Questions from Mom

Q: Where did you get that fancy bale mover? 

It's not ours. The tractor and grapler belong to the hay grower. 

Q: How long does it take you to unload the trailer when its full?

Depends. A few of the loads (entire or partial) have been for other people and sometimes it's delivered and partially unloaded one day and we unload ours (if we take part of the load) a different day. Throwing them down for someone else to carry and stack is quick! We unloaded seventy some bales for ourselves this afternoon and it took us about an hour to get them all into the barn and stacked neatly. Jeremiah's brother, Matt, was here for a week and a half and they were able to get 100 bales of alfalfa loaded into the south shelter in about 45 minutes and it was about 108 degrees out. We were lucky today, it was only in the 90's.
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Jeremiah was in Tulsa last week learning more about MIG welding with Airgas (welding supply company).

Q: Was the trip worthwhile?  
He thinks so. "You should never stop learning", he says. He learned some new things so in that case, yes, it was worth while.


Q:When does school start officially?  
 Jeremiah will have students on the 21st I believe. Rachel starts this coming Friday and Drew starts a week from Monday.


Q: Will you be glad to have some time for yourself?
Yes and no. It will take some time getting used to. I am very excited about the coming year. I have a lot planned- soap making for the business, goat breeding, house painting, general organization, etc. I am anxious for the children to be back at school. This summer has been rough with the temps forcing them to be inside much of the time.

The past year has been tough on us. There's been so much that we've had to learn the hard way and not because we were so hard headed we didn't take other's advice. There's been no advice! We've been treading a new path into uncharted territory in a way and it's been a huge learning experience. One we're glad we've had the opportunity to partake in but still. I thought we worked hard before!