men and wood...
jason just took the boys on a venture to kindersly - sort of a 'right of passage' as they say - to shop for wood... they are going to the lumber yard, with a pad of paper, a pencil, and a tape measurer, and jason is going to show them the ageless art form of purchasing wood...
i believe it starts with smelling the wood, then touching it, holding it up to one's eye and looking at the levelness of the wood, and then lastly, doing some 'figuring' in one's head (and then purchasing triple of what they need)
but if more is bought than necessary, this is not a bad thing, as jason has a 'wood pile' in the quanset that he has been adding to for seven years now... i am not allowed to sort it, use any of it, or throw any of it away, as a man needs his wood pile to remain untouched...
i'm sure the boys will come back 'men' after this momentous event with their father... and probably annoy their future wives some day with wood piles of their own...
***note: jason is making me a table, so my mocking of him will stop here...
6 comments:
If that wood pile was around here we'd just burn it. Did I tell you we got the house up to 29 degrees one day without touching the furnace?
We gave to get you a picture on your blog.
I'm so excited for you. Finally getting your long dreamed of table. I'm sure he will do a great job.
I am actually hoping it gets David moving on ours. If it doesn't go well please get your husband to refrain from complaining to MY husband or I will NEVER get my table...
the wood that was bought is actually piled in my dining room as we speak - i guess it needs to 'bond' with the air in my house before he molds it into a work of art - i've stubbed my toe three times on it...
Hey kiddo, I'd love to hear some more!
You write very well.
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