Monday, September 22, 2008

Fall Clean Up!

Cleanliness is close to Godliness, Did your Grandmother use to say that when you were a kid? Mine didn't either, but it certainly does sound like something a Grandmother would say doesn't it? Without knowing when this baby is going to slip out and make his debut, we have been doing things a little earlier than usual... So this year we started our "Famous Fall Clean" First Annual to be exact. We... meaning us men, you know... Brody and I... started shortly after the girls left for school. We picked squash... and then mashed up the ones that the rabbits and squirrels already tasted for us. The pumpkins were next on our list so we took a BREAK and waited for the girls to return... then we had to BREAK again due to child labor laws and our union heritage as well. The girls really liked being able to pick out their own pumpkins and really cut them from the vine... then of course, next was our lunch BREAK. After lunch the kids went to take their naps or rest time while I went out to use the rototiller... which was quite a surprise... either someone broke into our shed and gave it a tune up or my father did it in the spring when he and my mother planted the garden with the girls while I was in Buffalo.
Then after rototilling (did I spell that right?) it was BREAK time... and I was able to go to an OB appointment with Jesse this afternoon... we left the girls at home... they know enough already. No new news... so we came home, ate dinner and then it was time to finish the cleanup... I started to cut the grass... then it got dark... So I used those lights that everyone wonders "Who in their RIGHT mind would ever use those things?" well We haven't found that guy yet... just ME.
We all seemed to have fun and didn't get everything finished, do you think it could have been all the BREAKS... I think that I must need more power tools.

1 comment:

Andrea said...

That all sounds like fun to me... i think the cardinale clan needs a pumpkin patch next year!