Pulling Some Weeds...Some Very Dead Weeds

Everyone knows the best time to do yard work is in the early morning or evening hours of the day. I had good intentions of working in the yard first thing this morning but then decided it would be much more fun to do this...

Smoothies and reading in the park...doesn't get much better than that :)

So it wasn't until 3 in the afternoon that I got busy.

BEFORE...

The husband killed these weeds some time ago...I see them every time I look out my kitchen window (so like 200 times a day).
They've been bugging me...so I did something about it.

THE TOOLS

THE PROCEDURE was easy, I gloved up, pulled, and bagged.

Probably should not have pulled weeds in this get-up but I was in a hurry.
The husband says there's nothing sexier than the wife pulling weeds in a skirt and flip-flops.

AFTER...

Time to move on to

FACET #7
PLAN YOUR WORK
AND WORK YOUR PLAN

An ideal homemaker plans a program or a schedule for each day so that she is the master, rather than the victim, of her work.

I have to be honest. When the kids are at school I am the master, but so far this summer, I am definitely the victim.

"Trimming" Some Bushes

BEFORE...

I have NEVER been a fan of these bushes.

One grows bigger than the other.

They are ugly.

THE TOOLS

THE PROCEDURE

I started trimming.

It was taking forever.

I had to stop part way through the first bush.

I had a hay fever attack.
AND my arm started breaking out from where the bush touched it.

That was weird, I've never broke out from foliage before.

The future plan was to pull these babies out once we decide what we want to put in their place.

The future plan ended up becoming the present plan.

AFTER...

I brought in my favorite TOOL and he brought a few of his tools and pulled those babies out with his truck!

D says A husband, too, should take pride in his home and yard and do his part to keep things in excellent condition, or else provide the means to hire someone to keep things maintained.


There's no way the husband would hire someone to take care of his yard--it's his joy.

Still no idea what we're going to put in that spot.