Wood stoves

We have a wood stove in our house, and it is a very nice thing to have around. First of all, it gives off a lot of heat even on the coldest of nights. Once it was like 20 below zero, but our woodstove kept our house at about 85 degrees, and I was sweating. Second it is environmental friendly. We never have to use any propane to heat our house. We only use natural resources; wood. Third, it is cost efficent. As the price of fuel goes up (down a little right now) it is harder to afford all that fuel. We get all our wood for free, all we have to do, is go out into the woods and cut down a dead tree (a lot more than one tree though) and stack the wood for the winter. Alos it is great exersice chooping wood and hauling it. I'm glad we have a wood stove rather than a heater.

Christmas Programs

Today was our church christmas program. It was better than i expected, because every year in the past, our choir has sounded like a whisper in the dark. Nobody ever sang. This year was different, we were louder, the people in the front pews could actually hear what we were singing. Apart from the fact that most of the kids forgot their lines, and even when they did remember their lines they spoke so softly you could have confused them with a mouse, the choir sounded pretty good. Every year it seems like the same program. The little kids put on the old costumes that are faded and moldy from many years of use, they are always excited and seem to have a good time. The older kids however always look like zombies, they trudge around, unhappy to be there and muffle their lines into the microphone. Well anyways I know what it will be like next year.

Different ideas on how to get a tree home

Today, my dad and I went to get a christmas tree for our house. Despite the fact it was an extremely cold day, we went unprepared. We picked out a tree at Bud's Tree Farm, a fairly nice non charliebrown looking one that satisfied our wanting, and brought it to the shed to buy it. well a couple of my colleageus (actually fellow classmates) were there to shake the needles out of it. They brought it to our car and watched as my dad and I realized we didn't have anything to tie it down with. We drove a car there. They stood watching us as my dad pulled out some jumper cables and an old cow halter. My dad put the positive and negative charge to one end and the halter at the other. When finished, my dad was quite satisfied with the makeshift device, he said that people in Florida could not have done it (never gets cold there so not really a need for jumper cables). So we drove home with our makeshift securing device holding the tree horizantally in our trunk. So remember, jumper cables can be used for many different reasons, so always have them in your trunk. Oh, and a halter wouldn't hurt.

Weird

I think it would be very weird to watch yourself on national television, knowing that almost the entire country and many other countries can watch you on tv. I was watching the extreme makeover home edition, and watching someone i know, made me think of how weird it would be. And then on top of it, it would be even more weird to have people watch you watch yourself. it would be extremely unconfortable. I hope I never get on national tv, at least not now anyways.