Mowstress Moments

May 26, 2019 I decided this morning I was not going to let this lawn go more than a week again because I do not want to be “that” neighbor…. I have one of those and versus joining the ranks of avoider mowstresses, I made a promise to myself. It is hot today, or rather it was when I started mowi-running so I threw on a pair of shorts, a hot pink top (relevant in a bit), and my air pods in and started to mow-run. I was bound and determined I was going to increase my time so I made a decision immediately… my time will not be based on the whacking but only the mowing. It seems I continue to run into obstacles regarding the whacking so I am taking that piece out of it. Anyway, I started out and my time was good, I have some consistent patterns going now and have figured out which routes I can take to get the most grass in one sweep. You may laugh at this but it is a real thing. If you look at these pictures of my landscape you will understand. My rocks are awesome and look nic...

May 20 ,2019 Okay, I am maybe a little bit behind on the mowing. I should have mowed on Saturday morning but I steam cleaned a couch and a chair, retrimmed a chair with new trim, built a cabinet for my craft room, and then went out to dinner with friends...so I was not slacking but just working on a different part of my extensive list. Sunday started with church, rewiring the two switches in my bedroom and then a soccer game two hours away...so here I am on Monday after all day at field day and I just can’t handle the grass anymore. My first question of the day is this….mowsters and mostresses alike...do you have mowing shoes? Here is the dilemma, since I am getting a run in while I mow, I really feel like I need to wear running shoes, but then my running shoes turned green… so do I just call those my mowing shoes? I was forced to buy new running shoes which I will really run in so for now, those old running shoes are it, however, since I am running in them every week, I may hav...

May 11, 2019 The saga of the mowstress continues… So my second time mowing…. I realized that my mower was considered a smart mower… because it is clearly smarter than I am…. Amazing what happens when you realize you actually do not need a thumb extension to mow because the “smart” mower accelerator thumb thingy actually is adjustable…. Who knew??? Clearly not this mowstress. There was a slight problem however, with this adjustment. The first time I mowed, my speed was limited by the limits of my thumb length and so I had a maximum pace I could mow at, although annoying, much safer than my current situation… let’s just say that I am sure if any of my neighbors were watching this fiasco, they saw my push mower pulling me and me running several times. I am not quite used to this new found power yet… so I got a little accelerator happy. I did manage to stay on my feet at least so that was good. One thing I did notice while I was mowing was that a lot of people run at 9:00 o'clock ...

May 4, 2019 Okay I have come to several conclusions and wonders while mowing this morning for the second time in my life...😂they are as follows 1. I need longer thumbs because I just can’t push that darn speed lever thing far enough to go as fast as I want... do they have some sort of thingy for that? 2. I could be referred to as more of a “creative” mowstress cause I sure can’t get any sort of consistent pattern going with all this tree rock bed landscaping. I hope my neighbors appreciate my creativity 😛 3. Lawn boys are NOT overrated. 4. I get a little carried away with a weed whacker... I could be considered armed while using this thing. I kind of like it 😂😂 5. Should you mow over dog poo? My mower didn’t seem to mind 🤣 6. And then there’s the whole blower thing... maybe I shouldn’t go into that too much 🤣 It took me about an hour and a half... and I got it right before the rain hit so just call me weathergirl mowstress... hopefully I get faster at this or get longer thum...