The Little Green Engine That Could
Praise the Lord for "hand-me-downs" and husbands that love to tinker!!! For those of you who have never been to our house, we have a fairly big yard. It sits on a corner, and looks are very deceiving. . .but once you start walking (pushing with all your might) behind a push mower in our thick South Florida Grass, you will realize just how big our yard is. On average it used to take Jonathan around 2 hours (3 hours when I did it) just to mow the yard. And, when your grass grows so fast (you could literally watch it grow) it needs to be cut twice a week, that's a lot of time spent mowing. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago Tim and Krisy gave us a "hand-me-down" riding mower that had been handed down to them. The mower had a blade that wouldn't raise and a belt that wouldn't stay on, so they had bought a new mower. Well, Jonathan spent an entire day down on the floor of our garage taking pieces off and putting them back on differently, running back and forth to Ace Hardware, changing belts and filters, and voila!!!. . .we have our very own riding mower. It's a beast (a hoopty at that), but it runs and it cuts, and it is rather fun to drive I might add!!!
Praise the Lord for "hand-me-downs" and husbands that love to tinker!!! For those of you who have never been to our house, we have a fairly big yard. It sits on a corner, and looks are very deceiving. . .but once you start walking (pushing with all your might) behind a push mower in our thick South Florida Grass, you will realize just how big our yard is. On average it used to take Jonathan around 2 hours (3 hours when I did it) just to mow the yard. And, when your grass grows so fast (you could literally watch it grow) it needs to be cut twice a week, that's a lot of time spent mowing. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago Tim and Krisy gave us a "hand-me-down" riding mower that had been handed down to them. The mower had a blade that wouldn't raise and a belt that wouldn't stay on, so they had bought a new mower. Well, Jonathan spent an entire day down on the floor of our garage taking pieces off and putting them back on differently, running back and forth to Ace Hardware, changing belts and filters, and voila!!!. . .we have our very own riding mower. It's a beast (a hoopty at that), but it runs and it cuts, and it is rather fun to drive I might add!!!
