it was soot

 Hubby would have had me in the ER if it was a bruise.

I got 11qrts and 16 pints of chili canned.Brought the sloppy joe, taco meat and beef crumbles each up to 52 meals in the deep freezer. I have the butternut puree in the freezer. 

 Ready for the cow to be butchered which is scheduled for Thursday early morning. 

I spent $33.77 on groceries. I will have to get another gallon of milk towards the end of the month.

We went to sawmill to pick up our dump wagon that was loaded with sawmill blocks and got 4 tubs of scrap wood for free.

E came over and asked Hubby to pull out a couple trees they had cut down last year to cure. He decided he didn't want them , over ran with scrap wood from his sawmill so gave it to us. Hubby went back and cut the limbs off so he can move the trees with his tractor this week. He will cut it up probably this spring. We have enough coal,blocks *we hope* and night wood to make it to spring. More than one Amish have said they didn't have enough fire wood brought in as we face another week of bitter cold and winds driving the feels like temp below ZERO.

All the bills are paid so I can make the extra payment on the mortgage and another deposit to the savings accts.

I'll be wiping the chili jars down and moving what has been canned this week down to the basement. 

Stay safe everyone

Blessed Be