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[rainbabies]

a new lawn mower blade for the craftsman mower...$13.00

a new tire for the GMC Jimmy.....$85.00

a happy wife because the husband finally mowed our getto looking lawn after 3 weeks...priceless.

money saved...$98.00 why?? because about three weeks ago dh ran over an object totally screwing the blade. i begged him to look at it..."can't you just pound it out??"

so, he tried and tried...then got the genius idea to run it over with the car. i thought, no. no. no. no. not a good idea. so, he took a carpet remnant, put it ontop of the blade and then ran it over a few times. presto! good enough to mow the lawn.

(and can i say....how annoyed it makes me that when we had acres that needed to be mowed with a push mower, non self-propelled...that I HAD TO DO IT. but now that we're moved and have a postage stamp sized yard, (said in big manly voice) "i'll take care of the lawn now")

thanks. dork. :mydoc:

[SuzySunshine]

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too funny!

[peggyfromwastate]

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I won't mow a lawn... I would die of allergies! There are lots of neighborhood boys just looking for that kind of job! And since DH is not doing a good job of it thus far, I may have to hire out...

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There are lots of neighborhood boys just looking for that kind of job! And since DH is not doing a good job of it thus far, I may have to hire out...

it has gotten soooooooooooooo expensive. here the kids ask $25 to $40/week!

[peggyfromwastate]

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Wow. We have 2 competing households--- it's the free market, baby. It's keeping us in the $10 to $12 range.

[Vanquisher]

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I wish I could pay 10-12 bucks. Wow. It costs me $35, but it is so worth it. I do it every 2-3 weeks though to spread out the pain. This fall though, I think I am going to have to dish out some big bucks to makeover the lawn. It's looking pretty patchy and sad, and we will have the house on the market in February or March.

[migirl]

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That's great!

I've never mowed a lawn before either.

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I can't mow - got allergies, only time I am thankful for them!

[SuzySunshine]

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Hopefully our yard doesn't get bad before the end of June b/c that is probably the first DH will be able to really pay attention to it. The plan was to come home and mow tonight b/c its finally almost dry and he's on call tomorrow but its now 5:30 and I don't expect him before 7. Good thing he's going to research in July.

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My grass allergies also rescued my from lawn duty. I used to be able to do our smaller lawn with a push mower and a zyrtec. Our lawn at the last house was too big (or had too much grass, more landscaping!).

I might get a pushmower for this lawn. We have less grass and it is great exercise. The grass grows so fast in the spring I'm not sure if I could keep up or find the time to mow every day.

I'm glad you got your lawn mowed, Sylvia! I love the MacGyver method of fixing the blade. (And I'm glad it turned out ok!)

[madeintaiwan]

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That is HILARIOUS!! Don't even let me get started on my husband's LOVE for his yard. Jenn has seen his obsession first hand. He LURVES his yard and loses sleep over it, as in the night before boards he can't sleep not because of the test but because he has areas of crappy grass and can't stop thinking about it. He could be dead tired but our yard is ALWAYS mowed and maintained or it drives him crazy. And it bugs him when our neighbors don't mow their lawns. "Just because you're poor doesn't mean you can't keep what you have looking nice." If you aren't going to maintain your lawn, don't move next to us.... I swear, he's lucky I love him...

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Jenn has seen his obsession first hand.

He is certifiable. It's good we can't live next to each other, b/c my dh is on the other end of the spectrum. He HATES yardwork and lawn-mowing with a passion. It's the one scenario where I'm thankful for our HOA, b/c otherwise he'd let it go WAAAY too long.

[planet]

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What a story Sylvia. Very creative.

We just couldn't live next to Davita. The lawn is supposed to be DH's job. I would do it more, but it is a ride on and the kids can't all fit on it with me. I looove the smell of a freshly mowed lawn. Aaahhh.