Showing posts with label lawn tractor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lawn tractor. Show all posts

Friday, October 8, 2010

It has not been a pretty week...

but considering the alternative - it was ok.

Both hubby and I came down with the flu, but not before the belt broke on my lawn tractor (the really, really important one that make the blade go whiz-whiz and cut things).  My email was totally messed up due to the incompetence of Frontier who took over Verizon, and hubby's whole computer had a major melt-down.



The good parts?  Ace Hardware had our belt in stock.  My tractor guru was able to put it on with a minimum of fuss. My email is fixed thanks to the assistance of our local email provider, and our computer guru had hubby's link to the outside world fixed and up and running in record time.  Our  flu only lasted 24 hours (I'm still tired, though) and hubby did a fine job of wielding a mop when I didn't quite make the sink (how embarrassing!!!!)  I have three plump perfect eggplants waiting in my garden to be transformed into something wonderful, and Best Buy bacon (not my usual bacon but not bad for the price) was on special for $1.28 per lb at the store. It's rained for a few days so I didn't have to hit the gully and water all the new trees and shrubs, my lavender crop is outstanding, and the library hasn't run out of books.



Slap it all on the scale of life and I'd say the good outweighs the bad by a bunch!

 


I love the view of our back mountain when it's partially hidden by clouds.



Have a wonderful weekend...

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Non-functioning mouse, hole in the road, dead lawn tractor - Oh My, what a week...

I was going to say "dead" mouse but figured that would be a bit of a turn off. On Tuesday we woke up to discover the water company had dug a hole the size of an olympic swimming pool in the middle of our private road. No warning - no notice. My lawn tractor decided it needed a new coil before it would start, and on Wednesday morning my computer mouse froze up. 

By Thursday my computer guru fixed the mouse (with instructions over the phone, no less), the new coil arrived and was installed post haste by my tractor guru (he knows how crazy I get when the lawn tractor doesn't run), but we still have a hole in the road. 


The road.  We have to drive through the weeds in the ditch to get to our house...


The hole (which is waaaaaaay bigger now. This was just a warm-up)


On the up-side...

A Saturday morning trip to the Farmer's Market always makes me feel better...


And my favorite  Parmesan fresh pesto bread from the market.  Outstanding!


My beautiful white w/pink edges Oriental lily is blooming.  Those flowers are eight inches across....



And look what God sent to us Thursday evening to put everything in perspective...


All in all, it was a pretty nice week...

Hope your week was wonderful, too...