Cease Fire

Today was the first day since I got home from the hospital that we let the fire go out in the fireplace. It was warm enough that we didn't need it. (Lisa had let it go our while I was hospitalized, stayed in the travel trailer where she can use the propane furnace for warmth, and then rekindled the fire before we came to collect me from Renown Hospital.) I dug out all of the ashes (quite a bit, even with the efficient Pres-to-Logs) and cleaned the glass on the fireplace. We'll see whether it gets cold enough to have to restart it tomorrow.

Lisa also got out the reciprocating saw and reduced one of the eleven pallets we have piled up here to burnable size. She'll continue to work on this as the weather and her health permits. She told me to use that wood first should we need to set a new fire.