{"id":323,"date":"2010-08-18T17:58:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T23:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/?p=323"},"modified":"2025-05-31T09:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T15:59:05","slug":"i-hired-a-landscaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/i-hired-a-landscaper\/","title":{"rendered":"I Hired a Landscaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally took the advice of my husband, family and friends this deployment and agreed to reach out for help.I hired a landscaper to take care of the yard while my husband is gone and it wasn\u2019t easy.In fact, it took my husband telling me numerous times and my father-in-law recommending I get a landscaper to actually make the call.I have a thick head to say the least.<\/p>\n

But I finally did it and I\u2019m so happy I did. It has certainly made my job easier and less stressful taking care of the house, you can also find more tips for home makeover<\/a> and make it look great here. The last deployment I attempted to do it all\u2026 work full time, be a board of director for a non-profit, cook, clean, mow the lawn, trim the bushes, take care of the dog and train for a marathon. Since it was the first time my husband had been deployed while living in our home, it was a bit overwhelming.<\/p>\n

I have this issue of asking for help that I\u2019m trying to work on.I have family, friends and neighbors always telling me to let them know if I need anything, but I feel like I need to save my \u201chelp card\u201d for something major like the hot water tank going.I don\u2019t want to be the military wife that cries for help too often and then no one is there when you really need it.<\/p>\n

For now, I\u2019m thankful for my landscaper and glad my husband understands that things can get a bit overwhelming when he\u2019s not home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finally took the advice of my husband, family and friends this deployment and agreed to reach out for help.I hired a landscaper to take care of the yard while my husband is gone and it wasn\u2019t easy.In fact, it took my husband telling me numerous times and my father-in-law recommending I get a landscaper […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[206],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","tag-delpoyment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myheroesathome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}