Progress

 I attended the Farm Progress Show in Decatur earlier this fall.  I drove by myself because I didn't want to spend all day.  I had too much to do back home.  I was especially impressed with the Nexat machine, the 60 foot draper, and the "drone" that you can ride on.  

Harvest is progressing fairly smoothly.  We always start slow, but we are now at full speed.  The soybeans are finished all except the double crop beans.  The corn is now all dry enough and we can make good progress in the cornfields.  The "new" combine and draper have been performing very well.  A few minor issues on the combine, but nothing that has slowed us down too much.  I did have one very frustrating day when I needed a sensor that was flashing me warnings that we don't think were legitimate.  It was about 11:00 in the morning and after talking with a mechanic, I decided to change the sensor.  The two closest John Deere dealers did not have the part I needed.  Their computer told me that the part was available in Lexington and Brimfield.  I called Lexington first, and they said they didn't have one.  The gentleman that answered the phone in Brimfield told me that the computer showed they had one but he wanted to check and make sure.  After a couple of minutes, he came back to the phone and said yes, he had one in his hand.  I told him to hold it for me and I would be there within the hour.  When I walked into the Brimfield store, no one was around.  I rang the bell at the parts counter, and a gal came out from back to help me.  I explained the situation, and after checking her computer she disappeared into the back.  About ten minutes later she reappeared and said she couldn't find it and asked who I had spoken to.  He hadn't told me his name.  She rummaged around the other computer desks, the counter behind her, and stuck her head into an office.  She disappeared in the back again, but when she returned she apologized, but no part.  Her computer told her that Lexington and Streater had the part.  Since I had already checked with Lexington, I called Streater.  Yes, they had the part and would hold it for me. So I headed the opposite direction and when I got to the dealer in Streater, they did indeed have the part!  By the time I got back home and installed the sensor, it was mid afternoon.  And I had driven almost 190 miles for a $75 part!

One day when we weren't in the field because of a rain break, I went shopping at Sam's Club with my daughter and three granddaughters.  That was a fun experience!  I ended up spending way more than I had intended to.  The highlight for the girls were the Halloween yard decorations.

I enjoy long romantic walks down the cheese aisle.

We drove out to Bloomfield this week for my uncle Roy's funeral.  He was my mom's youngest and last surviving brother.  He was a colorful character, and I enjoyed the times we were together.  It was good to be there and see the family.  It made for a big day, but we enjoyed the drive.  We stopped at Dutchman's Store in Cantral on the way back, and also stopped to see Carly and Logan's house in Trivoli, and Clayton and Jessica's house in Hanna City.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.                   I Thessalonians 1:13