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.

Video

Finally getting around to posting that video I promised... This is of the Antique Tractor Parade, at the Braddock Threshing Bee... Enjoy!

It's a Girl!

--My calf that is!

Yup, that's right, I am back to milking... I went out to the pasture a couple of days ago to check on Sally, (The cow) as I knew she was getting close to calving. What I found was a several-day-old calf! I guess I should have kept a closer eye on her, but it turned out just fine anyway. :-) It's soo nice to have an abundance of milk again, and to be able to get some cream too. Whipped cream on pancakes, with ice cream for dessert! YUM!

The calf, Laura, is doing very well. It didn't take her too long to get used to drinking from a bottle, and now she is a regular pest!

Today was one of those rainy days where it's just nice to work on things inside... I spent most of the day cleaning up the basement: throwing out a bunch of junk, and setting up a little workbench for some of my projects. Maybe we can even get to the Foosball table again... ;-)

That's all for now,

Andrew B.

Pictures, Videos, Treasures, etc.

Hello again! Sorry for not posting sooner, but I have been unable to get to my computer for the past couple of days due to my room being a disaster! I finally got a little time to straighten it out last night, so I can at least get to my desk!

Last weekend Jacob and I helped out over at the Braddock Threshing Bee once again! Our neighbor, Allan, is a member of the association, and has been asking us to help out with a couple of things for the past couple of years, and we have been happy to oblige. :-) It is fun being around the old equipment for a couple of days, although I wouldn't want to HAVE to work with it... I will be uploading some video clips to YouTube shortly, so keep posted for those here... In the mean time, you might enjoy some pictures. :-)

To give you an idea of how many old tractors there are, here are some pictures of the equipment line-up:

Steam engines, small and large!

Back to the present: Why was my room such a disaster? Because I bought a very nice, very LARGE corner computer desk, (at the auction sale I mentioned in a prevous post) and I was trying to make it all fit in my room... Here is what it looks like right now:

That's all for now, got to go work on that video...

Andrew B.

Famous quote

"Tomorrow Never Comes..."
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Auction sale treasures...

A long post coming soon, now I need to get to bed! However, I will say that I am remodeling my room, but right now it looks worse than it did before!
More tomorrow...
Andrew B.