Master or Slave

Of the fireplace!
I believe I have mastered the art of the starting a fire in the fireplace. Mind you, not without the help of a friend who gave me fire starters for Christmas. I have become very dependent on these things. It makes life so much easier. Keeping the fire burning has also become easier when another friend offered us scrap 2X4's. We got a 1/2 a truck load. We should have got more since we have quite a bit of damp wood and the 2X4's help keep the damp wood burning.

It could be just my obsession but since our first fuel bill I do not want to hear the furnace come on. It is a sound that has disappearing dollars dancing in my head. So, attending to the fire is a priority so much so that one night I think I was asleep but I heard the furnace at midnight and jumped out of bed to put more wood on the fire. The average length of time a log will burn is 2 to 3 hours. I slept in Kirk's arm chair so that I could be ready to put the next log on at 3:00 am or when I hear the furnace again whatever comes first. I think I've lost my mind?