With the weather cooling down and the rain causing a huge leaf fall, my husband and I have been busy raking leaves. Early in the Fall, I mow and compost the leaves with our lawn mower but the fallen hickory nuts have forced us to rake now. Usually, my sweet, sweet husband does this chore single-handedly but retirement has afforded me the golden opportunity of involvement (I'm trying to be positive...Bob and I are both working hard on re-framing our attitudes and being supportive of each other).
After working out in the gym for an hour this morning, I felt kind of guilty about neglecting our leaves and raked for about an hour. Note to Self: It is wonderful upper-body exercise. It also helped me be creative because I have to figure out where to put those darn leaves. Bob thinks all should be composted and leaves chaotic little piles in the yard for composting purposes at a later date. With neatness being my ultimate goal, I raked the leaves around trees and shrubs. Of course, these carefully crafted rings of leaves were swept by the wind and I ended up raking and re-raking.
Bob sweetly (and somewhat defiantly, in my opinion) sighed and threatened me . He said that if I want compost come February, I need to give up my OCD desire for control and let him handle this task. Okay, okay, if you force me ....I will.
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