Free Firewood

We had a family outing on Saturday to pick up some firewood. My mother had asked during the summer if I would be interested in going to her brother-in-laws to cut up some trees that had fallen down. She said that I could have the wood if I wanted it. At the time, it was the heart of mosquito season and I did not want to end up looking like a vampire victim or coming down with West Nile virus. So we set up to go over last Saturday and cut up some trees.

The day started out drizzly and we decided not to venture out in the cold dampness. By the afternoon, the drizzle had stopped and after a short convincing by my mother, we loaded the car and went out. Now I had picked up a tarp and five pair of gloves to keep the mess and slivers to a minimum. My middle child had pulled an all nighter at a local church lock in, so she was in no condition to assist. We took two cars and went westward young man.

When we got there, he had a stack of wood that was several years old. Instead of cutting up new wood, we were given what we wanted from the already cut wood. There was plenty of wood that needed to be cut up and split. We were asked if we wanted to come back in the spring and help clean up. I volunteered my family for that project. After all, we would get the firewood and we could help repay for the free stuff we received. I’ll have to pick a Saturday when the kids do not have all nighters planned for the day before.

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Cobb