Friday Update

Look!

I got 4 jars of cranberries out of the

freeze dryer. 

Aren't they pretty?

They are (as always) MUCH prettier in person.

And tasty too!

I also got 4 jars of good, thick

spaghetti sauce.

I let it simmer on the stove for a couple

of hours while I was out at the farm.

I had an hour and a half zoom with the

RS Presidency, and did a little work in

the garden, started getting the old tomato

plants off the cattle panels.

I finished that today.

Anyhow,

I hope the sauce is yummy.

It sure smelled good, but I was running

short on time and needed to hurry and

get it in the pressure canner so it would be done.

Then I pulled out another pressuer

COOKER and put a pork roast in for dinner.

Today I went out to the farm and

finished the rest of the tomatoes.

I still need to do something with the okra

and the things on the tunnels, but I needed

to get back home to teach.

AND it was HOT out there!

Yup, it's TINY, but it actually says

EIGHTY SIX DEGREES!

On November 14.

Of course, winter is arriving NEXT week,

while Jim is here helping with the house build.

Sigh.

But goodness gracious!

It was quite toasty out there.

This is a terrible picture, but I was tired and didn't

want to get back out of my car, so I took it

out the window.

The guys are getting all the floor joists trimmed to

the right size and screwed in place!

(They add 5 inches of "trimmable" to each joist,

just in case you need it...)

Next up?

Floor boards!

It's so exciting seeing not only how big

it really is, but also where it is going

to actually BE on the property.

It was hard to tell with it just being a

big ol' hole in the ground with dirt piled all

around it.

But now I can imagine standing in my bedroom

and gazing out the windows at the woods

next to the house.

I'm so excited!

Ok, I better go eat some dinner.

And get to bed.

Another day tomorrow......

and lots to get done.

Happy Weekend!