It's Muddy! again. -_-

Hey guys,
  Not a whole lot new here today, just keeping an eye on the cows as calving is in full swing now, and I think some of the guys may be going out grain cleaning sometime today, not really sure on that one.

  This past weekend Dad, Cora and Andrew went up to Minot for the NDGOP convention, leaving Mom and I here at home to keep an eye on the cows.  We had a few problems, but the weather was warm, so it wasn't bad...

  On Friday, Dad, Cora, Andrew and I went over to Jamestown to go to the ORR consignment auction, and ended up bringing home a 2010 Bobcat S160, and dad bought a grain trailer as well! :)

  Other than that, we've just been busy trying to get ready for grain cleaning and planting seasons, so we haven't been too bored here, lol.  Anyway, I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B.

A Couple Of Green And Yellow Packages To Arrive Today!

Hey guys,
  Last Friday and Saturday Mom, Cora, Andrew and I all went to Jamestown to attend the NDHSA home educators conference.  I wasn't all that interested in it, but did manage to have a good time with friends while I was there.  You can check out some of my siblings blogs for more info and pictures...

  In other news, Mom and Dad have set the date for my graduation!  Apparently I'm going to have to give a speech and all that good stuff, so if you want to come get a free meal and a good laugh at a nervous speech giver, you're more than welcome...

  On a different note, the air drill that Dad bought should be arriving on the farm today, hence the post title...  :P  Spring is coming very soon so I guess it would be helpful to have a seed drill to plant with... :P

  Anyway,  other than that, we haven't really been doing much, calving hasn't started yet but we are getting close, and the guys have been getting their grain cleaners ready to go as well, so the busy season will soon be here...

  Anyway, until next time, Jacob B.

Test Complete

Hey guys,
  Today has been busy, this morning Dad, Andrew and I loaded the last of the corn on the truck and Dad hauled it to the elevator afterwards.  It is so nice to have all of last year's crop moved now!  I guess that means it's time to start all over again lol.

  After that, I came inside and Mom got me started on finishing up the rest of my test, we had lunch and I just finished up my test now so mom told me to go write a post about it, so here you go Mom. :P

  Other than that, we've been busy loading and hauling corn, and we also have been working on some shop projects, one of which was mounting the triples on our 9180 and doing other maintenance on it... :)

    Anyway, there really hasn't been a whole lot going on, outside of what I already wrote, so I guess now is where I start wondering about how good I did on my test as I get off.  I'll let you all know and talk to you later, Jacob B. :)

Nothing To See Here, Move Along...

Hey guys,
  Not a whole lot going on here today, I started taking my 12th grade test here today, but I'm going to finish that up tomorrow as I was getting a bit tired, but yeah, that's what I was up to today, Dad also got another load of corn moved out today as well.

  This Monday we are going to be sorting and loading the calves and taking them to town to sell them, so that will be a busy day...  Of course, Thursday will more than make up for it though, watching them sell and then getting payed is nice... :D

  It got good and warm here last week and it got all muddy so everybody's walking around in their mud boots because the whole yard has turned to slop... -_-  Dad had a bit of fun getting the loaded truck out of the yard today because of that...

  Anyway, I've been playing WoT a lot when I'm not busy with school or outside working.  And that's about all I had to say today, so I guess I will talk to you all later.  Have a good week, Jacob B.

It's Snowing. Again.

Hey guys,
  Not all that much new here today, Dad is hauling a load of our corn to the elevator, Mom is resting I think, Cora is reading a book, Andrew is out in the shop working on putting his generator engine back together, and I'm writing again...

  Yesterday, Dad decided it was time to start hauling our corn to town so Dad, Andrew and I went outside and started loading the truck off the corn pile.  We got 2 loads hauled yesterday and got another one loaded, and Dad's taking that one to town right now.

  I just heard that our new tractor will be showing up on the farm on Monday, so I'll get some pictures posted of that when it arrives. :)  Dad has also been looking at air seeders and I think he's got one bought now. :)

  Anyway, other than that, there hasn't been all that much going on around here really, just normal winter stuff.  Anyway, it's almost time for lunch so I'm going to have to go.

Jacob B.

Mom's back, time to write...

Hey guys,
  It's been a while since I've written to you all again, probably because Mom wasn't home for a while, but I'll try to get you all caught up on what's been happening here on the farm...

  In the first week of February, Dad, Mom and Cora took off for Kentucky to visit some friends down there, and were gone for over a week.  Andrew and I stayed home to do the chores, and we had a good ol' time when we weren't fixing frozen water pipes.... -_-

  On their trip south, Dad stopped in Watertown SD to look at a tractor, and now about a week ago he finally decided to buy it!  It's a Case IH 9180 4WD.  We bought it to pull a no-till air drill that we're still shopping for... :)

  The other day I got the last few odds and ends I needed for my sled and got it fixed and took it out for a ride, so Andrew and Dad and I all went up to the place up the road, but I'll let Andrew tell why... :P

  Other than that, we haven't really been doing much, just the normal winter stuff.  I've been playing a lot of WoT in my spare time, and have gotten some good tanks now...  Anyway, I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B.

Sick :(

Hey guys,
  So over the weekend of the 17th-19th, Mom, Cora, Andrew and I all went to family camp at Crystal Springs Baptist Camp again.  We all had a pretty good time spent playing games with friends again.

  Unfortunately, this resulted in Andrew and I getting sick again, right after getting over a bug, so yeah, I'm sick again. -_-  I guess it's kind of unavoidable when you have that many people getting together in 1 place...

  Anyway, today Dad took off to Britton SD to look at an air seeder he's thinking about buying, Mom's been resting up and is doing a session soon, Cora's working in the house, Andrew's outside working on his generator for his grain cleaner, and I'm at the school again...

  Andrew somehow convinced Dad, Mom and Cora to all get smart phones recently!  I'm not exactly sure how he did it, but it is nice being able to text the family now. :)  Anyway, I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B. :)

Back from camp:)

Hey guys,
  Sorry for not writing in such a long time, we have been busy with normal farm stuff, battling a cold and all sorts of other stuff, but mom has decided it's time to get back to school now, so here I am again... :P

  Anyway, this past weekend Mom, Cora, Andrew and I went to family camp at Crystal Springs and had a good time with friends.  Thanks to the Sip family for organizing that fun event. :)

  There isn't much going on today, Dad is out trucking grain for a farmer, Cora is babysitting again, Mom is doing a session right now, Andrew is working on a computer and I'm writing this obviously.... :P

  This coming Friday I think we are going to work our calves, so please pray for safety and warm weather for that day if you could please. :)  Anyway, I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B.

A German Composer...

Hey guys,
  So Andrew read Mom a list of German composers, and thus mom figured I should write a entire post about one, so here goes...  For my post, I decided to research Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.  This info will be from the Wikipedia article on him.

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,^[2] was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.

  He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence on subsequent Western art music is profound; Beethoven composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote that "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years."

  Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position.

  He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at the time of his death. The circumstances of his early death have been much mythologized. He was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons.

  This was just a very brief overview of Mozart, if you want full information, here's the link to the full Wikipedia article.  Hope you all didn't get too bored, I'll catch you next time.

  Jacob B.

New News:)

Hey guys,
  There isn't much new going on around here today, the guys are out in the shop working on our feed truck that we bought at an auction sale earlier this year, Mom is doing a session, Cora is playing on her piano, and I'm doing my school work...

  It has been very cold here over the past few days, with wind chills down to -30 I think, I'm not sure, all I know is it wasn't nice outside...  The thermometer says it's all the way up to 3 degrees now though, so I think I'll go sunbathe...... :P

  I rode my snowmobile twice already, and it is very powerful!  Andrew has also found a snowmobile he is probably going to buy, so we're going to be doing some riding (maybe a little bit of brother vs. brother ice racing too:P) this winter. :) 

  For our history in school, Mom and I are watching several documentaries about World War 2, seeing how I've gotten interested in the history of that war over the past year.  It is some very interesting material!

  Please pray for some nice warm weather for us so we can get our calves worked and weaned, as that still has to get done yet...  Anyway, have a nice day everybody, I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B. :)

My new tank!

Hey guys,
  So during the Black Friday sale for World of Tanks, I decided to pick myself up a KV-5! (click here for full technical details of the ingame machine)  Mom decided it would be a good topic for a blog post so here goes. :)

  The main reason why I wanted this particular tank was because I had been told that it made LOTS of credits, more then other tier 8 premium tanks, and that sounded very tempting, another reason, it has the most hit points of all the tier 8 heavies as far as I know.

  The gun is pretty bad, but it will do pretty decent damage when you penetrate.  The armor is good, but its loaded with weak spots.  However, there's more then just 1 way to deal damage in this game... :P

  This tank is literally MADE for ramming.  It weighs *gasp* 100 metric tons *gasp* and when going downhill can get up to 40 kilometers per hour. even on normal ground it will move fairly well though, because it has a 1200 HP engine... O.O

  I don't really like the fact that the tank is as big as a barn, but hey, when you have 280 more HP then the next best tier 8 heavy, you kinda expect it to be big...  So far I like the tank, I don't always do the best in it, but it's fun nonetheless.

  Here's a goodbye picture of my new beast. :)

 

  I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B. :)

School is back in session... -_-

Hey guys,
  So Mom has officially started school now, so you all can expect a wall of text from me most every week day for a while now...  I'll at least try to keep it interesting to read if at all possible... :P

  So yesterday Dad; Andrew and I worked on cleaning out a little hopper bin and grinding some grain into ground feed for the milk cow and other animals, and putting it in said bin that we cleaned out...
That kept us busy most of the day, Mom went to town and Cora stayed home and worked around the house.

We are finished with our corn harvest thankfully, we got a lot of it in bins, took several truck loads to town and have a pile on the ground as well.  We're busy getting stuff ready for winter, we got the cows moved home as well, but they still have to be sorted and worked...

  Andrew has been working on repairing more vehicles in his spare time, along with harvesting a neighbor's crop as well, but stuff has started to slow down a little bit, so I'm sure we'll be working on winter vehicle projects again this year... :)

  I still play World of Tanks a lot in my spare time, if anybody else plays WoT, give me a comment, maybe we could platoon sometime! :)  Anyways, I'll talk to you all later, have a good day.
 Jacob B.

Birthday!

Hey guys,
  Yesterday I turned 18 years old! I had a pretty good day driving around the state with Mom, doing a little bit of shopping in Bismarck, and at home with the family. :)  Thanks for the great time everyone. :)

  Right away in the morning Mom and I took off to go to the tiny little town of Zap to look at a dirt bike I was planning on buying.  Well when we got there it wasn't what I was told it was, so we just turned right around and headed back towards home.

  When we got to Bismarck, Mom took me out for lunch, then we picked up the injection pump for the combine which we were having worked on, and then we went to the powersports dealer and I gave myself a birthday present of a new snowmobile helmet and goggles for the season... :)

  Then we went shopping and bought a nice leather coat for me, and then went home. :)  When we got home, Cora had made home made pizza so we had a great supper! :)  I'll let you know what gifts I got later, but I'll just say one of my gifts was a toothpick... ;) 

  Until next time, Jacob B. :)

Ramble Ramble...

Hey guys,
  Not much going on today, so Mom has me doing school work while she's up in Bismarck doing sessions, so here goes another post... :P  I'll try not to bore you all to death... :P

  Anyway, Cora and Andrew left on Friday to go visit some friends and help them out with their corn maze!  They should be coming home sometime today, so lets hope the roads are good for them. :)

  It's raining outside again, we've gotten pretty wet here over the past week, which is being a real problem with people wanting to harvest, but I guess I'd rather have rain for next year then no moisture...

  So yeah, we've pretty much been waiting for it to dry down and it decided it didn't want to dry down... -_-  Anyway, I'll probably be writing more here in the near future, so I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B. :)

It's wet!

Hey guys,
  So it's been a while sense I've written you all again, I've been keeping busy in the shop and a little bit of school work with a good bit of goofing off mixed in as well... :P  I do think mom wants me to get to school soon though so we might as well get this last year over with...

  Two Friday's ago, Mom, Andrew and I went down to Rapid City to attend a class and a expo.  We all had a good time and even went to see Mount Rushmore one night, and stopped into Wall Drug on the way home! :)

  Other then that, it's been pretty much just waiting for the corn to dry down enough to harvest, we we're thinking we could get going this week sometime but then it rained over the weekend so the harvest has been pushed back some...

  On another note, I may be looking into buying a classic car.  I'm not sure what I want to do about that yet, but I'll let you all know when I know... :P  Anyway, I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B! :)

Long Time No Write. Again.

Hey guys,
  So I haven't written anything in quite a while as I've been very busy, along with everyone else in our family, and I don't really like to write, but Mom's starting to think about school, so yeah, here starts the last year of that fun... lol

  Anyway, over the past summer, us guys spent a lot of time going through the 9600 combine we bought last winter at an auction sale, we bought a backhoe attachment at an auction sale and are currently working on some of the hydraulics on that and are going to fit it on a 9030 when it's done.

  I finished fixing up my snowmobile earlier this spring, (put the pistons in the wrong way the first time, *ultimate facepalm*) and now it runs great!  Due to no rain since July (we just finally got some this week) our corn crop has really suffered this year, but it's still hanging in there...

  The alfalfa crop never came back for it's 2nd cutting, because of no rain again, so another tough hay year. :/  And that's pretty been my year in a nutshell, could say a lot more but don't feel like it, so I'll say goodbye for now, Jacob B. :)

Spring update:)

Hey guys,
 It's been a while sense I've written anything on here, and mom told me to do another post, so here goes...  Seeding went well this year, put everything that wasn't hay into corn, and we got most of it in before the rains came so that was nice.

  We've been trying to get our spraying done, but it keeps raining and blowing so that's been kind of tough.  I got my sled back from the dealer the other day, and I have the engine all apart fixing that up again as well... :)

  We hosted a Appleseed shoot last Friday and Saturday, had a pretty good turnout, even with the rainstorm at the end of the first day...  I've been playing World of Tanks a good bit in my spare time as well... :)

  And that's about all of the major news that I can think of right now, we've all been keeping busy and getting stuff done... :P  Anyway, talk to you all later, Jacob B.

Another new delivery! :D

Hey guys,
  Yesterday, mom and I had to deal with a new calf that was born in the mud, so we washed him off and fed him some milk and he's doing better now and is out in the pasture. :)  Their talking warmer weather so hopefully the calves will be doing better soon! :)

  Also yesterday, our new (used) corn planter got delivered to the farm!  I was the only guy home at the time so I had the fun of getting the tractor ready for it and all that good stuff, lol.  Let's hope it works good in the days to come.

  The guys have been grain cleaning, but Andrew's not feeling very well this morning so he's asleep in bed... :(  The snow's been melting off ever so slowly and now we've got mud pits in the yard... >.<

  Kind of running out of things to write about, ( as normal) so I'll post a picture and call it good for now :)  Anyway, talk to you all later, Jacob B.

The new machine :)

New arival on the farm.

Hey guys,
  It's been a while sence I've wrote you all, and over that time we've had a blizzard, cold weather, new calves...  Yeah, more of the same...  This last weekend has been kinda crazy, mom was in town for a convention on Thursday and Friday.

 Then Andrew left for a 1 day Appleseed shoot at Minot on Saturday, and Cora was at a get together for girls up in the turtle mountains someplace from Friday and she's getting home tonight...

  On Saturday a big yellow and black Rogater 854 sprayer arrived on our farm, and us guys have been working on that the past few days, mounting our GPS and trying to get it ready for spring application time.

  We're also expecting our new (used) corn planter to show up this week sometime, so if it ever warms up and melts the snow off here we'll be getting ready to hit the fields! :)  Well, I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B.

 

:) ^

Snow? Really?

Hey guys,
  So today we're actually getting snow on the ground!  Hopefully it wont last long as we're right in the middle of calving now. :/  Anyway, other then that, it's just normal spring here, grain cleaning, calving, and mud...

  Today, Dad was out cleaning grain but is on his way home now, Mom's taking a nap, Andrew's fixing a truck for somebody, Cora's babysitting, and I'm working on my school and playing World of Tanks on and off... :P

  It just stopped snowing for now but it looks like we might get a little bit more later.  It should be pretty light though.  Dad just got home as well.  If you haven't guessed by now I'm kind of running out of things to talk about...

  I'm loving my new graphics card, playing Agrar Simulator 2012 at max quality preset and getting 30 FPS... :)  It does everything I want it to, so I'm happy...  Anyway, I'll talk to you all later, Jacob B.