Summer of 2016

Hello all, I have been busy with knitting and crochet and mowing the grass with a brand new Cub Cadet riding mower. The first picture is the mail carriers Christmas present, the second is back scrubbers for my dad's father's day and B-I-L's birthday presents, and the third is a knitted chevron throw for myself.

Also been fishing and this is the largest fish I have caught. Been playing Magic the Gathering here and there. and visiting my family when I can. I have also started to go to two clubs for fiber arts. One on every Saturday and one on every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Summer of 2016

Hello all, I have been busy with knitting and crochet and mowing the grass with a brand new Cub Cadet riding mower. The first picture is the mail carriers Christmas present, the second is back scrubbers for my dad's father's day and B-I-L's birthday presents, and the third is a knitted chevron throw for myself.

Also been fishing and this is the largest fish I have caught. Been playing Magic the Gathering here and there. and visiting my family when I can. I have also started to go to two clubs for fiber arts. One on every Saturday and one on every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.

projects

I made this for a friends baby shower.

Internet

Well bright house finally came out to our area. and now we have fast internet.

Bird feeder

So we got a bird feeder and the squirrels are using it as their personal toy.

Finally Finished

Finally done mowing the grass, took me 4 days, started mowing on Sunday and today it is done. I had to work on the lawnmower for two of those days.

My troubles

Well I bought a used riding lawnmower last summer for $375, the turning rod broke the second time mowing with it. The guy I bought it from sold me a new one for $5. Then the I mowed with it until January when the blades stopped rotating so I had him pick it up which cost $25 and to drop it off again another $25. He said that the belt was bad and that the bearing was also bad. So he replaced them and told me to change the oil every 6 hours. He also sharpened the blade and charged me $75 for all the work and parts. When he brought it back it did not want to move in any gear so I called him up and he said that it sounds like the problem was the transmission belt was loose. So I went under the lawnmower and tried to get the belt off, but I got hung up on some bolts. So I was wiping it off and checking for wear from underneath it when I put the belt back on it ran just fine. So I start mowing with it again and it started acting up. I looked up the belt online, got the belt number from the company and then went to the web address that he told me to go to and the belt was $15. I did not buy it from the site and called Ace Hardware, they had belts, but could not give me a price unless I new the size. So I took off everything that was in the way and finally got the belt off. Ran up to Ace Hardware and bought a new one for $8. So no more business from me for that guy. If the lawnmower breaks and I can not fix it I will take it a part and sell it for scrap. So I got home and put the new belt on, put the lawnmower back together and tried it out and everything worked. I am much happier now with the $8 then the $125 that I gave that guy for the work he did.