Unplugged Project: HOT stuff
August 11, 2008 by Heather
Filed under Unplugged Project
Its been awhile since we’ve been able to do an Unplugged Project and I kept meaning to think of some great idea for HOT but … nothing! Then I realized that even though we didn’t do anything for the project we did do a few things that happen to fit with it. We LOVE backyard campfires and we had 2 this past week complete with smores! We have decided to make them an “after Jamie is asleep” activity since, at age 2, she is into everything and it’s nice to do something fun with just the boys! Last year she joined us for most of our fires and either sat in my lap or we brought out the portable crib, but she will be ready at 3 next summer for her first smores making.
Another HOT thing we did was pick out a wood burning stove insert to replace the super ugly old non-functioning one that came with the house. We happen to have a decent supply of dead trees for John to cut down and with fuel prices high we thought this would be a good move (as long as my asthma isn’t set off by it too much). The stove we’re getting is really nice looking with 3 glass panels so we’ll be able to enjoy the view and it makes me excited to think of winter. 
Here is a big stretch for the HOT theme: I did some baking! Just brownies and chocolate zucchini cake (I am growing zucchinis so I’m planning on doing a lot more baking with them).
Anyway, maybe next week (or the one after that) we’ll actually do the project!
Yum I love smores. I miss the back yard bonfires. thanks for bringing up some good memories.
Yum! smores
We just got a new woodstove to. It’ll be nice to have something more heat efficient than the old behemoth we had *grin* Looking forward to your next weeks project 
Oh I love campfires! That is one of our favorite family time activities. (Roasting marshmallows is a must!)
Make sure you get someone to clean your chimney before you even think about starting a fire in there! Whew, chimney fires may bring hot firemen to your house, but they’re not worth it
We’re all wood heat here in the winter, we just paid $125 a cord for our firewood. We used about 7 cords (is that the right usage of the word?) last year, but it was a long cold spring too. I would love to know what other people paid last year.
Congrats on the new stove! Very exciting.
Chocolate zucchini bread sounds delicious. Any chance for a recipe???