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Oct 12 - Yard Cleanup

October 17th, 2024 at 04:42 am

October 12

$73 Dinner Out

$700 Yard Cleanup

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When I was pregnant with DL(19), I hired a gardener that brought much peace to our life.  I just couldn't do it any more.  Two kids + a full-time job + exhaustion (not enough sleep), etc., etc.  Our gardener was amazing for the first 15 years or so (I feel very blessed about that) but really started dropping the ball after that.

We finally let him go and hired someone else.  The new guy has been a little flakey but the bar is very low at this point.  & I didn't read too much into it when he didn't show up last Saturday on 100F+ degree day.  I don't know if he would have communicated with us but MH followed up and he said he would come today.  Which seemed a very obvious thing, to wait a week when it would be 25 degrees cooler.  He did show up promptly today and it was a big job.  & has also shown up regularly to maintain the yard (where the bar had gotten very low).  The front yard needed work but was passable.  The back yard was looking like a jungle in some places.

Now that the yard is cleaned up, next on my list is to get the gutters cleaned.  There wasn't access on the side of the house where a tree was growing and a shrub was blocking access to the side of the house.  I had a tree guy cut the shrub back last year and we still had access to the side (and the water shut off) but wasn't sure a big guy with a ladder and a power washer could squeeze through there, or how much the 'tree' or whatever was blocking things.  It's all cleaned up now so I will schedule a gutter cleaning.  I just checked the last guy I hired was still working.  He charged pennies to clear 2 stories of gutters and power wash the entire house. 

MH told me early in the day maybe we should just go out to eat.  He thought I would want to for some reason?  I said, "No thanks."  It was a, "I thought that's what you would want" thing and I responded, "Why would I want that?"  I think the fridge is full but MH often guages better re: voracious teenager.  I pretty much slept all day and did nothing.  I just needed to recover from a long week. 

I woke up around 5:00 and just felt "ugh" about food.  I did have some shoes to return at the mall and thought if we did that I could get at least one productive thing done Saturday.  & we could find somewhere to eat in that area.  We had a leisurely dinner which ended up being more expensive because we ordered an appetizer and dessert.  

Edited to add:  My inclination was to get through our gift cards (that we seem to never use) but I couldn't find any.  Checked my blog and I guess we actually got through all of our restaurant gift cards?

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