3.12.08

Category: dribblings

i was moxied today. you have permission to be jealous.

i mowed the lawn for the first time at the new house today. the grass wasn’t really tall but the weeds were getting out of hand. they were starting to grow purple flowers. it looked trashy.
first i changed the oil in the mower. (hi, uncle dan! aren’t you proud?) then i had to go buy some gas cos my gas can was empty. so then i gassed the mower and primed the engine and pulled the cord and-
nothing.

i know. me too, right?

so i yanked and yanked and yanked. i yanked some more. i pulled my shoulder out of whack and thought to myself, “ohh, so that’s how dad’s shoulder feels when he tries to start the pressure washer.” (which is why we don’t pressure wash things anymore.) so i pulled some more, and tinkered with the spark plug hickey, and pulled some more and more and more. and then it finally acted like the engine was going to turn over but then a big ball of black smoke shot out of the side.

ohh, i knew it wouldn’t be long now.

pulled some more and the engine did turn over! yay! but the darn thing wasn’t running real smooth, y’know? it was all jerky and smokey. but after a bit it evened out and there was no smoke so i mowed the grass with it. it worked.

while i was tinkering with the mower the englishman came by and he grabbed mom and dad’s mower and he helped me mow so in about 30 minutes the front and back was done. that was nice.

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i need to pick out a color for the woodwork on the outside of the house. it’s a pink color now (i think it was tan at one time, but you know how those tans can be so pink sometimes.) and it really needs some new paint. the only part i really dread painting is the garage door. but it needs it, it looks so shabby at the moment. i should really take some pictures.

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