This picture shows just a portion of what I’ve been hauling in from the Cottage (on wheels) since Saturday. Yes, I got started doing SOMETHING after my day of denying the fact on Friday. I definitely wasted Friday away trying to get my brain transitioned from the wheat field to being “home, home”.

Since Friday (and the bug bomb), I haven’t seen any more of those miniature tarantula look alikes in the basement. Maybe it helped OR maybe that was the only one. Maybe he was actually eating the rest of the bugs and little spiders? I haven’t any idea but looking back at his welcome home surprise and I know I wouldn’t have done anything any differently.

Taylor and Callie have moved back home. It’s been 90+ degrees for daily highs with high humidity. This can make it pretty tough to keep an old house cool. We only have one window air conditioner and it’s on the main floor. Unfortunately, no matter how hard we try to move the cold air upstairs to the girls’ rooms, it hits a wall of hot air at the top of the steps and stops. I finally told them I’d fill an air mattress and they could sleep on the floor of the living room. One more piece of the puzzle that builds character. 🙂

I headed to town yesterday and tried buying out Sam’s and the grocery store. I can’t believe how we were down to nothing for groceries in this house. When the girls got home from the volleyball game last night, you would have thought they’d struck gold. Every time they opened a cupboard or the refrigerator, they were nearly jumping up and down with excitement. Pathetic, huh? The fact that there’s food in the house again may make it easier to come home to this mess.

I am starting to get somewhere, though. I think I’ve got the majority of the items moved back in the house. I have a goal to get the rest moved in today and then the clean up begins. School bus driving (I am a sub) starts tomorrow so I’ll have to work around the dreaded clock again. No longer am I a woman on my own time!

Yesterday, before heading to the big city, I stopped by the corn field and took a few pictures. The area fields are dealing with black smut or mold of some kind. The last time we saw this was in Texas. It must have something to do with the growing conditions. All I know is it makes The Yellow Beast BLACK and the white t-shirts that are left in the dirty clothes pile are not coming white – even with soaking in bleach water. Jim said the yields are better than originally thought but still disappointing at 80-100 bushels per acre. By the looks of the corn we saw while driving home, though, I think I’d be pretty excited to see those numbers! The jury is still out for the beans. We’ve had hot days and the beans are changing fast. I heard a good bean yield depends on the rains received in August. For this area, rain was next to none all summer but especially in August. The only thing that may have saved them was the little bit of humidity they grew up with. We’ll find out as soon as the combine hits the field!

Eastern Nebraska Soybeans

I ATTEMPTED to put together a brief video showing the Eastern Nebraska corn harvest. (I’m learning)

Credit goes to Turnpike Troubadours for the music, “Come November”. LOVE THEM!!!