Hot, humid nasty day on the CT shoreline today. I've been making a weekly trip to a friend's house further down 95 to chip away at my latest wood score. There are 3 red oaks that got dropped, and more on the way. I've been bucking up and hauling away whatever will fit in my small pickup. I sawed and sweated through a load for about an hour and headed back home. So I finally get home, and she had some take-out waiting for me. Excellent! An ice cold beer, our favorite show... and then... "So, when are you going to be done collecting firewood?" she asks. Silence from me, followed by deep soul-searching. Does she want me to stop? Does she think I'm crazy? I mean, I AM crazy, but I can't just stop right? DADDY NEEDS HIS FIX! But I'm totally over thinking it. She must have seen my brain starting to break, and told me it's just an innocent question, and she could care less how much wood I bring home. Whew! I thought I was reaching my quota! As long as I have room in the yard I'll be bringing home wood scores. So what about the rest of you? Has your partner ever questioned your "disorder"? Anyone ever get an ultimatum? Does your partner enable your addiction?
I was asked recently if I thought I had enough yet. My response was yeah, there’s enough here for this winter and the next, but after that we’ll need more and it takes 2-3 years for a lot of it to season so.... I’ve come to the conclusion she wasn’t truly asking if I thought I had enough, what she was saying is if I plan to keep hoarding that’s just fine, so long as I make time to do other things around the house. Gotta maintain some semblance of balance, ya know? I’m sure in some moment of frustration she’ll eventually wield my hoarding addiction like a sword at me, but since I can already see that day coming on the horizon, I’m already feeling indifferent about it If a hoarding addiction is the worst shortcoming our women have to put up with, they don’t have it so bad I think.
My wife seems pretty indifferent about it all, maybe even borderline supportive, but she doesn’t like to be cold in the house. So it’s all good. I’ve explained the 3 year plan and she could see the logic in it
I don't really get questioned about the quantity, unless I am trying to work on getting/processing more during times that the wife has something else she thinks I should be doing...but most of the time its all good.
Last week Ms. buZZsaw said if i bring home another load of wood she is leaving me. Boy am i going to miss her! Sometimes she says i spend too much time hoarding and not enough time with her. She does not enable it in any way shape or form although she has referred me for firewood, chain saw work.
I've been told that we have enough firewood. But then I bring up "inventory". Inventory is the the wood that's onsite, but not css'd. I get "the look", and a very sarcastic "uh-huh". Inventory is needed to backfill racks during the heating season. We're actually taking our first fuel oil delivery in about 4 yrs. 50gal/yr. I play that card all day long. Mrs MikeInMa, likes it to be in the low 70's, in February. I'm happy to oblige. As I'm a "kept man"(no need to file for early social), not working, I keep putting money in the heating bank. Which is why all of us enjoy walking around our stacks, admiring our efforts. Good thread!
As others have said, wifey likes to be warm in the winter. I used to spend a lot of time doing stupid chit. Now that time is spent on firewood. I’m pretty sure she is happy I’m in the yard working on fire wood than sitting in a bar. got two cord being dropped this after noon
Some of us are fair weather wood hoarders. We only go out to css when the weather is nice, not to hot, not to cold, not raining or snowing....And then you throw in ageand it makes it seem like all we do is work on firewood. 3-4 hours a day, max, and at the end of the month it looks like all we ever do is work with fire wood. I get that all the time. I guess balance is the key. The lawn still needs to be mowed, bills paid, doc visits attended.
That's exactly where I'm at. Sometimes I'm tempted to justify my hoarding by bringing up the things I *COULD* doing instead, but that'll lead to me being backed further into a corner. I think my wife understands on some level. I've got a stopping problem, no matter what it is I'm wrapped up in. Wood hoarding is a healthy outlet for someone wired like me.
