Leaves, Leaves, and More Leaves!

We got behind in leaf removal in the last two weeks or so....and boy did that come back to bite us in the keister.

We decided yesterday would be the day, I told M it would only be an hour or so and we could carry on with our day. Well, it was nearly a full day job, which my dear husband completed mostly solo.

I participated for an hour or so and got overwhelmed when he said we were going to do the front AND the back. The front is one thing, but the back is littered with pine needles, pine cones and acorns. The other thing to note here is that M is a perfectionist. I was instructed that I needed to also do leaf removal from the shrubs and the flower bed areas. I tried to use the excuse that the rake would pull the mulch up and we had to be careful of our tiny rose bush! No go, he said it had to be done.

I stuck with it for a few minutes longer and then thoughts of lunch started clouding my brain. My legitimate excuse was finishing my presentation for class on Tuesday, which I thought that just needed a light buffing but I ended up working on it for the rest of the time that M was working on the yard.

We also met the neighbors across the street. They are probably in their 50's, they mentioned having kids in their 30's and they are grandparents now. They seemed very nice and told us that if we needed anything to let them know. Nice neighbors!