yard work = hard work

All summer I've been neglecting the weeds in the front of the house. Before surgery, my back hurt too much. After surgery I needed to heal. This morning, I finally had no excuse so I got down and dirty and ripped those suckers out.

We had weeds that were as thick as small trees. Here's what's left of one:


We filled up an entire large trash can with weeds!


The aftermath was much cleaner. See (sideways, sorry I'm new at this):


Brandon even helped prune the butterfly bush, but only after he wanted me to cut it down, thinking it was a weed!



I let him mow the lawn while I went inside for a cold beverage


Oh, and here's me after the morning of hard work