I was almost sad to see it completed, but then 8 realized how much was left over by Pile One, and how many new chunks have been dropped off over at Pile Three, and I realized I will be at this for quite some time yet, and next fall too! So no need to get nostalgic for it just yet. I will admit that it has been really awesome to see one mound shrink and the other grow until I had all I could muster up the strength to split chopped up and sorted into bins, or left waiting for another collapsible green wire bin. Very therapeutic to wail on stubborn wood with either a 6 lbs maul, an 8 lbs maul, or a 4 lbs sledge hammer & a wedge. I might need to invest in a better hammer because mine had the top cap crumble and fall apart with every new walloping I give with it. I am concerned the head might come off at some point injuring myself along the way. Not cool.
So here we are on Thursday, after the long weekend. This short week feels long anyway. And next week is short again because of the York Region elementary school PA Day. I’ll need to figure out what we are doing with the kids to keep them occupied for the day. Maybe I’ll just have them clean their rooms, closets, and toy bins. Bring some order back to this house! Fair time really throws a wrench into how we clean up around here.
If I remember correctly we are doing our Turkey Dinner this weekend instead because the farming, and cottage trip were both up in the air until the very last minute. We managed to get the big dock disassembled and put away in another bay, and some boats came out, and seafood, and the snowmobiles got moved for winter time access. I winterized the mower and put that away. But! I need to go take the battery out of it before too much longer or else that will likely go dead in the freezing cold uninsulated big shop.
My hands, wrists and back aren’t too worse for wear after nearly a month of wood splitting. Did 75 minutes today. Had a late start because I had to drive across town to get gas instead of starting right away like I usually do. The dog even lounged in the back of the van to watch me instead of slinking about stalking all the scurrying pests at the farm.
I need to remember to go to the post office at 1:00 pm today, so I should set an alarm for that so I don’t forget. It’s kind of important!
Well I hope you’ve all had some success this week with whatever you are working on. I am both happy, and kinda sad I finished one whole section already. But with more bins coming to the farm I should be able to keep chopping as long as the weather holds. Which, as you may know, is not a given. We could get a major snowstorm on November 1st! And then everything will be far more challenging in the ice & snow. I don’t see myself splitting beyond the middle of November anyway. We sometimes get a nice little warm spell that I do our leaves in, and enjoy the seasons last hurrahs before winter settles over us in a suffocating blanket of cold greyness. But I digress. I love every other season besides winter. I hate the cold. Hate it with a passion.
Ciao Bella!
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