Yard Work
For all those folks in other climates who romanticize crisp autumn days in New England, I give you this:
2+ hours labor raking and bagging leaves
1 torn leaf bag
1 pissed-off husband due to the torn leaf bag
4 overflowing bags of leaves, plus 1 3/4 bag overflowing with leaves
1/2 mouse (the top half) found in the back yard while racking said leaves (damn cats)
2 sore shoulders
1 sore butt
and, finally,
approximately 5 or 6 more bags' worth of leaves in the back yard that we do NOT have bags for.
At least it (1) got me out of the house for a while and (2) probably burned some calories. But I am sure as shit going to feel this one tomorrow.
Labels: random, vented spleen
posted by ZantiMissKnit @ 3:39 PM
5 Comments:
I feel for you, especially your butt. ;-) But, no illusions here, we have to rake up yard crap year round. Especially after an extreme heat spell in summer when the leaves fall from heat exhaustion and trees and bushes give up the ghost. If one has a pool, then it is a constant crap fest from the local pigeons or other birds. We've had more than one dead pigeon to clean up.
I don't think I will tell you about the scorpions and black widows.
I still miss a really cool autumn.
Which is why I don't understand this whole "raking leaves" phenomenon. Why can't they just be left on the ground? I just leave them there to go back into the earth and complete nature's cycle....
Ha ha, you need to hire a 7 year old with a snow shovel. I'm all about leaving them there as mulch and playthings for the boy!!
Your new best friend:
http://www.google.com/search?q=lawn+sweeper
While you will still need to bag all of the leaves, the raking and such will be replaced with walking (or riding on a lawnmower in my case)
Seriously what should take my husband and me all day to complete took 1 hour this year
I understand. (hugs)
We raked a ton for the past 3 weekends!
~derStricker (Kara)
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