Huge props and a couple semi-slams

My parents rock! I know this because over the last long weekend, they helped my wife and I cut nine cords of oak, split ten cords of the same, stack about three cords of it, clean the soon-to-be nursery, and take about 3,000 pounds of crap to the dump and salvage yard. Not bad for three day's work, eh? Now we've got room for another garden spot, maybe with patio, a laundry room, a wood room, and a kid. Thanks a ton-and-a-half, you two! On the down side, though, the chimney sweep was supposed to come put a new liner in our chimney yesterday, but he begged off because it was raining. What is he, the Wicked Witch of the West? Does he melt in the rain? Now, it's going to be another week before he can get here again. I told him we're getting right up to that time we're going to need to have a fire to heat the house. Also, our contractor friend that's going to repair the roof on our entryway said he won't be able to get to it until the middle or end of October. I guess that's OK, but I'd sure like to get rolling on both these projects.