Friends + Brunch = Weeded Driveway
Colleen | August 3, 2010 | 4:24 pm
Last week some friends came over to help weed my driveway. I didn’t pay them , nor was I in dire need because I broke a leg or something. It was just an experiment in helping each other.
See, some of my girlfriends regularly get together for brunches. But Devona & I brainstormed, “Why not do work projects for the person who hosts brunch?” So last week I was the first work brunch hostess and kindly received lots of help with the overgrown weeds in my driveway. I chose a project we could do while socializing & watching the kids. We worked for an hour on what would have taken me a week alone.
Have you tried anything like this with your friends or even family or neighbors? I’m curious what other ideas are out there.
I read about something like this in a magazine. A group of friends have been helping each other for years; they work on each others gardens. Slowly but surely those gardens have become quite the eye-catchers. I’ve just done cookie exchanges with friends
My good friend Michelle and I clean during our playdates. It’s a really huge help that our kids entertain each other and we get A TON of stuff done while chatting.