I Surrender

Okay, I give up. I can't beat 47 minutes in the lawn mowing department. It took 58 minutes this evening. Mostly because I stalled it a few times. It was 10 days between mowing... so, again, I really should be cutting it every week. Le sigh. Too bad. I was busy doing other things like spending all my money and hanging out with my super fun friends.

But, I tried to beat the 47 minute mark and had a heart attack and got hit by lightning in the process. Okay, not really... but I'm out of shape and the first to admit it, so I get winded and sweaty and heart attack-y when I do things like this. Not only was I trying to race the 47 minute clock, but a thunderstorm. I did not beat either. The last 3 passes I had at my lawn were done in the rain... which turned into pouring rain with lots of thunder and lightning. I didn't get hit though. I guess that's just reserved for petroleum plants in these parts.

So, I give up. I don't think I CAN mow my lawn in less than 47 minutes. However, I would like to extend the challenge to anyone reading this blog. I challenge YOU to mow my lawn in less than 47 minutes.

Dare you.

Double dare you.

Triple dog dare you.


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Race Loser

I haven't mowed my lawn in two weeks, so I knew going in it was going to take me well over 47 minutes to mow the darn thing. More like two and a half hours... complete with screaming at the mower, two phone calls (one interruption and one simply to rant and complain... or whine would probably be the better description), and many a stall when I had to pull clumps of grass out of the blades.

Two and a half hours. But my lawn is short again and I don't look trashy compared to the neighbors. In fact, one of my neighbors has only cut his grass once all year. My house looks so awesome next to his, even with my lack of landscaping. Someday I'd really like to have a landscaped area around my house... but I'm sure that requires a lot of money I don't have right now, and a lot of hard work outside.

The high today was 85 degrees. I'm sure it wasn't quite that hot when I was actually mowing, but it was sure humid and I was really sweaty and disgusting when I was done. And since I was mowing for eons, I have fun blisters on the inside of my thumbs from holding the bar handle thingies down in conjunction with the vibration of the motor.

So... in order to beat the 47 minute mowing record, I must not wait so long between cuttings. One week, max. Too bad there's not someone here to hold me to that rule...


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Lawn Mower Races... With Myself

I'm entering a competition with myself for the fastest lawn mowing time possible. I didn't time it the first two times I did it, but I already know that tonight was the fastest I've ever done it. I'm getting better at it. At any rate, the time to beat is 47 minutes. I shall try to do better than that next time.

This was the first time that I didn't have to put gas in it at all though, so that saved time right there. And now that I know where the trouble spots are, and am getting a good feel for what direction to go in, I think I'm taking less time out there and still doing a good job.

I was hoping to be done in under an hour, so I'm happy. I'm probably a super big nerd for telling you this. =) But, really, cutting the lawn is quite the science.


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