Hi everyone,
I learned how to use our new (used) zero-turn mower, but I wouldn’t call me seasoned just yet! My hubby gave some instructions and then went outside with me to show me a few things. I sort of stayed a little bit away from the bushes planted around the house and the siding on the garage. It’s a bit tricky to use these bars that you push and pull to make the mower go… and pull back to stop and if you pull back even farther, the mower goes backward! I didn’t do that too much, but I got pretty good at doing the turns at the end of a long stretch without having to make a big loop like on our old riding mower. Sorry, I don’t have any pictures of me on the mower… but just imagine me, with the wind blowing in my hair, as I glide across the yard making zigs and zags and turns all the while hoping I remember the most important thing… HOW TO STOP IT IF I’M HEADING FOR DANGER… or the gazebo! EEK!
What’s the last new thing you’ve learned to do?
I’ll see you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
Jeanne, I didn’t really know what a zero turn lawn mower was, so had to look it up! I see that this is the kind of mower used by lawn cutting companies around here in the neighborhood. A lot of people have their yards cut professionally, so this type of mower seems to be popular. We still use a self-propelled push lawnmower, but our yard is not that big. Works out for us! But wow, you are brave!
As for me learning something new, I can’t think of anything on the top of my head. Old stuff keeps me busy enough! Looks like we will have nice weather this week, so taking care of the yard will be pleasant! I notice the mosquitoes are not as numerous as they were during the hotter days, and leaves are just now beginning to notice that it is fall! What a great time for going to pumpkin patches and the like!
Jeanne, Jeanne, on the machine!! You are so brave! Also, your just telling that George came out to instruct you, I l would love to see that!
The only thing I can think of I have discovered and enjoyed is a new way to decorate the house. I have a basket of orange, brown and white shells that I picked up over years of scalloping in Florida. I decided to find ways to use them on several areas in the living room and also on the table on the entry of the house. I will take some photos and send them to you.
We are hopping out to the Y again and will check y’all later.
Would love to see your photos of decorating with shells.
Jeanne, I sent photos to your email.
Hugs,
Sissy
Wow, glad to see Linda and Sissy. Where is everyone else?
Have to get going as the new roof is going on the other house and I’m bringing a cooler of soft drinks and chocolate chip cookies from Costco.
I’ll have to think about what I’ve learned new. Must be something.
Okay, something new, defending Callie Cat from the neighborhood bully cat, Pursey. Who would have thought that Callie Cat, would need help. Callie Cat manages to bother Charlotte, from next door often as she waits for a handout on the front porch. But, now, Callie Cat, herself, needs help. Pursey, from across the street, has discovered that we feed Callie Cat on our back deck and comes all the way into our backyard to try to eat Callie’s food. Yesterday, my something new was hearing a bunch of cat meows for help on the deck and scrambling out to discover Callie Cat, and Pursey, both on the deck just a few feet apart. All I really have learned is that if I point at Pursey, and yell, “Go, Home!,” he will hightail it down the back steps, crawl through the hole in the fence and be gone. And in return, I receive Callie Cat’s adoring admiration. 🙂 So, that’s about it.
We made it to the other house and there are workers all over the roof removing the old roofing etc. We talked to the foreman and gave him the cooler and cookies for everyone when they get a break. It sounds like all is under control. They have tarps down everywhere around the house too. And it is going to be very hot. High nineties or might hit 100. Hope not.
Getting ready to head to my appointment. Busy day.
A good day to see some progress on a new roof!
Oh you did pay a fortune for the work and materials. So glad the guys are eager to work! Stay cool and fresh Joy! 💕
Poor Callie Cat getting bullied! Not acceptable!
Bully kitty needs some serious talking to, perhaps low on snuggles
Sorry about Callie Cat being bullied. Hopefully you scared the bully away so Callie Cat doesn’t become too stressed. Enjoy the re-roofing of the house. Ours went fast but I was glad when it was over and the mess cleaned up.
What a blast! 🥳🥹😊I bet it was fun whizzing around… just don’t get dizzy!
This is a fun diversion. I am glad you are enjoying some very good brain exercises.
I hope both of you are feeling good and resting. Did you have a nice relaxing week-end?
Hubbs and I went for a few walks around the neighborhood. Just one mile, nothing big. We also went to the little gym in our neighborhood, just across the street.
I love Fall. Here it is beginning with the temp changes especially at night.
Kitty Princess has been very unhappy with the “chilly” screened porch situation.
I have been sewing and sewing. Tiny little pieces to make “blooms”
This is an intense project https://robinpickensinc.com/products/gathering-wildflowers-quilt-pattern-printed-booklet-copy?_pos=2&_sid=a99b65fee&_ss=r but I am not in a rush.
Happy Monday.
Beautiful pattern. Will we be seeing the finished project whenever?
when evverrr indeed. I am (nuts) enlarging it so it is not a large wall hanging but actually a larger quilt. I have to do some thinking… and see about ideas to make the borders interesting. I am making both quilts but I am doing the darker quilt first. I started on both quilts working tandem, but now that I got to the big bloom blocks (all of the small hsts and flying geese) I am now gonna focus exclusively on the darker quilt top. That way, during winter I can work on the lighter sweeter (IMO) version. I will certainly share some time… and I guess progress some where along the path.
I can’t wait to see the quilt or quilts, Rosemary! You are so talented!
Maybe princess needs a heated little house out on the screened porch? Then, she could still be out there but have a warm spot from where to observe. I’ve seen some cute ones, not that expensive. I like the A-frame cabin one. 🙂
yes a cute little house. She has a lot of beds… and she loves the neighbors bird house. Sitting out on the porch is delightful but I guess with her sparse fur (she is cornish rex) she does not like the “wind” shivering her fluffy curly hairs. I could put a heated bed out there, but I do not know if she would really appreciate it. I will give it a try as we do have a terrific electric outlet!
I’d love one on our front porch, but we have no outlets. Old house and they didn’t put them outside. I was thinking that Princess could be in her house with the front door/hole open so that she could see out and watch the birds etc., but still keep warm. We may try putting one on our back deck that has an outlet for this winter. Of course, we would have to worry about racoons/possums etc. deciding to move in. 🙂
yeah, there would be plenty of critters that would love to have a heated room for winter, Joy!!
I believe KittyPrincess is miffed😤 because the air is not hot and humid like she loves it (we can’t even breathe out there then 🥵) and the sunny patches are sparse. Poor thing. Oh boy she wailed about it a few times today ☹️ but she got extra snacks for courage
learning new? being neater with seams with tiny sewing?
I’m still rolling on the floor laughing at your description of learning to use a zero-turn mower. When we first got ours I was a bit intimidated but soon learned to enjoy the ride. I liked it way better than our regular lawn tractor. Pretty soon you will be able to get close enough to things without hitting them which makes less need for weed eating or trimming with a regular power mower.
I think I’ve been so busy trying to get my body back on track the only new things I’ve learned is regarding muscle groups. I’m getting really good with the muscle group thing. Before it was one muscle is as good as another way of thinking but that has changed enormously when I realized what each muscle group does and why it is or isn’t working correctly right now. Today it is finally cool enough here (in the 80s with low humidity) and I will take my rollator walker to the park and start the task of restoring my walking muscle memory, since both my chiropractor and massage therapist have mentioned I need to do that. I will go about 5 p.m. when things should be less sunny. Last night our low was 72. First time I think that has happened since last spring.
I can see you are really working on getting better, Barbara! I admire you and am sure others do to! Keep on going, Girl!!
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Sometimes I wonder if getting better is even an option but I’m good with my chiropractor and massage therapist so visiting them feels like more of a social call than therapy. I do plan on keeping on keeping on. At least it will keep things from getting worse.
good idea working on muscle groups. They do have to work together. I am very happy to know you are working working and working to get back in good shape! Summer always makes me feel floppy bc it is so hot
Thanks for the encouragement. I’m hoping that as things cool down weather wise I can get out walking more. I did 1/2 mile this afternoon and am paying dearly for it, but I did half of it and sat and enjoyed the nice breeze and then finished up. I feel like the muscles in my left leg are a foreign entity fighting me every step of the way but there are incremental changes if I look back to where I started. Which I keep telling myself wasn’t all that long ago.
Well, we almost didn’t need the pool today! The rain was with us all the way and back and is still raining! At least there is no booming and lighting! Peyton let me out at the grocery because where the cars are the water looked like a lake! We have lots of birds in our trees, I hope they don’t wash away!
I will send some photos of my silly scallop shell designs to Jeanne. You can laugh when you see them!
Well, I don’t know if this is the last new thing I learned, but it is certainly one of the most helpful. I recently started cross stitching again, after about a 30 year break from it. I watched some youtube videos to refresh my mind on certain techniques, and I found about about the loop start! A total game changer! If you do cross stitch and don’t know this method, look it up!
Good luck with the mower, Jeanne. We don’t have a zero turn, but I think my husband would like to get one. We just have a regular John Deere rider. I used to help him mow – he would do around the edges, and I would do everywhere else. He got a new mower one year, and it kept shutting off on me while I was mowing! Come to find out, as a safety feature, it would shut off when pressure lifted from the seat. I only weighed about 100 pounds, so when I hit a bump or something, I would bounce off the seat, and the mower would shut off. Eventually he just started doing all the mowing himself, since I couldn’t keep from bouncing off the seat. 🙂
Theresa, I love the story of the mowing, you such a little thing, bumping up and down! I would have loved to have seen it.
I think that is nice that your other person has taken over the mowing. Although, I to would have loved to see a video of you bouncing up and down. And that’s great about the cross stitch revival. Good for you.
Theresa I just had to share your mower story with my hubby. It was too hilarious. I have no idea how to remedy your problem since those safety shut offs are usually pretty sensitive. I guess you chose the only route you could.
Good morning all
Well done Jeanne for learning how to drive the mower. Not sure it is something I could learn to do but fortunately not something I need to learn (fortunate for the buildings around, that is).
Rosemary, I am looking forward to seeing your finished quilt (or even unfinished) it is going to be so beautiful. I have finished the centre of my Alice’s Wonderland quilt, I sent a photo to Jeanne. Now for the borders.
I watched two videos yesterday while I was hand stitching the last of the sashing on my quilt. I learned something new about my city for one and my capital in the other.
https://youtu.be/Z_EbqzVlkj8
This one is a young English couple visiting New Zealand for the first time. They spent two days in Christchurch recently and most of the video was centered around food! Not only had I never been to any of the cafes in the video I hadn’t even heard of them but maybe I will try them they sound so good. I also didn’t know that in order to ride the tram you have to pay $42 for a day pass! Not very handy for locals who only want to get from A to B.
https://youtu.be/3VKhvjFXL3I
This video is about a nature reserve in the suburbs of Wellington (our capital). I suppose it has cropped up on the news from time to time but this is the first time I have seen anything about it in depth. A very interesting dive into unintended consequences!
I haven’t been able to watch TV the last couple of days. I pay for Sky tv (a bit like your Cable, I think) mainly for sport because they have the rights to most of the sport in NZ. Our Sky box was very old and they rang me up and offered a new one. We accepted and Russell came and set it all up for us. It seemed to be working until I tried to watch a sports game I had recorded then everything stopped working on record but I could at least watch TV. Anyway Sam rang up and she set it up this time but even with the woman on the phone telling her step by step it still didn’t work. They sent us a new box which was great until I tried to watch the rugby which I had recorded and the same thing happened. Only this time I couldn’t even watch live TV, only YouTube! This time they are sending out a technician. I have gone three days without watching the News and we have a General Election a couple of days after your midterms and I like to follow what is happening. Tonight is a leaders debate and I might miss that as he is coming at about 5.30pm. Hopefully he will finish on time.
Time to go, it is Tuesday and our coffee morning so need to get moving. Have a good day everyone
Looking forward to seeing the quilt top and so sorry about the tv woes. Is isn’t it amazing what one has to go through just to watch tv now. We have YouTube which has all of the local SF channels and the games. When we had an antenna, way back in the dark ages, we could only get a couple of channels as the mountain blocked the signal. We were so happy to have cable. But now, it is high speed internet, and we can see way more than I would ever watch.
Well what a bummer, I just wrote a long e mail and it has completely disappeared. Sorry folks I don’t have time to re write it. here are two videos on YouTube that you might find interesting.
https://youtu.be/Z_EbqzVlkj8
https://youtu.be/3VKhvjFXL3I
Anne, your first email here on the blog is hear on my blog. I don’t know why it didn’t say on yours. I enjoyed it and also your videos.
As to Jeanne’s new mower and her exciting new skills, I think that she should perfect mowing a picture of some kind. Maybe a pumpkin or something fun. You know, crop circles. That would be fun. 🙂
Oh I’d love to see that.