Our first fire of the season

Hmmm, I am now thinking that maybe we skipped autumn and went straight to winter, because Will and I had our first fire of the season.

When it gets cold outside, in an effort to try to keep the heating bills at bay, we shut up the room in which we normally watch t.v. Instead, we move the t.v, close off that room, and make do without that space (which, if you have seen the house, is entirely possible to do).

This year, I had a stroke of brilliance: switch the short, uncomfortable couch in the sitting room with the long, comfy sofa in the t.v. room. Will agreed to the brilliance. We attempted to execute this plan yesterday and sadly, the brilliance only went so far.

Meaning, that we could pull out the long, comfy sofa into the sitting room, but couldn't push the short, uncomfortable couch into the t.v. room. The short couch has arms that are too puffy to push through the door. Soo, we rearranged the sitting room regardless, now having two sofas (one slightly more comfortable that the other), two chairs (not counting the crazy small African chairs), and the t.v. We have plenty of seating in our sitting room.



All of this moving just to be able to enjoy our first fire (deliciously warm), watching Jon Stewart, (hilariously entertaining) while in a completely prone position. It, of course, was totally worth it. We tested it out and it works beautifully: Will was asleep within minutes.

p.s. oh, yeah, we burned the wood we pilfered recently and it burns good. real good. in fact, you can come and sit in one of the numerous seats and watch it burn. just bring a sweater for the rest of the house as the heat isn't on. and your visit won't change that, sadly.