One Man's Junk....

Saturday, April 3rd was designated "Family Yardwork Day". The weather was beautiful and there's plenty of work to be done around the outside of the house. But instead it ended up being "Clean Out the Shed" day. The boys helped Jacob haul everything out into the backyard so it could be sorted & discarded. As you can see, there was a lot of stuff.



I'm not even sure how that much stuff fit inside an 8'x10' space. It was like circus clowns coming out of their tiny car.
The boys helped bag all the trash. I boxed up the metal components. Jacob ultimately hauled off 2-1/2 truckloads to the dump and the metal recycling center. I would like to say we all pitched in. But the kids spent most of their time arguing over who was doing the most work (and neither really doing much of any). And most of my day involved shopping for & preparing goodies for the Easter cookout. Didn't matter -- a man's gotta decide what stays & goes in his work space. We were only day-labor anyway.
By the end of the day there was plenty of space for all our mowers, tillers, etc., to have a home instead of languishing outdoors.



As an added bonus, our children once again went straight to sleep without struggle. And all it took was a little manual labor.