I bet we left a shotgun there, too
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 8:21AM 
This is a picture of me and my Dad. Me and my little plastic alligator shovel are "helping" him dig the foundation for a log cabin that he and a buddy subsequently built BY HAND.
It's not hard to be the underachiever in my family, really. But I do it with style.
That cabin was the source of many happy family times until it fell into disuse during my teenage years. My parents offered to sell it to my brother and I for a dollar if we would only maintain it, and we both turned them down.
Which, in hindsight, was incredibly stupid, because when the Zombie Apocalypse happens I'm totally going to be kicking myself that I don't have a remote cabin in the woods to bug out to.
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Reader Comments (35)
Keely you have gotten me totally hip to this zombie craze.
Yes it is a craze.
Guess what I watched on tv yesterday? 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.
Nobody lives.
Just sayin'.
(I'm like that spreading sunshine whereever I go! heh heh)
I bet the zombies are living there waiting for their chance to take over the world!
Love that shovel. Kid stuff is so cute. I wish I had a grown up shovel with an alligator on it!
I linked you!
So cute! Love your shovel.
Forget the zombies! When I first popped over to your blog I could only see the picture -- no words. My first thought was that you were digging a grave!
And you blew it! You should've maintained the cabin!!
that's very cool did you by chance have a story written about it in a school reader? I like these pictures. How odl were you?4?
damn, you could have stocked that bad boy full of rations and fortified the hell out of it. it would also have been handy in case of russian a russian invasion. or the apocolypse.
LOL! that picture reminds me of my son. he SLEEPS with his wuvvel because i can't get it away from him!
I was going to say the cabin is probably ground zero for the zombie uprising but Bex beat me to it.
I had a shovel just like that until someone stole it when I was 7.
So, um, where were you in the summer of 83?
You should post the story of when you and Joanne tried to take a weekend trip there. I don't remember much of it, other than the "....and then we crashed" part.
um.. I think the cabin in the woods is actually where the zombies first find people..then they move on to the urban areas.
..not sure about that, but if it makes you feel better about letting the cabin go, then good.
:)
Your dad is so cool, I can't even build a tower out of blocks.
My uncle built a log cabin over the span of 30 years. Seriously, 30 years and he only had it finished for about a month before he died. True story.
I wish my dad had been half as handy.
Guess you better make a zombie back up plan.
What a cool thing your dad did and yes when the zombies attack you are so going to wish you had the cabin.
That is a bummer that you refused them. I mean, a Zombie-free compound would be so useful. Especially after you built the perimeter watch towers and electrified the outlying chain link fence.
Man what a cool Dad! A log cabin? Macho! I like your little plaid jacket...woodsy!
My kid would flip for a shovel like that! I love the pic!
No way. Zombies come from graves you silly people.
Can I buy it for $2?? I'll let you stay with me when you run from the zombies..
dude. Cabin in the woods is the opposite of where you want to be during zombie apocalypse. I can almost see the undead hands pulling themselves out of that soft dirt. Get yourself a hot air balloon. It's the only way to go. Trust me on this.
No way could you get me to go to a spooky log cabin in the woods during a zombie attack! Don't your realize that is where most scary movies take place?
But it would be cool for hiding from the children...
I weep for the tragic loss of the cabin in the woods.
Such a cute picture! My dad never let us "help" him. He was way to impatient!
Such a little helper! It's not too late to build a Zombie proof cabin.
Again - I agree with the above posters in that the cabin in the woods is not where you want to go to flee zombies. But if you still had that shovel it could come in handy as a weapon.
Aw, you look so ready to act. Or was your finger up your nose? It's hard to tell...