Gildavid Moments

     “This is going to be another blog entry.”, David said when he found himself helping me cut down a tree beside our garage.

     Last spring, this tree had bloomed beautifully but by May, I noticed that the leaves looked sickly, as if it had a disease. I remembered what my grandfather, who was an agriculturist, told me about a leaf’s appearance and I knew this tree was in big trouble. Besides, it was touching the house, and on a windy day, its branches would rub against the gutter. I was afraid that it might damage the gutter if we had a severe storm.

     David and I have been talking about cutting down the tree but somehow never got to doing it.

     This afternoon, as I went out to water the plants, I saw the tree and decided that it was a good time to cut it while the temperature was comfortable. We have been having above ninety degree temperatures in the past few weeks and it was hard to do yard work for a long period of time outdoors.

     I assessed the situation and concluded that I could do the job on my own. David was in the family room watching a game of tennis and did not know what I was up to.

     I took out the prunning shears and saw and started pruning some branches. I had managed to cut off a big branch when David came out and saw what I was doing. By now he is no longer surprised by the fact that, left to my own devices, I would get into trouble, hahaha. He once said, “It is like leaving an intelligent dog alone in the house. You know that sooner or later, it would get into trouble.”

     Well, when he saw me this afternoon, he was not amused. Nevertheless, he changed into his working clothes and came out to help me. Together, we had the tree cut down and put away in less than an hour.

     As we were about to finish, he said, “This is going to be another blog topic.“. I laughed and said, “Yes, it will be entitled, ‘How to Make Your Husband Cut a Tree’.”.

     We looked at what we had accomplished and decided that we did a good job.

     So girls, if you want to make your husband cut down a tree in your yard, this is a stategy that you can use.

     However, let me warn you that this will only work if you have a loving, thoughful and considerate husband like mine. Also, be sure that if you start the task, you can finish it yourself in case your husband will not do it with or for you. I make no guarantees. I can only say that it works for Gildavid.