Re: Making changes in my life

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

I am glad for you ,because that makes you happy ,now tell me how you did that, my yard gets on my nerves, i went from living in a nice neighorhood, had a lovely home ,to living in the country, and a man with a tractor mows my yard, grass is every where.

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

That's good. Hubby and felt the same way after our girls finished college and went out on their own. That big axx house with all that land was a perfect home to raise children in but it took a lot of work. It took a lot of our time. We were only 50 but we decided to sell it and downsize. We're still doing the happy dance over that decision! Our home was in a nice town and lovely neighborhood, not doing the upkeep and not taking care of the grounds would not have been an option for us. If we wanted to stay in the house, we would have paid someone to do the yard work...and everything else that robbed us of our time.

ScrapHappy · ‎03-28-2010

It would take my husband almost an entire day to cut and trim our front and back yard. It makes it even more difficult because it's not flat. We just moved to the Southeast last summer and it gets brutally hot. It's just too much on him anymore. I used to help with the trimming but it got too much for me as well. We hired a lawn maintenance company. So glad we did. Instead of working all weekends maintaining the lawn, we now have more quality family time.

muttmom · ‎11-28-2012

Everyone is different but I hate to look at an unmowed lawn. We hired a service that comes once a week. In our subdivion we have 3/4 of an acre property. If we didn't mow we'd here about it.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@muttmom wrote:
Everyone is different but I hate to look at an unmowed lawn. We hired a service that comes once a week. In our subdivion we have 3/4 of an acre property. If we didn't mow we'd here about it.

That's what I was thinking...the neighbors would have thing or two to say about THAT...lol

hoosieroriginal · ‎03-04-2012

@muttmom wrote:
Everyone is different but I hate to look at an unmowed lawn. We hired a service that comes once a week. In our subdivion we have 3/4 of an acre property. If we didn't mow we'd here about it.

@muttmom - I'm getting really used to it and if I hear one word from a neighbor - I'll have something to tell them about their yard and then I'll wait another month to mow mine. I live out in the country and people around here just don't bother like they used to, my neighborhood is older people and I think they are where I am. Tired of mowing every week. Life's too short.

cotton4me · ‎03-09-2010

Many places are going natural and letting grassy areas become meadows for the wildlife. It provides food and shelter for them. Where I used to work, they decided to only mow small areas and let the rest of it become meadows. They placed signs in various areas stating, “Meadow Restoration Project”. Our county is doing the same thing with park areas, leaving much of it un-mowed, also with signs stating they wouldn’t be mowing because they were restoring the meadows. It's a positive for the environment.

hoosieroriginal · ‎03-04-2012

@cotton4me wrote:
Many places are going natural and letting grassy areas become meadows for the wildlife. It provides food and shelter for them. Where I used to work, they decided to only mow small areas and let the rest of it become meadows. They placed signs in various areas stating, “Meadow Restoration Project”. Our county is doing the same thing with park areas, leaving much of it un-mowed, also with signs stating they wouldn’t be mowing because they were restoring the meadows. It's a positive for the environment.

@cotton4me - Thank you - my land will now become a meadow! Down the street from me there is a wooded area - large $500,000 homes. But they havefall leaves and big broken branches all year round in their yards and they just leave them there. I asked once why they didn't pick up all the dead wood and they said they leave their land as it is - doesn't seem to bother them. I've decided to become one of them.