A Bit of CYA

Again, my neighbors lie in wait for me... I came home tonight and wasn't even out of my car and the daughter (my age) came out the backdoor. She admitted she mowed the yard and "claimed" she didn't know she should mow to the edge of the yard. Huh?? Give me a break. Wouldn't that be obvious? She said she'd mow the rest of it. Just in case she wasn't clear, I told her that it should be mowed all the way to the edge of the driveway next door and all the way back to the fence. I also commented on how bad it looks as it is. I wasn't rude or sarcastic about it... Just matter of fact. Can't be anymore clear than that, can I?
(I wonder if they know they're on thin ice?)

Beating My Head Against A Wall

Anyone have a brick wall handy? I may as well just stand and beat my head against it, rather than expect my neighbors to do a decent job of mowing the yard. Do I need to set up a hands-on class entitled "Mowing for Dummies" or "Mowing 101"? Geez...

Last night, I got home from class around 9pm. I thought the yard had been mowed but I wasn't sure. Today at lunchtime, I went home (like I do every day) to find that the neighbors did indeed mow the yard. All except for a 4-5ft span on MY SIDE of the front yard!



Is it really too much to ask that they take a little pride in how the yard looks? I was so peeved about it, I left a post-it note on their backdoor: "Thanks for taking your turn. Do you plan on finishing mowing the front yard, or is this going to become a problem too?"

Freedom Update

I'm finally getting excited again about this project. You know... When you're getting close to finishing it, and that surge of excitment comes back? Yeah. That's where I'm at. I still have quite a bit to go, but I know I'm on the home stretch! So far, I've invested 140 hours in this project.

It's MY Turn!

I just got done taking my turn mowing the lawn. Haha... The best part of it? The landlady happened to be delivering mail (Yes, she's a mailperson, too) today and saw me mowing! She smiled and waved... I smiled and waved. LOL Here's what the driveway looks like when I'm done mowing... No sweeping done, either.



Here's what part of the driveway looks like after the neighbor gets done. Image the above picture with grass ALL along the concrete, up against my car....


Oh, was I supposed to mow underneath that swing that had the sign, "Do Not Touch"? Sorry for the oversight. I did have this thought while mowing, though. I have the Bill Engvall CD called "Here's Your Sign". For those of you not familiar with the cover, it's a close up of Bill's head with a note pasted to it saying "Here's Your Sign." If you want to read the lyrics, click HERE. LOL, I thought about scanning the CD cover and then clipping it to the outside of their mailbox. Hahahahaha.....

Car Troubles - Yet Again

On Tuesday, I had to walk to work because my car wouldn’t start.

I assumed it was because of all the rain we had on Labor Day. My brother came over to look at and it said it was the battery... AGAIN. Back in January, the current battery was replaced under warranty because the other one went bad after 3 months. Now here again, a battery has gone dead! My brother says if it goes dead again, he is taking it back to Auto Zone and chewing some royal butt. LOL, that’s the nice version of what he said. He said if he has to take that battery out again (not an easy task), he is getting my money back and we’re going to Farm & Fleet to get a battery.

The holiday really screwed up my work schedule, so I had to stay late Tuesday to get some client work done. With no car, I had to walk to the post office to mail the client’s stuff – which is in the opposite direction of where I live. Then I had to walk home. By the time I got home, I had a nickel size blister on the bottom of one foot. Ouchies!!

It’s Friday... Can anything else happen this week???