the wrong place along the way. When I got there I first well looked good, and so did the second one...minus one thing. The black bull that was drinking out of it. I read his brands and then called Merle to figure out where the little fart came from. After sorting it out we figured the only place he could have come from is Burns's pasture off to the east. I sat there and tried and tried to cut that bull off and send him in the right direction. But he had his mind made up and wasn't leaving the cows. So I tried to take a pair with him..yeah that didn't work either. Meanwhile, I opened the gate before I went to get him because he was spooky enough I figured I could never get in front of him to open it. But, I was getting nervous that the cows that weren't too far off in the distance were headed towards that open gate. Then, I woudl have a whole new problem. But, I lucked out. I was about ready to give up because there is no sense in running them ragged when he seemed to sort himslef off for a second. So I took it and sent him the right way. Of course, on the other side of the draw there were more cows that he had to camp out with until I got him out of there and finally he saw the cows he was supposed to be with- which were then getting pretty close to that gate. I finally got him in there after getting off the four wheeler and crawling up banks and everything else. Just to top it all off, this whole time my oil seal must have opened on the four wheeler when it misfired because the dumb thing kept on dying. I would be chasing him and need to shift to reverse and it woudl die. How convienient. But, that aside I got him in and then went to ride the fence and find the hole. Well, found a few places but of course had just barely enough wire to cobble it together but not enough to do a good job. After getting it all fixed I headed home. When I got back toward the turnoff I met up with Ross in the windrower and he had something to show me on the engine. Somehow or someway the oil cap for teh resivour got lost and he needed something to cover it. So, I ran home and went on a wild goose chase for some kind of cap and some duct tape. Well, when I finally got back he had remember that there was duct tape stashed away somewhere in the cab and had it covered. Oh well, again..bette rsafe than sorry.

When I got back Harrold, the tire man, was putting new back duals on the 7240 Farming tractore and I talked to him for a bit and then headed down to start the mower and mow around the shed...which would be the only place I didn't mow yesterday. I mowed that up pretty quick and then went on to eat dinner. I had a bacon and penut butter sandwich which was excellent. Now, before you go saying "ew! that's gross!"...you must try it first. It's very very tasty- right up ther ewith penutbutter and pickles!

While I'm eating dinner, Merle's good friend Pat shows up and he and I talked for a bit and cuaght up. Then, I sent him over to Merles. After eating I headed back out and decided to grease the disk since we powerwashed it the other day. Then, I noticed that Ross hadn't come over the hill with the windrower for a while I decided to head down there and see what the problem was. Well, as it turns out, Dean had shown up after fencing and was running the hydroswing where Ross was earlier. I wasted ten minutes to go check but I'd rather be safe than sorry!

About the time I got back Merle and Pat pulled up and we started in taklign and wandering around equipement. I got sent to see if our bulls where in Scott's pasture along the road because Merle thought he was one breeding Scott's cows. Sure enough. When I got down there there were two bulls that woulnd't go instead of just one. I came home and gave the report and just headed on to help hook up the baler. We got the loaded off and baler on and all the little odd jobs that go wtih that all figured out. After doing some shuffling of pickups and whatnot, i headed down and did chores.

After chores we started in haying up some draws! It's the first real day of the haying season...here it comes! Then, followed some raking up with getting my fire gear all together. We found most of it all together and ready to go so it wasn't too hard. With haying and the drying we are getting alot closer to prairie fire season.

After getting all that lined out, I came home, ate my pb and j and am now definitly ready for bed!

"Choosy mom's choose Jiff."