My first Pheasant hunt.

We just got in from our first ever Pheasant hunt! Here are the results:

It Came!

My new iPod that is! It arrived in the mail this morning, and I have been playing with it ever since... ;-) Here are a couple of pictures I took with it:










And even some video clips! Here is one from the front camera:

And here is one from the rear camera:

More comming soon...

Andrew B.

Back to building!

Yup, we're still working on that building... Today we finally got started putting down the plywood for the floor in the loft. We didn't get a whole lot done, as we spent a good part of the day working on the truck: changing oil, changing a tire, fixing a leaky air line, trying to straighten out the bumper frame where he hit a deer a couple of days ago... Now tomorrow he's back to trucking sunflowers to Enderlin... That means I'm in charge of the building again! Not sure if I like that or not. :-)
Yesterday we had an unexpected visit from a friend, but you can read all about that over on Cora's Blog... Always fun to have friends visit, even if it is because of an unfortunate event. Making you curious? Just go read Cora's post... ;-)
Today I finally ordered a new iPod touch! Can't wait for it to get here... :-) I was running out of room on my old one, and I like all the improved features on the new ones, so it was time to upgrade. Anybody else out there have an iPod touch 4G (or iPhone 4G for that matter)? Trying to find someone to try out FaceTime with... ;-P
Best get to bed,
Andrew B.

Back to work...

Well, you probably allready know that Dad and Mom are now back from their vacation, and it's back to work for us all! If you would like to see some more pictures/updates from their vacation you can read Mom's blog or Cora's blog.

Yesterday and today we worked on our storage shed some more, making good progress once again! We finally got all of the joists put up, and got the stairway built too! Here are a couple of pictures I just took:

The view from the top of the stairs looking East:

Looking South:

I guess supper is waiting for me, so I had better go,

Andrew B.

Grain cleaning

Hello all!
The past couple of days I have been busy with some late season grain cleaning jobs, so haven't had time to post... However, I will enjoy having a little more spending money... :-)
Dad and Mom have been having a good time in San Fransisco, and Mom has been keeping up with her blog so be sure to check that out!
I am sitting on the grain cleaner right now, writing this on my iPod, so even though it is 11:30 as I am writing this, it won't get posted until I get home. Maybe I will have time to post more tomorrow...
Andrew B.

Sent from my iPod

Another busy day...

Today was another busy day, although it was a little different from the past few...
This morning Jacob and I went over to the land that we rent by Hazelton, in order to bring home one of the combines, and our swather which was still over there. We also stopped and paid our landlady her monthly rent check, and of course visited for a few minutes. ;-) Anyway, we had an uneventful trip home, (PTL!) and got home just in time for lunch.
This afternoon we worked on the building some more, putting some more nails in the sheeting we put up yesterday, and also put up a couple more joists too... Not as noticeable as what we did yesterday, but still progress!
Mom has been posting about their trip over at Her Blog, be sure to check out all the neat pictures of San Francisco!
That's all for now!
Andrew B.

Lots of Pictures!

Hello everybody!
I woke up this morning to a very beautifull foggy morning, and just had to get some pictures of it... They turned out soo well I thought I would share a couple of them with you here. :-)

I tried a panoramic, and it turned out a little skewed, but still pretty:

Today we worked on putting up the sheeting on the middle wall of our storage shed. Here are the results:

Yup, that's one tired ME!

I started playing around with the Macro mode, and here are the results:

That's all for now,

Andrew B.

Destination:

San Francisco!

As you might already know, tomorrow is my parents 30th wedding anniversary, and us children have been planning a week long vacation for them... The fun thing is that their destination was kept a secret until this afternoon. :-) They now know where they are going, but not what we have planned for them to do... They will be flying out of Bismarck early tomorrow morning, so they need to get to bed now. If you would like to keep up with their trip, Mom will be posting updates on her blog; A Ray of Hope.

I best get to bed now too, as I will probably be getting up early as well.

Andrew B.

Today's projects...

Today we spent most of the day cleaning out one of the grain bins, moving the grain to a different (Larger) bin... Dad was cleaning some grain for a neighbor of ours this morning, so after chores Jacob and I unloaded the "Orange Box", then set up the drag auger in the (First) grain bin as it was getting empty, and started shuttling grain to the other bin... After loading the old Ford truck, moving it to the other bin, and getting the auger running, I had a couple of minutes to work on the lawn mower, as dad had got some parts for it in town yesterday... It's kind of funny, we have 3 riding lawn mowers around here, and none of them were working! My John Deere needs an engine overhaul, the green one has a bad bearing on the mower deck, and the Craftsman needed a new air filter, and a couple odds and ends... At least that one wasn't too hard to fix! :-)
I also spent a little time working on the snowmobile, as I had found out yesterday the mice had been using it as a storage room--Lots of seeds and other objectionable items stuffed in the air vents and the pull starter... I did get it cleaned out and running again, and gave the little varmints something else to chew on--a couple bars of mouse bait! :-)
I guess it's time to get to bed,
Andrew B.

A Milestone...

Guess what? This is post number 100! It took me a year and a half to get there, but I finally made it!

We have been busy finishing up the fieldwork for the year, and also working on our storage shed as we get time... Here are the latest pictures of that project:

Mom just got home from a long day in Bismarck, and the rest of the family wants to watch an episode of Bonanza, so I guess that will have to do...

Andrew B.

Fixing a computer...

Well, I am finally getting a little time to work on a couple of my projects... One of those projects is fixing a laptop that has been sitting around collecting dust... ;-) It needed a new motherboard, but even after replacing that, I was having a hard time installing the operating system... Nothing but errors and the ominous Blue Screen Of Death... After trying many different operating systems and installation discs, and nothing working, I finally realized I had a bad stick of RAM! Now everything is working like it should, no errors, no BSOD: Now for the fun task of installing my OS and finding the right drivers...
That's all for now,
Andrew B.