Back by popular demand...
Ok, Ok, I've had a busy weekend. And I just couldn't take Emma's cute face off of the first slot just yet! We did nothing earth-shattering this weekend, just relaxed by sleeping in Saturday (until 10:30!!!) playing, sitting by the pool, shopping and going to church. Emma and Maelynn went to my sister's church for their VBS Friday & Saturday nights, so Scott and I had some time to just go out to eat together (2 nights in a row!), catch up with old friends and buy some new perfume!! (I love Victoria's Secret!) By the way, who is Victoria and what is her secret?
So, for my funny story of the day...
I LOVE to mow! I love everything about it! Occasionally I'll do it during the day while the kids are playing so Scott doesn't have to do it when he gets home. And we just bought a new ride-on mower that I love to use!! So, Scott said that he was going to mow tonight, so I asked him if I could help. (He said, "Sure, enjoying push mowing!" He was, of course, kidding) So, we are working away as a team. He is cutting out with the push mower, I am enjoying my view from the ride-on and then I hear a loud bang. I stop, turn around, see that it was not a small child that I had ran over and so kept going. The mower didn't sound like it was running quite right, but it was still moving forward, so onward-ho. (I'm slightly worried, but Scott evidently did not hear the bang and so I was trying to act casual.) I then come to an uneven patch by the swingset and it gets stuck - in a place it normally goes right over. I immediately cut the thing off and look behind me. I am mortified. Scott's very nicely manicured lawn has got a strip cut through the side yard, down the back to where I am sitting. I had bent the blade WAY back in the front yard and had been mowing unevenly, so I scalped a line in the yard. I put my head onto the steering wheel and said a very urgent prayer (I'm paraphrasing here but something like, "Please don't let Scott kill me. Please let me look up and the grass has grown back.") Well, it hadn't when I looked up so I figured I needed to go and face the music. So, I very humbly walk to the driveway where my loving husband is and I say very bluntly -- I had decided on the blunt tactic while walking my last mile from where the lawn mower had stopped -- and said, "I broke the mower." He said, "What?" I said, "I broke the mower." He starts laughing, "How?" And so I tell him, I don't know what I hit - we always run over the water meter thing in the ground and never had this happen before!!! So, I'm standing with my head in my hands and Scott says, "That's alright. Let's go look." He's finishing up what he is doing, I'm devastated and I hear him singing under his breath, "Just the way you look tonight..." I started to smile - I was going to live another day!!!! That is just the kind of wonderful husband I have. He never gets upset at the stupid, silly things that only I could do! We both had run over the exact same spot every week of every summer and THIS is the time that it bends the blade!!! On the NEW MOWER!! So, we go and look at it and Scott reassures me that it's no big deal, it can be fixed, don't worry! And so, now my lovey husband is out there finishing up our yard with the push mower. What a guy!
So, for my funny story of the day...
I LOVE to mow! I love everything about it! Occasionally I'll do it during the day while the kids are playing so Scott doesn't have to do it when he gets home. And we just bought a new ride-on mower that I love to use!! So, Scott said that he was going to mow tonight, so I asked him if I could help. (He said, "Sure, enjoying push mowing!" He was, of course, kidding) So, we are working away as a team. He is cutting out with the push mower, I am enjoying my view from the ride-on and then I hear a loud bang. I stop, turn around, see that it was not a small child that I had ran over and so kept going. The mower didn't sound like it was running quite right, but it was still moving forward, so onward-ho. (I'm slightly worried, but Scott evidently did not hear the bang and so I was trying to act casual.) I then come to an uneven patch by the swingset and it gets stuck - in a place it normally goes right over. I immediately cut the thing off and look behind me. I am mortified. Scott's very nicely manicured lawn has got a strip cut through the side yard, down the back to where I am sitting. I had bent the blade WAY back in the front yard and had been mowing unevenly, so I scalped a line in the yard. I put my head onto the steering wheel and said a very urgent prayer (I'm paraphrasing here but something like, "Please don't let Scott kill me. Please let me look up and the grass has grown back.") Well, it hadn't when I looked up so I figured I needed to go and face the music. So, I very humbly walk to the driveway where my loving husband is and I say very bluntly -- I had decided on the blunt tactic while walking my last mile from where the lawn mower had stopped -- and said, "I broke the mower." He said, "What?" I said, "I broke the mower." He starts laughing, "How?" And so I tell him, I don't know what I hit - we always run over the water meter thing in the ground and never had this happen before!!! So, I'm standing with my head in my hands and Scott says, "That's alright. Let's go look." He's finishing up what he is doing, I'm devastated and I hear him singing under his breath, "Just the way you look tonight..." I started to smile - I was going to live another day!!!! That is just the kind of wonderful husband I have. He never gets upset at the stupid, silly things that only I could do! We both had run over the exact same spot every week of every summer and THIS is the time that it bends the blade!!! On the NEW MOWER!! So, we go and look at it and Scott reassures me that it's no big deal, it can be fixed, don't worry! And so, now my lovey husband is out there finishing up our yard with the push mower. What a guy!
posted by Christy @ 8/14/2006 07:53:00 PM
4 Comments:
At Mon Aug 14, 11:23:00 PM,
Tracing in the Valley said…
Chris, have you ever thought of writing a book because you have the gift of writing (I'm sure if that is a spiritual gift, but you should still use it). If you become a famous writer will you dedicate your first after me:) :)
At Tue Aug 15, 08:15:00 AM,
Kelly said…
I LOVE reading your blogs. They are so entertaining. I have "been there done that" with the mower too. Isn't it great to have such wonderful husbands?
At Tue Aug 15, 09:40:00 AM,
Lyndsie Jean said…
I agree with Trac, I LOVE reading your blogs you are a very gifted writer, it feels like I'm right there- you and Scott are SO CUTE together- you and Trac make marriage look like it might be half fun :)
At Tue Aug 15, 06:24:00 PM,
Susan said…
As I was reading your blog, I knew that you had gotten the gift of writing from me. Ha Ha. As I read your latest episode, it reassured me as to why I don't mow. Your hubby is alot more laid back than mine. As I was reading I remember earlier in the summer that you were helping your dad, and you somehow knocked out the head light cover of our mower, ran over it, and kept on going for several laps. One thing I can say about my daugher...when she is on a mission, don't get in her path, or YOU may be the next to be "mowed".
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