Today is the day..............

[Ralphie]

I don't think i've ever seen someone so excited to mow their own lawn before. I've been mowing this yard of ours for some odd 20 years now so it's like "dang i gotta mow again because of that rain last night". Granted we have a lawn tractor but it still takes my brother and I like two and a half hours to mow and weed eat. We also have a Craftsman mower because our house floods every five years, i don't want to be the one known as a killer of a Honda mower otherwise i'd get one.

LOL!

Ya well I used to mow my parents lawn every sunday when I was in high school.

Then I moved away and didn't have a need to do it.

Now I bought a house and it's in that "yay" stage.

Im sure in a year ill be as thrilled as everyone else lol.

Its not so much that im excited to mow the lawn, as it is to break in this mower lol.

[Hopeless]

I don't think i've ever seen someone so excited to mow their own lawn before. I've been mowing this yard of ours for some odd 20 years now so it's like "dang i gotta mow again because of that rain last night". Granted we have a lawn tractor but it still takes my brother and I like two and a half hours to mow and weed eat. We also have a Craftsman mower because our house floods every five years, i don't want to be the one known as a killer of a Honda mower otherwise i'd get one.

It's all about that initial excitement of having your own house, especially if you bought it and arent renting..

i did the same thing when i first bought my house. i loved doing all the maintenance and stuff around the yard when i first got my house, and i still love doing home improvement type projects because its something you do and can look back on and say "yea i did that" and just feel accomplished in general that you can say the house is yours and youre keeping it up /fixing things.

[dysfunk]

Ralphie, BTW what are you going to mow? Your driveway? I remember seeing the Google map view of your house and how big your driveway is.

[Ralphie]

It's all about that initial excitement of having your own house, especially if you bought it and arent renting..

i did the same thing when i first bought my house. i loved doing all the maintenance and stuff around the yard when i first got my house, and i still love doing home improvement type projects because its something you do and can look back on and say "yea i did that" and just feel accomplished in general that you can say the house is yours and youre keeping it up /fixing things.

Exactly! I have been in the house maybe a little over two months and in that time I have repainted the whole house, replaced most of the outlets and switches, added 3 fans, added puck lighting in the kitchen, and a bunch of other odds and ends.

When my buddy has some free time, were going to add another outlet in the living room, run a gas line to the backyard for the bbq, and run a well water line for watering the backyard for free lol.

Down the road he will be adding a hot water line from the house water so I can install an outdoor sink in the back for random cleaning/bbqs etc.

After shit is done though it definitely makes you feel good.

Shit, yesterday I went out and trimmed back a few trees that had branches over the roof/too close to the house.

Took me maybe 45 mins or so, but seeing the improvement in the front yard is a great feeling.

Ralphie, BTW what are you going to mow? Your driveway? I remember seeing the Google map view of your house and how big your driveway is.

LOL!....no the driveway I will have to call in a crew to clean when it snows...lol.

As far as mowing....I have to cover all of this with a push mower because I do not have $1000+ for a riding mower.



Shit is crazy but I wouldn't have it any other way.

[dysfunk]

Haha i was just yanking your chain. When I lived in a house I would have lived to have a yard like that.. instead I was stuck with a big yard with a downward slope and the back hard would grow a foot tall within a week.

[Hopeless]

Exactly! I have been in the house maybe a little over two months and in that time I have repainted the whole house, replaced most of the outlets and switches, added 3 fans, added puck lighting in the kitchen, and a bunch of other odds and ends.

When my buddy has some free time, were going to add another outlet in the living room, run a gas line to the backyard for the bbq, and run a well water line for watering the backyard for free lol.

Down the road he will be adding a hot water line from the house water so I can install an outdoor sink in the back for random cleaning/bbqs etc.

After shit is done though it definitely makes you feel good.

Shit, yesterday I went out and trimmed back a few trees that had branches over the roof/too close to the house.

Took me maybe 45 mins or so, but seeing the improvement in the front yard is a great feeling.



LOL!....no the driveway I will have to call in a crew to clean when it snows...lol.

As far as mowing....I have to cover all of this with a push mower because I do not have $1000+ for a riding mower.



Shit is crazy but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I feel you man. I'm glad my yard isnt that big! lmao