I Think His Tractor Is Sexy

This past weekend Eric and I were dedicating ourselves to dispose of a heap of compost that has plagued our side yard for a year. Eric called the city and had them deliver a huge trailer to put the compost in. For only $10 a weekend they deliver this trailer to your house, you fill it up with whatever you need to get rid of and they haul it away. About an hour into pitching this heavy, wet compost into the trailer, I was getting sore and tired and the mound was not getting any smaller. We thought about going to Wal-Mart and pick up a couple of Mexicans, but both of us were not really going to go through with that! I mean think about the risk associated with that. It was fun to discuss how to go about doing it and what to say to them. So the next best idea was to rent some sort of tractor that would do the heavy lifting for us, hence the John Deer. It was awesome!! It took no time for Eric to get everything loaded on the truck and I even managed to get him to remove some hedges that I have been wanting to get rid of. Of course Don, my Stepdad, was there to oversee our project. We enjoy when he comes over to lend his expert advise. He is a great guy. So since our compost is now gone, Eric has once again turned his obsession to the illusive greenest yard on the block. What is it with some men and their grass. I don't know how much he has spent in the past two months on grass seed, fertilizer, hay, and all that other stuff that goes along with it and I don't even want to know. I have to give it to him though...it is starting to look pretty good. Our yard is a very hard yard to grow grass in to start with. There are tons of old pine trees and oak trees that just drink up any water that touches the ground, not to mention all the shade they provide (I don't mind that though). I just had to take some pictures of him on the John Deer. Chloe was a bigger helper as well and John.....he observed and took note of the 'manly ways'.