Not much going on this week, we finally finished fall harvest at work. We started cutting corn the second to last week of September, then took a break from corn to cut beans, which is what we had the most of, then we went back to corn and we finished the week of October 20. We were working on these two crops for over a month. Last we had 70 acres of milo to cut but it still had to high moisture content so we left it for a couple of weeks before we cut it. It took us over a week to cut even with only 70 acres because we were also trying to wean calves at the same time. Lets just say there was a lot going on. Now we just have to chop silage.
I also got to do something last Monday that was rather interesting. Floyd Dowell, a friend of our family runs the charity Planting Hope International, and one of the things they do is send grain bins overseas to Laos. You might remember me talking about this in a blog from last year. Anyway on Monday Blake, my dad, and I went to Genesios, Ks and help tear down a couple of grain bins. It was fun. There were a lot of bolts and it took awhile however not near as long as we thought it would. It wasn't the best of weather circumstances, with a cold wind and rain/snow but we managed to get it done. So I can now check, tear down a grain bin, off of my bucket list.
Blake and I are going to start cutting wood this week so you will probably get to hear some stories about that in the upcoming months. Hopefully none of them will end badly. I need still deliver 4 loads of hardwoods which is a problem because I probably only have half of a load that is split and seasoned enough to sell. So Thursday that is what we are going to do. We will have to find dead trees we can take down I'm praying I can find enough to finish out my deliveries this year. That's about all that is happening in my life over the last couple of weeks. It seems kind of slow and boring now that football and volleyball is over. We never go anywhere.

Football is officially over for the year for the rest of guys. Sadly we didn't have a very good year and didn't win any games but it was a fairly good season if you think about it. During the third game of the season we lost the two most experienced players on the team but the guys came back from that and fought hard. A couple guys really stepped forward and played some good football.
This Saturday we had the first workday for Bethlehem Revisited and began setting up for that. We will have another one not this next Saturday but in two weeks and then the actual dates of BR are December 6,7,8. I will spend all day on Friday helping put finishing touches on the settings for the three nights. This will be my fifth year helping and it is pretty awesome. We have a tech crew that knows what we are doing. At the workdays those of us who are there have all been helping and we hardly have to be told what to do or where to go. We know what needs done, where it needs done, and what we need to get it done. I heard a couple of times on Saturday how nice it is that we are able to do this and it's nice to know that myself and the other tech guys are trusted like that.
I'm also almost sold out of cut firewood for this year. I have one more load to deliver and that will pretty much wipe me out. I'm going to have to find dead trees to cut up so that I can keep selling. I think people got scared last year when we had those winter storm warnings and they didn't have any wood. So this year they are stocking up which is awesome for me. I hope to start cutting soon but I would like it to dry out and then get cold but I may have to put up with it being warm when I start cutting cause I need to get some more wood.Well that is about all that is happening to me for the week. Maybe this week will be more exciting.