The Best $35 I Spent This Year

This summer has been crazy.  It has been my most productive and lucrative summer yet. 

But being busy with business means that my husband has to pick up my slack.  Cooking dinner, giving the baby a bath, laundry, etc.  So, he is overwhelmed with doing things I normally do and is then strapped for time to do the things he usually does, like the lawn.

Last week, I decided to hire a company to do my lawn.  My husband didn’t want me to waste the money.  I don’t think it was really about the money, though.  My husband comes from a long line of do-everything-yourselfers who always have too much to do.  Letting go of a task is like leting go of a piece of his identity.  He’s always the guy with too much to do and not enough time.  I’m exactly like him so I can identify the mental illness when I see it.

A few people on my street have lawn services so I called one smart landscaper who has his phone number on his truck.  Landmark Landscaping in South Windsor came out the very next day and gave me a quote – $35 per week for mowing.  We agreed on a day and what do you know?  He actually showed up!  First thing this morning, he mowed the lawn, did some weed whacking, sprayed for weeds, and blew away the extra trimmings. 

It took him a half hour and saved my husband about an hour and a half of work.  My husband may choose to fill up that extra time he has with color coding his sock drawer each week but that’s OK with me.  It’s still the best $35 I spent this year.

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