July was a busy month here on the farm. My oldest was so excited about finishing the workshop in June that she has made a new pet project or two, both of which were on my new upcoming 101 list which I started in June, and got over 101 items on this month. Every time I get an idea, I add to it on my phone. The hardest part with these lists is coming up with reasonable ideas, so I'm excited to have such a list made already! Also, I figured out I'd need to complete 6 items a month (one every 5 days) to be able to finish this list by the due date. Not sure I can do that every month, but I did this time! Anyway, on to the update! (NOTE: I'm publishing this now, but hoping to add some pictures once I get them on the computer from my phone). Link to my 101 list.
12. Visit the dam, and the falls, DONE July 26 2025
We figured out when Chuck had his next weekend off, and so we decided to head over to the falls and the dam again this year as last time we went was 3 years ago, and we really enjoyed it. The kids brought swimsuits this time so they could enjoy the water. It was a really hot day! We also managed to follow the path the correct way this time, following the information boards in order!
19. Clean out old bull barn DONE July 2025
The very beginning of the month we headed out there and pulled everything out. I mean everything! There are two sections to this barn. One was made into a woodshop of sorts and we had rented it out to someone for a few years. They left a huge bunch of wood laying around when they were done, and it took a few years of me slowly working at it to mostly clean it up. We finished with that, cleaned up the floor, and then moved the keepable things into that section from the larger part of the barn, the part that became the laundry appliance cemetary. We dragged 5 or 6 washers out of that thing, plus two broken toilets and an old fridge (the guys used the skidsteer for those). She pulled out the pressure washer and got the walls cleaned of 30 year old manure, and then on Thursday we completed painting of the walls and ceiling (bought a 5 gallon pail of mistint and had barely enough... I calculated over 1500 square feet of space that we painted, the ceiling being half that). There were sections of floor that needed grinding down due to poles that were in the concrete at some point that were removed, so her uncle did that, and M wants to wash some old cow matts that have been sitting in storage for years that are rubber and would be perfect to put in as flooring in places.
23. Build cow fence DONE July 2025
It's done! We let all the cows out of the barn! They love being out in the evening, and the one section can often be found outside in the early morning, sleeping on the grass. It was so fun watching them come out for the first time in years! The giant cows bounding about like little calves is so cute!
26. Work on a plan to keep cats out of robot room CHANGED to Make a coffee station in the entrance of the barn DONE July 2025
So, on my new 101 list we had the idea to make a coffee station. My daughter really ramped that up this month, and so we finished the entrance to the barn by washing the old coffee maker, removing boards, adding some linoleum to the counter to make it easier to wash, adding a countertop, honestly we did a lot. It looks so pretty, too. We just used what we had, zero dollars spent on this little project. So, I figured that since the cats were not interested in the robot room at all right now, I decided to swap this one out with that one from my new list.
31. Make Disney trip albums 0/3
I'm not even done one of these, and I kind of wish I'd have just said to do one because I don't know if it is physically possible to complete all three by January! I started working on my 2011 trip (the one with the least photos) two weeks ago, have 35 pages, but am only about 2 1/3 days into the 7 days we visited the parks (10 day trip with two travel days and a rest day). I'm not sure how I'm going to fit this all in! Even doing 1 page a day I likely won't have all three finished in time. Maybe I'll get two done, and try getting the third done next list? I'm loving the album so far, though. I even bought some Disney kits to do this!
41. Volunteer some time to clean/mow/fix up the old Heritage Cemetery DONE July 2025
My oldest two and I spent a couple of hours pulling weeds and using the weed trimmer (took 3 batteries and drained them all) over at the cemetery where my husband's 3 greats grandparents are buried. I think we need to get them a new headstone. Their 'post' is broken so badly, the metal is still there but the wood is rotten and has become an anthill. We really couldn't do anymore there, so we called it a day. One of the letters (the 'F') on the sign was missing, and try as I might, I couldn't find it.
101. Create another 101 in 1001 list DONE July 2025
So, I had a running list of things I would like to put on my next list, and it went over 101 (I think it's at 113 or something now). It's on my phone, so I could pop new list items on it whenever I thought of them (I usually forget by the time I would get home to my computer otherwise). I'm liking this new list, although I think the categories are going to be less balanced and changed up somewhat. I haven't gone that far with it, which is fine. I'll do that when I officially type it up for the blog.
So, that officially puts me at 69 done, 32 remaining! Woo! Oh, and to make things easier for me, I also have this 101 list on my phone that I regularly look at instead of once a week. It definitely helps motivate me.
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