Signs of mental illness?

Put a bag over the stove, and draw a face on it. See what the wife thinks then....

Don't bring him to the idea to put a bag over his wife's head.

husky345 vermont resolute said:

its normal boys . we are all suffering . outdoor fires help me for sure.

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It's normal, period

SCOTT S. said:

My wife sincerely believes I've lost my mind, "and she's a shrink". Every time I walk in the stove room, or living room as she calls it, I see the Ashford sitting there mocking me begging to be fed. 72 degrees at 10 pm not going to be any time soon. Is there a cure for my madness???

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Send her over here, I'll talk to her woman to woman

Wacko for sure, Just light it any way! You'll be OK.

Make stuf out of your firewood instead of burning it in the summer. Still nuts, just a different kind!

begreen said:

Very nice. I think I would rather be doing that than more splitting and stacking.

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Funny, all of what we do for our winter heat (and my summer hobby) is extremely hard work work sometimes. But it is funny how how we don't mind it at all! Sorry about that giant picture

begreen said:

Wood heat is definitely more work. At my age sometimes my body is starting to mind it. I like the creative work better. What wood is the table made from?

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It is cherry. Not great for burning but decent to work with. This was weathered some so has some nice color contrasts.

Jan Pijpelink said:

Don't bring him to the idea to put a bag over his wife's head.

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Better yet, good thinking, Put a bag over her head, and she won't see what you're doing. One problem solved, another one created....much bigger one maybe...

Is "collecting" firewood part of the illness? My kids joke about with their friends about their dad collecting wood. I tell my kids that you never know when your last free load just happened so you better not say no...that's my story anyway.

If you have a roll of colored chistmas light you could stick them in the stove and plug them in, (so long as it doesn't damage the gasket). The blinking one's would be best.
And if you want to finish her opinion of your being nuts get the lights set up on the sly then bring in some kindling one evening, build a "fire" and hit the light switch.

johninwi said:

If you have a roll of colored chistmas light you could stick them in the stove and plug them in, (so long as it doesn't damage the gasket). The blinking one's would be best.
And if you want to finish her opinion of your being nuts get the lights set up on the sly then bring in some kindling one evening, build a "fire" and hit the light switch.

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That might be enough to get you blue papered

Put some "chick candles" in the stove. At least your burning something.

She obviously knows you're compensating for something.

If she's putting up with it, that something must be real insignificant.


Or is it.

Your not mental my wife says the same to me I'll have two or three years of firewood cut split stacked and still looking for more my father burns as well and we have always been under the assumption you can never have to much or it seems like your always thinking about the burning season even when it is 90 plus degrees its is Just the mind set of people that heat with wood

After a ridiculous 7-month burning season here in MD and keeping the stove running 24/7 for about 4 of those months, I'm still enjoying the rest (I imagine I'll feel differently by the end of August). Collecting wood, however--that's a whole other story. I live for the weekend so I can go scrounge or split and stack. SWMBO definitely thinks I'm nuts.

I cleaned the fingerprints off the glass of the Buck 94 the other day. Dusted off the metal, cleaned off the mantel. Thought really hard about bringing in a small load of wood to stack in the corners of the mantel. I feel the longing as well...
I was speaking with the wifey about firewood & said, "Given as we are going to be looking for wood, and will take any free wood we can find, maybe we should trade the car for a pick-up. I know we really cannot afford to now, but something to consider in the future."
She agreed we could not afford to trade the car, but she also did not say no to the idea either...which I think gives me the right to at least research vehicles...right?

Squirrel said:

Get outside and watch that firewood dry, count cracks, measure shrinkage. Lots to do!

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Man, somone else has that same problem!? Well, at least I'm not alone. Sometimes I just like to stare at my stacks and behold the sight. Its a beautiful thing! I just try to make sure my wife isn't looking when I pick up a piece and sniff it.

HisTreeNut said:

I cleaned the fingerprints off the glass of the Buck 94 the other day. Dusted off the metal, cleaned off the mantel. Thought really hard about bringing in a small load of wood to stack in the corners of the mantel. I feel the longing as well...
I was speaking with the wifey about firewood & said, "Given as we are going to be looking for wood, and will take any free wood we can find, maybe we should trade the car for a pick-up. I know we really cannot afford to now, but something to consider in the future."
She agreed we could not afford to trade the car, but she also did not say no to the idea either...which I think gives me the right to at least research vehicles...right?

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Ohh no, don't even start vehicle shopping until you are ready to buy. That is a whole different disease! Once the ball is rolling, hard to slow it down.

Smoked said:

Ohh no, don't even start vehicle shopping until you are ready to buy. That is a whole different disease! Once the ball is rolling, hard to slow it down.

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It isn't vehicle shopping. This is a merely an exploration of possible vehicular means to facilitate easier wood acquisition, so that our family will have an optimal amount of well seasoned wood for our fall, winter, & spring heating needs. Much different than vehicle shopping.

Jeffm1 said:

Man, somone else has that same problem!? Well, at least I'm not alone. Sometimes I just like to stare at my stacks and behold the sight. Its a beautiful thing! I just try to make sure my wife isn't looking when I pick up a piece and sniff it.

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I do the same thing! Don't mind the wife, you should see the looks I get from the neighbors while I'm admiring my stacks and sniffing the oak! I have claimed to "have seen a chipmunk" a time or two when getting busted starring, by people walking down the walking path on the side of my house.

It's completely normal for those of us who burn wood for heat. This spring my wife asked for a chimnea and also wants an outdoor fire pit. We are also putting in a second stove upstairs, so that we will only be using oil to heat water or when not around the house. I was splitting and stacking on Sunday morning when the heat index was pushing 100F. I can't stand to have rounds stacked for too long, because they aren't drying as fast. I'm always inspecting my stacks and everywhere I look I just see firewood. My wife suggested this pin on Pinterest where you hollow out a log and make a flower bed. Of course, my response was "I'm not wasting good firewood on a flower bed". My friends think I'm crazy until they hear how much I didn't spend on oil last winter.