Happy Halloween!

Papa Glenn was here visiting over the weekend so we did some babysitting. Lacey was thrilled with her Jack O Lantern. Glenn brought back boots from Texas for them. Cute! Camry was not excited about hers - she'll have to get used to them. She's just now liking to wear her Nikes since she hasn't been walking too long.

We're having a nice weather day for trick or treating which is kind of unusual.

Last Day of Field Work

Had to take Bill some Advil for achey shoulders and neck this morning so got a picture of the anhydrous rig. (my shoulders are just starting to feel better) I just talked to him and he only has 10 acres to go so will get done this evening. He would've been finished sooner but due to the rock hard ground there have been too many things breaking. Still no rain.

I went to the program at the library this morning: An Introduction to Tea. It was interesting, and we got to sample three types of tea. Blog reader, Glenn M. is in the last picture.

Last night I went to my P.E.O. meeting in Mallard. There were 12 of us and the hostess's mother also attended. She's a 50+ years P.E.O. member in Odebolt.

Now that we're done with Harvest, I need to get busy entering recipes for the new Rolfe Cookbook. Recipes are really starting to come in. There are three of us entering them into the software and others are proofreading.

Great Weather Continues

We're still having great weather so farmers are continuing to get their work done before bad weather. Bill & Tim have about two more days of applying anhydrous. Tim has been going back and forth to West Bend with the pickup to get the tanks of anhydrous and delivers them to the fields. Bill is pulling the rig with the quadtrac. The hard, dry ground is hard on the equipment this year (lots of repairing). I've still been seeing wagons of corn going by our house to the elevator, guys chopping stalks, baling, and ripping.

I babysat Camry today from 7:30-6:00. She's such a happy, good baby. After I delivered her home this evening, I picked up a chicken dinner and took it to Bill. He was at a good stopping point and could eat in his mom's house which was nice. (Always nice to be able to wash your hands before eating - especially chicken! I take wipes but not the same.)

Mom left yesterday morning. Her visit went by fast as usual. We didn't get any stamping done again. We both want to get started on our Christmas cards.

Ripping is Done

I was ripping yesterday (first picture) and Tim came out to finish up last night so all we have to do now is applying anhydrous to all of the bean ground - about 1250 acres probably.

Mom and I have a really good lunch waiting for Bill today since it's my first day off with time to do it. We're having pork chops made like Bette Jo had for us one day, green beans, sweet potatoes, homemade bread and apple pie. I'm taking pictures of the apple pies any time I make them and putting them on the blog so there is proof. Bill says I never make pie for him, especially his favorite apple. Since the last apple pie, he's had cherry, pumpkin and sugar cream!

He just called and said that he'll be a little late for lunch because the quadtrac has a problem and they have it torn apart. They want to figure out what's wrong and go get parts. Since the ripping is done, he was wanting to change the oil today and start using it to do anhydrous tomorrow.

Bette Jo's pork chops are dipped in beaten egg and seasoned bread crumbs, browned in the skillet and then baked in a roaster for an hour and a half or until tender.

After lunch, Mom and I are headed to shop in West Bend and then picking Lacey up after school for some one on one time with her. We have her little sister tomorrow all day and then both of them Sat.

Misc.

This is the extra corn piled next to the elevator. It'll eventually have a white cover on it that always ends up ripping during the winter.

The 2nd picture is of Jim disking the no till part of our field around our house this past weekend.














This is the pumpkin patch at the apple orchard in Ft. Dodge. Looks like lots to pick from!

I got home about 7:00 tonight thanks to Tim. They switched the tractors for me this afternoon from the 4 wheel drive to the quadtrac for the ripping I'm doing. MUCH smoother and nice! I was having trouble backing up though so Tim came out and then ended up finishing my end rows and taking the tractor on to the next field.

Done Combining!

The crew got done combining last evening but I have a couple more days of ripping to do - gotta go!

Bill & Tim are going to start cleaning up the equipment so they can get it put away. Had a beautiful sunrise yesterday that I took a picture of and will post soon.