You can tell yer spouse owns a sawmill when............

[Mooseherder]

When at the Cracker Barrel restaurant,  Sawmill Gravy is ordered to cover the Mashed taters.

[Chet]

When da wife brings all da girls at her Tupperware Party down to da saw yard ta see yer mill.   

[farmerdoug]

When your wife knows all of the loggers, truckers, and tree trimmers in the area by first names, but cannot remember more than a handful of her coworkers at work by their first names.

[kderby]

Any highway traveled is a running commentary on the species, market value and utility of the trees along the way.

You also get commentary, "Honey, not everyone is as interested in trees and forestry as you are."  

Can that be true? 

[Tom]

When you have to pull her off of a defenseless, mouthy yuppy, half her size, that thought he was being smart by lambasting loggers, and sawmills.   

[brdmkr]

she tells all her friends that a mill is cheaper than a speed boat, a flashy convertable, or another woman!

[OneWithWood]

she comes home from a meeting (any meeting) with a list of people who are going to call in the next day or so because they want to check out the mill . . .

[Part_Timer]

When directions are given out by the neighbors that end with." if you get to the house on the corner with the logs stacked all over the yard you went to far"

[Chris Burchfield]

She don't have to guess what your doing this weekend. 

[farmerdoug]

When the tables in the house are really just stacks of sticker lumber drying.

Farmerdoug

[cptbob06]

She complains she can't park in the garage because there a pile of wood stacked in her space.

[LedlieLogs]

When she gives you directions to go somewhere by the different tree stands you have your eye on.

[Chet]

When yer otta town and a snow storm hits and da wife thinks ta git some one ta plow out da sawmill, and furgits ta tell um ta plow da driveway ta da house. 

[WDH]

When she tells you that she does not appreciate that her backyard looks like a log yard.

[LOGDOG]

...when she tells you, " you need to sell that mill you got and buy a WoodMizer".

LOGDOG

[woody1]

When she yells "turn down yer cuffs, and sweep of the sawdust in the yard before you come in the house !"

[Furby]

@ Chet:

[woody1]

You can tell your a dumb sawmiller when you don't read the previous before posting...Sorry Thurlow

[burlman]

she hates to ask you for some money to go shopping, because when you pull out your wallet you leave a pile of sawdust on her floor or when she kisses you goodbye and can tell the species of wood you are cutting bye the taste