Saturday Post-Yardwork Style. . .

All cleaned up now and ready for the rest of the afternoon here at home.

And the lower half. Still kind of cool here today, hence the corduroy jeans. Possible snow forecast for Monday and Tuesday next week. Certainly colder temperatures with rain. Ah, springtime in Mid-Michigan!

Relaxing around the house during evenings and weekends does not mean a guy should stray into what I call 'urp-slop' territory. Use you imagination. An explanation is not really necessary.

How much more pleasant for those around you if you shower, put on some aftershave so you smell nice, and don an old pressed shirt. Tuck it into a pair of clean pants worn with a belt, and you have arrived. As if by magic, you no longer resemble an oversized ragamuffin.

Attire for weekends around the house needn't be anything fancy, but let's spare our family members the sight of us in stretched out sweatpants and a ratty t-shirt with bean dip or salsa stains down the front, eh boys? Or lying on the sofa all day clad only in our underwear.

If this blunt advice strikes you as a completely foreign concept, wake up and make every effort to change your habits. Your current or future significant other will appreciate it. Trust me.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

P.S.

Not too bad for only the second mowing of the 2021 season.

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