Reasons why I love my woodstove

• Reason #1. She really puts out! Heat that is. She may be small, but she sure can heat up this house!

• Reason #2. I save on electricity as I can dry all my clothes on a clothes rack. This reminds me of when I was little as my mother did not have a dryer until I was a teenager and even when she got one she rarely used it. She preferred drying on the line outside or using the rack inside in the winter. I guess that is why I like it.
• Reason #3. It is great to come in from the frigid outdoors and stand next to her and warm up instantly.
• Reason #4. My children all love to get their books and lay around you and read while you warm them head to toe.
• Reason #5. There is something homey about seeing smoke rising from your chimney when you are coming home on a cold winter day.
• Reason #6. The smell. It reminds me of when I was little. All our family heated with wood and the smell brings back so many memories. Even my oldest loves that smell as she says it reminds her of Grandma's house.
• Reason #7. When you step out of the bath you can run in and get dressed in front of a nice warm fire instead of freezing your tooshie off in the bathroom. (Unless you are an adult, then you have to freeze your tooshie off in the bathroom getting dressed.)
• Reason #8 You are great at cooking things.
• Reason #9 After some good fun in the snow it is nice that we can hang all our snow things by her and they are dry in no time and ready for our next romp outside.
• Reason #10 Their is nothing like sitting by the fire on a cold snowy day watching the snowflakes fall and drinking hot cocoa while reading to your children.
  

I have many more reasons for loving my wood stove. I deemed it a "her" as it is small but mighty. I know that if the power goes out, we will still be warm and have warm food to eat. It is a must have for me in the winter. It was the best investment we made!