Dogs pulling logs

This morning, I woke up to a light frosting of snow on the ground, and a very cold house. A few days ago, we ran out of heating oil for the second time this season, and me being the frugal type that I am, opted against getting more. I figured we could just use the heat pump since temperatures were warming up anyway.

Well, leave it to mother nature to put her own spin on things! The temperatures dropped suddenly yesterday, and hit below freezing overnight. Since our heat pump only works at 45 degrees or better, it was time to turn to our other alternative heat source, the good ol' fashioned fireplace.

It all started with an ironing board. Yep, an ironing-board-turned-dog-sled. It was the only reasonably flat item I could find to load up with firewood, and it actually held a fair-sized amount (enough for half a day's heat, anyway). A tugline and a couple bungees, and we were good to go:



The dogs both have trail miles under their belt when it comes to pulling light loads, but they were a little less than enthusiastic about hauling for real. They were pretty unsure, but with a little coaxing we were able to make it successfully from the barn to the house.



Afterwards, we all enjoyed the fruits of our labor, while I munched on some bagels and spent some quality time with the pups.