Happy 2010!!  It has been a cold winter, and I have got to admit that I catch myself staying around the house more when it is so darn cold!  We heat our home with our wood burning fireplace, and it works for the most part. However, there are those days that Chris and I are gone all day and cannot keep the fire going while we are out! This afternoon was one of them. The old Cristen would have waited until her husband got home from work so that he could get the fire started (I cannot help it….I was brainwashed as a child to not have a fire in the house or it may burn down). Although my husband has helped to un-brainwash me, I am still so afraid I am going to do something wrong!  However, this afternoon I decided I was going to surprise my man with a fire when he got home (I mean, he does the hard part by splitting all the wood right?). Maybe it should be a New Years Resolution, maybe I just feel kind this afternoon, maybe I am FREEZING cold and too cheap to turn up our furnace…)  :)  Here was my fire I proudly created in our little fire-room!

Yeah…I didn’t even have to go to the wood pile….he has a barrel of wood already in the basement!