Tam Freeland's Columbus Tree Cozy

Wow!  If you want to spruce up your neighborhood trees or some downtown trees, just get out your knitting needles and yarn and have at it.  This looks GREAT!  By the way, I voted for #18.  Checkout the link in Tam's email and see all the entries and vote for the best one.  

SARA'S CHOC CHIP COOKIES

Point Value 1, makes 40

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp table salt

1/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 large egg whites

1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, miniature

1 spray of cooking spray

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cup:  level with a knife.  Combing flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.  Beat butter and brown sugar with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.  Gradually add granulated sugar, beating well.  Add cocoa and egg whites, beating well.  Gradually add flour mixture, beating until blended.  Stir in chocolate mini-chips.  Drop by rounded spoonfuls 1-1/21" apart onto baking sheet coated with cooking spray.  Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.  Cool on pans 2 minutes or until firm.  Remove cookies from pans, cool completely on wire racks.  Yield 40 cookies (serving size 1 cookie).

EDNA'S NEW HOME AT GEORGE DAVIS MANOR

I thought you would like to see where Edna is living now in West Lafayette.  Rose Ann and I visited there last summer and got a little tour with Helen.  It is run by the Franciscans.  I know these are marketing pictures, but it really is nice.  

NEVADA SNOW

I thought I would post a snowy picture of one of the Wilhelm boys playing in their snowy backyard winterland playground.  We still have some snow here, but we got up to 55 today and some serious melting.  Now they are talking 4 or 5 inches of snow early this week and then another warmup.  We were saddened by Edna's plight and having to be relocated to an assisted living facility.  She was not a happy camper, as they say.  Hopefully she will settle in and like the comforts of assisted living.  

A CROPPED VIEW WITH SHUTTERS

I want to see if I will allow changes to the original pictures.  

HOME WITH SHUTTERS IN PLACE

Tam sent a picture with the shutters installed and looking GOOD.