Can’t Keep a Good Man Down
Thursdays are our lawn mowing days. I felt I had a chance to get a few things done fore we hit the mowers. On my list was to bake out some bacon in the oven. A quick meal of eggs, bacon and toast is always a sure winner. It is a slow process and one you do not want to walk away from and forget what is in the oven. Do grease fires happen with stuff in the oven? I was not taking a chance.
Little did I realize that there was no dew on the grass this morning. Before nine, I heard the mower. Yup it was Dennis in the far east corner of the acre. All I could do was finish what I had started and that included a load of laundry.
Complete Basements of Mankato was due to be here in the afternoon to check out the sump pump, the back up battery and all else that can be checked. Joe was here before twelve noon. We are safe and good to go for another fifteen months. Joe’s van had barely backed out of the drive, when the Culligan fellows were here with the salt run. The bags of salt are heavy, and yes, we do pay a bit more to have it delivered and put into the brine tank. Leave the heavy stuff for the young fellows.
I did eventually get my push mower going to do the front of the yard and around the house. Having bought a very light weight trimmer, the trimming of the acre was all said and done in short order. I thought with the acre being mowed and trimmed we were done for the day. Not! When Dennis put the down spouts back onto the house and took a look at all the spider webs and bird pop, out came the garden hoses. Dennis made a trip to the Family Dollar and came home with a gallon of the cheapest laundry soap he could find to help wash off the house. As he is just finishing up, the entire yard smells like Lavender. Priceless.
I think my ole cowboy is going to sleep like a log this evening, or he will have a hard time shutting down. Time will tell. Once Dennis gets started, there is no talking him down. Whatever the reactions of his actions, he was doing what he wanted to do, when he wanted it done.