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Lawn Mower Monday
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Kittykatt
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Re: Lawn Mower Monday
A lawn mower (also known as a grass cutter or simply mower,) is a device utilizing one or more revolving blades (or a reel) to cut a grass surface to an even height. The height of the cut grass may be fixed by the mower's design but generally is adjustable by the operator, typically by a single master lever or by a mechanism on each of the machine's wheels. The blades may be powered by manual force, with wheels mechanically connected to the cutting blades so that the blades spin when the mower is pushed forward, or the machine may have a battery-powered or plug-in electric motor.
The most common self-contained power source for lawn mowers is a small 4-stroke (typically one-cylinder) internal combustion engine. Smaller mowers often lack any form of self-propulsion, requiring human power to move over a surface; "walk-behind" mowers are self-propelled, requiring a human only to walk behind and guide them. Larger lawn mowers are usually either self-propelled "walk-behind" types or, more often, are "ride-on" mowers that the operator can sit on and control. A robotic lawn mower ("lawn-mowing bot", "mowbot", etc.) is designed to operate either entirely on its own or less commonly by an operator on a remote control.
Two main styles of blades are used in lawn mowers. Lawn mowers employing a single blade that rotates about a single vertical axis are known as rotary mowers, while those employing a cutting bar and multiple blade assembly that rotates about a single horizontal axis are known as cylinder or reel mowers
The lawn mower was invented in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Budding's mower was designed primarily to cut the grass on sports grounds and extensive gardens, as a superior alternative to the scythe, and was granted a British patent on August 31, 1830.
Budding's first machine was 19 inches (480 mm) wide with a frame made of wrought iron. The mower was pushed from behind. Cast-iron gear wheels transmitted power from the rear roller to the cutting cylinder, allowing the rear roller to drive the knives on the cutting cylinder; the ratio was 16:1. Another roller placed between the cutting cylinder and the main or land roller could be raised or lowered to alter the height of cut. The grass clippings were hurled forward into a tray-like box. It was soon realized, however, that an extra handle was needed in front to help pull the machine along. Overall, these machines were remarkably similar to modern mowers.
Two of the earliest Budding machines sold went to Regent's Park Zoological Gardens in London and the Oxford colleges.[3] In an agreement between John Ferrabee and Edwin Budding dated May 18, 1830, Ferrabee paid the costs of enlarging the small blades, obtained letters of patent and acquired rights to manufacture, sell and license other manufacturers in the production of lawn mowers.
It took ten more years and further innovations to create a machine that could be drawn by animals, and sixty years before a steam-powered lawn mower was built. In the 1850s, Thomas Green & Son of Leeds introduced a mower called the Silens Messor (meaning silent cutter), which used a chain drive to transmit power from the rear roller to the cutting cylinder. These machines were lighter and quieter than the gear-driven machines that preceded them, although they were slightly more expensive. The rise in popularity of lawn sports helped prompt the spread of the invention. Lawn mowers became a more efficient alternative to the scythe and domesticated grazing animals.
Manufacture of lawn mowers took off in the 1860s. By 1862, Ferrabee's company was making eight models in various roller sizes. He manufactured over 5000 machines until production ceased in 1863. The first grass boxes were flat trays but took their present shape in the 1860s. James Sumner of Lancashire patented the first steam-powered lawn mower in 1893. His machine burned petrol and/or paraffin (kerosene) as fuel. These were heavy machines that took several hours to warm up to operating pressure. After numerous advances, these machines were sold by the Stott Fertilizer and Insecticide Company of Manchester and Sumner. The company they both controlled was called the Leyland Steam Motor Company.
Around 1900, one of the best known English machines was the Ransomes' Automaton, available in chain- or gear-driven models. Numerous manufacturers entered the field with petrol (gasoline) engine-powered mowers after the start of the 20th century. In 1902, The first was produced by Ransomes] JP Engineering of Leicester, founded after World War I, produced a range of very popular chain-driven mowers. About this time, an operator could ride behind animals that pulled the large machines. These were the first riding mowers.
In the United States, gasoline-powered lawn mowers were first manufactured in 1914 by Ideal Power Mower Co. of Lansing, Michigan, based on a patent by Ransom E. Olds. Ideal Power Mower also introduced the world's first self-propelled, riding lawn tractor in 1922, known as the "Triplex".The roller-drive lawn mower has changed very little since around 1930. Gang mowers, those with multiple sets of blades to cut a wider swath, were built in the United States in 1919 by the Worthington Mower Company.
In the 1920s one of the most successful companies to emerge during this period was Atco, at that time a brand name of Charles H Pugh Ltd. The Atco 'Standard' motor mower, launched in 1921 was an immediate success. Just 900 of the 22-inch-cut machines were made in 1921, each costing £75. Within five years, annual production had accelerated to tens of thousands. Prices were reduced and a range of sizes were available, making the Standard the first truly mass-produced engine-powered mower.
Rotary mowers were not developed until engines were small enough and powerful enough to run the blades at sufficient speed.
One company that produced rotary mowers commercially was the Australian Victa company, starting in 1952. Its mowers were lighter and easier to use than similar ones that had come before. The first Victa mowers were made at Mortlake, an inner suburb of Sydney, by local resident Mervyn Victor Richardson. He made his first model out of scrap in his garage. The first Victa mowers were then manufactured, going on sale on 20 September 1952. The new company, Victa Mowers Pty Ltd, was incorporated on 13 February 1953.
Two Victa mowers, from 1958 and 1968 respectively, are held in the collection of the National Museum of Australia.[12] The Victa mower is regarded as something of an Australian icon, appearing en masse, in simulated form, at the opening of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
The hover mower, first introduced by Flymo in 1964, is a form of rotary mower using an air cushion on the hovercraft principle.
The most common self-contained power source for lawn mowers is a small 4-stroke (typically one-cylinder) internal combustion engine. Smaller mowers often lack any form of self-propulsion, requiring human power to move over a surface; "walk-behind" mowers are self-propelled, requiring a human only to walk behind and guide them. Larger lawn mowers are usually either self-propelled "walk-behind" types or, more often, are "ride-on" mowers that the operator can sit on and control. A robotic lawn mower ("lawn-mowing bot", "mowbot", etc.) is designed to operate either entirely on its own or less commonly by an operator on a remote control.
Two main styles of blades are used in lawn mowers. Lawn mowers employing a single blade that rotates about a single vertical axis are known as rotary mowers, while those employing a cutting bar and multiple blade assembly that rotates about a single horizontal axis are known as cylinder or reel mowers
The lawn mower was invented in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Budding's mower was designed primarily to cut the grass on sports grounds and extensive gardens, as a superior alternative to the scythe, and was granted a British patent on August 31, 1830.
Budding's first machine was 19 inches (480 mm) wide with a frame made of wrought iron. The mower was pushed from behind. Cast-iron gear wheels transmitted power from the rear roller to the cutting cylinder, allowing the rear roller to drive the knives on the cutting cylinder; the ratio was 16:1. Another roller placed between the cutting cylinder and the main or land roller could be raised or lowered to alter the height of cut. The grass clippings were hurled forward into a tray-like box. It was soon realized, however, that an extra handle was needed in front to help pull the machine along. Overall, these machines were remarkably similar to modern mowers.
Two of the earliest Budding machines sold went to Regent's Park Zoological Gardens in London and the Oxford colleges.[3] In an agreement between John Ferrabee and Edwin Budding dated May 18, 1830, Ferrabee paid the costs of enlarging the small blades, obtained letters of patent and acquired rights to manufacture, sell and license other manufacturers in the production of lawn mowers.
It took ten more years and further innovations to create a machine that could be drawn by animals, and sixty years before a steam-powered lawn mower was built. In the 1850s, Thomas Green & Son of Leeds introduced a mower called the Silens Messor (meaning silent cutter), which used a chain drive to transmit power from the rear roller to the cutting cylinder. These machines were lighter and quieter than the gear-driven machines that preceded them, although they were slightly more expensive. The rise in popularity of lawn sports helped prompt the spread of the invention. Lawn mowers became a more efficient alternative to the scythe and domesticated grazing animals.
Manufacture of lawn mowers took off in the 1860s. By 1862, Ferrabee's company was making eight models in various roller sizes. He manufactured over 5000 machines until production ceased in 1863. The first grass boxes were flat trays but took their present shape in the 1860s. James Sumner of Lancashire patented the first steam-powered lawn mower in 1893. His machine burned petrol and/or paraffin (kerosene) as fuel. These were heavy machines that took several hours to warm up to operating pressure. After numerous advances, these machines were sold by the Stott Fertilizer and Insecticide Company of Manchester and Sumner. The company they both controlled was called the Leyland Steam Motor Company.
Around 1900, one of the best known English machines was the Ransomes' Automaton, available in chain- or gear-driven models. Numerous manufacturers entered the field with petrol (gasoline) engine-powered mowers after the start of the 20th century. In 1902, The first was produced by Ransomes] JP Engineering of Leicester, founded after World War I, produced a range of very popular chain-driven mowers. About this time, an operator could ride behind animals that pulled the large machines. These were the first riding mowers.
In the United States, gasoline-powered lawn mowers were first manufactured in 1914 by Ideal Power Mower Co. of Lansing, Michigan, based on a patent by Ransom E. Olds. Ideal Power Mower also introduced the world's first self-propelled, riding lawn tractor in 1922, known as the "Triplex".The roller-drive lawn mower has changed very little since around 1930. Gang mowers, those with multiple sets of blades to cut a wider swath, were built in the United States in 1919 by the Worthington Mower Company.
In the 1920s one of the most successful companies to emerge during this period was Atco, at that time a brand name of Charles H Pugh Ltd. The Atco 'Standard' motor mower, launched in 1921 was an immediate success. Just 900 of the 22-inch-cut machines were made in 1921, each costing £75. Within five years, annual production had accelerated to tens of thousands. Prices were reduced and a range of sizes were available, making the Standard the first truly mass-produced engine-powered mower.
Rotary mowers were not developed until engines were small enough and powerful enough to run the blades at sufficient speed.
One company that produced rotary mowers commercially was the Australian Victa company, starting in 1952. Its mowers were lighter and easier to use than similar ones that had come before. The first Victa mowers were made at Mortlake, an inner suburb of Sydney, by local resident Mervyn Victor Richardson. He made his first model out of scrap in his garage. The first Victa mowers were then manufactured, going on sale on 20 September 1952. The new company, Victa Mowers Pty Ltd, was incorporated on 13 February 1953.
Two Victa mowers, from 1958 and 1968 respectively, are held in the collection of the National Museum of Australia.[12] The Victa mower is regarded as something of an Australian icon, appearing en masse, in simulated form, at the opening of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
The hover mower, first introduced by Flymo in 1964, is a form of rotary mower using an air cushion on the hovercraft principle.
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Kittykatt
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Re: Lawn Mower Monday
Good morning everyone and happy Monday! A happy holiday /bank holiday Monday day to those who are fortunate to have e today off!
Gma,.I'm so sorry you were in souch pain, but glad the.antibiotics are helping. Your Easter celebration at church sou ded very impressive!Interestingly, Pentecost / Whit Sunday was always called Whit Sunday.day when I was growing up,.and the season was called Whitsuntide or simply Whitsun, which usually.xoi coded with the summer half term holiday. (And as a little girl,.my mother always made me a new summer dress!). Nowadays, we usually refer to this time as Pentecost. But you're right, and we're skipping forward in time!
Your dinner with Mr VKM sounded lovely, and I'm sure he enjoyed it (and the company, of course!
) and it was very kind of you to think of your DF.
Today I'm enjoying a slower start, as it's a bank holiday here in the UK, so DH has the day off. The sun is shining, and once it's warmed up I'm planning
some time in my garden.
Gma,.I'm so sorry you were in souch pain, but glad the.antibiotics are helping. Your Easter celebration at church sou ded very impressive!Interestingly, Pentecost / Whit Sunday was always called Whit Sunday.day when I was growing up,.and the season was called Whitsuntide or simply Whitsun, which usually.xoi coded with the summer half term holiday. (And as a little girl,.my mother always made me a new summer dress!). Nowadays, we usually refer to this time as Pentecost. But you're right, and we're skipping forward in time!
Your dinner with Mr VKM sounded lovely, and I'm sure he enjoyed it (and the company, of course!
) and it was very kind of you to think of your DF.Today I'm enjoying a slower start, as it's a bank holiday here in the UK, so DH has the day off. The sun is shining, and once it's warmed up I'm planning
some time in my garden.
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Kittykatt
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Re: Lawn Mower Monday
SHEM!
"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." – Anne Lamott.
"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." – Anne Lamott.
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Kittykatt
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Re: Lawn Mower Monday
To do:
Appointments:
Monday:
Bank Holiday
Text DF PM as it's her birthday Today
Text MQ about coffee percolator (we wont be using it, so it needs to go away) and little party on Thursday for DF PM. I have the card for everyone to sign. Will MQ get the cake as usual, or would she prefer me to do it?
I'm hoping to spend time in the garden , weather permitting! (I can clean the house when DH is out, and when it's cold / dark outside)
6pm:DH going to Sea Shanty evening with his DF AP
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
Remember card for DF PM's birthday celebration at church
Lunch with DF PM?
3 pm podiatrist -me
5.40 pm nurse appointment -me
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
DH??
10 am coffee with C (DF PL's Mum)
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
Future dates to note:
30/4 weight check -Jude
28/4 bloods/Solensia -Fred
11/5 (this may get pushed back if the rain doesn't stop, but J will contact me the week before) - painter J to paint outside of house and clean fascias./downpipes etc
Outstanding deliveries:
Extras:
Email everyone on lunch mailing list
Email MD re coffee/ lunch report
Email reply to SR
Green Gardener order - nematodes for vine weevil, predator mites for fuchsia gall mite
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)
To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Check bank account
Go for my walk
Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie - just a short walk
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Cats' supper
House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream
Extra house tasks:
Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes
Wednesday:
Clean kitchen
Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
April (depending on weather!).buy geraniums (work out how many I'll need in advance! - 24?)
Green Gardener nematodes,.and.predator mite
Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1
Appointments:
Monday:
Bank Holiday
Text DF PM as it's her birthday Today
Text MQ about coffee percolator (we wont be using it, so it needs to go away) and little party on Thursday for DF PM. I have the card for everyone to sign. Will MQ get the cake as usual, or would she prefer me to do it?
I'm hoping to spend time in the garden , weather permitting! (I can clean the house when DH is out, and when it's cold / dark outside)
6pm:DH going to Sea Shanty evening with his DF AP
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
Remember card for DF PM's birthday celebration at church
Lunch with DF PM?
3 pm podiatrist -me
5.40 pm nurse appointment -me
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
DH??
10 am coffee with C (DF PL's Mum)
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
Future dates to note:
30/4 weight check -Jude
28/4 bloods/Solensia -Fred
11/5 (this may get pushed back if the rain doesn't stop, but J will contact me the week before) - painter J to paint outside of house and clean fascias./downpipes etc
Outstanding deliveries:
Extras:
Email everyone on lunch mailing list
Email MD re coffee/ lunch report
Email reply to SR
Green Gardener order - nematodes for vine weevil, predator mites for fuchsia gall mite
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)
To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude
and FreddieCup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Check bank account
Go for my walk
Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie - just a short walk
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Cats' supper
House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream
Extra house tasks:
Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes
Wednesday:
Clean kitchen
Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
April (depending on weather!).buy geraniums (work out how many I'll need in advance! - 24?)
Green Gardener nematodes,.and.predator mite
Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1
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trissie
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- Joined: Sat Mar 15, 2025 6:03 am
Re: Lawn Mower Monday
Good morning, kittykatt! Lawn mowers will sure be getting their workouts in the next couple months!
Did you like Project Hail Mary, L.Ann?
Sorry about the tooth, gma! Do they think the antibiotics can save it?
Re White Sunday, I didn't realize it's a local name! It has nothing to do with WhitSun, and it's name is either because of the white robes adults wear for baptism - for Catholic church it's traditionally Easter Vigil only for adults - or because the Saturday before Easter was the time to paint your house, inside and out, after winter - with white color. But I checked wiki and apparently that's only used in Czechia and Slovakia.
Also found that there is apparently a Moravian church, which I kinda never heard of, even if Moravia is part of Czech Republic, but then double checked wiki and it goes under a different name here and it has like 3,000 members.
Easter Monday here, the traditional carolling day. We've already have about ten groups, the first two at 8:02 and 8:05
but I was ready for them. No sleeping in on Easter Monday here, let me tell ya!
TaDas
- breakfast and coffee
- dressed to shoes
- welcomed several groups of carollers
- internet time
ToDos
- morning routine
- clean the pool vacuum filter
- 30 outside (no point starting upstairs if the bell keeps ringing!)
Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- feed breadstarter
organization
- update land contract
- home insurance!!!
- 15 on filing
- 15 on anniversary planning
- homework and backpacks
- plan for April
- get started on taxes
cleaning
- clean out / reorganize attic
- clean DBD's room
- clean twins' room
- clean DS1's room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of lights
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside - weekend
- wipe patio furniture
- start seeds
- prune fruit trees
- prune roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- start cleaning out the carpool
- sow seeds in veggie garden
- fertilize roses
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
Did you like Project Hail Mary, L.Ann?
Sorry about the tooth, gma! Do they think the antibiotics can save it?
Re White Sunday, I didn't realize it's a local name! It has nothing to do with WhitSun, and it's name is either because of the white robes adults wear for baptism - for Catholic church it's traditionally Easter Vigil only for adults - or because the Saturday before Easter was the time to paint your house, inside and out, after winter - with white color. But I checked wiki and apparently that's only used in Czechia and Slovakia.
Also found that there is apparently a Moravian church, which I kinda never heard of, even if Moravia is part of Czech Republic, but then double checked wiki and it goes under a different name here and it has like 3,000 members.
Easter Monday here, the traditional carolling day. We've already have about ten groups, the first two at 8:02 and 8:05
but I was ready for them. No sleeping in on Easter Monday here, let me tell ya! TaDas
- breakfast and coffee
- dressed to shoes
- welcomed several groups of carollers
- internet time
ToDos
- morning routine
- clean the pool vacuum filter
- 30 outside (no point starting upstairs if the bell keeps ringing!)
Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- feed breadstarter
organization
- update land contract
- home insurance!!!
- 15 on filing
- 15 on anniversary planning
- homework and backpacks
- plan for April
- get started on taxes
cleaning
- clean out / reorganize attic
- clean DBD's room
- clean twins' room
- clean DS1's room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of lights
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside - weekend
- wipe patio furniture
- start seeds
- prune fruit trees
- prune roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- start cleaning out the carpool
- sow seeds in veggie garden
- fertilize roses
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
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Kittykatt
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Re: Lawn Mower Monday
Good morning, Trissie! I never knew about the custom of painting one's house inside and out before Easter. It would certainly be difficult here with the uncertain weather! 
I'm very impressed you were up in time to greet the Easter carollers. Over here, today is more traditionally spent DIY or gardening, depending on one's interests (and the weather, of course! )
I'm very impressed you were up in time to greet the Easter carollers. Over here, today is more traditionally spent DIY or gardening, depending on one's interests (and the weather, of course! )-
trissie
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Re: Lawn Mower Monday
Well if your house was all sooty from using a wood stove for heating and cooking, I am sure you would not let some rain deter you from finally getting it nice and ready for spring! It also probably ties to the Jewish tradition of pre-Passover deep cleaning
TaDas
- morning routine
- clean the pool vacuum filter
- load of lights
- load of cleaning rags
- fertilize roses
- one section of veggie garden sowed
- outside pick up and watering
ToDos
- start lunch
- 30 upstairs
- 30 outside
Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- feed breadstarter
organization
- update land contract
- home insurance!!!
- 15 on filing
- 15 on anniversary planning
- homework and backpacks
- plan for April
- get started on taxes
cleaning
- clean out / reorganize attic
- clean DBD's room
- clean twins' room
- clean DS1's room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside - weekend
- wipe patio furniture
- start seeds
- prune fruit trees
- prune roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- start cleaning out the carpool
- sow seeds in veggie garden
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
TaDas
- morning routine
- clean the pool vacuum filter
- load of lights
- load of cleaning rags
- fertilize roses
- one section of veggie garden sowed
- outside pick up and watering
ToDos
- start lunch
- 30 upstairs
- 30 outside
Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- feed breadstarter
organization
- update land contract
- home insurance!!!
- 15 on filing
- 15 on anniversary planning
- homework and backpacks
- plan for April
- get started on taxes
cleaning
- clean out / reorganize attic
- clean DBD's room
- clean twins' room
- clean DS1's room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside - weekend
- wipe patio furniture
- start seeds
- prune fruit trees
- prune roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- start cleaning out the carpool
- sow seeds in veggie garden
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
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FrenchFlybebe
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Re: Lawn Mower Monday
◕‿◕ * * * Good Morning! * * * ◕‿◕
Thanks for an interesting garden-related start, kittykatt ! Although to tell the truth I didn't read the whole text about lawnmowers, I think having a lawmower that works is good enough (MrNG bought a secondhand one and will sell our old one for 10 € for someone who has the time to repair it). I will let the SHEM inspire me and enjoy some unplugging on this day off.
trissie, sorry you aren't allowed some sleeping in on Easter Monday. I see you've been busy gardening already. Same veggies as last year ?
So a quiet day home, sunny - we intended to go to the beach but it's too sunny for us - yes we'ree the kind of family to stay in the shade when it's too bright : pale skin, blue eyes (or undefined color but definitely not dark, for some of us, due to MrNG's wonderfully mysterious grey-golden-green eyes).
I was as surprised as you trissie and kitty and maybe other people, I'm not CUOPed yet - about being allowed to have a nurse visit at home daily. The hospital intern prescribed nurse care and I was like "oh my, I will have to spend an hour every day after work in the nurses' office in town, glad the kids are old enough to be left unsupervised for a while at home now, how do parents of young kids manage?" but calling the nurses office I discovered that they would visit every day as long as needed, after payroll houors if that was what I needed, and they did that. And free of charge for me. Social Security is a wonderful thing.
MrNG is doing some home-improvement research about the ventilation system. Kids are busy scheming things about remote-controlled cars and racing and some sort of circuit with chalks in front of the house (we live in an impasse / dead-end street).
TADAs
up late, nice bfast with MrNG and sun rays through the steam from the tea
kids joined for breakfast, ate lots of chocolate eggs
MrNG did exploration things in the tiny space under the roof while I did kid-science quizzes at bfast table to the kids
cooked veggies for 3 lunchboxes
handwashed a pair of jeans
walked to mail office to mail an admin paper
TODO
quick lunch
some house cleaning
time to UNPLUG
work on résumé - I don'twanna but I gotta
shower before nurse visit
quiet evening and night, read Bel Canto in bed
Thanks for an interesting garden-related start, kittykatt ! Although to tell the truth I didn't read the whole text about lawnmowers, I think having a lawmower that works is good enough (MrNG bought a secondhand one and will sell our old one for 10 € for someone who has the time to repair it). I will let the SHEM inspire me and enjoy some unplugging on this day off.
trissie, sorry you aren't allowed some sleeping in on Easter Monday. I see you've been busy gardening already. Same veggies as last year ?
So a quiet day home, sunny - we intended to go to the beach but it's too sunny for us - yes we'ree the kind of family to stay in the shade when it's too bright : pale skin, blue eyes (or undefined color but definitely not dark, for some of us, due to MrNG's wonderfully mysterious grey-golden-green eyes).
I was as surprised as you trissie and kitty and maybe other people, I'm not CUOPed yet - about being allowed to have a nurse visit at home daily. The hospital intern prescribed nurse care and I was like "oh my, I will have to spend an hour every day after work in the nurses' office in town, glad the kids are old enough to be left unsupervised for a while at home now, how do parents of young kids manage?" but calling the nurses office I discovered that they would visit every day as long as needed, after payroll houors if that was what I needed, and they did that. And free of charge for me. Social Security is a wonderful thing.
MrNG is doing some home-improvement research about the ventilation system. Kids are busy scheming things about remote-controlled cars and racing and some sort of circuit with chalks in front of the house (we live in an impasse / dead-end street).
TADAs
up late, nice bfast with MrNG and sun rays through the steam from the tea
kids joined for breakfast, ate lots of chocolate eggs
MrNG did exploration things in the tiny space under the roof while I did kid-science quizzes at bfast table to the kids
cooked veggies for 3 lunchboxes
handwashed a pair of jeans
walked to mail office to mail an admin paper
TODO
quick lunch
some house cleaning
time to UNPLUG
work on résumé - I don'twanna but I gotta
shower before nurse visit
quiet evening and night, read Bel Canto in bed
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Kittykatt
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Re: Lawn Mower Monday
Good morning, FFB! That is truly excellent health care you're receiving. I think l our doctors are /will be going on strike again. 
(not sure what the latest grievance is - I'm trying to stay away from news sites ATM, with the exception of very local items such as the oldest building in our city (dating back to 1087) urgently.needs repairs to its roof. And of course, with a building of that age, the custodians can't just go down their nearest DIY store! Could you maybe attack your résumé in 15 minute chunks? (Or 30 minutes of you feel you could be uninterrupted for that length of time? )
Trissie, summer must be on the way if you're doing pool maintenance! What veggies are you growing this year?
I've had coffee with DH, and now I'm out in my garden. It's just warm enough to sit out in the most sheltered spot, but it's also perfect for working out here.
(not sure what the latest grievance is - I'm trying to stay away from news sites ATM, with the exception of very local items such as the oldest building in our city (dating back to 1087) urgently.needs repairs to its roof. And of course, with a building of that age, the custodians can't just go down their nearest DIY store! Could you maybe attack your résumé in 15 minute chunks? (Or 30 minutes of you feel you could be uninterrupted for that length of time? ) Trissie, summer must be on the way if you're doing pool maintenance! What veggies are you growing this year?
I've had coffee with DH, and now I'm out in my garden. It's just warm enough to sit out in the most sheltered spot, but it's also perfect for working out here.