The basketball player had a tournament in the town where our firewood supplier is, so A. brought his truck when he went to one game. This allowed him to pick up another load of firewood without making a special trip of 160 miles.
That's a lot of wood.
I am so glad this place exists. Anyone who has ever dealt with firewood sellers knows that it's usually sorta shady guys operating out of their houses, with no help and usually an unreliable supply of wood.
This place is a proper wood yard. They have piles of wood all the time, different kinds at different prices (this is cedar), and guys to load it for you. It's so great to just call them up on a Wednesday, arrange to buy a cord and a half of wood to be picked up at 3 p.m. on Friday, and show up to have it loaded.
Of course, it has to be unloaded by us at home, but that's what I have children for. Since this is a cord and a half instead of just one cord, I promised them hot cocoa AND cinnamon toast once it's done.
Good deal.
The only downside to having all that wood on hand is that it also means having a lot of ash on hand when it's burned.
Cleaning out the woodstove always makes a mess.
I suppose I could have the children do that, too, but I always do it in the mornings when the stove is cold and before anyone else wakes up. My gift to my family is cleaning out and lighting the woodstove every morning so it's hot when they all get up.
We have never had a nativity set in our house, which I decided to remedy this year. I found what looked like a nice set online and ordered it. I don't know why I was surprised when it came and the box had scripture passages on it about each of the pieces.
I mean, I guess most people who order this are at least somewhat religious, so this makes sense.
I haven't actually decorated for Christmas, since we have yet to have Thanksgiving. Which is why this past week's candlelit breakfast table looked like this:
Featuring the bobbly turkey given to me many years ago by my mother.
We started our Thanksgiving break this past Wednesday, so there won't be any need of candlelight to cheer up the dark early mornings in the coming week. Because everyone can sleep in. Yay.
There you have it! My life, snapshotted.
