This weekend I thought I'd enjoy the beautiful day, hang out with Penny and do yard work. Sometimes I shouldn't try to multi-task. Don't I look nice and happy in the picture above? Well, 30 mins later...okay, maybe 25 mins top...every muscle in my back and arms was aching. If you've never pushed one of these old fashioned man powered lawn mowers, you'd be amazed how tiring it can be. Yet, I thought 20 extra lbs wouldn't be a problem. Here's the other issue. A little twig can stop the blades of these things. Normally I would bend down and pull it out, but that obviously wasn't an option. So instead I just kept walking and moving the mower side to side till whatever was stuck came loose, which meant I was missing huge bits of long grass. After 25 mins Penny and I went inside and left Chris looking befuddled as he tried to figure out how exactly there were large patches of unmowed areas all over the yard.About an hour later Chris came inside really sweaty and not in the best mood. Since I had been shaking the mower while walking, most of the cut grass was landing in the uncut areas so it was even harder to push it through those areas. As he opened his mouth I said, "I know, I know. I just created more work for you. If I don't do it right then I shouldn't do it at all" (Mom--you can call Chris and commiserate over my "helpfulness") He looked at me and said "well, I'm glad we both had this argument in our heads already. I'm just amazed how you can mow a lawn like a cow eats!"
It will probably be a few years before I live this one down...
2 comments:
Ha ha ha ha! I'm still impressed because I've never attempted to mow the lawn. That is too funny!
We had one of those mowers when I was in medical school. They are good for the back and legs but pretty hard on the time. Uncle Rick
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