To Mow or Not to Mow? That Is My Question…
Well, looks like it’s that time again. The grass has grown completely out of control. I keep thinking my husband will mow it (as he promises to do it every weekend), but no. Well, what did I expect…I was the one who single-handedly layed out this grass in the form of sod, after all. By the way, I was nearly lying down on the ground (okay totally lying down) when I snapped this artistic photo. Yes, that’s extreme, but I strongly felt that lying down would provide the best possible view of the length of the grass.
I suppose I should just go ahead and accept it right now: if the lawn is going to be mowed, I will probably be the one doing it…Wonder what would happen if I never mowed it? (This is not rebellion, as it would in no way influence my husband to mow–I’m actually just curious what would happen–like, would it STOP growing at some point?) I might just do that instead of mowing. It’ll be kind of like a research project.
I don’t expect my husband to do much housework. BUT garbage and mowing are his jobs. As you can see, this in no way means that he DOES them. (And, yes, I have told him. Crying, screaming, cursing, asking nicely–none of it matters. One year, we almost get divorced over housework, but that’s a story for another day. I’ve grown weary. It’s much easier just to simply have very low standards.)
PS. I keep hearing about this monkey grass stuff. I think ALL of our grass might be monkey grass. It grows really fast and in big clumps. Does this sound like monkey grass? Does it look like monkey grass? (By the way, the really tall thing in the foreground is just a weed. Also, all of the greenery around the flower garden are weeds.)
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April 11th, 2008 at 7:37 am
As part of my father’s midlife crisis, he purchased himself a tractor with which to mow the lawn. It has cupholders, seat massagers, and I kid you not, cruise control. This thing cost a couple thousand dollars.
Now he mows the lawn, but only about as often as before, because by the time he gets the cars moved and the garage cleaned out enough to get the tractor out, he’s wasted the entire Saturday and doesn’t have time to do it.
Back to square one…