The days have been flying by. I wish they didn't. I am trying to make an effort to enjoy the present, not wait for the future, and not dwell on the past. Fall is a wonderful time to live in the present. It goes by so quickly, yet I don't want to miss a minute of the perfect weather, playing outside with the kids, walking barefoot outside, and the beautiful changing leaves. I've enjoyed it more this year than ever before; don't know why, I just have.
I don't want to bore you with the minute-by-minute details of our everyday life, but I don't have much to tell you if I don't tell you that. Since Monday when I last wrote, we've fenced, combined soybeans, chisel plowed, played outside, canned tomatoes (and re-canned some of them.....those stubborn ones that didn't seal....I don't know why!).
We're taking in all of fall; we chase cows on a very regular basis.....Matt has made it my job to check the cows close to home when I get up, around lunchtime, and before it gets dark. Don't worry.....it doesn't bother me that much anymore; I've come to realize it's part of life on the farm, those darn cows getting out.
Clarence has been very focused on all the work that needs to get done; he wants to be part of everything (farm-related, that is). He fences, feeds cows, combines, chisel plows, chases cows, etc. He's definitely a "farmer guy" as he calls himself these days. This morning I got a pair of jeans out of his drawer for him to wear and he said, "No, I want my farmer guy pants." I told him he couldn't wear them because he'd worn them yesterday and they were dirty. I told him I'd go look for some. I came downstairs with camoflauge overalls....he gave them kind of a wierd look, but was satisfied that they were "farmerish" enough.
I went up to chisel plow a field for the afternoon. Rather than haul the kids to a sitter for the afternoon, they just came with. After Clarence took a short nap, he rode in the combine with my dad; Adina stayed with me in the tractor. She was everywhere. Look outside, play with spoons, eat a snack, play with the dials around the steering wheel, drop her spoon on the filthy floor, pick it up, have another snack, look outside, crawl in the back window, sing awhile, etc.
Grandma Muriel brought pizza out for supper for all of us...I took a few pictures that I'll try and post tomorrow.
When we got home, we had to put cows in.....then, the kids and I had to get on the 4-wheeler and chase them to the far opposite end of the pasture; hope they stay there!
Tomorrow we're having pipe dug in for our fence system......the pipe is dug underground to tire tanks in the different paddocks. Should be another busy day!
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