Not too long ago, as northern Indiana thawed out and the weather got warmer, the grass (along with my dismay) started to grow. I began to dread another summer of push-mowing our entire yard every week or two. I wasn’t worried so much about the physical strain on my out of shape body (it actually would have been quite a benefit) I just hated giving up a few hours per week to push around a mower held together with a hose clamp and duct tape and also has no discharge cover causing the grass to go straight up into my face. I usually ended up with about 6 pounds of grass in my hair or stuck to my sweaty body every time I cut the grass.
The new riding lawn mower
My wife must have been feeling sorry for me (after I had to hose clamp and duct tape the handle back together) so we decided to get a riding lawn mower. She even cashed in the credit card points to help pay for it. We looked around for a while and finally settled on a Craftsman for a few reasons. We could get the most $ for our credit card points at Sears and their warranty included house calls which will save us from borrowing someone’s truck/trailer to haul it in and get it serviced. I’ve mowed the lawn a couple times now and it is fantastic. It takes me half the time to mow the grass that it used to. Unfortunately I haven’t spent any of that time updating the website (until now). But even if I only save an hour every time I mow the grass I ‘ll probably save at least 8-10 hours total before school starts next year. That’s a full day of throwing or painting (or climbing trees…)