Go Big or Go Home

Well it is about 3 months later than I was hoping, but the wood shed is FINALLY done.  Finished.  Logs skinned, shed built, roof roofed.  Again I say FINALLY!!!!  This has been going on since May and I am kind of a get it done in one day (or maybe a weekend, tops) even if I don't sleep and have to work in the dark kind of girl.  Unfortunately building a wood shed is quite a bit outside of my skill set so I had to go with Robbie's method of doing things which is "Don't worry, it will get done eventually."  I'm quite uncomfortable with this way of doing things but he was right.  It did get done.  Eventually.

Now when most people think of a woodshed they picture something like this:

 or even this:

We, are not most people.  This, is our wood shed:

Yes, we can park a truck (or two) in it...

The building of the wood shed was a family affair.  Luckily for Robbie, summer lasted well into October this year.  I say lucky because, as I tell all of my kids at school, sugar melts in the rain so I obviously would have been unavailable to help had the weather not cooperated as it did.  Ben was his usual helpful self, Robbie was the brains (and muscle) behind the operation and I did my best to be helpful (although I think that someone over 5'2" would have been slightly more effective at lifting plywood up to the roof).

And where was Abby, you ask?

Well, she was in charge of the camera, of course!

Now you may be wondering why we need a wood shed the size of a two car garage.  Good question.  It's because my husband is a wood stalker.  Now this is probably the first time you are hearing of this so let me explain how it works.  He sees someone cutting down a tree and pulls off the road to talk to them.  He asks what they plan to do with the wood and then offers to pick it up for free.  Most people have to pay to get rid of wood so they think this is a great deal and then continue to call him to pick up other trees.  Kind of awesome because it is free wood.  Kind of a problem because he works 90 hours a week so trying to fit in time to split and haul cords of wood usually involves me.  Anyhow, filling the wood shed should not be a problem...

There are literally piles of wood around the entire perimeter of our two and a half acre yard.  I am beginning to think that the splitter we bought this summer was money well spent. 

Not all of the wood will need to go in the woodshed.  Last weekend we took a few loads out to my parents' house.  Good thing we had Ben to help.  He loaded and stacked the entire trailer all by himself!  He even was sure to wear "extra bones" (and of course his helmet?) for the occasion.

And I'm sure you can guess what his sister was doing...

I'm thankful that the woodshed is finished and a little nervous about the 25 cords of wood that need to be chopped and stacked but I'm sure Robbie would tell me not to worry because it will get done...eventually.