There are little everyday chores
- Dishes
- Sweeping
- Cleaning windows
- Folding towels
There are BIG weekend chores
- Mopping
- Wiping down baseboards
- Cleaning ceiling fans
Then there are the BIG, BIG weekend chores
- Yardwork - More specifically, and in my sons case; DIGGING HOLES for one of the many new palm trees that my husband would decide to bring home to add to our tropical landscaping.
"Can I go to Ty's house, and then over to Tanner's? After that we are probably going to meet up with everyone at the beach, and then........"
"Let me cut you off. Yes, you can do all of that. After you finish your chores."
The look in my son's eyes when the word CHORE was mentioned on an early Saturday morning was always one of fear. Even though he had been reminded and warned repeatedly that....
"Next Saturday, do not make any plans because you will be helping with some yard work."
Yeah, kids have selective memory. Not to mention selective hearing, selective sight, selective everything!
"Great! Another Hole!All of my friends think you guys are like some weird slave drivers. Makin me dig holes all the time. Like the movie! I should just live in some boys juvenile camp,just digging holes all day!"
His bad attitude and borderline talking back was not appropriate,
but....
It sure did give us a good idea for his Christmas gag gift that year.
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| This still hangs in his room. Some memories are too precious to be packed away in a box. Have you read the book or seen the movie? My son loved both! |
When you leave your work boots outside, and your parents tell you to bring them in the garage because rain is in the forecast. Don't think that "accidentally" forgetting them outside overnight, only to have them soaked through will get you out of digging the next day.
No sireee!!
Soak up as much rain as you can with these here paper towels, then grab two grocery bags, put them over your socks before slippin into your boots, and get digging!
My son is 19 now, does not live with us anymore, so therefore does not have to endure the family chore list. My husband is the sole 'yardwork' guy now. I mean I of course help with some light weeding, light flower planting, light mulch placement, light.....well, you catch my drift.
The girls and I stick more to the inside stuff.
But M was outside today planting another palm tree, and re mulching the planters and he came across this in the corner of the yard, behind one of the planters.
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| "10-23-08 Digging a hole again" It was like finding old ancient carvings from 10,000 B.C. Only it was from 2008, and it was from a pissed off teenager. Of course hubby had to text me his find. LMAO is right! He then texted it to C, so that he could remember his good ol' hole digging days, and Laugh His A** Off! |
