Monday, March 02, 2009

A gaggle of guys

This month as we celebrate five years in our little house in the not-so-big woods, I'm thinking about all the different ways this house has enriched our lives. For one thing, we've developed close working relationships with a variety of guys.

For instance, you can't live with a driveway like 0urs without getting to know your gravel guy pretty well, and living in the woods requires dependence on the chainsaw guy. (Who knew chainsaws could be so persnickety?) We rely regularly on our furnace guy and our electricity guy, and the tree-trimming guys know just where to dump those piles of mulch.

Some guys come and go. Our garage guy has moved on to other projects and we haven't needed the septic tank guy for a while, but we're now working with a llama-dung guy who promises to supply fertilizer for our garden this spring.

Sometimes I think it would be nice to have one do-it-all guy who could take care of everything that needs attention, but on the other hand, variety is the spice of life--and all these guys have definitely brought some spice into ours.

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