Splitting

Wood Pile
Originally uploaded by wahoo1265.

Vic & I actually had a pretty full weekend, even though we only did two things. The first project was to finally get all our wood split. Brian, our wood guy, delivered us some really nice wood, but the pieces are still a little too big for our wood-burning stove. The size we need is probably considered kindling for regular fireplaces. So we rented Brian's wood splitter and cut down what we had stacked in the backyard. We now have almost triple what we had before and it's all burning very nicely! Hopefully this will last us for the rest of the fire-burning season, because splitting wood is really hard work on your back. We were out there ALL DAY. Literally. We spent 8 hours doing nothing but splitting and stacking. When we finally made our way into the house, it was dark and our backs and hands were so sore. I told Vic I needed to just lay down on the couch for a few minutes and woke up 4 hours later! But we got it all done and it looks great!

Sunday we went to see "The Queen" with Helen Mirren. Helen didn't actually go with us ~ she was appearing in the film. This is a pretty significant event for us because we never go to the movies. As a matter of fact, this will probably be the last time we go to a movie theater in 2007! We picked a great movie to go see. The movie shows the point of view of the monarchy takes when Princess Diana died. If the movie portrayed them accurately, what a bunch of snitty, stuck-up shits they all were. We give it 4 thumbs up!