I'm Not Afraid Of The Dirty Work
I'm surprised that my blog hasn't been updated for a week. I'm very, very sorry to you guys. Did you miss posts about my cooking? Unfortunately, this time I'm not going to share about the results of the cooking, or even tell about some of the food reviews that I've tried while on the trip.
My house was damaged last week. One of the impacts is because my house is an old house left by my late parents. Also, that reason was exacerbated by me leaving the house a few weeks back. As a result of the damage, we finally renovated the house.
Maybe this is a way from god how I finally have to renovate my house. So far I have held back renovating my house because I thought there were other, more important costs to prioritize. However, because of this unexpected incident, I finally had to give up my saving money for the renovation. This is not something I regret. No. Behind all of this, I believe this is God's beautiful plan, even though I have to think hard to arrange everything so that I don't lack a budget to buy building materials.
The photo below is the pieces of bricks from the wall of my house that had to be torn down.
Affected by the renovations, to expand the previous area into a larger room for my husband and I. At the same time, to repair leaky and flooded areas from damaged roofs.
Cleaning the Back of the House
The back of my house consists of vacant land that my family recently used to grow crops. Also, there is a sewer area for the exhaust system from the toilet.
The area behind my house often floods when it rains very heavily. It can clog my gutter area, filled with dirt and silt carried away by the flood currents. Plus, we leave the house long enough to travel. So it was only recently that I had some real free time to check out the back of the house.
My husband has started by pulling weeds by hand only. The grass in this area is relatively easy to clean even without tools. At first I wanted to do this grass cleaning. But my husband does not allow me. He said the grasses were itchy and they could hurt my skin.
I also looked for another job that I could do that afternoon while accompanying my husband around the back of the house. Also, as well as activities to get sweat out of my body, which has not done a workout for almost two weeks.
My job is to get the dirt out of the ditch using a shovel. Also, I cleaned the weeds growing on the damp walls.
Soil that comes from the ditch, I put it in another area that looks lower. There is an old mangosteen tree that is budding again. Oh that's good!
After cleaning the gutters, they are free of soil. This will make the flow of water from the toilet to the large ditch area outside my house's fence run smoothly. I'm happy with this job.
My husband is amazed. He said he didn't believe in my clean work. He didn't expect me to be able to finish my job with such a big shovel.
Well, it's a shovel that is quite large and quite heavy. But I can handle it. I hope this is all a good start for my days with renewed vigor.
By the time I finished the job, the sun was already setting. My hands are dirty and smelly, but I love this work, and my sweat is profuse. What a fun activity to do on the weekend!
Thank you for reading my blog and reblog if you want my blog this time worthy of reading by others.
Best Regards,
Anggrek Lestari
Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, and food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.
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Yeah I miss your foodie blogs but I am also happy to read other topics like this. Dirty works is noble and yes it will help us to exercise a little bit. Your husband is so sweet not allowing you to remove weeds to protect your skin.
I Miss writing delicious things too 😊
Cleaning up home together is great. He is always willing to do alone but I just want accompany him always 😊
Maybe husband are always like that and wives are willing to help too.
You are welcome back friend
Sanitation is so important because it bring someone a healthy feelings.
For sure. I have to make sure my home is clean and sanitation works well after big rain
It's wonderful that you have the opportunity to work in the garden, @anggreklestari. I hope it brings you beauty and well-being.
The important thing our sanitation works well. 😊 I still many works to do for my empty garden now. I can't wait for more.
Thank you for coming 🌸🌸🌸
Berani kotor itu baik, kata sebuah iklan sabun, hehehes
Ehehe betul sekali. Jadi teringat iklan itu 🤭😂
Sukses selalu @anggreklestari. Turut bangga Anggrek sudah sejauh ini di Hive.
Whew, what a productive day for you @anggreklestari. Renovating the house is surely a lot of work and stress inducing but seeing the result after is fulfilling :)). I am glad you enjoyed the cleaning activity
Oh, indeed I feel stress but glad my husband always around me.
Thank you 😊
I added you to my favourites so I won't miss your food blog and immediately your post popped up, I was wondering what food needs to be prepared with a shovel.
You did great and look stronger than your look. Ordinarily, I would said you can lift the shovel and there you are cleaning the whole gutter.
Great job.
Ahaha maybe we can preparing traditional food which is cooking inside ground 😅 so we need shovel
Thanks for coming
You two are looking lovely while helping each other cleaning. My husband too doesn't allow me to do some things that can harm myself.
Togetherness is powerfull. All work Will easier to do. 😊
I hope you had no back pain after that one.
God will provide anyway just believe that everything will fall in its place.
Take care and God bless.
Fortunately I have no back pain. I get used to work with dumbbell too 😊
Wow! Amazing ma'am huh. I salute you for that.
It's good to do activity outside especially when it improves our dwelling. It's a great thing you help your husband with these tasks. Here some women in my country wouldn't do these tasks it would be the man's job. I'm not saying all though. It's a good feeling doing this kind of work because it shows home ownership pride :)
For sure in my country still holding opinion like that. Not women at all want to help husband.
As long as I can do it, then no problem. I'm happy to do it even the big shovel feels heavy in my hand ehehe
Once again that's great that you do that. It's great to share responsibilities with your partner. Of course it should go both ways :)
Hello dear friend @anggreklestar good day
I am very sorry for the situation that you have had to go through on your property, and because of them you had to start the repairs and allocate money that you had planned for other priorities.
What a good job you have done, it was worth getting your hands dirty
I appreciate you sharing this experience.
No problem. I accepted that as challenge..😊 thank you my friend
It is not the same as what you normally show us, beautiful aromas, food, but what is important? That you did a job for your home with your husband with a lot of love. It fills with great satisfaction to do work by ourselves. I loved seeing this. Greetings @anggreklestari 🌹✨
For sure. That's big satisfying thing to clean around us especially our lovely home 😊❤️
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you go girl XD
Go go. I love so much do that 😊
Dirty work is part of our lives. Getting dirty is not a bad thing. Especially if you're working with the soil because it pays off 😊
Dirty work on our house is indeed fun to do. I'm not sorry for it 😀✌️✌️✌️
I am sorry your house got damaged, but maybe it is true that it is a good thing if updates and mending needed to be done.
It is good to have a considerate husband. It is also good to help if you can. Looks like you did a very fine job of it too.
I enjoyed your post. It is always nice to change up the subjects. I like your photo shoot with your big shovel. 😄 You look quite happy holding it there.
Big shovel looks like big cooking spoon for me. Lol 😅
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Awesome job @angreklestari.
Loved seeing you sharing about your garden and all the hard but fun work you did along with your husband.
I love doing yard work with my husband also.
Yard work make us sweat but happy for sure 😊
You cleaned your backyard already sis.. yes that's good, but i missed your cooking :'
Don't worry. I Will post my cooking soon 😊
:) that's good sis
I'm sorry your house was damaged. But it's great that you can fix it yourself. I hope you are very happy at home.
Hard work but a fulfilling job @anggreklestari. Indeed, work will become easier if shared by everybody.
As they say, two heads are better than one. I'm glad you were able to experience this with your husband and you look so happy and glowing, I guess that's happy and healthy marriage looks like. :)