Thursday, August 21, 2008

My failure as a homeowner

So, a couple weeks ago, my failure as a homeowner became official. The neighbor across the street came over and rang the doorbell one Sunday morning while I was asleep. Carrie answered the door, and the neighbor gave her some local church material, then asked if she (Carrie) would mind if she (the neighbor) weeded the front landscaping. Of course Carrie didn't mind, so I woke up to a weeded front garden!

Obviously, this worked out well for me - I got some free yard work. However, I still do feel bad about the whole thing. I asked my dad what the appropriate response was - do I offer computer help in return? Do I pretend nothing ever happened but take better care of things in the future? Do I send a fruit basket? He agreed that not making a big deal out of it was probably the best course of action for now.

And of course, this is just one of my many failures in homeownership. I will skip the documentation of those for now...until they reach ridiculous proportions.

2 comments:

Lord Hughes said...

Aww. I was hoping to read of more failures, such as the runaway weeds in the front yard, the half-moon shaped grass patch in the back yard and the roof shingle that needs replaced for several months now. I might still be missing a few.

Anonymous said...

I can hear a spiel on some local church if that means my lawn gets weeded or even mowed. You can send your neighbor my way :D