Jan 3 Survived the holidays. We had a white Christmas alright - record snowfall came in on Wednesday and
Thursday. Poor Chad got off work at midnight and had to drive home in the snow storm. It took him
about 5 hours to get home. Got stuck 2 different times, but was lucky to get someone to pull him
out. Joe made an igloo by the front porch. I think the snow was officially 18 inches. Christmas
went OK, I think that everyone was satisfied with their gifts.

Jan 6 Had Joe give me a hand fixing the round bale feeder. It is a cheap one from TSC and broke. I had him grind
some of the rust off of it and cut some steel down to size on the bandsaw. He did a good job. As a reward
I let him weld a little with the acetylene torch - he did a good job, not bad for a first timer. Looks like
he will be good with his hands like Chad.