A package in the mail...

I got a package on Thursday that contained this:

Yep, that's right! ARB Productions will now be coming to you in HD! More to come soon...
   Andrew B.

Calf sale!

Last Wednesday we spent most of the day chasing, sorting, and loading last year's calves, in order to take them to the local livestock auction here in Napoleon. (http://www.napoleonlivestock.com/) The sale was actually on Thursday, but you pretty much have to get the calves there the day before the sale... Thankfully the markets are very high right now, so we got a good price. Here is a short video of some of our calves going through the ring and being sold:




New poll: Have you ever been to a livestock sale? Vote now!
  Andrew B.

2011 Prairie Days!

Here is a short promo video I just put together for the 2011 Praire Days hosted by our good friends the Dagleys. Be sure to check out the Prairie Days website for more info!

For Sale:

For sale:
Computers:

Camcorder:

And Geese!

For complete listings, check out my page over on BisManOnline, the area's most popular (FREE!) online ad website: http://www.bismanonline.com/user_andrew
 Andrew B.

New Wheels III: The Saga Continues...

If you have been a reader of my blog for a while, you might remember a couple of my posts entitled "New Wheels". As a little recap, the first post in this series was back in May of '09 when I bought this:

You can read that post back in the archives here: http://andrewbornemann.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-new-wheels.html 
 The second edition in the series was when I purchased my pickup:


 The rest of that post is here: http://andrewbornemann.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-new-wheels-2nd-edition.html

 This post continues in that tradition, showing off the new wheels on the farm. There is one difference though; this time the "New Wheels" aren't mine, they are Dad and Mom's. Let me back up and tell you a bit of a story:
  
     "Once upon a time, in the sleepy little village of Kintyre, there lived a quiet little family..."

Well, maybe not that kind of a story, but it is a story none the less:  For quite some time there has been talk around here of the need for another vehicle, since mother's business has been thriving in Bismarck, Cora is working at the nursing home, and the price of gas just keeps going up...   So when Dad was going to take a load of screanings into town with the old truck yesterday, and Mom HAD to go along, I got the sneeking suspision that something was in the works -- so I was only half surprised when they drove in with this:

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Correction: I was not at all surprised when they drove in with the "White Truck," as that is what they took to town. The one I was surprised about was this one:

 It is a 2007 Chrysler Pacifica, decked out with most of the features you could want, including a DVD player, sunroof, heated leather seats, satallite radio... WOW! That is the nicest (and newest) vehicle we have ever owned! Here are a couple more pictures:

I am sure we will all enjoy it very much, especially Mom, who will be driving it the most... :-) Now the big question is what should we call it? We usually name our vehicles, as it makes it easier to know what people are refering to. Although the Pacifica is technically a Crossover, it actually looks a lot like our minivan, so we are going to have to come up with something to call her by. Have any suggestions?

  Andrew B.

Moving hay home...

Hello all,
  I was just going through my pictures, and found this video clip I took a couple of weeks ago when we were moving hay home. We are going to have to get to work on that again, as we are starting to run out of hay at home... This video was taken with my iPod Touch, check it out in HD!



 Andrew B.

  PS. Check back later for some pictures of something Dad and Mom brought home yesterday...

Disclaimer:

To all of my readers,

 If any of you read the last post on my blog, the one entitled "Meet Elizabeth", you were probably a bit confused. And rightly so! My Mother, Dawn, sent out an e-mail to all of her contacts inviting them to take the time to read about her friend "Elizabeth" -- but seeing as I have e-mail posting enabled on my blog, and somehow that address found it's way onto her computer, POOF! Her e-mail got posted to my blog without her even knowing it... Oops! Needless to say, that e-mail address will promptly be removed from her address book!

 To those of you who didn't read that post, too bad. It was a little embarrassing as it looked like I had posted it... :-)

 Good night!
   Andrew B.

NDHSA Homeschool Day at the Capitol

Yesterday was the North Dakota Home School Association's "Homeschool Day at the Capitol", a mostly informal day for homeschoolers to learn about the legislative process, and a chance to visit with their legislators.
I don't have a lot of time right now to explain our whole day, but I thought I would go ahead and post the video that I took of Dr. Bartlett's introduction to the day, and the vender/presenter's introductions. Enjoy!