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Tom's Blog on lawn care and some other things.
Tom Perkes is Senske's corporate and marketing communications manager. He earned
his Bachelor's Degree in business and Spanish while playing NCAA-level basketball at Albertson's College in
Caldwell, Idaho and recevied his MBA from the University of Worcester in
England. Tom has worked in the green industry since 1998. He is married
with two small children. |
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Do you have a question or comment for Tom about lawn care, pest control, or
Senske in general? Tom will do his best to answer in a
future blog post.
Can't get enough Tom? Neither can we.
Be sure to read through the back issues in the archives. |
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Fall Yard Cleanup - Yuck!
October 13, 2008
The air outside is crisp, the nights are cool, and the leaves are changing colors. It all points towards fall. There are a few good things about this time of year, high school football, Halloween, college football, fantastic sceneries, and pro football; pretty much my favorite things. But with fall also comes one of my least favorite things, the fall clean-up.
 That’s my mom on a Saturday. Her only war was against my dreams of eating sugary breakfast cereals and enjoying my day off.  A Saturday at my house looked like, notice there are children raking and no dad? He’s watching football.
As a 7 year old all I wanted was Saturday to be a special day, where I didn’t have to worry about the mundane tasks of yard work. Fast forward 21 years, now I’m a 28 year old who wants Saturdays to be special. I don’t want to have to worry about mundane fall tasks like trimming and sprinkler blowouts. I’m certain that you don’t want the hassle either. I’m a dad, and I spend the majority of the time my children are awake outside of the home. So Saturday is the best time to be with them, not working in the yard, but quality time playing soccer or reading books. Have Senske come and do your sprinkler blowout and your tree trimming and make Saturdays special again. I tell you what, if you sign up for your blowout (or any of our web specials) and enter "blog" in the promotional code when you check out, you’ll save $5 off the purchase price. We’ll call it the blog special.
On to the fun stuffBeing a sports fan and a blogger I’ve had some neat links sent to me. One of them was for this little golf game. I’d seen this before, and I played a little back in the day. I took three tries today and the best I could do is 4,619. Give it a shot and put your distance in the comments. There aren’t any fabulous prizes; however, you will go down in Tom’s Blog’s history.
Sometimes in our busy lives we forget about the important things, but this video that I saw today touched my heart. I don’t know if it is more as a father, or for the gratitude I have for men/women that are willing to spend the time away from their families for us.
 Who is this old guy?
Until next week.
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