12-08-2011, 10:53 PM
wakeboarder Wrote:stayed home sick. i hate missing work. i hope i get better before this weekend. going to be going out for a night of fun. i would cry if i have to stay home cause im sick. hows your day going???
Hey I told you I had the influenza.... I didn't know it was a computer virus though..... Sorry.
I'm actually almost all over my bout of the influenza, spent the day (since the crack of dawn 7:45 am not that early) in and out all day doing my 'rakey'. I live on 2 acres of land divided into 5 'yards' each with nice brick and/or stone paths... plus the driveway, I moved about 20-22 large wheel-barrel full of leaves to the garden.
This is the type of wheel barrel I have:
(mine didn't come with a lady in it ) so this might give you an idea of how many trees I have to clean up after (Life is harsh in the woodlands for us elves).
Its about 1:45 pm, so I have been at it for 6 hours... Lots of leaves, lots of rakey. and the trees are no where done with leaf dropping. By Janurary (when they are done) My garden plot will have between 3 to 4 feet of leaves spread out over it. Its about 20' x 25' or 500 square feet, so we are looking at about 1500 to 2000 cubic feet of leaves.
I still love my trees though:tongue:.