[speaker001:] Okay, do, do you have a home, or apartment?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, I have a home.
[speaker001:] Okay, do you have to do a lot of upkeep?
[speaker002:] Not really, we have a small backyard and small front yard
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but, uh, uh, I do basically like the shrubbery and the planting and the weeding and he mows the lawn because the lawn mower is too heavy [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] That's another story.
[speaker001:] Okay [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] And, uh, and, uh, I do the edging and stuff like that, but, uh, it doesn't take us that long because our, our yard is so small.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But, uh, I try and do as much, you know flowering as I can, and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] that kind of stuff.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] The seasonal things.
[speaker001:] Yeah, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But, uh, [lipsmack] I think we have one of the nicest yards in the, in the neighborhood [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, that's nice [LAUGHTER]. I wish I could say that.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Ours is pretty small, too, but it, it takes about an hour with the two of us working
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] to, you know, do the bushes and all of that sort of thing.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Uh, the worst part is controlling the weeds.
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker001:] Which I hate because we don't like to use a lot of the chemicals and, because, like, we have a dog and, and, you know, he's going to be out in the yard and who knows who he eats out there.
[speaker002:] That's true.
[speaker001:] But we try not to use them but we end up using some anyway. Uh [lipsmack], um, what else. I get to put out all the Christmas lights out there and all that,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] sort of thing [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I don't [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] No?
[speaker002:] No, he does that.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, if they, if they go up like, one year we
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] did the edge of the house
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] all the way up on the roof and I
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] I went up on the roof once and I'll never do it again [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh, God.
[speaker001:] I decided I was afraid [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah. Don't blame you [very faint].
[speaker001:] So this year, he got lazy so I said, fine I'll put some on the bushes. And that's about it, that's all
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] it gets.
[speaker002:] Huh, okay, we don't have that many bushes to put them on. Uh, [lipsmack] our, our yard is very, uh, narrow
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and so we have some bushes, but we don't have too many, but we have a nice tree in the front and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] uh, we have people that, an association that comes and mows everybody's front yard
[speaker001:] Oh, wow.
[speaker002:] and, uh, they keep hitting it, the tree with the lawn mower.
[speaker001:] Oh, no.
[speaker002:] You know, every time you do that, it, uh, kind of kills the tree for a while.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And so that's kind of stunt its growth for just a while until we get it back going again.
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] And we started mowing our own lawn
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] because they were doing that. And so, anyways I have a nice full tree now and, and we put, we fill it with lights and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] that kind of thing.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] So,
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] And they would, uh, they also edged, when they would edge in, into the shrubbery [LAUGHTER] and
[speaker001:] Oh, no [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] oh, gosh, it was getting really bad, so we,
[speaker001:] But you still have to pay for it, though, even though they're not going to do it?
[speaker002:] Yeah, because it's an association fee.
[speaker001:] Oh, is it real expensive?
[speaker002:] Yes
[speaker001:] Oh, gosh.
[speaker002:] it's like seventy a month.
[speaker001:] Oh, my goodness.
[speaker002:] Yeah, and I don't like, I, I just get really upset every time I make that check out.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But, uh,
[speaker001:] Well, do, do they do other things for you all?
[speaker002:] They take care of the, uh, landscape, because we live in a cul-de-sac and there is a island in the middle
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] so they care of that and there is a pool and they take care of the pool
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, and there is a pond, they take care of the pond in the park area and that kind of thing.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And, uh, so you're basically paying, oh, and the sprinkler system that, that our yard doesn't have a sprinkler system, but the island does and, uh
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] certain sharing areas have sprinkler systems and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and so that way if someone moves out, the entire neighborhood is mowed and watered and that kind of thing, you know.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] So,
[speaker001:] But you knew when you moved in, you'd have to pay that, didn't you?
[speaker002:] Well, it, it, it went up what we pay.
[speaker001:] Oh [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] And that's the bad thing. I just hope it doesn't go up any more because
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] we just can't afford it anymore. I don't know what to do if you can't afford it [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I don't know either. That's interesting.
[speaker002:] So, uh, but, they're, that's what they do. They take care of basically the front yards and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] unless you don't want them to do it.
[speaker001:] Now do at a do things like plant bushes and trees?
[speaker002:] They, o-, only in, like, in the common areas and in the island.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] But they don't do it in your yard.
[speaker001:] So, there is, like, no restriction on what types of bushes you can have or anything like that?
[speaker002:] Right, uh-huh, yeah, so we've added bushes and, and shrubbery, too.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. Yeah, when we moved into our house I just hated the bushes they had. I, I ripped most of them out and put them somewhere in the back.
[speaker002:] I know.
[speaker001:] And put new ones out front. But that was a lot of work.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Took me a long time.
[speaker002:] Yeah, [barking] that's what we did when we first moved in, too.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Just rearranged some things [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, and then, then we put in a sprinkler system, and,
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] We won't go through that again, I will pay someone [barking] to do it [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh, really?
[speaker001:] Oh, it took so long.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] Because [barking] my husband was, you know, digging the trenches [barking] because he didn't want to get a trencher, you know, there is a machine that will
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker001:] do it. Because, you know, there is so many people that broke either their water main or their gas main doing it. And [barking]
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] I guess that costs you an absolute fortune.
[speaker002:] That's true, so gosh, you did it manually.
[speaker001:] By hand.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh, gosh.
[speaker001:] Yeah, but it works great now that we've got it.
[speaker002:] I bet.
[speaker001:] Yeah, it's nice.
[speaker002:] Yeah, that's a good investment there.
[speaker001:] Yeah, well, we needed to because we're having some foundation trouble, you know, you have to keep the, the area moist
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] around the house or it makes it worse, so, we had an incentive there
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] to do that.