Siding

We received 2.3 inches of rain in the first two weeks of August!  I think that was more than the last 3 months total!  It's too late to help the corn, but the soybeans sure are looking greener.
My brother is on vacation for 2+ weeks, so I am alone on the farm.  The weather has been beautiful, so I have been getting a lot of work done.  We still have a lot more work I would like to see done before we start harvest.

Today, I learned how to install vinyl siding in Peoria on a Habitat For Humanity house.  I have supported them for 25 or so years, but never seemed to have the time to volunteer on a house.  Today I took the opportunity and got to work side by side with Greg Batton, on air radio personality from WMBD radio.  We made a good team, and maybe visited about as much as we worked!  The HFH house was a lot like working on a Apostolic Christian World Relief Project.  HFH generally builds 4-5 houses each year in the Peoria area.

The old farmer and Greg's siding job.

Part of the volunteer crew for the day.

Daughter #2 made a big batch of Pioneer Woman's cinnamon rolls this afternoon.  So right now the house has that wonderful smell of fresh baked rolls.

The way to a man's heart . . . .

 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs 24:27