I always wanted to be the guy with the perfect lawn trimming it all day and waiting for the chance to mow. I am there now. Does that make me old?
My long term goal in life is to be the guy who has the best lawn on the block and spends all day making sure it is perfect while forcing the neighborhood kids to avoid my land. We there is little I can do about the feral children since they show no fear. Some day I will have the perfect front lawn, but for now I get by with my perfect lawn out back.
The rain has been amazing. You can look back to when I first tilled, first sprouts, and seeded. I have tried for the past 6-7 years to get to this point. First there was the two years I planted annual thinking it came back annually, then just trying to patch the weed infested. But getting lazy on the dog waste got the best of me for a few years.
I have criscross mowed it once. The corn gets in the way, but it is a small price to pay when I love mowing that sweet healthy green grass so much. It is young so I need to pay really good attention to it through the fall. Still, after so much failing I am proud to have achieved this.
It doesn’t mean you’re old. It means you’re Hank Hill.
Every man should aspire to be Hank Hill.
Comment by jschwa — June 27, 2008 @ 2:28 am
If you are also wearing short pants, white socks, and sandals, then yes…you are that guy.
Comment by Mr. T — June 27, 2008 @ 8:04 am
This is how suburbs start, careful!
Comment by spkthed — June 27, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
I might have to hire you as a consultant to help me get my grassless, bombed-out crater looking more lawn-ish.
Comment by Jeff — June 27, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
is there something wrong with white socks and sandals?
The tilling was the hardest part for sure.
Comment by beerorkid — June 27, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
You need one of those huge hats to keep the sun out of your eyes. That and a short sleeve button up shirt left open with the optional white shirt underneath. Can you get those plastic sunglasses that look kind of like the ones the eye doctor gives you?
Comment by Gene — June 27, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
uh oh. Hope I didn’t strike a nerve there.
Comment by Mr. T — June 27, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
:p
Comment by beerorkid — June 27, 2008 @ 6:38 pm