This is Mark Masseo. (And his beautiful children)
He is the owner of Masseo Landscape and Calico Nursery, in Tillson, NY. Basically his business does: landscaping, hardscaping, gardening, snowplowing, winter-time sanding, etc ..
My husband was the first to meet and become friends with Mark.
Since we decided to ask Mark to design our front yard landscape for us after we bought our house, I was able to get to meet Mark, also.
The first time I met him, he stopped over to our house to take a look at the future project he was taking on.., and we began to chat. With in 5 minutes, the funny comments started pouring out of his mouth. We’ve been friends ever since.
Mark is married and has 2 young children. They are a beautiful family.
Mark spent several days working on our front yard landscaping. I saw first hand how hard working he is. He works fast and with a purpose. His work crew was the same way…Very impressive !
Mark works hard…. AND….. he loves to have fun. His serious work ethic does not take away his need for fun.
I decided to call on Mark to be part of my blog….
I asked him this question ..
“Do you remember the last time you laughed so hard, it hurt? .. ..I call it a “belly laugh”…”
Here is what Mark wrote : (He even gave his story a title !!)
“What made me “belly laugh” last,……. Brother Tim.”
One day, I was salting a church parking lot that I have been maintaining for years.
Along the years, Priests and Brothers at this church come and go, and we have nice chats along the way.
There is a particular new group of “vibrant” brothers there right now …. and they are quite engaging every time they see us.
So me, being a bit of a chop-buster by nature, ..sees Brother Tim outside and he’s smoking a cigarette.
I yell out the window to him “Stop smoking, it’s bad for you !.” …Without hesitation he yells back, “Go to church !”.
I was sitting there alone in my plow truck laughing so hard !.. .
The Brother proceeded to walk over to my truck… and then he follows up with ” Let’s leave our “vises”out of our daily interactions.”
I agreed,…. while we both laughed.
Thanks for the Belly Laugh, Brother Tim.
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Thanks for sharing your story, Mark !
I need you for future blog stories for sure!!! Especially if you have more of where THIS came from !!
That’s hilarious!
Now I know if I need landscaping to call Masseo Landscape and Calico Nursery, in Tillson, NY. tyvm