Should’ve mowed the front yard first
I’ve been needing to mow my grass for a while now. I took care of it not long before heading off for the beach two weeks ago, but in grass years, two weeks is a lifetime.
Tonight I finally found the time to get outside with the mower, and I decided I should get started where it needed it the most: the backyard. Our back yard is an unruly mess. I need to spend at least a good day out there with a chainsaw and a weedeater. The really annoying thing is what the weeds cover up: bricks and pieces of cinder blocks.
It’s an old house.
Anyway, tonight I started on the back yard, because I mow it less frequently than the front yard and it needed more attention. I made it 3/4 of the way through before I hit the rock that spelled the end for that lawnmower blade.
Oh well. I didn’t want to mow the lawn anyway.
By the way, did I mention that our vacuum cleaner broke last weekend?
June 24th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Hopefully it is only the blade and not the crankshaft (which means curtains for the mower.)
June 25th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Yeah, that’d be bad.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
What kind of vacuum. We have an extra upright.
similiar to this:
http://images.overstock.com/f/102/3117/8h/www.overstock.com/images/products/T10264763.jpg
it’s a few years old but works fine and dandy.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
If the mower’s kaput and you’re facing the prospect of buying another one this would be a fine time to revisit the calculus of mowing vs. hiring someone.
There are too many chores in life. Mowing is one of the easiest chores in the world to outsource. No one has to come into your house, you don’t have to be there to meet anyone, and hey! you’re doing your neighbors a favor by having the lawn mowed during the week when they’re not home.
Do it, Jonathan. For the neighbors.
June 26th, 2008 at 7:47 am
The mower itself isn’t caput, just the blade. That’s a pretty cheap and easy fix.
And while I’d consider hiring someone to mow if I had a sizable yard, I don’t. My yard is tiny, and often only the front yard needs to be mowed (~10 minutes, including putting on my mowing shoes).
We are considering having someone in to clean the house, though. For our sanity.
June 26th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Go for it it. We hired a housekeeper a few weeks ago. Now we can spend our weekends doing something other than cleaning house and doing laundry.
June 26th, 2008 at 8:40 am
If it’s someone you trust and who will work in our neighborhood, I’d love to get some contact info. We’re forever having problems with the occasional housekeepers we hire.
June 26th, 2008 at 8:50 am
I’d recommend her and I’ll ask her, but she’s in Blount County. She mentioned she doesn’t like going to Knoxville and has given up some institutional jobs there. Can’t blame her with the cost of gas these days.
June 26th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Pretty much what I figured, actually. It was worth a try.