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ok. so i'm taking a break because i just mowed the lawn and did some weeding in the front yard and some scratching around with the rake in the back yard that kind of but doesn't really count as weeding back there... partly because it's not just weeds back there.. it's roots and grass and rocks and such.. anyway, this afternoon we're laying landscaping fabric down and pouring bark around the place.. exactly the way the back yard was when we bought it 4 years ago.. it seems weird that this summer, wait, 5 years ago, the guy we bought the house from was doind exactly what we are doing now to get this place ready to go. i remember the old neighbors telling me once that somewhere during the summer before it went up for sale the guy just started clearning out overgrown plants and stuff and cleaning up the yard so that it'd look reasonable and then before they knew it he had a for sale sign out. i'm gonna be tired today. i can tell already that this is going to be not that fun for me.. which is getting me thinking about the kind of yard i'll want in our new house.. i love the walls of green around our yard that i can see out virtually all of our windows, it's really great. but on the other hand, it'd be better if i didn't have to do anything to keep it the way it's supposed to be. i like plants that take care of themselves. meh. i dont' know.. this is not a time with a lot of options for buyers, just good prices.. but as a seller, i won't have that much to spend for the same reason...