Fake Logs vs Real Logs

I love easy. Buy a log at the store, wrapped in yellow paper with black and red letters. Take it home and set it on the fire grate. Bend the paper edge up just a little and light the edge where the arrow indicates. Wait a couple of minutes and you'be got a great glow in the fireplace, a little bit of warmth and tada...so easy.

Or, go out in the back yard, look for the gloves you left, somewhere, and reach under the potting table for a heavy, dirty, spidery log. Haul it off the pile and drop it on the cement, end up, to shake out any "beings" that you don't want to bring into the house. After repeating this process with at least 3 to 5 of those misshapen hunks of wood, pick them up with your right hand and balance them in the crook of your left arm. Leave the 2 that are too heavy to carry, out on the patio and go to the sliding door and balance and heft the door open. Rush over to the fireplace, and drop the logs onto the hearth. Beware of the "beings" that may now be awake and rushing for cover.

Run back to the slider which is still open and heft it shut. Go back over and stack the 3 logs, boy scout style, onto the grate. Get the red firestarter stick and lean way over to the right while you click the lighter on and lean left and fiddle with the gas lighter on the wall and turn it on. Get ready for the Whoosh of gas and ignition...protect your hair, hands and dog from this event.

Well, now enjoy. It's a rainy Valentines night and either way you light a fire, fake logs or real, enjoy the glow.