I think my family is a little weird. When we get together we usually end up doing a bunch of work. Frequently it's for my parents, but tomorrow it'll be for me. We'll be celebrating my sister-in-law's birthday, but we'll also be putting in an invisible dog fence.
My brother called me tonight and asked if he should bring his mower. They all know that I only have a reel mower and to be honest, at this time of year, I have trouble keeping up because I'm overloaded with school work. He said that he had all of his lawn equipment, he might as well bring the mower as well. I suspect that we'll be doing much more than just putting the dog fence in. I swear, every get together seems to take on this "barn raising" vibe.
I suspect that a lot of this has to do with all the work we did together on the farm. We know how to work together, and we recognize that work shared is work halved. Personally, it's really nice having brothers who are pretty handy at just about everything...no, I don't want them wiring my house, but they putting in an electric fence, well hell, although they weren't underground, they have strung up plenty of electric fences on the farm.
I better turn in. It's going to be a very busy day tomorrow.
You are extremely lucky, Laura. My family intends to do good deeds periodically. However it usually ends up in a major disagreement because each and every one of them seems to think they know the best way to do the job and none of those ways work well together! Can you still be adopted at age 50?
ReplyDeleteOh Donna, we may be hard working devils but we have our flaws. It's taken me 50 years to get to the point where I've learned to function in this dysfunctional family myself.
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