Our News...

Hi guys,
  Today, Mom is working with a couple of clients; Cora is out doing goat chores; Dad is out doing cow chores; Andrew is messing around with some video stuff; and I'm getting started on my school for the week again.....

  Last Friday, Dad; Andrew; and I got the second grain cleaner home, so no more running over 100 miles to go work in a very dusty grain elevator. YAY!! :D  Now we just go about 100 yards to the shop and put them all back together again... ;)

  On Thursday, O got my dirt bike fixed up most of the way, and now, I am just waiting for parts to come...  When you kick the engine over now, it has a more distinct wump to it. :P  I think that if my part were here, I would already have driven it. ;)

  On Saturday night, Andrew and I got a very nice, and somewhat unexpected, surprise!  It was the very nice gift of $250 to Andrew, and $200 to me, for our work on the grain cleaners.  Thank you Dad and Mom! ;)  Well, time to go again, so I will see you all later.

Jacob B. ;)

Random Ramblings

Hi guys,
  Today, Mom and Andrew went to Bismarck to do some errands up there; Dad is hauling grain I think; and Cora and I are staying home to work around here and do my school work... I have to do one hours worth of math today... :(

 Anyway, Andrew is going to bring my dirt bike parts home today, so I should be able to get that on it's way back together again.  Also, we got our neighbor's car out of the shop yesterday, so we can get that one grain cleaner in and start putting it back together...

  I think we are going to start taking the other grain cleaner apart tomorrow.  Let's hope that we don't get to dusty. :P  We also got Andrew's latest car project running yesterday, and we drove it around a little bit, and it seems to run just fine!

  Yesterday was a very weird day in terms of the weather.  We had snow melting off again in the morning, and I think we got a little snow in the evening...  Anyway, I should go get started on that huge math project, so I gotta go.

 Bye, Jacob B. ;) 

an update

Hi guys,
  We've been keeping busy with everything under the sun, so that's why I haven't been writing lately...  Two days ago, very early in the morning, (about 5:00) Dad and Mom got up and went on the roads to go to the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture annual conference.

 Yesterday, Andrew got up early in the morning, did his chores, and went on the roads to Minot, to go to an Appleseed shoot up there, as he is an Instructor In Training, or IIT for short. ;)  Dad; Mom; and Andrew all got home last night, and Cora and I stayed home to do the chores.

  Over the past week, we have been working on taking apart two grain cleaners and moving them home from an elevator over by Spiritwood, which is about 100 miles from here.  One is just like three other ones that we have, and the other is a shaker mill like the one we took out of the Kintyre elevator.

  We currently have the first one home, (in a bunch of little pieces, so that we could get it out the door,) and we are just getting started on the other one, which shouldn't take as long as the first one...  Anyway, that's what we've been up to. ;)

  Gotta go, Jacob.  (almost typed my LS-UK user name, NDFarmer) :D

a new book in school

Hi guys,
 Today, Mom and I started reading a new book in school.  It is written by the main speaker that we heard at camp.  It is about the book of Proverbs in the Bible, and shares a lot of good information about raising a family.

  Today, we read about wisdom, where it comes from, and what you need to get it...  The book's title is The Book of Proverbs, God's book for Wisdom, and is a three book series.  It is a very good family bible study series.

  Now, on a different subject.  We have been working in the shop on several projects in the shop.  Andrew bought another car to fix, but is currently working on a neighbors '69 Pontiac Le Mans.  A very nice looking classic car, by the way. ;)

  Also, Dad has been working on that shaker mill that we took out of the Kintyre elevator.  Yesterday, Andrew dug out the snowmobile, because somebody might buy it.  Seeing how I am just rambling right now, I will say goodbye. :P

 Jacob B.

Back from camp.

Hi guys,
  We just got back from a lot of fun at winter camp last night, and I thought that I would fill you in on what happened over the weekend.  Friday evening, everyone, except Andrew who stayed home and did chores, left for camp, and got there around 6:00.

  On Saturday, we got up and had breakfast right away. Also, Andrew came over Saturday morning.  After breakfast, we went and listened to the speaker, which was Kevin Swanson. (a very good speaker by the way)  After hearing his hour and a half talk, we went and had lunch.

  Later on, us boys played some volleyball, and I played a little street hockey with some little kids... :P  After that I played a little ice hockey with some friends, and then it was time for supper.  After supper, Kevin gave another talk, Dad left to go do chores, and us children stayed up to 1:00 AM playing Risk and Apples to Apples... :D

  On Sunday, there was a worship service after breakfast and until lunch.  After that, we helped clean up and I played Monopoly and some more Risk.  Later on I played ice hockey again.  At about 6:00, we left for home so that Dad wouldn't have to do chores again.

  Good to be home again, Jacob B.

PS. There was a new patch out for Agricultural Simulator 2012 when I got home, so it's a bit easier getting used to working again. :)

Random News.

Hi guys,
  Yesterday, we all went over to our friends place to help them work their calves, as they had about 80 to do, and they are only two people, and to make things worse, he had hurt his rib earlier and, even though it didn't hurt right then, he didn't really want to make it hurt again...

  Today, Dad and Andrew worked on our JD 4020; Mom had a session this morning, and has another one later on; Cora just left for town; and I have been playing for a while, and started working on my school work again.... :(

  Andrew has recently bought a tablet computer, so he has been having some fun tinkering with that.  He is looking for a GPS app now, I guess.  I've played a few games on it, and from what I can see, it looks good, except for the fact that it's way too big for your pocket. :(

  I haven't found a place to buy Agricultural Simulator 2012 in the US, but I will keep looking and let you know if and when I find something...  Well, I hear that mom's client is hear now, so I will be heading off now, I guess.
  Talk to you all later, Jacob B.

Shop projects...

Hi guys,
  Yesterday, we finally got our IH 1486 out of the shop!  We had taken the transmission all apart, and didn't find a bearing with pieces missing, so all that we can figure out is that a bearing had went out before, and they didn't get all of the pieces out. :(

 But the time was not wasted.  While we had it apart, we replaced some gears that had some pieces missing, and some bearings that were on their way out.  We also got some of the gages to work again, as none of them worked before. :S

  We also started working on our JD 4020 yesterday, after we got the 1486 done.  We took the aftermarket cab off, and drove it into the shop, so that we can work on the park lock.  Simply stated, you can put it in park, and it would roll down a hill, if not stopped!

  On Saturday and Sunday, our family will be going to camp!  It sounds like a lot of fun, with hockey, and all sorts of fun stuff to do!  By the way, I won't be getting that snowmobile I wrote about, as it got sold before I got to it. :-(
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  Anyway, time to go again. Jacob B. ;-)