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My husband doesn’t like it when I say I told you so. And oddly enough he doesn’t like it when I roll my eyes at him either. So from now on I shall be channeling Sheldon Cooper and saying “I informed you thusly.”
I uttered this phrase repeatedly yesterday when I walked out to the barn after a rain storm and saw this:
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In case you aren’t aware, apple trees limbs are not supposed to be lying on the ground.
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When we moved to this house 20 years ago, there were two gorgeous mature apple trees in the backyard.
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I put furniture under them, kept trimming the lower branches and spent long lazy summer afternoons reading in the shade. Then, out of nowhere… the husband decided I was hurting the trees and refused to let me prune them. I fought against this ruling for a few years and then gave up. This was the result:
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Every year the trees were so laden with fruit they hung to the ground. It drove me crazy but the husband wouldn’t let me near them with shears. I kept telling him he would regret it, but he wouldn’t listen.
So naturally, this happened:
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A major branch, basically half the Granny Smith tree… cracked and split off.
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I contacted a licensed arborist and he’ll be here in a few days to give us an estimate for structural pruning to save the trees from further destruction.
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And after we’ve paid a small fortune to someone we didn’t really have to?
I shall inform him thusly one more time.
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River's world..... 
does he never LEARN???
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I think you know the answer to that….
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Wasn’t there a t-shirt you said you were going to buy that said something like you’re always right?
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It was in the wash.
🤣
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So in his defense: (1) Makes for easier picking….and (2) Mother nature showed you which branches to prune.
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If I send you the arborist’s bill you might not be so quick to defend him.
😉
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We had to pay for three huge Oak to be brought down. Our car cost less. At least you got some apples out of it.
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What do you make with the apples? I like the tartness of the Granny Smith.
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I bake like crazy. Pies, apple bread, apple crumble, apple coffee cake, apple Brown Betty, apple muffins, apple tartlets, apple butterscotch blondies etc….
🍏🍎🍏
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You could bake all those things, but then sell them all to help pay for the arborist. And not give hubby even a taste of anything as punishment for not listening.
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I like the way you think…
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Stop wasting time on him thusly—get busy making apple pieS, apple cobblerS, apple turnoverS, etc., and send them to me!! I won’t roll my eyes or say I told you so–I’ll just eat them and tell you what a fantastic baker you are!!!
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If you lived closer I’d flood you with treats!
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That’s a mess of apples!
Happy Baking.
And Happy Crowing!
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This is a crowing session I’m not really enjoying.
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What a waste 😩
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That poor tree!
When will your honey learn that you are always right!
THUSLY.
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It’s been 37 years… I’ve given up hope.
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🤣😛
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You should inform him thusly he is now officially in the doghouse until further notice.
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But we don’t have a dog. And I really don’t want him in the cat house…..
😉
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Figure of speech, lol.
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