Yardwork

[HomeLAN]

Yardwork's out due to the allergies, but I do most of the cooking, bring home the income, do my share of the laundry, most of the kitchen cleaning, simple auto maintenance, pool maintenance, etc.

If I had to stay home with the boy all day every day, however, I'd quickly lose what's left of my mind.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

TRL has 12 acres!
Tejas is BIG!

Actually, we have 36 acres. The other 24 is left pretty much natural --- lots of deer.

The 12 is just the fenced "yard".

 

[Winky]

By natural you mean you gots TREES!

 

[Winky]

You're just a regular barrel of fun, ain't ya? What's your name anyway, Ward Cleaver?

Wait!!!
Isn't our sole purpose as males (husbands fathers employer breadwinner heroes et al) to toil in the service of others
only to die a premature stress related death or preferably a fatal accident in pursuit of some lofty success related goal?

Is not our only validation through selfless slavery in the service of others that our true self worth is to be found? Our very substantiation as human beings?

An endless striving for fame wealth and glory?

Mebbe I need to enroll in the "Paul Valaru school of personal gratification"?

And let them weeds grow waist high in the yard.

 

[Inkara1]

"Yes, I do it all myself and I have the blisters to prove it."

Well it certainly doesn’t raise any blisters.

I also do all the house work, the majority of the grocery shopping, car maintenance and upkeep, wash my own clothes, (I refuse to wash hers or the kid's) do my own cooking, the budget and bills, major financial decisions, generate the majority of the income yada yada yada...

Tell me again what that Wife is for?

To give your hand a rest after all that yard work?

 

[Winky]

Yeah calluses might interfere with the
more important work huh?

 

[TexasRaceLady]

By natural you mean you gots TREES!

Wink, you've seen the movies where the people go hacking through the jungle? That's what most of the "natural" acreage looks like. LOL

 

[catocom]

Yep do most all of it ma-self., I don't have blisters though.
I know what gloves are for. (I do have a few small calluses though)
I pay the kids a little to help pick up trash and stuff.(usually what they threw down)
It's not as bad without the dog around anymore though.
Weedeating around the lake usually goes largely undone.
I just can't hold out, and can't/won't afford to hire outside help on it.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

Isn't our sole purpose as males (husbands fathers employer breadwinner heroes et al) to toil in the service of others
only to die a premature stress related death or preferably a fatal accident in pursuit of some lofty success related goal?

Is not our only validation through selfless slavery in the service of others that our true self worth is to be found? Our very substantiation as human beings?

An endless striving for fame wealth and glory?

OMG, it's worse than I thought.

You're pussywhipped too aincha?

 

[Uki Chick]

Mebbe I need to enroll in the "Paul Valaru school of personal gratification"?

I don't think it would help you any.

 

[paul_valaru]

Wait!!!

Mebbe I need to enroll in the "Paul Valaru school of personal gratification"?

$30,000 a year tuition