July Lawn Care Tips

For Mother’s Day, when I was 13, I decided to save up my allowance and get my mom a nice gift. I started saving and watching the newspaper ads in March to find just the right gift. A couple weeks before Mother’s Day I saw an ad which read, ‘Make Mom’s Life Easier With These Great Gifts!’. In the ad were various gifts, but my eyes were caught on the kitchen appliance section. There was an electric meat cutter and an electric mixer on sale (neither of which we had) and I had just enough money to get both. And since, almost every Sunday we had a big roast with mashed potatoes, I felt they were items that would be used and appreciated.

I started building up my mom’s expectations from that point on. I kept telling her, “You’re gonna love your gift! It is so great! It will make your life easier!” I had a hard time waiting for Mother’s Day. I almost couldn’t stand to watch as she unwrapped the gifts, I was soooo excited! Needless to say, I didn’t receive the reaction I was hoping for. And I took a mental note to NEVER buy a woman an appliance for a birthday or holiday ever again.
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June Lawn Care Tips

When I was first married I had a sporty little silver car with a sunroof. After several years and 2 kids, I graduated to another sporty silver car, this time a little larger so that we could fit 2 car seats. Next trade in forced me to give up on the “sporty” cars and get a minivan. It took me several weeks to accept the fact that I was a full-fledged family man now and since a car couldn’t fit 3 car seats comfortably, a minivan it was. The minivan seats 7 and I felt fairly confidant that we could run that one into the ground with the current and future composition of our family. I was wrong! We are having twins, which brings our family up to a total of 5 children, and although the van seats 7, it does not seat 7 when 5 are in car seats.
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May Lawn Care Tips

I arrived home for lunch on Friday and my 4 year old girl called me over to the edge of the lawn. “Daddy, daddy. Come look at the pretty yellow flower!” I walked over and saw a solitary dandelion at the very edge of the lawn. As I bent down to eradicate the weed, horrified she yelled, “Daddy, NO! I Loooooooooovvvvvveeee it soo oo oo ooo much.” I tried to explain to her that if we left it there pretty soon our lawn would be covered with dandelions. She thought that would be a dream come true. I, on the other hand, would rather not have the pretty yellow flowers in the lawn.
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