I Love My Wife

[ValentineHill]

I just got off the phone with my wife, who called to tell me that she had just made friends with the guys across the street cutting down some trees on a foreclosed house. In exchange for two minutes of conversation, she got two full apple trees, cut and bucked to stove-length rounds, stacked at the end of our driveway, plus another willow tree (not exactly the best, but surprisingly good for these shoulder-season fires) that had been standing dead for years (i.e. -- dry).

In two minutes, she's had a better haul than I've had in all of 2012! Who's the smart one in this relationship?

 

[Backwoods Savage]

ValentineHill, that is great news. Best give her something special for that find! As far as who is the smart one, why not equal?

 

[weatherguy]

Your the smart one, you married her

 

[ISeeDeadBTUs]

Um . . . what was she wearin' when she walked across the street?

 

[ditchrider]

Roses, man. roses. Get them in the vase before she comes home. Bubble bath would be a good second choice.

 

[dafattkidd]

That woman really knows what her man wants.

 

[billb3]

Get a good healthy scrounging competition going and the neighbors will have cease and desist orders on the mountains of firewood obscuring the view of your house from the street in no time.


Some times it's just plain good to take advantage of being in the right place at the right time.
I hope she at least got a attagurl.

 

[maplewood]

I love my wife for different reasons.
But whatever works for you two!
;-)

 

[ISeeDeadBTUs]

I love my wife too,this fall she scrounged all the wood seen in the background,free for the taking,she asked the landowner and he said ya all go for it. Now the next step is moving to southwest Virginia.

Wood??

 

[smokinj]

Finding it is the easy part....Moving it is an art form!

 

[Jags]

Nice. Mine doesn't even know where I process wood....and its in the yard.

 

[PapaDave]

Jags, mine knows where I process AND stack the wood. She just doesn't give a good rats....uh, patootie. Until she's chilly.
That's when she appreciates it, I think.

 

[ScotO]

my wife gets mad every time I go out and do another tree job (aka every DAM weekend!), but she does appreciate it when it's cold and windy out and our house never goes below 74 from late October til early May!! Oh and then there is the lack of a heat bill.....she LOVES that!

 

[Locust Post]

my wife gets mad every time I go out and do another tree job (aka every DAM weekend!), but she does appreciate it when it's cold and windy out and our house never goes below 74 from late October til early May!! Oh and then there is the lack of a heat bill.....she LOVES that!

My wife was gets a little upset at times when I am working on firewood but she does like the heat. I try to be a little mindful and my body needs a break from time to time. Just remember everyone "Happy wife happy life"

 

[ScotO]

Yeah we also know the saying "if mum ain't happy, NOBODY'S HAPPY!"...

 

[Pallet Pete]

My wife swings an ax like a girly girl but uses the splitter like a pro

Pete

 

[MasterMech]

My wife swings an ax like a girly girl but uses the splitter like a pro

Pete

If mine has an axe in her hands, hopefully I see her first and get a good head start....

 

[Realstone]

I've got a half cord stored up so far (more to come!). Whenever I talk about getting more, my wife asks: "haven't we got enough?" I love her anyway.

 

[PapaDave]

"If mine has an axe in her hands, hopefully I see her first and get a good head start...."

That's my chuckle for the day.....thanks MM.