My husband & I built our forever home back in May of 2012. Six very short months later, we moved in and were accompanied by all the feels being a first-time homeowner elicits. Everything was so fresh & exciting. I remember that I kept the rooms spotless. I swept the floors every day & cleaned the toilets every week. (I feel it’s important to note that we moved in while I was entering the “nesting” stage of pregnancy number two.) (Also to note, the “keeping things super clean” bit didn’t even last through the month.)
Among the things that were fresh & beautiful was our lawn. However, it took zero amount of time for this lawn to die. Now, I need you to understand that we live in the middle of a pasture. It’s beautiful but it’s a pasture with red dirt as its base. Plus, neither Gavin nor myself have green thumbs. I have very interestingly weird thumbs, but green they are not. (I’m serious, they’re weird. I Googled them once and apparently they’re referred to as “hammer thumbs” or ” toe thumbs”. Fabulous.)
I was quite impressed with how quickly our massive backyard was overturned by stickers; annoying, make you curse stickers, and weeds. So. Many. Weeds. It’s all super overwhelming to take care of & maintain. I’m trying to keep three very young children alive & well, how in the world am I supposed to keep grass alive & well?? Our yard looks green because the weeds we have are green. If you’re flying overhead in an airplane our yard looks nicely maintained; but, if you get any closer you’ll see otherwise.
Every time spring rolls around (twice) I always say, “This is it! This is the year we spend our monies & invest in our lawn! Our kids deserve to be able to frolick barefoot through plush, green grass without being scared of getting their feet attacked by stickers!” And then, every year I simply cannot justify spending the money. I think things like food & electricity are more important.
I’m stuck in this perpetual cycle of to spend, or not to spend?
That’s my question.