Money I Should Have Spent

    I have written much about how to save money.  This is one about how I should have spent money!  I used a company for the last couple of years for fertilization of my lawn.  The lawn looked great. My house also came with a sprinkler system which I have had turned on in the spring and off in the fall since I have been here.
     I decided in my summer of savings not to have the sprinkler system turned on.  We would water less and just use the old fashioned sprinkler when needed.  I also decided to not have a company fertilize, we would do it if needed.
    Well, I now have dying weedy grass.  I have tried to be a gardener.  I am not a gardner!  I need to repeat that a few times.  I am NOT a gardner.  I am NOT a gardner.  I keep trying to be one and failing.  I do not enjoy gardening.
    I do have a daughter who loves to garden.....when she feels like it and what she feels like doing...like working with pretty flowers not boring grass.  She enjoys mowing the lawn.  She planted flowers in the front of the house.  
    Next year I will bite the bullet and get the sprinkler system turned on.  I could save money by turning it on manually instead of setting it to water every other day.  I will get the fertilization program because those guys really know what they are doing and when to apply different fertilizer.  I would so enjoy looking at a nice healthy lawn while I read and write instead of daily guilt about not being a gardner!  
I cook.
I sew.
I write.
I read.
I teach.
I save money.
I clean.
I organize.
I refinish furniture.
I do NOT garden.