The Firewood Fairy came on Friday.
Bundles of wood for our wood-burning fireplace….a rarity in off-post living.
At home buying a bundle of wood means it’s essentially shrink-wrapped in clear plastic & all the dust, dirt & splinters fall out from the ends when you go to pick it up.
Here it’s a different story.
Each bundle is bagged in a heavy-duty tarp-style material with grommets on all four corners & a zippered opening…very classy.
Eric & I actually had a long, philosophical discussion about the bags…wondering if you return them like deposit bottles for credit, if you give them back to get refilled or if they’re your’s to keep.
(Yes, we’re quite the exciting couple.)
But here’s my question for you…
What is it about fire that makes men devolve into cavemen?
Oh sure, they start off intelligent enough…they’re suddenly the ever-prepared boy scout recalling the meticulous details of the teepee structure, remembering camp fires past & wondering whatever happened to that old merit badge.
But when it doesn’t just automatically alight at the first attempt, things start to go downhill from there.
Their deep-seeded, primal instinct rears it’s spiny pre-Jurassic head and the mild-mannered boy scout suddenly becomes the mono-syllabled grunting caveman.
Ugh…Ugh….Grrrr….Roawarrr…Frarrkkk…Ugh…Ugh?
What chemical process takes place to make that happen?…
And when the fire finally lights, how is it every man does the exact same thing?
Their struggle culminating into the chest-thumping, booming voiced-declarataion of….
8°F
Really?
I worked hard to make that fire for you, your my sexy cavemate and I have to bring home the dino meat, and you need fire to cook with, ergo, I make fire. Now excuse me while I go evovle
Ohhh that looks so cozy. How long before Maggie Moo was parked in front of it? LOL
I must say I’m terribly jealous that you have a fireplace. But even if we had one, it’d definitely be Michael building the fires – not me! That was one Girl Scout badge I never earned. I agree that it is a guy thing – and I’m so glad it is, because I’d be cold and miserable otherwise.
I was at Sam’s yesterday and they had a DVD of a fireplace for $7 – wood crackling noises and all. It even had 15 different scenes to choose from. I was very tempted to buy it – if for nothing more than the sound and the ambiance. Now if I could only reproduce the smell, I’d be golden. Know a good candle that smells like that?
I’m glad you got your wood – and that’s totally cool how they package it. And hey – if you find that you don’t have to return the bags, would you save 1 or 2 for me? That would make great storage for leftover mulch and potting soil!