BOO! :P

Hey guys,
  Sorry I haven't written in so long, but we are getting busy with our spring work...  Dad and Andrew are working helter-skelter on grain cleaning, this week especially, as everybody wants their grain cleaned yesterday... :P

   Mom and I have broken out the disc and worked a few of the fields up around the farmstead here, to try to kill the weeds that got such a head start last year.  We will be working the fields several times before we plant them...

  We are starting to get some baby calves now, so that is keeping us busy as well.  One of my cows had twins, so now I have a little bottle calf, as the mom didn't have enough milk... :(  Andrew picked up another car to work on a few days ago as well... *shakes head* :P

  I bought a new toy too. :D  It is a Nintendo 3DS. I bought it, because Farming Simulator is coming to it, so now I can take Farming Sim on the road with me! :D:D  Also, there are 2 new farming games in development by the makers of Agricultural Simulator 2012! :D  I'll tell you about them later though. ;)

I have to go now, so I'll talk to you all later;)

Shop Renovation. (and some other stuff)

Hi guys,  The past week or so, Dad; Andrew; and I, with some help from mom and Cora on occasion, have been working on fixing up our shop so that we can have it heated over the winter, so that we can work all day out there, instead of catching a chill.

  So, to accomplish this goal, we have built a wall that divides the shop into 2 parts.  The front is the heated work area, and the back is "cold" storage. :P  After bilding, insulating, and painting the back wall white, (to reflect the light) we started on the side walls yesterday.

  We got 8 rolls of insulation put up yesterday, and that is about as far as we can go until we rip out the shop bench and some other storage racks...  So we started putting plywood up on the sides last night.  We also got our stove put up yesterday, and it was about 20 degrees warmer inside then out, and with the walls about  a third of the way insulated!

  First video of Agricultural Simulator 2012 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE3xexkJJS4  Looks pretty good, and I am waiting for my copy to come from Germany somewhere..... :P  I will get you all some pictures as soon as I can.
  Jacob B.

Shop and School Work...

Hi guys,
  Sorry I haven't written in a while, but my computer is on the fritz, so I am writing from Dad and Mom's computer.  Also thanks for all of the comments from my readers!  I appreciate them all very much, and will try to give some out as well. :P

  Anyway, I have been keeping busy with my school work, as well as working in the shop, and doing other odds and ends.  Andrew's Intrepid is coming along nicely, and when we have that one done, he has another project car to start on!

  For the past few days, Dad; Andrew; and I have been working on cleaning out a space in the shop so that we can build a wall across part of it.  The reason for that is so that we can insulate the front part of the shop, and then we will set up a wood-burning stove, so that we can have some heat!

  Just a little note to all gamers.  Agricultural Simulator 2012 will be released this Friday, so if somebody wants to see some pictures, here is the official site link: http://www.agrar-simulator.de/  Go there and click on Bilder up at the top of the page.

  Well, Mom wants some help to clean up the house a little, so I gotta go. 
 Jacob B.

School; a trip to Bismarck; and a good game!

Hi guys,
  Today, I have been working on my school work and playing some; Andrew has been working on hauling the round bale stacks into the hay yard and getting the plow hooked up to the tractor to dig up the potatoes; Dad went trucking; Cora went to town; and Mom is doing a couple of sessions.

  Yesterday, Andrew bought another '02 Dodge Intrepid that needs some work.  I went with him to Bismarck to pick it up, and it is in pretty nice shape...  From what we can tell, it appears to have some lifter noise...

  Now, about the good game!  It is a game called Automobile.  You are a car manufacturer in the beginning era of the car, and you try to build more advanced cars and then try to sell them.  It is very complexed and a very good strategy game!

  Also, first Work In Progress pictures of the new Agricultural simulator 2012 can be found here: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005K4Q3HK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p63_d0_g63_i1?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=147E6WFH6B1JYABAZH51&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375173&pf_rd_i=301128

  There is also a deluxe version featuring a more advanced map and a few more models here: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005K4Q3KC/ref=s9_simh_gw_p63_d0_g63_i3?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=147E6WFH6B1JYABAZH51&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375173&pf_rd_i=301128

  Well, Andrew wants me outside now, so I will have to go.  Jacob B.

Washing the baler...

Hi guys,
  As the title suggests, yesterday I pressure washed the baler.  The reason for doing this is to get rid of all of the old hay leaves and dirt and dist that had gathered during the haying season.  I will try to dig up a few pictures that Mom took of me yesterday.  Sorry, they don't want to load. :-(

  Anyway, once Andrew and I had finished washing the very dirty baler, which took us about 3 hours, we "winterized" the pressure washer.  To winterize it, we ran all of the water out, and ran some straight anti-freeze in until it was through all of the systems.

  I have also been working on tearing apart the rafters that got blown over by the wind.  We have to take them all apart so that we can figure out what is all wrong with them so that we can start rebilding them again...

  News for my game fans: Giants software is releasing a special "Platinum" edition of Farming Simulator 2011 with all three of the DLC packs, as well as a new game; Ski Region Simulator 2012.  Those two will be released on the 21st of October.  Also, Agrar Simulator 2012 should be coming out on the 25th of November...

  Gotta run, Jacob.

Busy as ever.

Hi guys,
  Today, we are having some very nasty, windy weather, so we are staying inside as much as possible. :-)  Yesterday, Andrew and I went up to the pasture and moved the cows to a different pasture, and then he finished combining the flax, and I disked the field right away.

  This morning, Andrew went over to our rented land by Hazelton to bring back a loader tractor, and he just got home now.  I think that we might be stacking bales this afternoon...  Andrew also mowed the ditches over there.

  I got my straw baled up today in Agricultural simulator, and I tried stacking them 2 high on the bale trailer, but I accidentally dumped some of them off. :-)   I also mowed some grass and collected it in a forage wagon... :-)  Here are some pictures.

 

Well, I suppose I should probably get back to my school work, and/or go outside and see what Andrew is doing, so I will say goodbye for now.

  Jacob.

A picture post for Hristiyan.

Hello again,

Yesterday, my second cousin, Hristiyan, requested some pictures of making hay in the new add on for Agricultural simulator. Biogas! So here are some pictures with the whole process of making grass bales. I might get some more pictures of silaging and foraging later.

Note: that is a REMOVABLE frontloader!

Well Heristiyan, that will have to do until I can get some more screenshots... Hope you enjoyed it.

Jacob

School has started, and thus my blog is reserected from the dead! ;-)

Hi guys!
  It's been a long time since I've posted, but we have all been very busy on the farm, and I haven't had much time to write, until Mom made it part of my school again this year...  So how has everybody been since I've posted?  If anybody is reading this, I hope that you are all doing well.

  So as you may have heard, if you read my family's blogs, my second cousin, Hristiyan, came here for a while, so we had a lot of fun when he was here...  Here is a picture from the Bio gas add on that I told you about H.! 

:-)

  The other night, I was swathing down some wheat, when Mom came and said that our neighbor's horses were all out in our alfalfa field!  Well, to make a long story short, Andrew and I were on our dirt bikes trying to get them in, and we started shortly after 7:00 PM, and when we were done, it was about 8:30!

  Well, Cora just called me for lunch, so I got to go.

 Talk to you later, Jacob B.

Crazy Days!

Hi guys,
  Yesterday, Mom went up to Bismarck; Cora went to work in town;  and Dad, Andrew, and I stayed home and worked on the greenhouse that we are putting up on the side of our building.  We also went with Andrew to load up a ATV, but I'll let him tell you about that...

  We have got all of the rafters up on the greenhouse, and it is actually starting to look like something now!  We are going to be putting up the boards that hold them all together today, and probably build some end walls, too.

  For all you Farming Simulator guys, (if I have any), I have discovered the original Farming Simulator!  It is called "SimTractor", and it really does have some good functions, but the graphics are lacking. :-(  If you want to download the demo, or read about it, visit the website here: http://www.simtractor.com/  Gotta go.

  See you guys later, Jacob

News of Yesterday.

Hi all,

Yesterday, we all went up to Bismarck, to shop, do sessions, visit the grandparents, and to pick out Mom's big birthday gift from Dad, which I will let her tell about... We all had a good time, and were very tired when we got home.

Today, Dad and Andrew are outside working on the van, now that they have all of the parts that they need; Mom is typing the new year letter; Cora is helping Mom write the new year letter, and I am writing. :P

Here is a picture of the latest and most realistic mod for Farming Simulator 2011 that I have. It is a Case IH 2388 combine, and is very fun to drive!

Well, I had better get going, so I well see you all tomorrow.

Jacob

Faming Simulator 2011 pictures

Hi all,

Today, we aren't doing much of anything at all, so I don't really know what to write about, but Cora is going to go work in town this afternoon, and Andrew is playing around with the new custom-build computer that he just got... ;-)

Seeing as I don't really know what to talk about right at the moment, I will share some pictures from Farming Simulator 2011 with you. Here they are. These were all taken by me during one of my numerous games... ;-)

Well, I hope that those pictures were interesting to you... I just got the call to lunch, so I had better be going soon... Anyway, if you want to buy Farming Simulator 2011, you can just contact me , and I will show you were you can buy it.

Jacob

The news of today.

Hello,

Mom and Dad just left for Bismarck; (again...) Andrew is working on reviving a neigbor's laptop; Cora is working on dishes; and I am still working on the school. >:-( Dad might be able to pick up the truck today, but probably not... :-)



It still wants to snow, and I think that we have about 5-6 inches! It is getting cold enough that Cora has brought her dog inside, because she didn't want her ears to freeze off! It is all of eighteen degrees outside, so it has warmed up a little bit.

Andrew is pretending to die, and I am laughing so hard! Just to tell you, the Farming Simulator 2011 Multiplayer Stats page shows ow many people are playing in the multiplayer rooms at any time! Anyway, I had better go.

Jacob.

Our crazy life!

Hello,
Yesterday, Dad still couldn't get the truck, because it wouldn't let Dad speed up the engine past 1,500 RPM; cruse control woudn't work; and the check engine light was always on... >:-( So we have to wait some more until we can get that back home...

Anyway, today it is snowing again, and we are getting quite a bit of snow, which is fine, because our latest hobby, is pulling a circular sled behind the snowmobile, which someone rides... (see Andrew's blog for pictures)

One of the many new features of Farming Simulator 2011, is multi player, where you can play with real people! I have been enjoying that feature a lot here lately, and it is a whole lot of fun!
Anyway, I have to go, so bye bye!

Jacob

Snow!

Hi all,
Today, Dad and Mom are going to Bismarck so Dad can pick up his truck, and so that Mom can do her sessions. Cora should be coming the rest of the way home from Bismarck today too, so we should all be together tonight, and we are excited!

When we woke up this morning, it was all of twelve degrees below zero, and now it has warmed up to four degrees below zero, so we are nice and warm. ;-) Dad is outside pushing snow with the loader tractor, and it looks like we got 3-5 inches!

Anyway, I have got all of my school ahead of me, and I am not very excited, but I have to do it anyway, so I might as well just do it cheerfully, if that is possible... ;-) Also, note to farm sim fans: tell me what is your favorite farming simulator for the PC in my new poll.

Gotta go,

Jacob

News

Hi all,
Today, Andrew is trying his hand at logo making, and right now it looks much like a blob. ;-)
Anyway, Dad has been having troubles with the truck here lately, so today he called the truck shop in Bismarck, and made arrangements to take it in.

I am just getting started with school right now; Mom is off doing sessions in Bismarck; and Dad and Andrew are outside working on the truck. We had snow yesterday, but now it is starting to melt off, but it is only thirty five degrees outside. :-(

Also, if any of my readers bought themselves a copy of Farming Simulator 2011, there is a wonderful mod site/forum with thousands of friendly people on it, and that is were I get all of my stuff. The site is: http://www.ls-uk.info/index.php Wonderful place to be, and just ask, there are many people to answer your questions.

Anyway, I have to go, so bye bye.

Jacob