Marc has always made fun of the way that I mow, specifically the pattern in which I mow. I never thought anything of it until last week while mowing our lawn. I had a "light bulb" moment.
Growing up, we had 6acres (Mom & Dad correct me here) to mow. Luckily my parents had 3 daughters eager to do the job and an International Harvester 184 tractor mower. Eager? you ask. It was the easiest chore outside because you got to sit, be in your bikini AND listen to headphones (but only in one ear). (My younger brother was relegated to push mowing the septic hill. Sucka!)
Anyway, as a COUNTRY MOUSE this always how I mowed:
See that pattern? As a young Country Mouse, I did that because I weighed 73lbs sopping wet. I'm pretty sure the International doesn't have power steering. Therefore, getting the tractor mower to do a 180 degree turn required more muscle power and weight than I had in me.
The new CITY MOUSE in me just realized that it is easier and looks nicer to do this pattern:
I do still love to mow the lawn. I don't even wear headphones now because it takes only about 10 minutes, not the 3 hours of my youth.
Of course, now that my parents don't have 4 peons to do the mowing, they bought one of these awesome zero radius mowers:
Ok, how dorky is it that I have a photo of myself on my parent's lawnmower?
What about you: City Mouse or Country Mouse mower?
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Ummm, I would totally have a photograph of myself on that awesome thing! I would put in my two sense on mowing patterns, but we don't really mow much...
ReplyDeleteAnd I would like to correct my "idiot mouse" self and say TWO CENTS
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mowing was never my chore growing up, i always got things like mulching and pulling weeds.
ReplyDeleteand now we have a push mower and my husband is in charge of mowing. i think i had to do it once and i couldn't get the mower started.
We're city mice over here! By "we" I of course mean my hubby because we have a very steep front yard, haha.
ReplyDeleteCity Mouse. My yard takes 12 minutes to mow...front and back!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely country mouse! My brother and I would split the yard and have mower races :) ah how I miss the country life.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up, I spent every weekend in the summer mowing grass at my grandparents' house in the country. Big, open fields = country mouse. My parents' lawn is on a steep hill. City mouse. At my house now, we're schizophrenic mice. No real pattern because of all the hazards and obstacles. We're working on it.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the country, but I was the sucker push mowing around the trees in the orchard while my brother was on the tractor. Now I'm a city mower. And by city mower I mean I "let" my husband mow and when he's out of town I'm a turn-a-blind-eye-and-don't-mower 'til he gets home. The steep embankments freak me out after I tipped the mower over when we first moved in!
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