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Monday 31st March - Back Garden finished!

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Posted by: knightrider45 Monday 31st March 2008, 10:25pm

Doesn't it look lovely -and not a single blade of grass in sight! This is how I've spent the majority of this weeks holiday!

The driver confirmed yesterday morning that he'd dropped off eight and half ton of shingle at the front of our house.

And I've shifted that eight and half ton from the the front of the house to the back garden myself. By myself. Working Tuesday, the day after Bank Holiday, when the gravel was delivered, 12 hours Thursday, starting at 5.30am because I couldn't sleep, and finally, all day Friday, Saturday & Sunday, finishing it at 9pm last night.

I'm glad it's done and finished, and wouldn't like to do it again.

I've had to have tomorrow off work because I've really upset my stomach ulcer and stricture doing the garden, and the stricture has swelled up like crazy, and although it's calmed down today because I'm off the gardening, the pain, and acid, is still there. Feels like I've got a pebble stuck in my gullet that won't move up or down, and really really swells up when I go to bed as I lying down flat.

Solution? Very little sleep. Hopefully, everything will be back to normal tomorrow. Then I can start to go bed as normal as well.

The Volvo has been repaired at a cost of £60 and we got that back last Thursday after that breakdown (see previous blog), which again meant I couldn't get up to Fakenham Market to see a friend about a stall. Today, and for the next 2 days, I'm concentrating on the business again. At last.

So why did I put myself through all this? Firstly, I don't want to waste my time cutting the grass every Sunday like I had to last year. Especially as the Household deems it to be my job and I don't (didn't) get any help. I now have Sunday afternoons free without the lawnmower millstone around my neck. (Although I haven't sorted the front garden out yet, but that only takes an hour to cut & edge - that'll be done next year.)

I can spend the time, much better, working on the business, and my future.Earning money from either the business, overtime, or a part time job to pay the mortgage. Middle daughter, although liking what I've done, still can't understand why I've done it.

As I said to her, if I live for another 20 years, getting rid of the grass problem gives me 3 and half years life back, which is what I would have spent cutting the grass ( 7 hours a week, 48 weeks a year, multiplied by 20 years).

The wife and kids still think I'm lazy though for getting rid of the grass all because I can't be a*sed to cut it every week. But, I'm preparing for the future as well - because when that day comes and my lungs won't work properly any more - we won't have to employ someone to cut the grass.

But in the meantime, I'm now gaining extra time every week. Brilliant!

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