I've Been Served!

Remember how at last week's service auction I won a weeding (not wedding, which is what I originally typed) service? Well, Sara has already come and served me and now my front beds are weed free!

(She authorized this photo.)

She arrived at 9:20 Monday morning and stayed for 2 hours! Her little daughter Madison (who I used to babysit when she'd go to the temple) played happily the entire time.


Sara finished the big, main bed (which is all I expected her to do) and then moved on to the terrible bed that Randy and I choose not to see. It is full of grass and really dense weeds, plus the dirt is super hard so it's really, really difficult to weed. But Sara insisted on doing it and got half of it done Monday and then returned Tuesday morning to finish the other half--for a total of 3 hours of weeding! She even killed a huge black widow spider (ew...shivers!) that was climbing up the side of our porch (no doubt making her way into the house to kill me!).


I felt some guilt about this since I really hate weeding, but Sara assured me that this is what I bought from her and that she bought services from other people and will be cashing those in herself. I ended up doing a mini-clean up of the garage, and we were able to visit while she worked. At one point, I was sitting on the porch while she weeded and was hit with guilty feelings again, but they weren't strong enough to make me get down on my knees to weed!

It was such a boost to have that big job done before winter hits again. Maybe this time Randy and I will be motivated enough to amend the soil so that it will be decent for spring flowers. At any rate, we were very pleased with Sara's great service and love the service auction plan!

**How do you feel about weeding?
Would you have felt guilty letting her work?
Have you served anyone this week?**

Comment Window Tidbit: We're having our first fantastically fall-like weather today with a chilly temperature, wind and rain, it's glorious!