It can be a fight and a non glorious one at that. It's the everyday details that are "oh so important" that can be the hardest to keep up and at the bottom of everyone's list. This morning there was a chill and cold rain and everyone was hiding under warm blankets. I was up early and feeling adventerous and cold. All we had left in our wood box was a few overly dried logs. I decided to tackle a big pile of assorted wood we had in the back yard from 2 enormous trees that came down over the last few years. Hmmmm- It was like a treasure hunt to find something to burn. As I climbed on top of it all. I was surprised to find that the small branches didn't support me. After thrashing around a bit, I came crashing down in a tangle of wet twigs. leaves and branches and probably sleeping snakes and spiders and a rodent or two. My feet were sticking straight up and my posterior was cushioned in a muddle of something gross but comfortable. I found that everything I tried to grab, broke! Toby, my noble 4 legged assistant, sympathetically stood guard over me on a nearby log while I fought my way out of the brambles for the next 30 minutes. I lost my borrowed boots somewhere in the mess. In the meantime, I was hoping no one ventured outside to see what all the noise was about. Lo and behold, it also began to down pour again. I would have been extremely embarrassed as I know no one expects 57 year old grandmothers to be quite this crazy. When I finally emerged I must have looked like a pathetic wood cutter's wife from the 14th century or someone rising from the grave! It was a hilarious situation but nothing a good warm bath , clean clothes couldn't fix, and a cup of hot chocolate!
PS......I got my wood and and again looking a bit prim and proper. Thankfully no one is up yet and no one witnessed my early morning foray. Hopefully I can keep it a secret and they will never know.
Isn't is a nice cosy morning in front of the fire? No one quite appreciates it like I do,
It's all in a days work of keeping the home fires burning.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Struggling to keep the home fires burning
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I won't tell anyone, I will just let it come from you. I will just tell them 'if you want to know what my mom's been doing lately go check out her blog'. It was really entertaining reading your post tonight.. Love you mom!
Looks like Glines Nature hasn't died Mom.. You're dad and Mom are some of the hardest workers I know, and they haven't quit even though they're Great-grandparents.. :) I can't wait to go see them when i get back and I hope that their hard working attitudes will rub off on me. Because for some reason I have this nagging feeling that i'll tend to be lazy when I get back..
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