D O N E !

Yesterday started out with a service call on our bulk tank.  As it turns out, a thermostat in the bottom of the tank has failed and was replaced.  We purchased this tank new in 1988 so it has served us well so far and will hopefully continue to do that until the cows are gone.  Between Bruce and Ed the rest of the first crop hay got cut.  If the forecast holds out, this may be the first week in months that the weather actually matches what you would expect for the week on the calendar.  It is absolutely beautiful!  Today we did a few milk cultures and also blood draws for pregnancy checks. I am really hoping to have that information back before the weekend. Bruce headed out after breakfast to chop the hay that was down and returned shortly with a hydraulic hose off the tractor that had broken.  All we could do was laugh given the fixing history this year, and the fact that last year we thought we had replaced nearly every hydraulic hose we have.  This hose was kind of big and complicated and we were very surprised to find a dealer with one in stock about an hour away.  Ed went and got it for us and Bruce spent his suddenly "free" time cutting weeds where the bagger will go when we do the pasture cutting and also moved 2 groups of heifers to new pasture.  We have new neighbors next door and Mike got to show off how talented he was, with frequent breaks laying in the creek to cool down.  By 4 Ed was back, we are $148. poorer and Bruce was able to chop again with Ed hauling and unloading the loads.  We can finally say we are DONE with first crop hay!  This announcement is nearly a month later than what would be considered normal but none the less, we are done : )  A couple days of pasture cutting projects and Bruce will have "nothing" to do as he described the time between crops before.  LOL  Tonight he mentioned when we were milking that he thinks his "to do" list between crops has been replaced by almost immediately doing the seeding ground.  Maybe after that???