Can't you just smell'em Choc. chip cookies hot out of....

These are pictures from Friday. Cortney was dying to bake something
in the wood cook stove! We cut the batch in half, because all
of us are working on loosing weight, we even shared with my folks
and the neighbors, so we weren't tempted to eat to many ourselves.

Yesterday we took a break and headed for the city to get a few errands done. Mike hasn't bought new chains for our chainsaws for two yrs. and it's a needed thing now. We had intended to buy two chains for the smaller saw( we have 2, one with a 24" bar and another with a 36" bar and we can go larger if needed on that one) Well we only purchased one, why??? because they were $28 each! We'll have to save for the next one for the 24" saw and then have two to buy for the big saw! We also met up with our Ds and took him to a late lunch, it was nice visit and the food was great. We had intended to see if there was a movie but ran out of time and needed to head home for evening chores. Today the plan is to get as much laundry done, as we have room for on the drying racks. This is the time of year when laundry takes all week, because it is slow drying them. We also have a pan of cooked down tomato sauce that is going to be made into either chili sauce or enchilada sauce and canned. It's wonderful how quickly the tomatoes are ripening in the bushel baskets, we just sift through them to see what is ready and run through the mill, cook down and can. The apples are somewhat of a chore and sadly, I've found that we're running low on qt. jars, so may need to buy some. I have put out the word that I'm in the market for used, but haven't gotten a call*sigh* What a blessing, because a few year back we counted our jars and we had over 850 qts. and pts. , so we've almost filled them all . Well, it's beginning to rain again and we let the baby turkeys and mamas out for some fresh air this morning. They are so dumb they'll set out in the rain, verses going back into the coop where it is dry and warmer*sigh* , so we need to herd them in and shut the door. We have four baby turkeys that are almost a month old and one, being raised by a chicken hen, that is just a little over a week old. This cold snap had very bad timing for these little babes, they all have nice housing, food and water, just no warm sunshine. Take care, we're still canning fools, keeping toasty warm via the wood stove. I'm thinking enchilada sauce, this will give us the excuse to make homemade tortillas( I've posted the recipe before, just look under recipes) and fix enchiladas for supper. Blessings for your day.