Thursday Night Mowing League wants 40 million Americans to stop wasting weekends on their lawns

As we prepare our drinks, our piles of meat and our brains to enjoy the first weekend in June, I'm reminded of why we put in the work on Thursdays. I'm reminded of that feeling on Fridays when the workweek ends and there's this weight that is lifted off our shoulders. According to a 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report , "more people engaged in housework on weekend days than on weekdays, on average -- 41%, compared with 36%. However, people were slightly more likely to do food preparation