Early this morning I went
outside to do the yard work before it got too hot. My plan was to start by mowing
the backyard. I had mowed the front yard last night before it got dark. Even
though it was getting too dark to mow, I thought I could do a few swipes over
the backyard because the flood lights were on. Well, I guess that was a
mistake. I ran over a root so I decided to stop at that point and parked the
tractor. This morning, I go out and start it up, put it in gear, and it refuses
to move. It won’t go forward, it won’t go backward. I killed the John Deere.
Needless to say, the backyard will not be clipped for the picnic.
My hubby comes outside and
I tell him the wonderful news. Yeah, he’s not too happy with me, even though I
told him I found what I had run over and even if it was light out, I wouldn’t
have thought twice about running it over because it wasn’t very big. I guess I
just hit it wrong. Anyway, I had him start the weed whacker for me and I weed
whacked until I ran out of string, and I weeded the front garden and the front
yard. When all was said and done, I spent a little over three hours on the
yard. By the time I came back in, I was covered in green, completely dehydrated
and my arms were shaking from the vibrations of the weed whacker. They were
shaking so bad I couldn’t even pour myself a drink. I took a cold shower and
laid down for fifteen minutes and started to feel normal again. Then the house
cleaning started.
The girls really busted
their butts helping me today, so we were able to get everything finished. Now
my oldest daughter is making the cakes for tonight and my youngest one is
cleaning out the car. I have to go and make the one salad I’m providing
(everyone else is bringing the side dishes), and then we all have to set up the
tables and chairs outside. We still haven’t packed for the weekend, nor is the
car loaded with my daughter’s college things yet, and guests will be arriving
in a little over an hour. I’m not even sure my husband will be home from work
by then.
As you see, I have too
much to do to be blogging, and there definitely isn’t time to do a writing
challenge, so unit Friday…have a great day and happy writing!
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