PoiSon SoUp!

So we all feel it in the air ---our economy going right down

the toilet. Well we have been trying to prepare in any way

we can. I have been stocking up on odd things for our food

storage and as a family we have been working on our wood

pile. You see when we built our home I wanted a pretty gas

fireplace with a mantel. Jim however thought it would be

much better to have a stove fire place.

Well we both came to an agreement. I got my mantel.

He got the stove. It has been great-- instead of a

huge gas bill from our fireplace we have a lower

propane bill because this sucker heats the whole house.

Plus if the power were ever to go out we could heat

the house and cook on it. (You can never be too prepared right?)

Every winter my kids think it is so fun to boil eggs on it

and in the process we found out that boiled eggs

are Anthony's favorite.

So here is our huge firewood pile that we have been working

on. Jim brings home all the scrap hard wood from the

different steel companies. Jim cuts the hardwood while I

use the hatchet and cut some 2x4 into kindling (See my nice

bucket & crate of kindling) then the kids stack it.

Anthony's favorite thing to do is make poison soup. He puts

everything he can find like water, dog food, feathers, rocks,

sawdust , weeds and so on.

Anybody want some delicous soup?

Oh I guess zeek does he loves poison soup!

Anthony thinks he makes good poison soup because Zeek

always wants to eat it!