Wednesday, December 3, 2008

I shall not covet, I shall not covet, I shall not covet...

..I shall not covet that my neighbors that live a mere stone's throw away from us in the town limits get their leaves sucked up from the curbside by big, burly men in trucks...
while we spend hours and hours stuffing them all into expensive clear bags...
after hours and hours spent raking in the first place...
raking up a backyard so filled with trees that we can't even grow grass...

I sure hope that tenth commandment isn't important as the rest.
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4 comments:

  1. DeniseDecember 3, 2008 at 9:43 PM

    maybe you could slip the big burly guys a ten spot. bribery doesn't break any commandments does it?

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  2. Steve-RosannaDecember 4, 2008 at 1:02 AM

    Hey Lara, when your crew is finished with your leaves, will you please send them our way?

    A freaky windstorm actually almost cleared our back yard, but left ginormous piles in the front of the house.

    Tell your crew that we will pay them with freshly cooked donuts!

    Grandpa-Grandma

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  3. CharleneDecember 4, 2008 at 9:38 AM

    I have never seen burly guys suck up leaves before. The whole city gets to have that? and where do you live?

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  4. KDecember 7, 2008 at 8:06 PM

    At least your kids do most of the raking and bagging, right? I mean it's really not fair that some neighborhoods provide that kind of service and others don't.

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