FAMILY

Jamie and I would like take this time to thank all of our family for being so helpful in everything we've done with the farm. They have helped us move stuff out of the farm house, clean up the farm house, move into the farm house, clean up our house in town, help fix fence, butcher chickens, bring us food, did our laundry, the list goes on and on. So a big THANK YOU to all of you!!! You know who you are, so we won't list everyone.

Other news:
WE HAVE FASTER INTERNET. FINALLY!!! We were hooked up and ready to go Friday night. Which was about a month late but I'm just glad to have it.

Also, we're up to 5 calves! I haven't gotten close enough to confirm but we may have 3 bulls and 2 heifers.

It's upper 90's and I'm OK. I was worried how I would cope with working from home in a house without air conditioning when it got really hot. But to be honest, I'm fine. We left the windows open overnight and I closed them when it was hotter outside then inside. I have a fan on me and it's not too shabby. I have to make sure all my paperwork doesn't blow away but it's a small price to pay. I'm talking to the landlord about a whole house fan. I've never had one but I've heard great things. If it gets unbearable, we may get a small a/c and just cool one room. For now, we're OK.

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Farm Update

Good Morning All,
The two day Greg Judy conference was GREAT! We learned a ton and are even more inspired to move forward with our farming operation. Most importantly, we are starting to get a better idea of the direction we're headed. Our "direction" will continue to evolve but we definitely have a clearer view of it, then we did before the conference.

We accomplished quite a bit over the weekend, thanks to help from our family. I won't give it all away because I think Jamie is working on a post to show you some of it. But I will say that we were able to put a door back on the machine shed and repair a couple others. It has made a vast improvement to the function and aesthetics of the farmyard. Hopefully, I can get the rest of the doors fixed in the near future.

I was checking on the cattle this morning and noticed that one of our cows has a HUGE udder. I mean two-three times the size of a large udder. I would almost think that she had some sort of hernia that caused the calf to drop. She doesn't seem distressed so I'm not sure.

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