Another week's end........

NO, this is not a recent photo but they are growing like crazy and it won't be long now cause it's in the 70's and sunny and I even mowed lawn yesterday....yep, I said it, MOWED, it's that time already and I like it!!!

All in all it has been a good week here on the farm. Thursday went off without a hitch in regards to our "flow go" that we had such a problem with a while back, and now that we have those couple of hundred extra pigs taken care of we have gotten back to normal with a nice comfortable surplus of sows and a modest 20 to 30 pigs over target per room, ya gotta love it! Steve has been running to keep the mill up AND keep up with selling 4-H pigs, AND keep up with having calvs at home and at least the 4-H and calving is about to wind down or at least to a comfortable level. Terry and Randy have been juggling between getting ready to plant, firing up the new irrigation system and hauling corn and luckily that is going fairly smooth. Ronda is still doing her Perry Mason imitation and juggling end of quarter stuff at the same time and probably could use a hug about now. Marie, Lee and Joe are still trying to build a house or two and even that seems to be on schedule. Eric and Lori finally got their permit from IDEM they have been waiting for so they are moving on to the next step with their adventure and "Baby J" got to play with his first snake last week but it didn't seem to be a big deal to him, all he wanted to do was poke it with a stick (I know a lot of snakes I'd like to do that to), so yep, it's been a good week down on the farm.

And by the way, (I'm not sure what that means) Kim and Susan returned home last week so be sure and give them a "hidy ho" when you see them. And speaking of Susan, I heard it from a very reliable source (Susan) that she has a really interesting tale to tell or should I say a tale to tell of an event that happened to her and Kim but I am sworn to secrecy so maybe if I have aroused the curiosity in enough people and those people pester her enough she will do a Lee and tell on herself at the next round table!!!!
Sorry Susan, Kim labeled me the farm comedian so it's anything for a laugh (but you gotta tell)!

Well, I gotta go fertilize trees. It appears that everyone is home and tucked it for the day and all is well on the farm once again.......:)

Interesting Week......

This is one of a thousand photos Marie and I took on our most excellent 10 year anniversary trip. We headed to Tennessee where we played in the mountains, and the valleys, for a week and we really had, as far as we are concerned, the best vacation we have ever had(thanks to the farm)!!! It is really a different world down there. Everyone and everything revolves around the tourist (that was us) and there is more to see and do than can be seen and done (cute huh) in a week so you (we) have to go back hopefully again and again. So, coming back to work after a week like that was to say the least different. The photo is a view from our room and that was really nice to wake up to every morning....:)

Today was Thursday and you know what that means, weaning day. Everything went rather smooth in that respect but Lori and I have done a little better job of getting enough sows bred than we should have and now our surplus has turned into a serious situation ( for you previous readers that means our goflow has turned into a great big flood) at least it was yesterday but we think we see the light (I hope it's not the wrong one) at the end of the tunnel. Yesterday we had 15 sows waiting to get in and due today. That doesn't sound too bad until you understand that those 15 and 13 more will fill the room we are washing. Good you say, but not so good when you realize that there are now 23 left with now where to put them and their due date is next Wednesday, bad you say, but not really cause we can usually make it work with a lot of running and moving and sorting, so good you say, but not so good when you have so many due so close!! Bad you say, but not really cause we got another room rented today and we will be moving them in shortly!! Good you say and we would agree....:) It sounds a little complicated but it really is.

We like to call it Maykinbaykin x 2!!!

That was pretty much the yukky part of the week, Eric and Lori had to go to the state house (no capital letters tee hee) to rub elbows with some of our elected idiots, Randy and Terry are getting planting in gear, Ronda is working on her Perry Mason imitation(jury duty), nobody knows where Lee is at any given time, and the rest of us are just maykinbaykin like a big dog, fast and lots of it and not only lots but the best money can buy to boot!!!

Well, Thursday went rather well for a Thursday and we got all the mommies in without a, you know, and for that we are thankful, and at this point in time everyone is home and tucked in for the day and all is well on the farm once again.....:)