So maybe chivalry is not quite dead......

but work accountibility, response time and customer service might be!


This weekend I embarked on a "little" yard project. Well, I thought it was going to be a little smaller than it is turning out to be. I came up with this great idea to turn this empty area along the side of my garage into a pebble walkway. I figureed it would be a low maintenance way to maintain the space which just seemed to grow weeds and collect leaves. So I went out and bought some stuff to kill the plants and the landscaping liner fabric to keep the sun out but let water pass through and then I bought a few bags of river pebbles to see how it would look.


It seemed to look nice so I decided to keep going..... but when I actually looked at the bag and figured my square footage, it looked like I would need.......drumroll, please..... about 65 bags of pebbles to fill the space!!! Now, each of these bags weighs about 45 lbs each! (are you starting to put this all together here?)


So, over 3 trips to the Home Depot, I ended up purchasing and moving around almost 3000 lbs of pebbles!! That is 1 1/2 tons! Good thing I have been working out!


And I really needed my strength too because, of the 3 trips I took, I only got help from Home Depot personnel to move the bags and load them into my care ONCE! (for only 24 of the bags.) The other two times, the cashiers paged for loading help and NOONE came! I got tired of waiting so I just did it myself. (Sigh, story of my life......) Good thing strangers saw the absurdity of this and decided to help me. The first time this woman, who was standing by me, volunteered her boyfriend to help me load my car. The last time, this guy in a convertible who was driving up to the store saw me and asked me to wait until her parked his car so he could help me! Thank you! So it seems chivalry is not completely dead....


But I am thinking of writing to Home Depot and giving them a piece of my mind!


But my walkway is looking pretty nice!