Morning everyone, Sheldon, Morris, ya'll are right, the money is in the mind!!

 

hi all,
i got 2 truck loads of firewood yesterday. that i have to cut up! yes the chainsaw is going to get a workout! my neighbor had some tree branches trimed yesterday and asked us if we wanted some wood. i was there johnny on the spot to cut! and help!
and i think i pulled a muscle in my back! ouch! and going to be back at it today splitting and stacking. and cutting the rest up. hey its free wood!!!!!

 

Hey David, thanks for dropping in.
Nothing like free firewood. I`ve got alot out here on this farm, we`re blessed with lots of nice trees in our yard.

 

yes it is, its nice to have neighbors that don't have a wood stove. and we just took the big stuff and they ran the rest thru the chipper. we got 2 ranger loads out of it.
boy am i sore today! and i gave the neighbor kids 10bucks to help stack it. i still have more to do but i think i may wait a day to finish!

 

Alot of different and strenuous exercise than what you`re usually used to will do that Jack, I know it does to me. Will you need more for the winter or is that enough?
I`d love to have a fireplace, maybe some day I`ll get one.......

 

it probably won't be morris, but i have 2 other piles of scrap wood in my back yard that needs to go.

 

At least you`re close and you have more wood than before.
Is wood expensive to buy in your area or reasonably cheap?

 

Buy wood?! I thought ya only had to do that while camping out in BC!

 

it depends on how you go about it. if you were to buy a cord of wood its kind of spendy!
between 170 and 225 bucks! we usually get a permit and go cut it ourselves. we can get up to 5 cords out of the permit a year!

 

Speaking of firewood. I remember as a kid we had a combination wood/oil furnace. Of course my dad used mostly wood. I only ever remember 1 furnace oil delivery while I lived at home.

My dad would bring in a logging truck full of wood every summer. He would buck it and my brother and I had to spend 1/2 hr. every day splitting and stacking until the pile was gone.

 

Good morning, canada~~~~~

 

*HI Y'ALL*

I have visited from time to time, but it has been a while since I have really posted......so much has happened in the past six months, my life has been all twisted, turned, and changed.....MOSTLY for the better......such is life~~~

The end of 2008 brought about such joy, but also sadness......my children and I made the commitment to move our family and start life over in a new location, with renewed hope for a brighter future for us all.....but I had to leave someone behind, someone whom I miss so danged terribly that I fight sleep at times to keep from wishing I were back with him.....my baby boy (my first born) still lives in our home in IL, he attends college and is doing so well in school. I AM SO PROUD OF HIM!!!! But I miss him terribly~~~

I started out the new year with such mixed feelings.....moving not just to a new home, but a new location and a new life. My oldest brother did the same, moving out of what was a relentless hell and into what should have been a better future for him, as well.....but he lost a battle for his life two months after getting out of his hell on earth.....I have finally found peace with his passing.....I cannot yet discuss how this happened, but someday I will be able to.

I struggled with placing my children into a public school system and finding a job, as well as making a home for my family with Paul.....(God has truly blessed me with this man!!!).....so many changes in such a short amount of time, so many emotions to have to muddle through, and I have to thank a handful of people here, who really took the time to get to know me, me as Tammie and not PreciousOne......(again God has truly blessed me!!!).....there were times that I laughed and cried with some of you, there were times that I was silent and this group of people reached out to touch my life, just by saying hi and letting me know I wasnt being forgotten, whether it was an email, visitor message, pm, text or phone call....(man, that was amazing).....I had to take time to reorganize myself, to put my life back into the proper order, to finally find myself again.....

I went from being a full-time mommy, full-time teacher, coach, girl scout leader, Sunday school teacher, youth group sponsor, and accountant for our family business.....to being alone all day while the babies were in school, Paul was at work.....it gave me a lot of time to think (probably too much time) as it caused more intense emotions to arise and it made things so drastically difficult for me to deal with.....

still, my family is evolving in the right direction......the babies are enjoying their school and friends, I have a job that I am beginning to really enjoy, Paul is so immensely supportive through all the little disturbances that come up out of no where with these hooligans.......between health issues and personal development the turmoil is rampant~~~

I terribly missed working with the children of my former community....I missed my family and friends in IL.....but mostly I missed myself......

I think I have finally found myself again......I am still a full-time mommy, I still feel like a maid at times.....but I am enjoying my job, I am also beginning a new venture on July 1st as I was elected as the town recorder for the little one horse town we live in.....so, I will be making use of my community spirit and drive once again.....I still miss my baby boy.....I feel loved by those important to me (even friends who try to hide it).....but most importantly I KNOW that I am loved, wanted, needed by those who mean the most to me.......

I am ME!!! And I may falter at times, but I am not going to fall.....I have the strength and wisdom of my Daddy (R.I.P.), the determination and spirit of my big brother (R.I.P.), and the love and devotion of this man that God has brought into my life (you know who you are).......with these three men in my life, and the love and patience of my Heavenly Father I am completely renewed within myself.......

I want to thank all of those who have thought about, checked in on me, and been there for me through this difficult struggle......you are an amazing group of friends......without each of you, my life would have been a lot less adventurous.....and I love you~~~

Tammie

 

Jack, I would make a fortune selling wood if we could sell it for that much a cord up here!!

Tammie, good to hear your doing ok, sorry to hear about your brother.
Death sucks, plain and simple.

 

It sounds like you are doing very well getting things turned around.

Sometimes these forums are a way to get information,

...other times they are a place to have some good clean fun razzing others about various topics (right, Sherm???)

...but other times its like a supportive little community within itself!

 

there for awhile it was higher then that.
tammie sometimes it takes while to get things going, after you relocate.
schools aren't so bad but, finding a job is a whole different ball game.