It Used to be a smokehouse now it is a better view

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Suzanne and I have been talking for years about taking down the old smokehouse that sits just out our front door. It has really no purpose for us other than to hide our trash cans and most of all it blocks our view out the big bay window that looks out into the yard and the grape vines when we are in the kitchen. So the other day Suzanne said I really wish that smokehouse was gone and I told that it would be gone at the end of the weekend!!!! So with sledge hammer in hand and a variety of other implements of destruction I went at that smokehouse like a man possessed!!!! By Sunday all that was left was the stone hearth that we wanted to keep and have re pointed. It was a nice place to burn some of the scrap that couldn't be recycled. Now the view is great out our kitchen window and my whole body hurts like hell. Bring on the Advil and a glass of wine!!  Moral of the story is stop talking and start working. You could eat an entire elephant if you wanted to, you just have to start with the first bite.