Hello from Rhode Island. Not to take away the fact that Greg is a hard worker, because he certainly is and very knowledgeable. He is extremely fortunate to have Katie as a partner. My god, she is a workhorse. I think she deserves a nice log splitter for her birthday.
Consider stacking front to back vs side-side. You can separate the left/right sides by season and green logs. Take from season side one year. Then the other the next year.
Take my advice and invest in a good log splitter now, I'm 76 and have had 8 shoulder surgeries and total joint replacement both shoulder twice. Take care of yourselves while you are young.
Kudos to anyone who splits wood in the summertime. I can't do it anymore. Now, I follow the advice of an oldtimer who saw me doing it. He advised me to wait until it got cold. That way the wood splitting will warm you twice, once when cutting it and once when burning it. Just a thought that has paid dividends for me. Cheers.
Hello Katie and Greg. For the thumbnail: He's on the chopping block. Greg did put his head down on the short log you were about to split. I've seen an attachment for a bobcat that was a wood splitter. Something like that might fit on the tractor. Have good days!
Suggestion: If you nailed the boards back together with couple of vertical strips, you could hang it from the top board. That would help keep snow and rain off the dry wood at the back. Great video as always.
This girl knows how to chop wood !! Good job filling up that wood shed 👍The off grid life is awesome when you know how to prepare ❤Those little goats are a blast to watch lol, I've been 100% off grid 11 years & love it 😊
Good think you got your safety Crocks on in case that axe misses! I love how the dogs lay around while you chop wood, and I bet they lay in front of the stove when you burn it too. LOL
Katie, your love for animals is awesome. You swing that axe better than most men. Suggestion, if you have knots at one end of log put that end on the bottom and split on end without knots. I promise it will split easier. Good video. You guys rock.
Once emptied, why not make three or four column/row stall bays. Posts /pallets/slats. This way you pick one vertical bay at a time. First in, first out. No need to cut back access door. Or build another smaller lean to wood shed and rotate each year.
A trick I learned years ago is that when the axe jams in the log, lift both axe and log as high as you can, and twist the axe just before you bring it down. That way the axe head hits the block with the weight of the log behind it. It will split the log easily
How about a little bit about the chickens please. How many eggs you get a week, do you sell or use for barter? Same as the Cockerells . Thank you for letting us enjoy your life experience, absolutely amazing watching you both , never a dull moment watching from London England ❤
How often do you clean your stove pipes? When we burn pine or hemlock/spruce, even when it's dry, we find that creosote buildup happens pretty fast unless we're burning a hot stove. We have mostly hard woods here but we use pine and hemlock to get our fires going in the mornings. We also bought a thermostat for the stovepipe to keep the temperature at an optimal temp to reduce creosote buildup. Anyway, we clean the stove pipes twice during the winter and at the beginning and end of the burning season. So wondering what you do based upon burning mostly soft woods....
splitting wood is a hard job - i did it for many years and now i see and watch the ones that have those wood splitters sure do wish we had one --it is very hard on the body and takes toll in the body - might have to start watching on marketplace for a 2nd hand one
Hello from Southern California and I absolutely love the way you love and take care of your animals. I have been watching you a very long time and thank you for sharing. Your good at chopping wood 😊
Hello from KY you guy's sure are hard workers and ur place look's a lot like here in the mountains except we have way more hard wood than pine 👍you have your place looking great
a woodsplitter was my saving grace. I heat with wood only. If one of you were using the splitter, the other could not keep pace with loading it in the building. Plus, you don't work yourself to death & it is SO much faster. I bought a used one off an older gentleman that found it was a bigger Unit than he could lift the boom Vertically. Caution: don't mess with one smaller than a 35 - 38 Ton, they're just not strong enough for some of the stuff you are splitting. Well worth the money. Good luck & love your site
Need a bigger woodshed so that separating green from dry is easier. I always suggest to people to build any woodshed big enough to store 2 years worth of wood and room enough to do all your splitting inside the woodshed. 😊
When you're splitting wood and the axe/maul gets stuck and the log comes up with it when you lift instead of just raising the log and slamming it down you should turn the axe around and bring the butt of the axe down first. That way the weight of the log forces itself onto the blade and it will split much easier.
Time to look for a splitter. You may not need one this year but your shoulders will thank you in the near future. Are you planning on getting Steve "fixed". He is more of a pet than any of the others and it would be nice to have him descented when he gets a little older. When you were playing with him on the wood pile I saw the older dog coming over looking for some of that loving too. Have fun and enjoy that A/C, jack
Yanno, when you built that shed I was wondering how you'd rotate the stock. lol. Now we know! I'll bet the power shed is helping with the temperatures in the house. I could hear those fans blasting when Katie was checking the wattage. Aside from the noise, that's a ton of heat you don't have dumping into the house in the summer! You may use a bit more wood to make up for that "Inverter Heating" in the winter, but I'm sure you're enjoying the quiet!
Wow a lot of work got done. I have a outside stove. It cuts down on the bills by heating the house and water. Only feel it up once a day. Worth the investment. Saves time to.
It is nice to see your progress, even if it is chopping wood. I'm over 70 and people have forgotten how hard off-grid life is, you are constantly working to keep things going and keep yourselves alive. I remember up to 2006 when I lived in a national forest, I would have to chop wood, only a cord of it, but still a good workout. I looked forward to it. Life in the forest was like camping. My ex and I would travel the US just to camp, but when we moved into a forest there was no need to travel to camp. If we wanted we could pull the camping bags out and sleep on the upper deck (no bears to worry about). I would pinch myself every morning I woke up to see if I wasn't dreaming. Enjoy your youth, it comes but once.
Hello from Presque Isle, Maine. Love your videos. I have a Suggestion for you , use the off cuts at the mill for fire wood rather then let them stack up to the point all you can do is make a bonfire with them.
❤ wow once again you guys show us some hard yakka being done. Katie and greg you work so good as a team to achieveca goal. Love waking up in Western Australia to a new video makes my day
A hydraulic wood split attachment that connects to your tractor and runs off the tractor 🚜 hydraulic system, harbor freight or Princess Auto would have a similar unit. Years down the road you will be glad you bought it !!!
Hello Guys LOVE the show.... Im gonna suggest again that you two look into a wood splitter that will run off of the hydralics of the tractor ! Built or bought ! Either would be the way to go to make your wood splitting ALOT LESS od a Chore !
Suggest you bury the chopping round low in the ground so it sticks up a few inches. The reason for this is to get the full kinetic downward force in the swing of the splitting mall. The rounds will split more easily for you. Try it out.
Next wood shed ya build ya should build it longer and about same width , so that way you can take same amount of would and split it on both sides to have a easy walkway down the middle so you dont need to doors to get to the back dry wood !
Great working splitting that wood , it is to bad you folks dont have a log splitter to make it less work, Id be exhausted . The new goat is getting big fast love that you have that run area for them
Considered a hyd. splitter yet? Check out other options for wood splitting on You Tube. There are also several manual splitter options using leverage as opposed to fuel driven.
Good morning. You must have a very well insulated home to have only used 3 cords of wood. Sorry it's so hot there. We are enjoying a little cooling down in North West Indiana. No AC on for a change. I'm happy that you can now run your AC. Peace Happiness Love 💕
I wondered how long it would take before you cut a doorway in the back of the wood shed also if you had stacked the wood from front to back you could split the shed by year burn the left on odd years and burn the right on the even years that’s much like what you’re going to do now. Way to go Katie showing Greg how to chop all that wood up you don’t mess around. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thinking a wheelbarrow would make moving your wood from the splitting area to the shed would make hauling it easier, even that short distance,.. a lot less walking.
Good days work Katie,& Greg. Keeping a step ahead chopping wood,& filling the shed. Animals are looking healthy,& happy in their surroundings. Stay safe, healthy, happy,hydrated, productive,& blessed.💯👍🏾😀💕🫶🏾💜✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
i know this is another expense you dont want, but hae you ever thought about getting a wood splitter to get this done a little quicker? Love your channel. I just thought i need to go back and find your very first video. I started following you folks about a year agaon and you got me hooked. Katie is stronge like Bull...lol
You are real hard workers and I feel for you splitting in 32deg heat. As you don't have a log splitter is there any benefit in using your identified firewood trunks, running them through the sawmill to half and quarter, then chainsaw to length? Would it reduce the amount of splitting and also make what splitting is needed easier!
I built a similar woodshed, and was wondering myself about getting to my drier wood,now I know ,lol thanks! But I don't have the studs like you do, but, simple enough,I'll just put some on the outside before I cut a door in! Great idea!
If you see any wilderness women aimlessly wandering the woods, send them this way! I think winter is coming early here in Maine. 3 weeks ago we had leaves turning and start falling and the Canadian geese were already gathering up to head south. It was 66 degrees a couple of days ago. Talk about a couple of months early...
After a year or two at my place 22 years ago. I decide to buil myself a wood shed, I calculate approx. How much I use per season, and made it with two front door, one year is one side, and the next year it's the other door, way much easier for me. Also made it that I can back up in with my ATV and my little trailer to load the wood. So ! much for ;) love heating with wood, and you guys have a saw mill, you could use soo much of it to heat your place too. I even made myself an other shed, just for wood from wood slab for my sauna and fireplace outside ;)
Try a shorter splitting stump your axe will have more speed/force and will be easier on your shoulders. love your channel to hard workers. Keep up the great work on your homestead
I was going to suggest, maybe put a partial interior wall within the woodshed and you can use up one side before moving to the other. At least that way you could fill one half of the shed with wetter wood and draw form the other side. Especially seeing you only used about half of your supply... That's how I'm building mine anyway.
Hello guys I can safely say u guys are really working 💪 out hard all for the luxurious way of living life in an homesteading. Also outstanding housewife an all around wife. Hope the solar would produce power needed to run the aircon all day for its really enjoying after a hard core day. Godbless guys.🎉🎉🎉
Did anyone catch the thumbnail in the video? 😂😂
Watched it 4 times never saw anything, not that I know what I'm looking for 🤷🏼♀️😂 xx
I watched a few times after she mentioned a tumbler an still didn't see it
😂@9:30/31😅
9:30 LMAO!! 😬🫣👀😅😂
Hello from Rhode Island. Not to take away the fact that Greg is a hard worker, because he certainly is and very knowledgeable. He is extremely fortunate to have Katie as a partner. My god, she is a workhorse. I think she deserves a nice log splitter for her birthday.
They way Katie hauls bags of cement and lumber I'm sure she could handle herself quite well , and look good at the same time
Great to see others from RI enjoying this channel
Log splitter. 100%.
Yes, I agree, one made out of skunk bullet lol 😆
Should she not be thankful for him too?
Consider stacking front to back vs side-side. You can separate the left/right sides by season and green logs. Take from season side one year. Then the other the next year.
Take my advice and invest in a good log splitter now, I'm 76 and have had 8 shoulder surgeries and total joint replacement both shoulder twice. Take care of yourselves while you are young.
Great job, buy a larger ax would do wonders. Keep up the good work.
It's good to see that you're Subscribers are climbing up a little bit at a time time . Come on people , sign up it doesn't cost you anything !
to many goofaws. hubby refuses any advice usually messes it up. measure once and cut 3 times, boring.
a woodsplitter would be a good thing to have ,you guys are doing a great job , Bravo !
Kudos to anyone who splits wood in the summertime. I can't do it anymore. Now, I follow the advice of an oldtimer who saw me doing it. He advised me to wait until it got cold. That way the wood splitting will warm you twice, once when cutting it and once when burning it. Just a thought that has paid dividends for me. Cheers.
Hello Katie and Greg. For the thumbnail: He's on the chopping block. Greg did put his head down on the short log you were about to split. I've seen an attachment for a bobcat that was a wood splitter. Something like that might fit on the tractor. Have good days!
Suggestion: If you nailed the boards back together with couple of vertical strips, you could hang it from the top board. That would help keep snow and rain off the dry wood at the back. Great video as always.
Katie, watching you chop firewood….. you’re a beast. And I mean that in a good way. Alan
Great job splitting wood & filling up the wood shed. Solar is working great! You guy’s should be so proud 🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
Good job!...winter coming get ready!....snow chains, tractor oil, grease, snow tires, salt, sand, shovels, snow shoes, get ready!
This girl knows how to chop wood !! Good job filling up that wood shed 👍The off grid life is awesome when you know how to prepare ❤Those little goats are a blast to watch lol, I've been 100% off grid 11 years & love it 😊
Good think you got your safety Crocks on in case that axe misses!
I love how the dogs lay around while you chop wood, and I bet they lay in front of the stove when you burn it too. LOL
Yes. Wood splitter. That was exhausting.😅
Katie, your love for animals is awesome. You swing that axe better than most men. Suggestion, if you have knots at one end of log put that end on the bottom and split on end without knots. I promise it will split easier. Good video. You guys rock.
Hello from Germany from Kakenstorf Hans and Oci...have a good time ❤❤❤👍👍👍❤❤❤
Once emptied, why not make three or four column/row stall bays. Posts /pallets/slats. This way you pick one vertical bay at a time. First in, first out. No need to cut back access door. Or build another smaller lean to wood shed and rotate each year.
There's a tough Canadian girl showing off again by splitting a Sh_t load of Firewood . Keep up the good work Katie !
A trick I learned years ago is that when the axe jams in the log, lift both axe and log as high as you can, and twist the axe just before you bring it down. That way the axe head hits the block with the weight of the log behind it. It will split the log easily
How about a little bit about the chickens please. How many eggs you get a week, do you sell or use for barter? Same as the Cockerells . Thank you for letting us enjoy your life experience, absolutely amazing watching you both , never a dull moment watching from London England ❤
How often do you clean your stove pipes? When we burn pine or hemlock/spruce, even when it's dry, we find that creosote buildup happens pretty fast unless we're burning a hot stove. We have mostly hard woods here but we use pine and hemlock to get our fires going in the mornings. We also bought a thermostat for the stovepipe to keep the temperature at an optimal temp to reduce creosote buildup. Anyway, we clean the stove pipes twice during the winter and at the beginning and end of the burning season. So wondering what you do based upon burning mostly soft woods....
Katie you’re the firewood BOSS! Careful Greg, I saw your head on the chopping block for a second there! 👀😅 Love you guys! 😊❤
It is always inspiring to see Katie hauling things, splitting wood, and everything else she does as BOSS!
should have put placed couple boards vertical on your wood shed then cut it and placed hinges on it and you would have a door you could close lol
splitting wood is a hard job - i did it for many years and now i see and watch the ones that have those wood splitters sure do wish we had one --it is very hard on the body and takes toll in the body - might have to start watching on marketplace for a 2nd hand one
Hello from Southern California and I absolutely love the way you love and take care of your animals. I have been watching you a very long time and thank you for sharing. Your good at chopping wood 😊
They are our family. We love them dearly
Hello from KY you guy's sure are hard workers and ur place look's a lot like here in the mountains except we have way more hard wood than pine 👍you have your place looking great
Ever think about a root celler to store potatoes,squash,etc.
respect for woodworking
a woodsplitter was my saving grace. I heat with wood only. If one of you were using the splitter, the other could not keep pace with loading it in the building. Plus, you don't work yourself to death & it is SO much faster. I bought a used one off an older gentleman that found it was a bigger Unit than he could lift the boom Vertically. Caution: don't mess with one smaller than a 35 - 38 Ton, they're just not strong enough for some of the stuff you are splitting. Well worth the money. Good luck & love your site
Need a bigger woodshed so that separating green from dry is easier. I always suggest to people to build any woodshed big enough to store 2 years worth of wood and room enough to do all your splitting inside the woodshed. 😊
When you're splitting wood and the axe/maul gets stuck and the log comes up with it when you lift instead of just raising the log and slamming it down you should turn the axe around and bring the butt of the axe down first. That way the weight of the log forces itself onto the blade and it will split much easier.
Hey Greg, take care of Katie as if your life depended on it, it just might.
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I think a log splitter would be a great gift for her! Good for both of you. KC Don 😉
Wow miss Katie thats a great chance to work out but a wood splitter can ease the back and muscle pain in the long run .. Good Job.
Awesome a lot of hard work you two God Bless from your Canadian Friend.
Time to look for a splitter. You may not need one this year but your shoulders will thank you in the near future.
Are you planning on getting Steve "fixed". He is more of a pet than any of the others and it would be nice to have him descented when he gets a little older. When you were playing with him on the wood pile I saw the older dog coming over looking for some of that loving too.
Have fun and enjoy that A/C,
jack
Build two more fire wood sheds. So one to two are always curing. Great video.
Brilliant idea to cut an access panel in the back of the woodshed!
You should keep an eye out for a wood splitter for your place. Would sure save a lot of work for you. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.
Yanno, when you built that shed I was wondering how you'd rotate the stock. lol. Now we know! I'll bet the power shed is helping with the temperatures in the house. I could hear those fans blasting when Katie was checking the wattage. Aside from the noise, that's a ton of heat you don't have dumping into the house in the summer! You may use a bit more wood to make up for that "Inverter Heating" in the winter, but I'm sure you're enjoying the quiet!
Wow a lot of work got done. I have a outside stove. It cuts down on the bills by heating the house and water. Only feel it up once a day. Worth the investment. Saves time to.
It is nice to see your progress, even if it is chopping wood. I'm over 70 and people have forgotten how hard off-grid life is, you are constantly working to keep things going and keep yourselves alive. I remember up to 2006 when I lived in a national forest, I would have to chop wood, only a cord of it, but still a good workout. I looked forward to it. Life in the forest was like camping. My ex and I would travel the US just to camp, but when we moved into a forest there was no need to travel to camp. If we wanted we could pull the camping bags out and sleep on the upper deck (no bears to worry about). I would pinch myself every morning I woke up to see if I wasn't dreaming. Enjoy your youth, it comes but once.
You should stack your wood on the sides, that way you have an isle to walk. Dry on one side. Not dry on the other.
Katie I sure won’t argue with you, what a awesome job you both did xxxx ❤️💙
Hello from Presque Isle, Maine.
Love your videos.
I have a Suggestion for you , use the off cuts at the mill for fire wood rather then let them stack up to the point all you can do is make a bonfire with them.
I had to do the same thing to my wood shed. I put a door in the back side because I wasn't using all of the wood each year.
❤ wow once again you guys show us some hard yakka being done. Katie and greg you work so good as a team to achieveca goal. Love waking up in Western Australia to a new video makes my day
A hydraulic wood split attachment that connects to your tractor and runs off the tractor 🚜 hydraulic system, harbor freight or Princess Auto would have a similar unit. Years down the road you will be glad you bought it !!!
Hello from Norway 🇳🇴Good to be prepared for the winter ☃️⛄️👏
I agree, a log splitter would be a great gift. KC Don 😉
Chopping wood, very good exercise & therapeutic! "Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice." Henry Ford
That baby goat is so cute, love when it jumps around
I was thinking the same thing, for the access to the dryer wood!
Such good work and yes, Do Not Mess with Katie !!!
Hello Guys LOVE the show.... Im gonna suggest again that you two look into a wood splitter that will run off of the hydralics of the tractor ! Built or bought ! Either would be the way to go to make your wood splitting ALOT LESS od a Chore !
Suggest you bury the chopping round low in the ground so it sticks up a few inches. The reason for this is to get the full kinetic downward force in the swing of the splitting mall. The rounds will split more easily for you. Try it out.
We used to live in Northern Minnesota and it gets colder than Alaska we used to use 12 cord every winter
I’m out of breathe just watching. ❤❤
Have you pet your chicken today? Katie chops wood better than guys I know. Great job with the music, really enjoy your videos.
Next wood shed ya build ya should build it longer and about same width , so that way you can take same amount of would and split it on both sides to have a easy walkway down the middle so you dont need to doors to get to the back dry wood !
Off grid or not I love wood heat. I believe I would be looking at a wood splitter. My hats off to you.
Make sure you clean your stove pipe
Great working splitting that wood , it is to bad you folks dont have a log splitter to make it less work, Id be exhausted . The new goat is getting big fast love that you have that run area for them
It got 73 degrees here in west Virginia today it was Soo nice guys
Considered a hyd. splitter yet? Check out other options for wood splitting on You Tube. There are also several manual splitter options using leverage as opposed to fuel driven.
Good morning. You must have a very well insulated home to have only used 3 cords of wood. Sorry it's so hot there. We are enjoying a little cooling down in North West Indiana. No AC on for a change. I'm happy that you can now run your AC. Peace Happiness Love 💕
I love chopping wood but hate the stacking part!
I wondered how long it would take before you cut a doorway in the back of the wood shed also if you had stacked the wood from front to back you could split the shed by year burn the left on odd years and burn the right on the even years that’s much like what you’re going to do now. Way to go Katie showing Greg how to chop all that wood up you don’t mess around. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thinking a wheelbarrow would make moving your wood from the splitting area to the shed would make hauling it easier, even that short distance,.. a lot less walking.
Good days work Katie,& Greg. Keeping a step ahead chopping wood,& filling the shed. Animals are looking healthy,& happy in their surroundings. Stay safe, healthy, happy,hydrated, productive,& blessed.💯👍🏾😀💕🫶🏾💜✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
i know this is another expense you dont want, but hae you ever thought about getting a wood splitter to get this done a little quicker? Love your channel. I just thought i need to go back and find your very first video. I started following you folks about a year agaon and you got me hooked. Katie is stronge like Bull...lol
I did 5 cords but was in a deep freeze and got to -70F😊❤😊
You should have a hydraulic wood splitter, it would make things a lot easier for you on the ranch
That was one big day of chopping logs. Great to have for your winter. Goats are loving life and Stephen is so cute and funny. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You are real hard workers and I feel for you splitting in 32deg heat. As you don't have a log splitter is there any benefit in using your identified firewood trunks, running them through the sawmill to half and quarter, then chainsaw to length? Would it reduce the amount of splitting and also make what splitting is needed easier!
You both are hard workers like the door on the other side. Hi from Colorado Springs 😀
I think you guys need to invest in a wood splitter. Used or 3 point hitch that would go on your tractor.
I built a similar woodshed, and was wondering myself about getting to my drier wood,now I know ,lol thanks! But I don't have the studs like you do, but, simple enough,I'll just put some on the outside before I cut a door in! Great idea!
If only you had a battery powered circular saw for that door... ;)
If you see any wilderness women aimlessly wandering the woods, send them this way!
I think winter is coming early here in Maine. 3 weeks ago we had leaves turning and start falling and the Canadian geese were already gathering up to head south. It was 66 degrees a couple of days ago. Talk about a couple of months early...
Good job katie you're a special woman...Greg better appreciate everything you do..great job
Wow you guys knocked that pile down.
That one days work will pay huge dividends in propane savings plus the healthy workout you got.
Hello Katie an Greg 👋✅
might not matter but if you put a large piece of cardboard between the old wood and the new, that way you know you use the old first
Hi Katie & Greg & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Katie & Greg & Friends Randy
It's so cute that you have his and hers splitting stumps :)
The smaller the splits, the faster they dry, then season….
If you’re up against the calendar, it is a good “shortcut”.
After a year or two at my place 22 years ago. I decide to buil myself a wood shed, I calculate approx. How much I use per season, and made it with two front door, one year is one side, and the next year it's the other door, way much easier for me. Also made it that I can back up in with my ATV and my little trailer to load the wood. So ! much for ;) love heating with wood, and you guys have a saw mill, you could use soo much of it to heat your place too. I even made myself an other shed, just for wood from wood slab for my sauna and fireplace outside ;)
Try a shorter splitting stump your axe will have more speed/force and will be easier on your shoulders. love your channel to hard workers. Keep up the great work on your homestead
Cant help but think that a logs screw splitter would save you hours and hours. fairly simple to make up out of scraps from what I have seen.
Wood splitting 101, see Buckin Billy Ray Smith. Maybe a few pointers, you could use, the guy is a master. Take care, great videos.
I was going to suggest, maybe put a partial interior wall within the woodshed and you can use up one side before moving to the other. At least that way you could fill one half of the shed with wetter wood and draw form the other side. Especially seeing you only used about half of your supply... That's how I'm building mine anyway.
Hello guys I can safely say u guys are really working 💪 out hard all for the luxurious way of living life in an homesteading. Also outstanding housewife an all around wife. Hope the solar would produce power needed to run the aircon all day for its really enjoying after a hard core day. Godbless guys.🎉🎉🎉
I thought you would have a wood splitting machine. It would be so much easier and more efficient! ❤👍🏴
There's really nothing more satisfying than bucking wood.
I can watch other ppl do it all day long...😂😅 Love ya'll ❤️
you are a beast chopping the firewood 👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁
and i mean katie