I have some suggestions for those that have the urge to annoy their husband while he does yardwork.
1. After he puts plastic on the windows, try to open them.
2. After he has tried to start the lawn mower for a good 5 minutes, ask if he would like you to give it a go.
3. Have a leaf fight with your eldest son who was supposed to be bagging leaves.
4. Have a race with your eldest son to see who can get their fresh off the roll leaf bag opened first.
5. Make up a modern dance routine, using leaf bags as long, black scarves. Crank the volume on a random country music station.
6. After bagging leaves for 3 minutes, say loudly to no one in particular that bagging leaves is really hard work.
7. Every couple of seconds ask your husband what he is doing and why he is doing it.
8. Point out all of the other projects that need to be started and finished before the snow flies.
9. Pretend to be looking for something important in the garage, so you can sniff out your favorite smell. Gasoline.
10. Run in the house and blog when your husband goes to get the extension ladder.
All of these are tried and true. Trust me.
6 comments:
I'm good at this game, Carla!
Was that today?
Today was yardwork day. Carla was not helping.
I wasn't sure if you were suggesting that YOU tried these suggestions on Pat, or if it was more of a group effort.
We did yard work today, too, me and my 3 sons. My youngest was having a grand time annoying my oldest son. Both were enjoying slaying one another verbally.
I marched them all inside and proceeded to tape 2 mouths shut. Not something I'm in the habit of doing. And I think it took everyone by surprise. I had no idea it would diffuse the whole situation - they were all too busy laughing.
They did struggle a little to come up with something nice to say about each other, the final criterion before being able to resume our outdoor activities. But they finally did, and thankfully, we finished the yard in peace.
So, like, how did Pat do with all the distractions? (Was he 'scappled?' That's my word verification.)
(And how did you get out of the detail?)
oops. of course, I took the tape off before we went back outside :)
I did them all, Karla. My only responsibility was to help Joshua bag the leaves. I made it way funner.
Tape the mouths. Hmmmm.
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