March Update

 The first week of March we headed back across the Mississippi River to see our new grandson.  We now have six male grands to nine female.  They are trying to catch up!  It was good to be back in Mediapolis and we enjoyed the visit once again.  Little Ivan Jacob is doing fine and growing normally.  The name has Slavic, Hebrew, and Russian origins and means "God is gracious". 

I have been going to farm meetings on a regular basis, so I have been eating well.  The meetings are over now as we all prepare for the new planting season.  I have been slowly and systematically going through the planter, making sure everything is in working order.  The problem is, you really don't know until that first day in the field!  It has snowed three times so far in March, but none amounted to much, and none stuck around more than a half day.

This summer, the township put two new layers of tar and chips on our road.  The problem was that they used a larger than normal rock for the chips.  It was 1/2 to 3/4 inch rock instead of pea gravel.  The snow plows this winter peeled a lot of it off and windrowed it into the ditch and our front yard!  I spent a half day raking and scooping gravel out of the grass.  I ended up with a skid steer bucket full of extra gravel.

We spent an evening at T-towns Jazz Coffee House.  It is Tremont's Jr. and Sr. High jazz night.  Our oldest granddaughter plays in the Jr. High jazz band.  We sat at theme decorated tables and were served coffee and dessert. It was a fun night with the K kids.

I spent an afternoon at the Deer and Turkey Classic at the Peoria Civic Center last week.  It was hard not to spend a lot of money there with all the hunting gear and equipment available.  But I restrained myself and just picked up brochures and business cards in case I want something in the future.  I have been considering hunting with a crossbow, but haven't made the decision yet.  That would lengthen my season and let me choose the days I want to hunt.  For $250,000 I could have purchased this all terrain vehicle, but I passed on it!

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 20:17