Hey both all of you readers of my blog! Sorry it’s
been a few weeks, I was caught between a whirlwind of bronchitis, a new job,
and a backyard project that is gonna take a few weeks! But I’ve got to catch up
on a few other projects we did before I can write about that!
My wife has quickly become the brains of this backyard
operation. My job is purely to provide resources and get them to the backyard
so she can then decide how to lay everything out. Think of me as the
hunter-gatherer, driving around and grunting a lot, and she’s the …..uh... beautiful
foreign envoy who came and tried to teach a better way of life. However, for
this project there was some role reversal. I was sitting on the couch watching The
Voice something manly, and she grabbed my arm and said “JEFF! I think I
just got my first ‘Free Craigslist’!” One of her close friends had just posted on
Facebook that they wanted to get rid of their rose bushes, and within 3 minutes
my wife had replied “we’ll take them!!” So yeah, not technically ‘Free Craigslist’, but I didn’t have the energy to
start a separate blog called “My wife is awesome and gets stuff on Facebook for
free”. So, we’ll double dip.
This pick-up has been the least creepy by far, since they are an awesome family. Thank
goodness too, because usually it’s super awkward pulling up to a random
person’s house. However, although I thought I was there to dig up a couple of
bushes, my wife neglected to mention that there were FOURTEEN. This was great,
but had I known that I might’ve packed a lunch (and maybe a sleeping bag for a
quick nap). Digging them up was pretty straightforward, but I wish I had planned
better on how to carry them to my truck. By the end of the trip I looked like
I’d tried to hug an uncooperative porcupine. I got the bushes home and already
had my pre-made flower boxes ready to go, made entirely out of wood from my
Dad’s old carport (rusty nails and flakey paint included). The real question is, did I just make myself
the best husband in the world because I have a built-in supply of (I love
you/I’m sorry/Happy important day) flowers, or totally hose myself because now
if I ever buy flowers she’ll be like “uh, why would I want those when I have
FOURTEEEN BUSHES of them in the backyard?” Only time will tell.
The backyard is looking great! However, the second to last photo has my eyes wiggin' out. The trees lean one way, fence slats the other, the ground is straight......dizzy. Feeling very dizzy. The rose bushes are lovely- Kudos to your brilliant wife.
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