Little Lumberjack
So we had our cord of wood delivered today. An unusually warm November day, nearing 70, but hey, that's fall in New England. You get firewood delivered, you have a heat wave. We just learn to anticipate these things. Still, it was great to be outside and everyone pitched in on the stacking effort, even Sofia who made do with some pink and white mittens since she apparently misplaced her workgloves. Everyone was having a grand old time until David lobbed a piece of wood toward the stack and it bonked Sofia on the back of her head. Ten seconds prior to the incident, Ernesto had said to David, "Now be careful not to ever throw the wood." Maybe he misheard.
After some ice to the back of her head and a call to the doctor's office, we were pretty well assured that she was going to be okay. In fact she was back stacking wood before I even got off the phone with the nurse who said, "she must be pretty tough."
Yep. She's a lumberjack and she's okay.
After some ice to the back of her head and a call to the doctor's office, we were pretty well assured that she was going to be okay. In fact she was back stacking wood before I even got off the phone with the nurse who said, "she must be pretty tough."
Yep. She's a lumberjack and she's okay.
posted by Kristen @ 8:47 PM
9 Comments:
At 1:35 AM,
Idaho Dad said…
Does she like to go shopping and have buttered scones for tea? :)
At 7:24 AM,
Anonymous said…
And here I thought you were supposed to take delivery of wood in the spring, when suppliers are trying to get rid of their surplus. I'm still getting the hang of living in New England. :-)
Glad Sofia is alright... What a trooper!
At 7:28 AM,
Ernesto Burden said…
Scott -- I think you're right! You've gotta know you're going to want it, though!
At 9:26 AM,
Kristen said…
Phil- well heck, Phil, who doesn't? I'm a little concerned about her dressing up and hanging around in bars, though.
Scott- Yes, next year we'll be thinking ahead now that we know we want to use the real stuff.
At 11:25 PM,
Heather Plett said…
Very cute picture!
At 9:17 PM,
Anonymous said…
I've never had a fireplace (and to think I'm a pure-blooded New Englander!) Anyway, how long is a cord supposed to last? How many logs per fire, and how long do they burn?
At 6:16 AM,
Anonymous said…
Hee! I'm going to be singing that song ALL DAY LONG now.
At 9:53 AM,
Kristen said…
Heather- thank you!
Jody- It all depends on how you're using the wood. We couldn't heat our home exclusively with it, because that would mean me keeping a fire going all day, every day and that just ain't gonna happen. But if you used it that way, you would need about 3 cords to get you through the winter. Each cord is 128 cubic feet when stacked closely together. I haven't kept count, but it feels like we go through a lot of wood just to have a fire for 4 or 5 hours a night. Of course that's in a fireplace, which is pretty inefficient for actually heating. We don't have the wood stove insert in yet, but when we do that will kick out a lot more heat and actually use less wood. I'll let you know how that works out when we get it.
Jenny- Sorry about that...I've had that tune in my head too. Hey, it's better than the kitty-cat song, right? Whoops!
At 5:49 AM,
Anonymous said…
Yep, it's amazing what a difference a stove makes versus an open fireplace. Once we get to the peak of winter, we can heat the house with about 50-60 pounds of wood per day -- starting when we get up and letting it burn out when we go to bed. Between our two stoves we'll use about 4 tons this winter. We let the house furnace run at night while we're sleeping. It heats the bedrooms better.
But you're right, in an open fireplace, you go through logs like they were made of paper. ;-)
We expect some "ooh-ahh" Flickr photos when you get that fireplace stove insert installed.
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