Monday is a bum day

Dave's silo unloader needed to be fixed, so a trip to a place by St. Cloud to get it fixed was on the agenda for today. We got up early and did chores, on the road by 7:45. I wanted to do some shopping in Willmar, so Dave dropped me off at Target and we agreed to meet in front of the mall in 2.5 hours. I could have used an hour more. Didn't even get to Herberger's. Oh well. Got baby presents bought and tried on some clothes for myself. How absolutely depressing that was.

Home, chores, Dave went to Pitzles to dehorn a calf. Now bedtime.

Pictures from Addisyn's 3rd birthday party on Sat.

Thursday is spray day

Up early again today. Got chores done and then Dave went out spraying. He got 250 acres of Surpass sprayed today. Put his last tankful on after night chores. So we are officially done with corn planting. I am working on my obsession. I have an unhealthy obsession with magazines, I have them all over the house. I am starting to worry that I am going to be one of these old ladies that just have paths through her house. So I threw out lots and lots of them.

Finished planting corn

The winds were horrible today and it reached 91 degrees. The weird thing is there is a rain/snow advisory for Sunday. MN weather has gotten more fickle every year.

Dave planted 115 acres of corn today, that was then end of corn planting. Things went well today, no major or minor breakdowns. He really wanted to get a sprayer tank on yet today, but with the winds that is impossible.

I cleaned house this morning. I am trying the "flylady" way. I went through with bags and threw away 27 things about 3 times. That is what I am suppose to do, throw away 27 things a day to help get rid of all your "stuff".

I also boiled eggs and made deviled eggs and egg salad. After dinner I went out and got the truck clean. What a dirty job that was in this wind.

Ryan came after work and put in a gps system for our sprayer.

Rob stopped and brought back the flatbed trailer. He was nice enough to haul my old freezer to the recycling center. Makes my garage look so much bigger.

Now I need a shower, some supper and my bed.

Wednesday

Chores, and then Dave started planting corn. He was back home in a half hour, radar thingy didn't work. He switched the radar from a different tractor and off he went again. Got the 55 acres planted at home and 80 acres up on the cemetery field. Ryan came after work and ran the planter while we milked. He stayed for a beer, but wouldn't eat supper (butthead).

At evening chores the silo unloader stopped working and we could smell something burning. There is always something going wrong in that barn lately.

I made my Redwood run today for the weekly essentials. I dropped off Krysta's engagement pictures and picked up a few groceries and birthday presents for Addisyn. It is 9:30, I'm ready for bed.

My pictures today are a sunrise the other morning. So pretty. Then Cookie had to be in todays blog. I was unloading the car after I got home from Redwood, I kept the basement door open for maybe 1 minute, then I went outside for chores. Here Cookie must have gone into the kitchen, took a little Cookie poop, and ran back outside. That dog is a pain in my side!

It must be Monday

Dave has had a heck of a time today. He is trying to dig the ground up by the cemetry. Has had to stop twice and come home. The filters keep plugging on him. It is so cold and windy today, feel more like fall then spring.

I have had a productive day. Finished the last in the Twilight series (the best) and got bread mix done, baked buns, did laundry, ran to JD for Dave. Now I am going to clean in the kitchen for an hour, then pop a beef roast in for supper.

Easter

Thought I better write a few words about Easter while there are a few still rattling around in my head. Got up and did chores as usual. Then after chores and breakfast Dave and I drove to Ry and Robyn's house to play Easter Bunny. We had fun hiding the eggs all over their yard. We went in and told the kids we saw the Eater Bunny and he left eggs. They were so cute, running all over gathering the eggs. Addisyn and Daman's little baskets were so heavy they had a hard time carrying them. Dave offered to carry Addisyn's for her but she wasn't going to let anyone carry her hard work! We had an awesome dinner of ham, potatoes, scalloped corn, salad, buns and 2 desserts. Talk about being stuffed! I visited with Paula then went down and played a few games of bean bag. Home and chores........Adam, Cory and Stacy made it also. Rob had to work and Bex took the boys to Red Wing. We missed them!

Celebration!!!

The cows got to go outside today for the first time since last fall........Time to celebrate!

Snow and Twins

A late spring snowstorm has brought us 6 inches of snow since last night. Was so pretty I had to go out at 10:00pm and snap some pictures. Yesterday had a cow have twins. That isn't very common here and to tell the truth, I don't like twins. Not because it is double the work, but because they are usually a little harder to get started. These two seem to be doing well. One was a girl and one a boy. That combination is not what dairy farmers like to see being born. When it is 2 girls they are both going to be fertile, but when one is a boy, the girl is usually not going to be able to conceive, then we have to raise her like a steer.

Went to Marshall Friday. We had to stock up on baby presents. Suzanne and Mark had a little girl and Sarah and Eric had a little boy. Got some groceries and then had dinner at the Hitching Post. Was OK, but nothing exciting.

Here is a picture of the snow on Sat. night.