Posted by Hannah Rae on Jun 1, 2009 in
Life in the Stubborn house
I’ve always loved fire…the controlled kind: Fireplaces, bonfires, wood stoves. There is nothing more comforting or enticing than the smell of good wood smoke, especially on a cold UP night. The kind that freezes your nostrils when you take a sniff.
One of my favorite parts of our house is our fireplace. It’s huge, for one, and made of beautiful sunset-colored sandstone. Spring in the UP means you never know if you are getting a 70 degree day or a 40 degree one. Today is the one of the later. So, with the help of the boxes left over from my hubby’s latest technology venture, I have a blazing, beautiful fire.
Our next door neighbor is a logger and has unlimited supply to wood. He cuts it himself and said that if we ever want any, to feel free and take some, he just needs money for the gas for his chainsaw. It’s AWESOME!!! Wonderful hardwood logs at my fingertips.
So, another Hannah tidbit is that the American frontier in the 1800′s is my favorite period of history. I LOVE frontier living. One of my favorite things to watch on TV is the annual Chuck Wagon Cookoff on Food Network. I love to see how people made really good food out of such simple ingredients and without any of our modern technology.
So, I did a little searching on the old Internet on what kinds of yummy things I could make in my fireplace. What I can up with was mostly discouraging how about labor-some and dangerous this kind of cooking is. I was nearly discouraged until I remembered these cool little devices that my MIL always takes on her camping trips. There are recipes galore for these things. They are easy, mostly safe, and VERSATILE!!! YAY!!! I’m inspired to order a few. It is summer time, right? (Although our weather hasn’t figured it out yet.) We WILL have bonfires!
Anywho, check them out and let me know of any other ideas on how I can best utilize this wonderful wood-burning resource.
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Posted by Hannah Rae on Jun 1, 2009 in
Life in the Stubborn house,
Not Me Monday
Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
I was absolutely perfect this weekend. There is nothing to report of anything embarrassing.
When I got a call from my husband telling me of MORE major manipulation and lying from our eldest, I did not want to strangle the boy and shake him violently saying “WHY!!!!” I was not more than relieved that I was still at work and would have three more hours to cool off before I had to face the child.
I was not more than a little disappointed that the husband had completely cooled off and was totally calm and collected when I got home. I did not feel like I missed a great chance to vent and yell for a while. I did not totally turn my brain off by watching two recorded episodes of So You Think You Can Dance.
On Saturday I was totally prepared for the 8 hour training I was teaching. I did not have one HUGE “OH CRAP!!!!” moment where I realized I forgot half of the supplies needed for the training at the office. I was not relieved near tears to see that one of my trainees had arrived half an hour early and could help me set up. I definitely did not share the “Purple vomit” story with my trainees because it pertained to our topic matter. That would have been totally unprofessional.
After I got home from my training I did not collapse into bed and sleep for nearly three hours and then collapse into bed again only four hours later. I did not totally take advantage of my hubby’s recent sweetness and allow him to wait on me hand and foot. 
Finally, Sunday was another perfect day. I did not thoroughly enjoy the company of our little guy even more than normal because his big brother is driving me BONKERS!!! I am not feeling like I don’t understand Gabe one little bit lately and I am glad I don’t feel like every moment I have to talk to him lately is work and takes WAY too much energy. When our eldest was mopey for the entire afternoon AGAIN and would not tell me why AGAIN I did not want to shout at him as loudly as I could ” FINE! Be grounded for the rest of the summer! It’s your choice and this is what you are choosing! If you want to be miserable I am just going to let you be miserable!” I am not more than skeptical that our 1 hour talk before he went to bed last night really had any effect. I am not expecting to have the same conversation again tonight…and tomorrow…and for ETERNITY!!!
I am so glad I am so composed and have it all together. I would not be so foolish as all of that.
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