Many of you have heard the complaints for the past 3 winters! I dislike wood stoves because I strongly strongly dislike the smell of wood stove smoke! Well, I have been helping Dennis keep the fire going by putting wood in it and keeping it up to heat our house. The wood stove is downstairs. We don't have access to our downstairs in our house. We have to go OUTSIDE to go down. Well, over the past two years this wood stove has evolved. It used to be a simple concept to this big extravagant deal requiring more than I personally think that it's worth!
Well, thinking that we had this whole thing figured out, we had our first big smoke out tonight!!! I was certain that it was inevitable at some point. I remember last year Dennis said: Honey, I have figured it out! It is not going to happen this year! I woke up that morning hardly able to see, much less breath. Our house was filled in thick STINKY smoke! Well... this year it happened when neither of us were home! Yep! I got the fire going really good, turned on the fan that sucks up the heat from our basement to spread through our house, locked the door and went to church! Dennis calls me about 10:15 when I am at the Shaffer's and asks me what kind of wood that I put in the stove! Well, turns out that the fire was not hot enough, and the dampers were open and smoke had no where to go but out, and the fan sucked it up into the house! How would I know that the FIRE was not HOT enough?!?! It FIRE!!
He opens up all the windows... lights candles... febreezes everything. I walk in around 11:30 pm. and sure enough!!! We officially smell like SMOKE! URRR! AND IT WON"T GET OUT OF MY NOSE.. I mean it is very strong! You don't know how annoyed I am! This requires washing everything we own, and srubbing the house down! The spoiled brat in me complains about this but the humble in me thanks the Lord that I have heat in these very cold days.... I may stink, and you may have to smell me and endure it for a period of time, but hey... I am warm!
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