The kids had Thursday and Friday off for their Fall Break, so Matt took Friday off too. We decided that it would be a good day to go get wood. We only have to go a few miles away to the freeway and up a few more miles to the forest/brush area where we cut our wood. Several years ago a fire went through that area and killed the trees, but only burned off the "leaves" leaving the rest of the juniper tree. So it's not very far away, and it is a very good burning wood. Unfortunately, the bark has some black on it from the fire so we all look like Chimney-Sweeps by the time we are finished! We filled the trailer and the back of the truck. Before we got the truck filled, it got a flat on the right front tire. Matt had to change it there in the sand. We were exhausted by the time we got home, so we grilled hot dogs, (the no Nitrate, no nitrite, Turkey kind) and sauteed up some green beans from the garden. EVEN ANGELIQUE ate some! I ended the day with a migraine. But all in all, we ended up with about a cord of wood. We usually go through two cords, so we will have to go back sometime before the end of the year. The permit we got was for two cords by Dec 31,2011. (Sorry it's not a very pretty picture of me!)
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You know, it's lucky to shake a chimney-sweeps hand.
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