Sunday, January 30, 2011

Technology Can Kiss My Grits...or...A Birthday Wishlist for an 11 Year Old Boy



My children know what Wii is only because we have cousins. Not a huge fan of video games myself, I was thrilled to get the following list from my almost-twelve-year-old son in advance of his special day:

Wish List
oxen (a matched pair)
compound bow
steel-toe boots
crosscut saw
froe
hand saw
comealong ratchet hoist
draw knife
wedges
auger
pry bar
level (a yard-long one)
twine
Maybe List
anvil
forge
steel post vise
hacksaw
blacksmith hammer
hardie
rounding swages
metal files
blacksmith tongs

I don't know what half these things are either, but I was informed by a reliable, almost-done-with-eleven source that I could learn from reading Back To Basics. As the song says, a country boy can survive...

4 comments:

  1. :0) I know boys just like that....wonderful and a joy....true gifts with a purpose!

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  2. Love the list! My personal favorite is the pair of oxen! :-)

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  3. I love his list! What a young man you've got on your hands. :o)
    ~ Lisa

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  4. Fabulous list! My kids too want those kind of things. At the very top of their list is a hatchet...which I don't think our landlord would appreciate their trees cut down...so we will wait on that a bit. :)

    I am so glad that I found your blog through the Messianic Keepers at Home Community! I look forward to more posts!

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