After an afternoon Maundy Thursday Communion service at church, I headed to lunch with some of the staff and then came back home to attempt to start my hand-me-down (thanks, Steve Zerbe!) lawn mower!
After a few tugs, a new tank of gas, and some praying, the lawnmower started up and stayed in “idle” mode. I couldn’t increase the 3.5hp engine’s RPMs at all, so I did what any red-blooded American would do… I got my tools out.
After a quick look, I found out that the throttle spring was a bit “sprung” and needed to be replaced. A quick trip to Ace Hardware provided a similar spring and after quickly replacing, I found out that it, too, was a bit too “sprung”. Another quick trip to Ace and I returned with a stronger spring and quickly replaced the not-so-strong one.
With that I was in business and my lawn mower was purring like a small grizzly bear with bad lungs.
It was an enjoyable afternoon mowing the yard, albeit difficult to see where I had already been because of the various lengths of grass throughout the yard. I also had to “invent” a boundary between our yard and the neighbors. I think I chose wisely.
As I was finishing the yard, Jess came home with a carload of baby shower gifts. Her school had a shower for her this morning. More blessings now fill our home thanks to some of the kindest people in Warsaw!
In the mail this evening I received my $50 in-store credit from Apple for their lawsuit settlement for bad iPod batteries. Sadly, I can’t find anything in the Apple.com store to purchase (except of course iTunes credit which is exempt…) So, if anyone is going to be making a purchase anytime soon from the Apple store and wants to swap $50 store-credit for $50 cash or PayPal, please contact me!
Supper is ready and my lawn-mowing self is hungry.
