Comments on: Keeping The Home Fires Burning

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:51:05 +0000

In reply to nmsullivan0909. So I don't get myself into trouble this is Wikipedia's definition of bogan "usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for an individual who is recognised to be from an unsophisticated background or someone whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour exemplifies a lack of manners and education". There's a bit of bogan in us all!!

By: nmsullivan0909

nmsullivan0909 — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:20:18 +0000

what’s bogan? we have a gas fireplace – useless for heat, mostly, but lovely to look at. your fire also looks beautiful! happy for you and mr. sh.

By: Janine

Janine — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:04:45 +0000

In reply to Chrystina. My god STAY AWAY FROM THE FIRE!!! You've given me my laugh for the day.

By: Chrystina

Chrystina — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:14:10 +0000

I’m proud of you. Now it’s time for Chrystina’s two wood burning stove stories. #1 – I have a burn mark on my left wrist because I left my hand on the glass far too long, I was telling a story and didn’t notice that my hand was being burnt. By the time I noticed it it was already a third degree burn so I didn’t feel a thing. One of the first things my mother said to me was that that mark was going to show up in all of my wedding photos – I was 10. #2 – there was a chimney fire one day and it was just my sister and I home alone and I didn’t know what to do and I started screaming at the top of my lungs for my sister (who was in the back of the house) and she clearly just didn’t give a crap because what would I need, then she saw finally dawdled out of her room and realized the kitchen was filled with smoke, panicked, and grabbed the hamster and ran next door. Meanwhile, I took out the fire extinguisher and failed miserably at putting out the fire in the stove. I now have a place with a real fireplace, there’s not a chance in heck that I’m going to use it without at least three other people present. And a large pail of water. Or three.

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:33:14 +0000

In reply to Rachel @ The Kids Are All Right. I'm heading out to buy you a flannie shirt now. Least you don't have to clean the fake logs.

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:31:32 +0000

In reply to Leanne Barnes. yeah but not Timbertown country!!!

By: Leanne Barnes

Leanne Barnes — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:30:21 +0000

Awesome fireplace. You all did a great job. You just need to adjust your flue so the wood burns slower!!!! Aren’t you a country girl???? He he..

By: Rachel @ The Kids Are All Right

Rachel @ The Kids Are All Right — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:13:02 +0000

Well, I was checking out those fake fires at a recent home show, and we are seriously considering converting a couple of our fireplaces to gas. I asked if we could have one without the “logs” or the “coals”, and the man looked at me as if I was nuts. Apparently the flames need something to “stand up on”. So we may be getting a fake log fire. Watch who you call bogan. On a positive note, that’s a helluva feature fireplace. I am seriously impressed.

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:44:49 +0000

In reply to melanie jean juneau. Thank you Melanie, Mr Shambles will be delighted by your comment, it was a LOT of work.

By: melanie jean juneau

melanie jean juneau — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:42:32 +0000

we have a woodstove but nothing like that
the slate is a work of art

stunning