Leigh Costello
11-23-2009, 11:42 PM
Or, aka, you did what with my shiny new orange Simplicity?!?!
I will begin by saying, if your spouse kills the rider, you get to use the new replacement first. I shall carve this in stone and put it near our shed - then of course, I will hide.
Two weeks ago, the leaves had fallen and hidden nearly all of the grass in our side yard (about 1/2 acre of shaded glory in the hot summer) and needed to be mulched. I told hubby, you just rest in here and I will mulch those leaves so fast you won't even know I was outside.
Got the new shiny orange Simplicity out, set the height to very high, and off I went, mulching and making big leaves disappear. Pass the playset that our daughter has outgrown, mulch, mulch, mulching from one end of the sideyard to the other. Need to get closer to the playset, get those pesky leaves under the swing...there, oops, steer around the base of the fort...good, got them...back around to the swing and get lined up and speed at a mighty fast 6 mph and up the front-end goes!
The swing is attacking the height adjusting lever, it won't let go! Up! Up! HOLY COW, I am falling off, my left leg is on the ground, I can make it! I can...dang it, my shoestring is caught! NOT gonna make it! Visions of Footloose tractor chicken scenes race through my head. The mower, oh no, is going to be wrecked before we have made our first 12mos-same-as-cash payment...NOOOO....I rock my foot back, the mower inches back, with me hopping in reverse with my shoestring holding tight. Thank goodness for hydrostatic transmissions! Ever so carefully reversing and hopping. Swing set portion of playset now down, mower slowly reversing, still hopping....there, mower has all four wheels on the ground. Hop back on, and realize that the mower never stalled. The seat pressure switch didn't work. Pat my now wild hair like nothing happened and thank God for his guardian angels once again.
After all was mulched and neatly mowed, hubby got out the blower and cleaned our newly broken-in orange, somewhat shiny Simplicity.
Now the rest of the story. I dislocated my left hip. Once that got taken care of, I realized my right ankle was achy. A few days of light duty...all better. Then, my right knee begins giving out at odd times, like showing a customer our newest ornament designs for the season. Or just putting the laundry away. So, today I went to my orthopedic surgeon. He tapped my knee, X-rayed it, sent me for more tests and now I will be on crutches, recovering from surgery for the Holidays.
Stupid leaves! Stupid swing! Stupid Leigh!
I will begin by saying, if your spouse kills the rider, you get to use the new replacement first. I shall carve this in stone and put it near our shed - then of course, I will hide.
Two weeks ago, the leaves had fallen and hidden nearly all of the grass in our side yard (about 1/2 acre of shaded glory in the hot summer) and needed to be mulched. I told hubby, you just rest in here and I will mulch those leaves so fast you won't even know I was outside.
Got the new shiny orange Simplicity out, set the height to very high, and off I went, mulching and making big leaves disappear. Pass the playset that our daughter has outgrown, mulch, mulch, mulching from one end of the sideyard to the other. Need to get closer to the playset, get those pesky leaves under the swing...there, oops, steer around the base of the fort...good, got them...back around to the swing and get lined up and speed at a mighty fast 6 mph and up the front-end goes!
The swing is attacking the height adjusting lever, it won't let go! Up! Up! HOLY COW, I am falling off, my left leg is on the ground, I can make it! I can...dang it, my shoestring is caught! NOT gonna make it! Visions of Footloose tractor chicken scenes race through my head. The mower, oh no, is going to be wrecked before we have made our first 12mos-same-as-cash payment...NOOOO....I rock my foot back, the mower inches back, with me hopping in reverse with my shoestring holding tight. Thank goodness for hydrostatic transmissions! Ever so carefully reversing and hopping. Swing set portion of playset now down, mower slowly reversing, still hopping....there, mower has all four wheels on the ground. Hop back on, and realize that the mower never stalled. The seat pressure switch didn't work. Pat my now wild hair like nothing happened and thank God for his guardian angels once again.
After all was mulched and neatly mowed, hubby got out the blower and cleaned our newly broken-in orange, somewhat shiny Simplicity.
Now the rest of the story. I dislocated my left hip. Once that got taken care of, I realized my right ankle was achy. A few days of light duty...all better. Then, my right knee begins giving out at odd times, like showing a customer our newest ornament designs for the season. Or just putting the laundry away. So, today I went to my orthopedic surgeon. He tapped my knee, X-rayed it, sent me for more tests and now I will be on crutches, recovering from surgery for the Holidays.
Stupid leaves! Stupid swing! Stupid Leigh!