I just wanted to help.
Tony has been trying to keep up three yards.
I thought that I would do one yard a day that week
so that he could spend his weekend on projects he
really wanted to do.
So I mowed our front yard one day. It's scary because
we have this one bank that is almost a cliff. I found out
that sometimes you have to go up and down the
and not across because lawn mowers CAN tip over.
The next day I mowed our back yard.
The backyard that looks
like this from the top.
And like this from the botttom.
Yeah....scary.
Of course I congratulated myself the rest of
the day. After all, I braved the sufficating
heat and the scary cliffs in the front AND backyard.
I figured I gotta be racking up points in the
-I'll bet none of your friends' wives mow
the huge scary yards etc'-catagory of
Reasons Why Ann should Get Her Way This Time.
Having recieved sufficient praise and kudos
from the aforementioned spouse I decided
to tackle the yard at his former house that we
areusing as a storage facility for all the stuff
we've been too lazy to move to the new house
,take to Goodwill or sell. preparing to rent.
Front yard-easy!
Back yard-Ummmm...
that would be the yard that broke the lawn
mower. The one he lurves!
The grass was probably taller than the mower I was riding on. No problem.
I just had to use the highest setting, take it slow and things would be just fine.
I first noticed a problem when BLACK smoke began pouring from the engine
area. Using my MENSA like deductive skills to determine that there was a
problem, I quickly cut the engine off.
Then I exited the yard.
And drove home.
The phone conversation later that day went like this:
Him-Hey, I just thought of something. You aren't gonna go try to mow the yard at my old house
are you?
Me-Um, yeah I did.
Him-Okay, well you just mowed the front, right?
Me-Well....no.
Him-Oh. Please tell me you didn't use the
love of my life
mower I love more than you
red mower.
Me-........................................................
Yeah, I'm gonna need to talk to you about that.
That's about all of the conversation I can write here and still claim that
this is a family friendly blog........
Anyway, I was just trying to help.
Just sayin'...........
Of course I congratulated myself the rest of
the day. After all, I braved the sufficating
heat and the scary cliffs in the front AND backyard.
I figured I gotta be racking up points in the
-I'll bet none of your friends' wives mow
the huge scary yards etc'-catagory of
Reasons Why Ann should Get Her Way This Time.
Having recieved sufficient praise and kudos
from the aforementioned spouse I decided
to tackle the yard at his former house that we
are
Front yard-easy!
Back yard-Ummmm...
that would be the yard that broke the lawn
mower. The one he lurves!
The grass was probably taller than the mower I was riding on. No problem.
I just had to use the highest setting, take it slow and things would be just fine.
I first noticed a problem when BLACK smoke began pouring from the engine
area. Using my MENSA like deductive skills to determine that there was a
problem, I quickly cut the engine off.
Then I exited the yard.
And drove home.
The phone conversation later that day went like this:
Him-Hey, I just thought of something. You aren't gonna go try to mow the yard at my old house
are you?
Me-Um, yeah I did.
Him-Okay, well you just mowed the front, right?
Me-Well....no.
Him-Oh. Please tell me you didn't use the
red mower.
Me-........................................................
Yeah, I'm gonna need to talk to you about that.
That's about all of the conversation I can write here and still claim that
this is a family friendly blog........
Anyway, I was just trying to help.
Just sayin'...........
Soo funny but at least you didnt borrow the neighbors mower and make that black smoke!!! Yeah I did!! and She still doesnt know. Maybe you can tell her for me since you are a veteran.I agree with you about the things women will to to make that great spouse list. I think you are a hero!!
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