Awake: 5:55am Temp 54 sleep 5+59 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
K & I attend 8:00 am Mass & then join the KK which was well attended. Donna Ki… a very distinguished & long time member, was surprised by the “Happy Birthday” song sung for her one day early….but that’s ok.
Our forwarded mail from Alaska arrived today, so after breakfast we spend hrs going through the bundle….saving the magazines & other long reading items for later.
Another beautiful day…& out comes the Snapper lawnmower. (1) hr into our steady mowing project & the Snapper refuses to be self-propelled; my 1st thought was: “that’s all for today folks!” Then, when pushing our mower back to its summer parking spot, I decide to look @ this piece of equipment a little closer; that’s when I discovered a broken spring. Probing even further, that spring is responsible for not only holding the drive belt taut to rotate the cutting blade, but also it turns the rear wheels that move the mower forward. “Maybe I can fix this problem” I told Kathy.
Among my tools, I have an accumulation of “things” found along the way in campgrounds, along the road, outside the Newell Service Dept, etc that someday could come in handy. Years ago at a campground out west, someone apparently overlooked his/her set of small bungee cords & left without them; they were easily found in my toolbox. “Perfect I thought to myself, one of these should work.”
About (15) min later, we were back in business. We lost about (35) min with that fix but without any breaks, we finished @ 6:10pm; and, like always, we are worn out from (4) hrs of non-stop manual labor.
We watch the int’l news followed by Jeopardy; then dinner: BLT’s with extra homegrown tomatoes & fruit salad….while watching the O’Reilly Factor.
Later, while cleaning the dishes, we watch: Modern Marvels & then: Sarah Palin’s neighbors & friends in Alaska being interviewed.
Lights out: 12:02am
Leave a comment