Wednesday, December 6, 2023

I’m in the office today, writing up the minutes from last night’s elder’s meeting at church.  Also on my to-do list is some bookkeeping, and dealing with yesterday’s incoming mail.    I’ll have a couple paid bills to put in the mailbox.  It’s a routine winter morning, really.

As I look out the office window, it’s a gray, damp, and chilly day out there. 38 degrees.

Bill and Brandon are on the road today, taking soybeans to ADM at Newburgh.  They are delivering the beans sold on December contracts.  John is busy with finding the right parts for some repairs happening on our Pete semi.

Last Saturday night, Brandon and Emily and Hudson took the Tony truck to participate in the Monroe City Parade of Lights.  He really enjoyed getting it ready, and it was a popular parade entry.

Departing the farm on the way to Monroe City

Getting into position at the start of the parade…

Here is Brandon on his return back home…

I checked on the JD combine on Monday morning.  Justin, the mechanic at Alliance Tractor who is working on it, said he was just about ready to pull it out and test run it. He was experiencing a few bugs in some of the electrical connections, but he was fairly certain he would be able to track those all down.  When the fire melted a big wiring harness on the left side, that made for some tricky electrical problems.  It’s like an octopus with 50 arms, and each one has to be made clear and flawless again.  I’m certain that Justin will have it “like new” soon.

This is the bearing on the right side of the combine separator. This carries the rear discharge beater. All new again!  Justin is doing a good job with this repair.

I’m trying to get past my “man-cold” from the weekend.  It had me down on Saturday and Sunday… so much so, I missed church. I’m slowly getting my legs back under me, but still I run out of energy pretty quick.  Even so, it’s better today than yesterday, I’m breathing clearer and the runny nose isn’t so runny.  Progress.  I seem to be very susceptible to this malady.. see the post for December 29, 2018.

It was good to see the Purdue basketball team recover well from their Friday defeat at Northwestern. We lost our #1 ranking, now down to #4.  But when they took on Iowa on Monday night, they played very well.  It sure would have been fun to be in Mackey Arena at that game… I hope to get up there at least once this winter to cheer for my Boilermakers in person.

Have a good Wednesday.