Fire Stove

How to build a fire in your stove!-This is for you girls who are just like me who have not a clue how to build a fire, or even light a match.

What you need:
-1 log
-5 or 6 pieces of  small wood.
-a lighter or a match
-patience

Time: 5 minutes - 1 hour depending on if you have any hot coals or not in the bottom of your stove.

I usually put a small log in the stove first. Second, I take my small pieces of wood and place them against the log in a "tee-pee" shape. I light a few pieces of the small wood with a lighter. Next you have to blow on the flame to make it get bigger. This can take time..usually it takes me an hour to get the fire going good. After theres a pretty good flame going, collect a few more pieces of some small wood and add it to the "tee-pee". You may have to continue to blow on it for a little. As the flame gets bigger, you can place bigger chunks of wood on the flames. The fire should be going good enough to put several logs on the fire.
& there ya go girls..get out the marshmallows and chocolate its time for smores!!!! :)

This really is a good thing I have learned. We can set our house on 68 degrees and I can have it up to 75 degrees easy with the fire stove. The hardest part is the patience to build it and to clean up the mess! (WARNNG: Your dusting and cleaning in the room the stove is in will triple.-but just try to remember your saving money and your husband is happy!!)

Tips on what NOT to do:
From experience...
-newspaper looks like a good way to start a fire. It is definitely the easy route..AND unfortunately your fire probably won't last. One time I used all the newspaper I could find in our house. I had flames..but as soon as it burnt the paper it would go out and leave TONS of ashes.
-Don' wait every 8 hours to check the wood in the fire to make sure it's still burning. You will end up having a fire that goes out. Check it at least every 2-3 hours.

my brother came out and he helped Jared put our stove in

getting it going!

loading it up..

the mess it makes. i was going to crop the mess out of this photo but decided i needed to be honest with ya and let ya know really how much of a mess it does make. 

i let the fire go out..

ooops!!

This explanation is definitely for dummies. I'm sure a professional fire-maker could use newspaper and start a fire. But I haven't learned the technique. 

New Bookshelf!

 our new bookshelf wouldn't fit in our trunk, so i had to ride in the back while the bookshelf took up the front and part of the back seat!

we thought it was hilarious.

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and felt so odd with me sitting behind him!!! 

we also spotted this snowplow that was trying to spread salt in the mcdonalds parking lot. he had an interesting technique. we laughed about this also :)

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In order to be submissive to your spouse you have to be patient! (I am learning!!)  Nagging just doesn't work. Asking them to do the same thing five times is a big fail also! Sometimes it's better to just bite your lip and keep quiet! Something I'm not the greatest at! First I will say, even though getting married and moving to a completely new place is hard, it can be so much fun! Even through the tough times I wouldn't change a thing. I got married pretty young, and have only been married for 3 months but me and my husband have had so much fun together! He has taught me many things about life that I never new..such as: learning to build a fire, how to get knots out of your bobbin on the sew machine, how to drive in the snow, how to drive a stick shift truck..how to snowboard..how to patch work pants.. and the list goes on! Honestly at this point, I don't have any idea what I'd do without him! There's so much youth in our marriage, and I love my husband so much! Now, here comes the fun part...learning to be SUBMISSIVE and PATIENT. Here is a lesson that I learned about being patient! After we got married, we had and still have tons of giftcard, so I told Jared we needed a bookshelf. We had a huge box of books just sitting in our living room. He agreed with me. Well a month went by, and I didn't hear a thing mentioned about the bookshelf. (The books were still laying in my living room) So one Friday night before Jared got home from work, I got really grouchy about the whole situation and picked up the box and hoofed it up to the attic. Men just don't notice detail..
( that i had moved the box of books) so i informed him i carried the huge box up to the attic. i think he felt bad, so i started to feel bad..but still no talk of the bookshelf. another month went by..and we were so busy with Christmas and other Holiday fun we didn't have time to go get the bookshelf! FINALLY.. just last weekend Jared mentioned we would go to Target and get the bookshelf. I was so happy...so we bundled up and took off to Target on Saturday. We bought the bookshelf and it is now sitting in my living room! We had SOO much fun that day! I can't imagine why in the world I wanted him to go any before last Satarday..because we had such a fun day together. I guess God's timing is most important. something to remember when trying to be patient.

Joy or Happiness...

Wow! so I'm here..in this cold, flat place. Snow is falling and the sky is grey as usual! Life is hard..I am learning. Somedays it's easier and the sun is actually out..and other days the sky is grey and harder to see the positive! Makes me wonder- why in the world did God want a shy, timid, home-body to move hundreds of miles away from her family who was also her best friends?? Well I am learning..that Christ wants my heart fully. He doesn't want half, and He definately doesn't want a third. He wants everything!-and I am learning to cling to Him. I hear Him in my heart tugging! Telling me that this is a lesson. This is a lesson about life. A reminder that HE is in control and not me. And that is how my relationship with Him is being challenged..and I know He can use me in Ohio. I am learning to Trust Him like I never have before..and to cling to my husband! I am learning to have joy instead of happiness.
- OK so i'll be honest..if my husband were standing right here he'd be the first to agree with me that i LOVE to shop. You see.. I can be the happiest person in the world when he gives me money and lets me go shopping..and I can buy whatever I would like..but the minute something goes wrong..... I have lost that happiness. I'm upset. You see happiness depends on happenings, and joy depends on Christ. I'm learning that as tough times come and go... I can still have the JOY of the Lord. A Reminder that I am not here for me, I am here for HIM. I hope this encourages you.. A great example of a person that has the joy of the Lord is Paul. I love his encouragement..and love reading his letters in the new testament...
This is my first post..I hope God can use it in your life as He has mine..PRAISING HIM WITH A JOY OF THE LORD!

xoxo MRS HOLLINGER