Tamaracks and Jumping Jacks

Look!  My title rhymed!

I don't have anything of value to post of today.  As if I ever do.   But post I shall!

A few days ago, I mentioned how we got the manly men to smile in a picture by tricking them into fantasizing about 10 Cords of Tamarack.

I was surprised, nay, shocked at how many of you did not know what this was!

For shame, dear readers.  For shame.

1.  Tamarack, I will have you know is the best type of firewood out there.   And each year my husband hunts for the perfect, dead Tamarack.

Oh, yes.  It's true.

Why? 

Because it burns HOT and SLOW.  This is good.  The fire last longer and warms you and makes you feel all happy and tingly inside.

2.  It is important that the tree is dead.

A)  Because it is illegal to cut down living trees.  And Lumberjacks surely are law-abiding citizens.

B)  Because if you burn "green" (live) wood, sap will get all over you and your jeans and your fingers and then your hair when you try to brush your hair out of your eyes.

C)  Technically I should not know about B if you refer to A.  I shall have to investigate with my husband as to why I know what green wood burns like.

D)  I know.  I think that even if it is dead, it takes a while to dry out.  Like a couple of years?  I cannot be certain.

E)  Still.  Perhaps I shall remind him.  Lumberjacks can be shady.

F)  Kidding!  Kind of.

G)  Is anyone still reading this?  Does anyone care about the mysterious ways of the Tamarack?

3.  A cord is a measurement of wood.  I do not know the measurements, nor do I care.  All I know is it is a lot of wood to stack and gives you splinters and backaches.

4.  My husband, bless his heart, usually made us get 11-12 cords of wood.

5.  We don't have a wood stove in our new house.  Darn.

6.  This has taken away his will to live. 

7.  We will probably get a wood stove for next year.  Boo. 

Speaking of Tamaracks (Yes, I am still talking about wood.  What of it?), my husband has been known to go on drives just to search for dead Tamaracks.  And he remembers their locations.  For months.

Yet he knows not one of our childrens' birthdays.

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Let's move on to homeschooling.

Homeschooling is going well.  I think. 

We no longer meet in our homeschool room.  We actually ditched that idea in October.  It was a bad, bad idea of mine.  It works much better to have school in the kitchen.

I am not sure if you are aware of this or not, but my boys are kind of naughty.  I found that having them cooped up in the same room as us whilst homeschooling was a horrific and stupid idea.

The girls are doing well, but I am concerned about their ability to do jumping jacks.

I ain't gonna lie.  My girls are kind of gooberish when it comes to the jumping jacks.

Daisy Mae just jumps in the air with her legs hip-width apart and her arms flailing about.  The legs never come together and the arms are never in harmony.

Sweet Pea just jumps and twirls and bumps into Daisy Mae.

And they are sure proud of themselves and their mad skills.  Or skillz.  Whichever you prefer.

Quick!  Do you have a 6 or 8 year old girl at home?

Please observe them doing jumping jacks and let me know if my girls are behind.

Thank you.

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Finally, my friend wants to make me a blog button, but she needs to know what kind of an image I would like for it.

You, like me, might be saying,

"What is a blog button?"

"Why do we need one?"

"What is its purpose?"

"Why does my child do jumping jacks like that?"

"Should I make brownies today?"

I know.  These things are all confusing.  But for now, let's just focus on the image part.

I need some ideas on what an image for a pointless blog, such as mine, could use for the aforementioned button.

If you have some ideas, please submit them to me in the comments section post haste!

Happy Wednesday!

PS-And not an AX or a picture of Paul Bunyan.

PPS-This blog is really not about Lumberjacks.

PPPS-Well, today it was.  But usually it is not.

PPPPS-What is this blog about?

Things to ponder.