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Monday, February 23, 2015
How You Exit Is How You Live
As soon as there is any hint of the show coming to a close, the real show starts. People immediately begin to group themselves into three categories. As I sit back in my seat and observe, I can tell a lot about your life by which category you're in. I call it how you exit is how you live.
The Early Birds
Forget being off at the sound of the gun. These folks are gone when they even see the gun. As soon as a mention of the show ending comes, they are out of their seat dragging their kids towards the exit. These folks are known for their brutal family efficiency. The schedule is the schedule. You didn't eat your chicken tenders? Tough luck, junior. Next scheduled time to eat is the ten minute slot at 6:15, and those chicken tenders will be waiting. These folks have backed into their parking space out front and have brought along the grandparents so they can use the handicap spot. Ultimately this is their downfall as they try to run out of the theater with grandma in tow. Tough to make good time when someone is using a walker.
The Orderly Crowd
These are the regular folks that get up and leave when the show is over in a normal fashion. They are more relaxed than the first crowd but ready to move on with their day. They tend to let people out in front of them as they go so everyone can get out in short order. They have parked exactly where they were instructed to and have dutifully left their parking ticket right in the left lower corner of their dashboard as instructed. They are communal and like to make sure everyone is taken care of. Their deference creates problems though. They tend to get injured in the parking lot as the first crowd is already gunning it towards the exit by the time they get outside the building. "Is there a fire I didn't hear about" and "how rude" are common phrases to be heard from this group.
The Stragglers
My wife swears I am in this crowd. These folks ain't putting up with the rush. Why run? The car will be there no matter when we get out of here. These folks let everyone clear out first. While everyone else is trampling each other, they sit back and enjoy the scene. This can be a problem when you have toddlers. They have been sitting for quite some time at this point, and keeping them under control while everyone slides by you can be an issue. In general, these folks are more relaxed at home. You want to use the air mattress as a ladder to climb up on top of the dresser? Cool. Just make sure you slide back down instead of jumping. We ran out of super glue, and we'll have to go to Wal-Mart to get some if you cut yourself.
There it is folks. How you leave says everything about you. I tried to grab some representative photos to give good examples but there was no flash photography during the show, and the early leavers were already gone by the time the show actually ended. I'll try to be more prepared next time, as much as a straggler can be that is.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Is It Time to Laugh or Cry?
If you really tried to use social media to follow along with your friends' lives, then you would be disappointed. Getting honest insight into people's lives can be pretty difficult. If you log in and scroll through people's pictures, then it usually looks like everyone around you is living in utopia. Like most folks, I tend to scroll through on my phone more than on my computer. I usually do this while standing in the mall or some other public place with little buddy.
Little man has some of the best comedic timing of any toddler I've ever seen. As I'm scrolling through reams of videos of smiling two year olds doing trick shots behind their back or speaking multiple languages (Little Tommy started learning Portuguese today!!! #kidgenius #goingforlanguagenumber4), my little man is trying desperately to master the fine art of escaping from a five point harness stroller and two parents with graduate degrees. As I watch him succeed and my wife chases him down the hall, I usually try to cheer myself up with the fact that at least he has much better speed than his old man.
I will say that I had a major discovery this weekend though. We were at a mall, and I had commandeered little buddy after an epic meltdown in the Cheesecake Factory to go line. As we were standing there waiting for my wife to come meet us, a two year old girl came in the door with her parents. She proceeded to fling herself on the floor and go for broke. In between flails and screams, her dad managed to pin her down into her stroller and strap her in after about 15 seconds (pretty good time my man, respect). She continued screaming while her parents tried to get their bearings and pretend like nothing unusual was happening.
As I watched the drama unfold and smiled to communicate that I felt their pain, I realized that something magical had happened. Little man was absolutely silent. I looked down and he was staring at this little girl as if she had three heads. During the entire scene, he never moved a muscle or made a peep. Eureka! So that's the secret. All I have to do is produce another screaming child, and he'll never misbehave again!
To you non-parents out there, this may seem like a complete scratch. Why trade one screaming child for another? The parents out there, though, will know the difference. While the sound of your own child screaming is a second by second affirmation of your inability to control your own offspring, the sound of other kids screaming is pure relief that you aren't the only one. Other people indeed have these less than perfect moments where they try to wrangle toddlers determined to display just how strong willed they really are. Take that little Tommy and your Portuguese. I know your mama photo shopped that.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
My Valentine is Better Than Yours
- Full time physician
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Monday, March 24, 2014
Poop Drop
How awesome is that? Little buddy insists on disposing of his poop in this way anytime I change his diaper upstairs. In case you were wondering what happens next, we just about have him trained to pick it up and take it to the garbage can. Video to follow of course.
I know there are some "parenting experts" out there shuddering at this. Yes, I have taught my son to toss his feces over a second floor landing onto a hardwood floor. But, you have to have a little fun in life. At least he now knows that the stuff that comes out of his rear end has to make its way to the garbage can somehow, even if it does involve getting airborne. Most little boys his age just try to figure out a way to smear it in their hair. Think how far we've come!
Sunday, March 23, 2014
March Madness Uncertainty
Yeah, we have mastered saying hi to ourselves. If only we can extend this greeting to other people. Rome wasn't built overnight...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
So You Wanna Be A Doctor?
Despite the grandiose stories you may hear, my own interviews were relatively benign. No one made me go through virtual patient scenarios or grill me on difficult ethical situations. I was fortunate to interview fairly widely, and there were some real characters on the interview trail.
One particular school paired me up with the most introverted interviewer I had ever seen. His opening bid was telling me his name, specialty, and asking how I envisioned myself connecting with patients. I was enthusiastic because that was by far one of the most interesting questions I had been asked to that point. After my answer, though, he just stared at me. We looked at each other for about twenty seconds before he said,"OK, are going to tell me anything else about yourself?" He actually expected me to fill up the entire interview by myself while he simply listened! Needless to say, I didn't get into that school. But I did get a wonderful idea of what kind of person I wouldn't admit to medical school if the tables were turned.
This story is one of the extreme examples of ineffective interviewing, but I see it in all forms. Many people doing the interviewing for medical school are faculty that are simply volunteering their time. They are squeezing applicants into their schedule and are often unprepared to really learn anything about the person sitting in front of them.
This amateurish approach to interviewing seems particularly egregious to me. Fortune 500 companies spend large amounts of dollars and resources on making sure that they select good people to work for them. Why would selecting future physicians be less important? I realize that big corporations often have more resources to commit to this task, but that's not an excuse for cutting corners in my book.
The result of our poor interviewing is that the admissions process comes down to who can perform the best academically and then suitably pad their resume. I have no problem with making sure that future doctors can perform intellectually. I have a big problem, though, with our tacit suggestion that how you interact with people isn't just as important. Patients don't visit an encyclopedia. They visit a real, human being who can understand their problems and help them. We should make our selection process reflect that.
Monday, March 17, 2014
The Loud Reader
Some of you probably can harken back to the good old elementary school days and remember "that kid that read aloud." You know the one I'm talking about. The teacher gave out an in-class reading assignment. You'd settle down in your desk to get started and realize that some kid is just yammering away next to you. You turn to tell him to be quiet and realize that he's not talking, he's reading. I had several of these in my classes throughout the years. Invariably, the teacher would bring it up to the kid's parents, and they would proudly say that they taught him that! I understand that you want your kid to enjoy to read, but we have some social constraints that should at least be considered along the way.
Given my experience with these kids at an early age, you can imagine my feeling when I see my kid doing this:
Yep, my kid is a loud reader. This feels like God laughing at me right now. He is, isn't He? Needless to say, we have a few things to work on here in the HumorMD household. I must say that I suddenly feel much more sympathetic to those parents that were pulled aside by the teacher back in my day. Hey, at least the kid is reading, right?


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Hope you all got lovely valentine's day cards and snogs. I'm busy on the road at the moment with Neil Delamere. We're 8 weeks into a 16 week tour so we're starting to go a bit grey and forget where we are supposed to be going. Also I know all of the sandwiches they sell in Applegreens. Never the less it's been great fun so far. I'm doing most of the dates on the tour. I've added the dates in my diary to the events page. Also there'll be some more gig news soon
Also I did an episode of Dermot Whelan's new music panel show "Hey Ho, Let's Go"
for RTE2. It's still on the RTE player if you want to take a look. It was great fun to re cord… well for except when I nipped out to the loo on a break in the recording and wandered back to the wrong studio. It was empty and all set out for mass!
Anyway hopefully we'll see some of you on the road. Also I'm definitely doing a new podcast series.. it's taking ages and I'm sorry but I want to make it as good as the last one.
I'm hoping to start releasing them in April. If you sign up to my mailing list I will give you ALL the gossip on the lineup.

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Chelsea have been told it will cost £65 million to land Bayern Munich wing ace Franck Ribery.
The Times says the France winger has emerged as the club's primary transfer target after Kaká's £56 million move to Real Madrid this week. Chelsea have not made an official bid for Ribéry, but informal discussions have led to Bayern quoting a world-record figure.
The German club believe they are in a strong position because Real are also chasing Ribéry's signature.
Sergio Agüero, the Atlético Madrid striker, and David Villa, the Valencia forward, are also on Chelsea's radar in the event that they fail to lure Ribéry.


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Very Beautiful Colors and Design!Greetings to Thailand!
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Hi, 阿鵬!
I'm surprised at the colorfulness and the beauty of shrine in Thailand... Very different from Japanese ones..
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Thanks a lot for the visit, amitani. Thailand has a sizable ethnic Chinese population. Traditionally most of them live in commercial shophouses around the centres of towns or cities. So besides Buddhist temples and Masjids, this scene is also common around Thailand.
Best wishes to JAPAN ~ 阿鵬 (w☺rap☺ng)
Photo taken in Ko Rai, Ban Pho District, Chachoengsao, Thailand


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wet paper towel technique
My brother told me this technique he uses to start seeds, so I gave it a try and all germinated within 3 days!
I sprayed a paper towel with water, placed the seeds on it, folded it over to cover them, put it in a plastic bag on the dining room table and within 3 days most every seed has germinated.
Today I transplanted the seeds into individual dixie cup containers with soil and put them in my greenhouse window, and now I will hopefully wait for the seedlings to emerge, then next month I can transplant them outdoors.
Anyone ever try this? I had been having bad luck this year starting seed. I think the weather was not what I was used to, wet early on, and now hot, and nothing was sprouting for me. I guess the temperature in my dining room was perfect and they happily germinated. I just hope I planted them in the soil properly, since this was my first time, I wasn't sure which way was up or down. I guess I'll find out.
Hi Silybum, I have always wanted to try this method but not sure if I cover the entire seed after or if even if there will be just a root or a root and leaves at the same time. Ohhhh soooooo confused! If you can give me some tips I would appreciate it. Thanks, Flora
I have been finding now is the right time to sow some things in my area. The temperature is such that I am getting many unusual things to germinate  even old seeds. Many of the seedlings I sowed in the winter drowned from the ambient humidity from the winter rains. Then came the sudden heat, which fries seedlings.
I like the baggie method. It is great for rare seeds, especially, as you can keep a closer watch on them. I cover the whole seed. The root develops first, & then the seed. Depending on the seed, most should be planted out after sprouting, or they rot in the baggie.
today the seeds that I had planted in the dixie cups, after germinating in the paper towels, have started to emerge! success!
Florazone9 - when I planted the seeds that had germinated in the paper towels into the dixie cups, I lightly covered them with soil. Be gentle, as some of the roots grow ito the fibers of the paper towels, but they did mostly slip out easily, only a few broke. good luck. so far i am very happy about this method.
I use coffee filters instead of paper towels--they hold together better. Some people insist on using unbleached filters.
Once the seeds have sprouted, but before the leaves emerge, gently place the seeds and roots in the potting media. I usually put them in soiless media. Cover them gently, and avoid watering directly on them.
If the leaves have emerged, I usually plant them vertically with the leaves just above the potting media.
I've got a "batch-o-baggies" going right now! The germination rate is great and it's fun watching the process. But I'm at the point now where most of the seeds have erupted and roots have started so it's time to go to the next step. Trouble is, I'm terrified! Here's the list of seeds I'm starting now, using coffee filters: Zucchini squash, Alaska Nasturtiums, Ornamental Cabbage (they germinated in 1 day!), African Marigold, Catmint, Buck's County Tomatoes, and French Filet Beans. HELP!!! I'm more than a bit overwhelmed. My feline roommates, lacking oppossable (sp?) thumbs, aren't going to be any help at all in the transplanting process. Has anyone had any experience with leaving them in the baggies until the leaves develop? It seems like the leaves would have difficulty developing because the seed is "pressed" upon the coffee filter and there's no room for the leaves to spread out.
Thank you guys so much for answering my questions, you have truelly taken the mystery out of the baggy method. I will try it as soon as I make room in my small green house. I just had my husband get another flower bed ready for me and now I have to get all the plants in the greenhouse into the soil. flora
I have been letting my calendula seeds go in the paper towels/baggies till they have the first green leaves, then I plant them in a dixie cup, with the leaves above the soil. Then I transfer into the yard as I have room and they are ready. I have never had so many calendula's growing! I started the process on August 2. It took about a month before they were transplanted into beds, then it took another month till they were in bloom.
I let all my seeds sprout in the filters now and then plant them in soil at the same depth they would be if they had sprouted in soil. They don't skip a beat and grow faster this way, rather than waiting for them to pop up from the soil. My lettuce seeds germinated in 1 day and by the next day they sprouted in the filters and were ready to be planted. It sure beats waiting a week or more for them to sprout in soil. It works for most seeds, except really tiny seeds like petunias.
I tried this with some bird of paradise seeds and had great success. In fact, I did some on the paper towel and some in pots like normal and the ones in pots didn't come up at all, but the paper towel ones germinated in 3 days!!
I can't get it work on my toadlilly seeds though.
Has anyone tried this method with calla lily seeds? Read an article that said it could take up to 90 days for germination in soil. Don't want to wait that long! I already have 90 planted for at least a month and nothing. Should I try coffee filter method?
I like sand instead of the paper towel/coffee filter.
The reasons for using moist sand instead of moist paper are: 1) that the sand changes color when drying out, 2) the root of the sprouted seed is not as easily damaged when removed from sand as when removed from paper, 3) the sand does not decompose and 4) the seeds are easily separated from the sand by using a kitchen wire strainer with a mesh large enough to pass the sand particles but not the seeds. The last is important as some seeds leach out inhibitor chemicals. A "freshen up" every once in a while gets rid of the leached out inhibitor. The leaching away of inhibitor is one of the possible reasons given for an explosion of seed germination outside after a heavy rain.
Here is a link that might be useful: link for above
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A personal inquiry I have is your approach to starter fertilizers (at the appropriate time and place).How deeply do you look at the chemical analysis and derived sources which may lead to further analysis? Are there any organic formulations proferred by the hydroponic sector that you are curious about or have trialed? I find it difficult to get beyond the hype...
For the last couple of years, I have been using a commercial coir - peat mixture ("Miracle Grow moisture control") that contains a low dose of time release fertilizer. Before that I used the Garden's Alive Coir based seed starting mix. See link below.
Here is a link that might be useful: Coir discussion
When using paper towel or coffee filters and the radicle grows into the paper and may be damaged trying to remove it, simply cut the paper towel around the root and plant it with the seed. The paper will disintigrate with no effect on the growth of the seed. Al
I found a technique on one of the threads that suggested placing the seeds in damp paper towel or coffee fiters then in a zip lock bag and putting the whole thing on the floor in front of the refridgerator where the warm air blows out. I've been using this technique ever since and it works particularly well for seeds that are hard to germinate such as moonflowers. This is also a great place to put your wet sneakers so the warm air can blow into them. They usually dry over night even when soaking wet.
i am trying to grow chilies indoors, and i used a wet paper towel inside a ziplock bag. to keep them warm i use a desk light.
it took a week to see any sprouts from the seeds. I have been told that i can simply cut a small square of the paper towel surrounding the seed, instead of removing the seed from the paper towel, and planting that? has anyone tried that?
also, should the seed be planted with the sprout facing in a certain direction?
Yes you can certainly plant part of the paper towel with the seed. The paper will biodegrade in time. This is especially helpful when the seed is tiny.
The sprouted part you see off the seed is the radicle (root). Plant it down.
If you leave the sprouted seed in long enough you will see leaves and they will be green.
I just wanted to say that I am doing this with peppers right now, i hadn't thought of the front of the fridge but it took about a week to get germination out of my cayenne. 21 of 25 sprouted and after some bungling, and experimenting, i think 5 maybe 8 will survive.
The best looking sprouts were transplanted into a 6 pack 3 days ago with the piece of paper towel still under them, and since being put under light and misting them in the mornings they are about 1 inch tall with two leaves on top.
my other seedlings which i removed from the paper have all had a hard time adjusting, i believe if they are still alive they must be growing better roots right now - one was removed as it had turned brown.
I started some of my peppers i plan on growing in containers today, i hope they do well.
I have cats so I find that the baggy is not the best way. I wet paper towels, put seeds in them, fold the paper towel to cover the seeds and then put them in a small tupperware bowl with a lid. To keep them warm I sit them on top of my dvd player and I keep it turned on of course, any appliance like that will do. You can sit them in a window that gets alot of sunlight also.
First time gardener. I'm also trying paper towel method for my pepper seeds. So far nothing has happened. I've put them in several different places but I can't find a good source of heat and I have already spent too much so no heating mat or lamps for me. Any advice on how to keep the seeds warm.
top of the fridge - not warm - no change
bottom of the fridge - not warm - no change
over the microwave - hot and cold - no change
over the router - warm but no change - dries out quicker.
DVD player - auto off (husband's strict on that)
laundry room - not warm
any ideas?
"So far" means how long? It isn't over night or even in a week. Especially with pepper seeds.
Peppers are very slow to germinate even when done in the normal manner. This approach takes even longer. Peppers require 75-80 degree heat to germinate to lay the plastic bag in a sunny window. At least that way they will get some heat. Then be patient for 10-20 days.
However with no lights how do you plan to grow them once they germinate?
PS: I have some small seeds which need light to germinate. Can I use the paper towel or sand technique without covering the seed?
Well you can try but it wouldn't be recommended. The seeds usually just dry out if not covered.
I love this technique for ALL my medium to large sized seeds... I usually soak smaller seeds and surface sow.
If you're using this method for peppers give it at least 10 days - this year the majority of my peppers didn't germinate until 18-20 days! Compared to 3 days for tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, it is shocking.
I have been using this method for several years, especially for my peppers and tomatoes. I use coffee filters, which I find stronger, and I place the seeds on my TV receiver for heat. Does a great job and they're up in 3-5 days, especially if the seed is fresh. I keep them in the filters until the root is well developed, and the shoot with the green cotyledons are exposed. I have found that pepper seeds are notorious for not shedding their seed coats, so I keep them in the filters until they are past that stage. I have had the experience of leaving them on, in case I destroy the seedling, and having a 'dud' plant. So I make sure I have a good strong seedling to pot up and put under my lights.


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Just recently discovered this forum just as we are getting ready to pull the trigger on a new pool. The forum is great and very informative!
We have gone through designs and bids from several PBs in the Katy/Hou area. The bid designs, pricing, and equipment all vary a little, but I wanted to get the forum's experiences/opinions on any of the builders listed below. Do you know these PBs? Has anyone had a build with them? Good/bad experiences? How did they handle any problems that arose? Etc...
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We used Best Backyard Pools. My highest recommendation is that we would absolutely use her again if we needed another pool. Has been very responsive no matter how random the question or problem. Good references and many commented they would use her again, too.
Make sure you talk to someone who has had their pool recently finished by the builder you are looking at. Also find out if the person who is giving your bid the same person who will be supervising your build. How often will they be on site during the process?
We used Best backyard to build our pool last year. From day one, Kathy was always prompt with a response whether it be an email we sent to her or a phone call. We never had to wait for days on answers or getting calls returned.She came to the pool site every day. The best part about Best backyard is our pool was started on June 11 and we were swimming by the 4th of July.
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- Greetings, fellow searchers in Slovakia.
I'm a new member searching for my father's family's origins in
Slovakia. My great grandparents, Charles Albert Vozar (1868 - ?) &
Anna Liptak (1872 - ?) came to the USA in c. 1892 with their 1 year
old son Albert, settling in Dixonville, PA. My grandfather,
Charles/Karol was born in PA. The family entry is not listed in the
Ellis Island records and probably entered the country through another
east coast city. One of my older living relations says he saw their
gravestones in the Catholic Cemetery in Dixonville.
Three months ago, a woman in England who family shares my surname
(Vozar), wrote to me, wondering me if we might be related. Many
messages, traded pictures and phone calls later, Margareta invited me
to accompany her and her husband on a trip to Prague and Bratislava.
I could not refuse. While in Slovakia, we did a great deal of
searching in the matrikas of Bratislava, Sered', S^urovce & Horny
C^epen^ (between Trnava & Nitra). We found lots of Vozars, including
her gr grandfather Jan Vozar and her grandfather Alexandr, but I was
not able to find my gr granfather Charles Albert (Karol Adalbert?).
Thus we were unable to prove a relationship between our families, and
I still do not know if my family came from this area of the country.
My paternal grandmother, Anna Spisak, left Slovakia at a much later
date (1911) from Dobsina. She and her mother and two brothers are in
the Ellis Island records. I have not yet tried to contact any of the
Spisaks in the Dobsina area. Oddly enough, Margareta's brother
married a Spisakova girl, making it possible the two families are
related twice.
I'd welcome any suggestions as to what to do next or where to look. I
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Margareta, and continue the search, but it's a big country to go
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One day earlier, Rosenhaus said he knew James' intentions while declining to divulge them.
"Edgerrin recently said that he'd address that publicly at a later date and I'm going to honor that," Rosenhaus said.
If James holds out, Polian said he would be fined $6,000 each day he missed. James was fined an undisclosed amount for skipping the team's mandatory minicamp in May.
James is coming off his best season since tearing a ligament in his left knee in 2001. He rushed for 1,548 yards and nine touchdowns, caught 51 passes for 483 yards and had a career-high average of 4.6 yards per carry last season.
The two other members of the Colts "triplets" -- two-time MVP Peyton Manning and six-time Pro Bowl receiver Marvin Harrison -- already have cashed in with long-term contracts that included lucrative signing bonuses. James was hoping for a similar reward this year but agreed instead to the one-year deal in March when it appeared there was a glut of top running backs in the league.
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Wood stove instead of a fireplace?
We all know that wood burning fireplaces are terribly inefficient and actually suck heat out of your house. So I'm considering a wood stove instead. I've seen some attractive pictures of wood stoves in front of stone walls or even set into fireplaces. I like that look, especially the stoves with one big glass door instead of two small ones, and the price is good compared to a masonry fireplace . . . But I have a couple concerns:
- Does a wood stove look weird in summer? I mean, you can fill a "real fireplace" with beautiful flowers or candles in summer. What can you do with a wood stove, which is clearly out of season?
- Without a mantel, what can you do with it at Christmas? Stockings and mistletoe, after all, are a part of why I want a fireplace.
- What other concerns am I not considering?
Have you looked into wood stove fireplace inserts? From what I understand, they are efficient like (or approaching) wood stoves, but fit into a fire place, which would allow you to have your mantel for stockings (I agree- totally important!).
We have both a traditional fireplace and a wood stove in our house - fireplace in the living room, wood stove in the family room. We use the wood stove almost every day in the winter, but have never used the fireplace. In the summer, I don't try to decorate or dress up the wood stove area. I just leave it alone and enjoy the break from the ashes! I really love having a wood stove, but ours isn't particularly beautiful, and when its in use it can get a bit messy (bits of ash, an errant twig, sooty fireplace gloves), so I'm glad it isn't a focal point in our house.
Yes, I want something like that too! The research I've done tells me my best bet for an efficient wood burning fireplace (don't want a freestanding wood stove) is to get a 'prefab high efficiency wood burning fireplace' also known as an EPA fireplace. These cost a lot less than a full masonry fireplace (around 10K here in New England), but provide the ambience of burning wood, with a lot of heat production.
For the façade, you can do any type of mantel you want- just like a gas or masonry fireplace. Wood trim, stone, brick, whatever.
Here's one I like:
Here is a link that might be useful: Lennox Ladera
I love our woodstove. We have a Progress Hybrid from Woodstock Soapstone company. I think it's beautiful, it's providing almost all the heat our house needs, and it's very clean burning, unlike a lot of stoves on the market.
My answers to your concerns:
1) I don't think a woodstove looks stranger in the summer than a fireplace. If you wanted to dress it up, you could put a floral arrangement or something on the top.
2) It is true that you can't make a woodstove part of your holiday decorating if you are also burning in it. I grew up with a woodstove, and we have always been unconventional with our stocking placement. This year I think we're going to hang the stockings on the wall near the Christmas tree. When we had a fireplace, we had to remember not to use it on Christmas so we wouldn't melt the chocolate in the stockings. It is what it is.
Given your wants, an insert might be a better bet. How often do you expect you would use your woodstove or fireplace?
I don't even know if this is even safe, but I love this picture... From Lavender Lass farmhouse pictures
Our plan is to replace the fireplace in the living room with an insert...partly for heat and partly to keep the cats from trying to climb into the chimney. Yes, we have those kind of cats :)
In the sunroom, we'd like to use a smaller wood stove. Something to heat a tea kettle and use for backup if the power goes out. I've seen some cute wood stoves with plants on them in the summer, but I wouldn't want anything too close when it was actually being used.
Installing a wood stove in our new house was a no brainer for us. I think itâÂÂs kind of dumb to install an open fireplace in a new home that canâÂÂt heat your house.
We went with a built in wood stove. The model we chose was the Brentwood by Lennox. This unit seems simlar to what you are looking for. HereâÂÂs a link to see it.
The total cost of the unit/ vent pipe/installation was $3900. I think we spent about another $1,000 on the rockwork and the mantel. I think it looks great and it has no problem heating our house.
Here is a link that might be useful: Brentwood
Thank you for the link and pricing. That really helps- I agree, its a no brainer for me. I love my fireplace in my current house, and I do use it a lot. But I know that its inefficient for the amount of wood I put in. Also, we occasionally have a little smoke seep out, which would drive me CRAZY if the house were brand new. But I really have to have an actual fireplace (for aesthetics), its important to me. SO the insert (prefab high efficiency fireplace) is a perfect solution- half the cost of a masonry fireplace with double the heat production.
We have a Heatilator Constitution WB fireplace and it is VERY efficient and with the blower on it will keep the majority of our 2400 sf on the main level very comfortable. We are 100% happy with it and our home is new this year and the might be a little woodsmoke smell when you open the doors but otherwise no smoke odor at all.
Our cost was right at $5,000.00 installed,
Here is a link that might be useful: Heatilator
We have a small woodstove in our living room, black, two doors, each with a window. It stands on a slate tile area, with grey field stone on the wall behind it, ceiling to floor. The mason arranged for a few small stones to jut out a bit, so we can hang stuff on the stone wall. It looks fine, and the stove does heat the house well enough and is easy to take care of. When we're not using it, we generally keep something decorative on it -- a colorful kettle, fresh flowers, etc.
But honestly? we only make a fire a few times a year, so I'd prefer to have a traditional fireplace in that room, just for the looks.
We love our woodstove and it's a no brainer over a fireplace from an efficiency point of view. It heats our house much of the winter. We have a mantel on the stone wall surround that we made out of a salvaged beam from our old house. I don't find it weird looking at all out of season. I could put a decoration on top, but I don't as I like the look of the stove. We bought a Jotul.
Something like that Heatilator Constitution model is what I'd love in our new home, but for my wife there is still too much metal showing. Anyone know of a similar unit that still has an integrated blower but with perhaps a bigger firebox and less visible metal?
Here's a couple of other sources (there are many):
Good luck with your project.
This one has a nice big viewing area and integrated blower. What I was told at the showroom is that it must be set into a masonry fireplace, so it is an expensive option. I think a true fireplace will be important for resale so this is probably what we will go with.
Yes, the one you linked to from Vermont Castings is an insert for a masonry fireplace, but Vermont castings also has 2 "inserts" that are an actual fireplace with insert- no masonry necessary. Its like buying a prefab gas fireplace- but its wood burning.
The guy at the fireplace store apparently isn't very informed on all the choices for wood burning. I too went to a fireplace store and got a strong push/encouragement to gas fireplaces or freestanding wood stoves- once they found out I was building a new house. I kept insisting on looking at wood burning fireplace options, and he kept telling my about how much work it is (even after I said we burn wood a lot).
Here is a link that might be useful: Vermont Castings Effecient Prefab Fireplace
To me, it's so much more efficient to have the fire in the room....all the blowers will help make a fireplace more efficient, but when you have the radiant heat coming off of 4 sides of the stove as well as the top, you are keeping more of the heat in the room than you can with any kind of fireplace insert.
We set up our hvac system to operate with just a fan that circulates the air from the woodstove to the rest of the house.
We have a gas fireplace in the library which is nice, clean, convenient and has a blower to circulate the heat, but it's not the same.
Jotul (pronounced YO-tl) also makes one the size of the squirrel above and they have a more modern looking one as well. We also considered Vermont Castings which makes good stoves. I think it came down to style and color as the final deciding factor.
Oh, just when I thought I wanted a wood stove...I find this cute pretty picture in Romantic Country magazine. Maybe an Aga for my tea kettle, instead...if I win the lottery :) From Lavender Lass farmhouse pictures
Thanks, folks, for all the thoughts. So many ideas! Annie's nice stove in front of a wall of stone is closest to what I've had in my mind, and that's similar to the type of stove I was considering. I do need to investigate blowers, etc. so I can be well-informed on my options.
The squirrel stove is cute, but I don't think it'd be "enough" for the open-floor plan we're considering. If I wanted something for just one room, I'd say it's perfect.
Lovely picture there at the end with the white-washed fireplace, etc. The whole picture just comes together so nicely. It occurs to me, though, that if you want "the look" but aren't particularly concerned with an actual fire, you could build this as a "dummy fireplace" and just use candles year-round, as the picture shows. I wouldn't do this for the main room, but I would do it in, say, a sunroom or breakfast room.
Mrs Pete, my son and d-i-l live in western Michigan in a 100 yr old farmhouse. They put in a Vermont Castings stove at the base of the stairs, on a slate platform with slate going up the wall - similar but different to what Annie did, and not only does it look really nice but it heats their whole home. They've done a really good job of teaching my 13 mo old granddaughter the concept of "hot" so she doesn't go near it.
I love those enameled stoves. Good luck deciding what you are going to do.


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