If ever I needed ibuprofen...

We heat our 200 year old stone farmhouse with both oil and wood. Wood is better because it is way cheaper. It is also a lot more work. We didn't burn any wood last year because I was in my recovery period from surgery. There was no way I was going to risk busting a gut - literally! - just to save a few bucks.

Today I fired up our outdoor furnace and unloaded a little more than a cord of firewood. I reckon this stuff checked in at 4000 lbs or so. The little chunks were 20-50 lbs. There were lots of big pieces in the 100-150 lb range. They are great for long burning in that huge furnace.

But moving all of that put a real hurtin' on my back. This is the worst I've felt since surgery after spending half a day chainsawing logs and slinging them around out in the cold. I am cleared for occasional use of ibuprofen, but I'm going to hold off until tomorrow and see if my aged but slimmer body recovers. If worst comes to worst, I still have some liquid narcotics left over from surgery. One thing for sure. I don't need no gym membership with doing more stuff like this again.

Hope you feel better tomorrow, Bill!

Thank you Cathy. I pushed a little harder than I should have to get the big pieces done. I was lifting them and thinking, "How in the world did we get them on here!?!" Then I remembered we used a hand truck. So I shot myself in the foot, so to speak. I will survive, and I can thumb my nose at the oil man while I do.

Ouch!! Take it easy for a while now...

I always plan on a goof off day after a day like this, but it never works out. It didn't today. Maybe tomorrow.

Wood fired Jacuzzi?

That would be great! But then, I'd have to chop more wood for it.

Hot bath with epson salt, this is my go to for achy bones and muscles. Feel better!

We don't have a tub, only a shower. I am starting to rethink that though. Getting a decent sized tub into a stone house has challenges.

Ouch, I feel for you. Hope you feel better soon! Does tylenol help with the aches?