Yes – I’ve never done it before, can you believe it?  Sunday I did it for three hours and this afternoon for over an hour.

OK – that’s about as far as I can take that.  This is a family blog.    I’m talking about mowing a lawn.  We got a riding mower at the auction last week and it’s SO fun.  It goes really fast and cuts through huge tall totally wild grass that’s grown ALL summer.

Mowing is cool because it’s something to do outside that can involve the kids and also gets something accomplished.  The kids love four wheeling and it’s similar but the lawn mower is more my speed.    Plus, no gears either.  And I prefer steering wheel to handlebars.

What else did I do for the first time this weekend?  Jack hammer.  I’m not ready to talk about that yet.  (This could be a joke, but I’m not that funny or dirty.  I really did use a jack hammer.)

I got my hair cut.  I love it.  I can’t believe I waited so long.

Also, see Delia’s site for a report and pictures of her first camping trip.
(The username and password to get to the pictures are both the same three letter word that is the first name of a claymation builder.)

Ryan and Delia are on Grassy Lake.  They drove to the lake and paddled to a campsite.  Here are two pictures they sent from the cell phone.

I’m posting this from a tent in our back yard.  Delia and I are camping out here tonight as a trial run for a real away from home canoe/camping trip tomorrow.  If all goes well tonight, that’s the plan.  She’s so excited!

Our new little big pullets laid their first egg!  Delia and I saw it sitting there next to the feeder – a little tiny brown egg.  Since then they’ve laid two more.

They’re about as big as our adult chickens now.  They’re getting along better with the old ones too.  I really need to get the coop done.  I’ve been cleaning up the garage when I can and this morning I put the walls back together so I can finish making a rafter pattern.