I’m never able to think of anything for Vince for Christmas. I think I’m easy to buy for . . there are so many things I like, but Vince .. all the things he would like are things that he needs to buy. One year when he was doing a lot of 3D printing, I thought about ordering a variety of filaments but didn’t have a clue what kind to get and then as I was trying to be discreet about getting info, he said “If I want it, I’ll buy it myself. Don’t buy it for me.” Probably 13 years ago, when he built the shop in Nevada, MO, I got him a gift certificate for Grizzly so he could buy whatever he wanted. That is still in the drawer of his dresser . . never used.
Vince is all fired up (no pun intended) about the new deck and the new outside hanging out area. This popped up on something I saw the other day.
I printed all the details and have been conspiring with the builder about what we can do with this. Should I put it on the concrete, should he build me some kind of pad with fireproof material to put on the concrete, should we build another pit to put it in? He thinks the best thing to do is build an area just off the concrete, put gravel in it and put this little pit in there. We can put chairs at that end of the concrete and sit by the pit or even pull our chairs into the yard.
The concrete guy didn’t think putting it on the concrete was a good idea because that whole area will have a roof over it.
The guy was telling me he could build an area with rocks about 15″ high, put gravel in there and then put fire brick for this to sit on but . . the gift is for Christmas so if he builds something, I’m going to have to tell Vince why he’s building it so I think I’ll wait and Vince can figure out exactly where he wants to put it and how he wants to set it up after he sees it.
I feel like this is one of the best gifts I’ve thought of for Vince. Now . . to figure out how I’m going to get it from the delivery guy and get it wrapped without Vince figuring out what it is. He’s not nosey at all so if I say “Do NOT go outside when the UPS or Fed Ex guys come!”, he won’t do it. Hey . . that works! He won’t see anything I’ve ordered. Maybe I won’t even tell him when his gift arrives and he’ll never go out to get the packages again. My life just got easier! 🙂
vivoaks says
So if all you have to do is tell Vince NOT to look at the packages, why has it taken you this long to realize you could do it with ALL your packages??!!! LOL!! You should have done that years ago!!!
judy.blog@gmail.com says
There has to be a reason. If I just say “Don’t go to the mail box?” . . he’s going but if I say “I bought something for you and I want it to be a surprise so will you please not go to the mailbox?”, he wouldn’t dare go. But, eventually, I’m going to have to show him something I ordered or he won’t fall for that trick again.
Liz says
…Can’t you get it shipped to Jeremy – it seems he would be ok with keeping the secret? Or , just have Christmas come earlier this year so y’all can enjoy the fire pit in the fall.
Cilla says
I was just going to say that. Have it shipped closeby.
Sibyl Scott says
Why not send it to Chad & Nicole’s? That way it won’t even be in town–then you can get it one day when you are getting Addie.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
They both work and it would be sitting outside all day in plain view of lots of people passing by.
Robin R Crittenden says
Won’t he read this post
judy.blog@gmail.com says
No. He never reads the blog.
Cilla says
Or so you think………Baaaawaaawawawa
Carolyn says
We got a Solo stove this year instead of a conventional fire pit. We love it! We have it sitting on some bricks and have built a surround around it from paving stone to keep the girls away. However, my daughter and SIL got a smaller Solo and just use it on their paving stone patio with nothing around and just make sure the girls stay away. Makes me nervous with nothing to protect them though! Anyway, the nice thing is that you can use it where you want without needing a separate build for it! Look them up! We love ours!
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Nice! I like that. The only reason I bought the one I bought was for the Clemson logo on it