I don't understand about all this rain. Some people think it is the wrath of god and that the end of the world is near, or that global warning has something to do with it. Myself, I think it has something to do with the satellites up in the sky.
I mowed our lawn today, which by the way is a city block long. We are trying to sell the other half of our land but no buyers as of yet. Allen usually mows but has been having trouble with his heart again and has to see the doc next week, so I wanted to make things easier for him. Of course, he does a much better job than I, but I did the best I could with what I had to work with....smiles.
When I started mowing I was using the push mower. I could only last for about forty minutes and I had to stop because I thought I was going to die. Allen called and I told him I was mowing and he asked why I wasn't using the rider.
The riding lawnmower and I don't exactly get along but I looked at that humungus yard and thought, what the heck. I went to the shed to get it out and can I just say to pull that mower out of there is not an easy task. I got it out and tried to start it. Yes, it is a electric start, but nothing happened when I turned the key. Finally, after about ten minutes I figured out that I needed to put it in neutral for it to start. I'm getting a little excited now that it's started and start mowing, but it wouldn't cut the grass. I by now am getting a little frustrated and can I say a little embarrassed too, thinking of all the people that live around me thinking I am a fruitcake not knowing how to run a riding lawnmower. I pull the mower over by the garage door where I will be less seen and look underneath where the blade is. Well, let me tell you. We need a new blade. There are big chunks of the blade out of it and it is a wonder that I will get it to cut at all. I get all the excess grass from underneath and try it again. Finally, it started cutting. I am just about to the front yard with the mowing when all of a sudden a little dog started dancing in and out around the mower. I was scared I was going to run him over so I stopped the mower and told him to go home. I thought he was my neighbors dog but as I was coming up to her house, she started backing her car out. She stopped and said, "Isn't that a cute little dog?" I said yes, do you know whose it is? She said it was our other neighbors. I led him toward the other neighbors on the opposite block and went back to mow. As a started to mow, it started to rain. Can you believe that? I was soaked by the time I finished mowing and thought to myself, I am so never doing this again....smiles.
Actually, I think it is supposed to be nice next week. Maybe I can try again..........
