Happy Birthday Matthew!

Today is the official 2nd birthday of our youngest grandson. Cute ain't he? I don't know what his turtle's name is, but he's cute too. Happy Birthday little man, we love you.

Gramma and Grampa

Happy St. Paddy's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone.

 Here's what it looked like this morning. Nine degrees below zero. Last year it was Seventy five above. The sap did not run last year.

 Here's my trail out to the "Sugarbush". The snow is still deep and the farmer is still old, so it was a lot of work just to get out to the maples. I put out 25 taps this year, got the last few in on Friday morning and Friday afternoon it got up to 41. Went out late in the day and had about 3 tablespoons in one jug. Saturday it only got up to 28 and 9 below this morning. Supposed to be cold all week. Can't win.

 In other news, here is my new truck in 2002 and....................

 Here is the new one in 2013. Picked it up on Friday.

 

 

It has a lot of stuff that we wouldn't have ordered, but we got it at $10,000.00 under the sticker price, so we actually got about $9,000.00 worth of options for $300.00. It has bluetooth, so when someone calls me or I call them it's all hands free and voice activated. I can put in a phone number and say call Gramma and it does. Whoooaaa Dude! It has a backup camera and sensors so I won't back over anyone's cats or chickens or the garbage can. Whoa! It has the tire pressure monitoring system. How do they do that? 4wd of course and the Z71 off-road package. The engine shuts down some cylinders at cruising speeds to save fuel. It has remote start so I don't have to go out inthe cold to warm it up and too many other options to list here. I am very happy. It's awsome. Be good, be careful and beware of spider monkeys, they bite.

Happy Birthday Corinna Marie

Today is our baby's birthday. Turn around and she's two, turn around and she's four, turn around and she's a young wife with seven kids going out of the door. Happy Birthday sweetheart, we love you.

Ag Report

The ag report is as follows: We have agriculture. You just can't see much of it because of all the snow.

                                          Buddies.

 Abnormal and weird to see these two together on the window sill. So the past month has been a bit strenuous on the old farmer. (Whine) Finally finished the blue print for my sister's new house. Hasn't been easy as I have been fighting back problems and a really bad cold and another snow storm. (Whine) The day I finished I went to the doctor because of some really bad pain in my big toe. In January I dropped a piece of steel on it and was sore and turned black and blue, so I thought that maybe I had broken it and it hadn't healed right. Wrong! X-rays were fine and the Dr. said I had gout. What? Oh yeah. Extremely painful. So he gave me painkillers and anti-inflammatories and yesterday it finally started to feel better. Now I have to change my diet. Less beef and pork and meat in general and more fruit and veggies. No beer. It seems beer is one of the worst things for gout. Good thing I don't drink much any more. Whiskey and pop cocktails are out. So the occasional vodka and  fruit juice will have to suffice. Low-fat dairy products are good, so ........

This is me eating LOW-FAT YOGURT! Yes it is me, not a doppleganger or celebrity look-alike, but the old farmer himself. Not too bad. So, anyway I'm going to get real healthy even if it kills me, and it probably will. Hey, someone has a birthday tomorrow, but I just can't remember who. Oh well, maybe it will come to me. Be good, be careful and be sure not to let your horses step on your chickens, cause it ain't pretty.