get the lead out - part XI

It's Sunday. The end of my vacation. Meals are prepared for next week, laundry is done and folded, ready for the next week as well.
This week I cleaned my backyard, getting ready for the fall, getting ready for renters when the time is right. I will post some pictures later on. I've got a rather enormous burn pile to ignite, but I would like to clear up a minor case of poison ivy I got removing lots of vines and plants from the back of my fenceline.
I didn't accomplish everything I wanted to accomplish. We had 2 rain soaked days (like we need anymore). When the sun came out, some tasks were hampered by the wet ground. I wasn't digging dirt, I was digging mud, and actually broke a shovel handle.
I wonder sometimes if this makes me too ungirly. I guess it would be more attractive to try weeding in a dress, or feign helplessness and get someone stronger to do it while I brought him iced tea. Is that what I should do? Men complain that women don't like to get their hands dirty doing chores, that they would much rather be getting their hair and nails done. But when we are capable of doing some heavy lifting, it's unattractive somehow.
We're apparently supposed to be handy without getting grimy.
I don't understand it. So I'm going to bed. I'm tired.

--Laura