We decided to start a fire the other night...

I loved the house I grew up in, my dad/mom don't live there any more we moved out of it when I was 11 or 12.  The house had this amazing fireplace, that my dad built.  It was made of brick and it was beautiful!  I remember waking up each morning in the winter and running to the fireplace to get warm.  I'd sit there waiting for my dad to bring me the hot chocolate he was making.  It made getting up that early and having to go school a little bit easier to take. 

I haven't experienced a fireplace since then at least not one of my own.  Living in Texas fireplaces aren't as common.  Well the apartment we moved into in September did come with one.  I remember when we looked at the place and getting excited about having a fireplace but at the same time wondering "would this be something we take advantage of or will it end up going unused?"

Well I can tell you we took advantage!  We decided to start a fire the other night!  It was nice sitting there eating dinner and watching a movie next to the fire.  I'm grateful for the fireplace in our new apartment!