I Can Be Such a Dummy

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Me and my bright ideas. I’ve always wanted to extend our front lawn up to a rock wall on our property that farmers built in the 17th century. I wanted a park-like setting. To make a very long story short, we we received a quote not counting hydro seeding in March. We hoped to get the grass started before the hot weather came, even knowing that autumn is the best time to plant grass.The contractor promised to begin May 1st, but was so busy, he didn’t begin until June. After removing over a quarter acre of trees, excavating the land, dumping tons of soil and then tons of topsoil, the hydro seeding wasn’t completed until June 20th, my birthday. Hubs had no interest in “my” project, so I was the one outside every day telling the tree cutters which trees to leave and which to remove. Many were dead, many were about to die, and many made too much shade. Hubs was livid that I had too many beautiful trees removed. How was I to know what to remove while standing amongst fallen trees and brush with no help? The contractor suggested which should come down, but that was it. As a result, we wound up with weeds and grass, and spent a good 5 hours a day watering since. The contractor stopped by occasionally, but the last time we saw him was for his bill. It was well over twice the original quote. We will no longer use him for tree removal or grass cutting. By the way, he advertises with my son. My son is dropping him as a client.