Yesterday!

I got my lawnmower back! I felt like a little girl who got her favorite toy back after it had been taken away because I did something bad. I was so happy and really wanted to go straight outside and mow my lawn: I did wait though because the temperature was above 90 degrees with the heat index above 100.

I mowed only a part of my lawn last night as my Black and Decker rechargeable lawnmower was working so hard that it decided that it needed a break for recharging. What this meant was I got my dog pen mowed and a line or two of the rest of the yard. I actually was enjoying myself and again felt I had been reunited with my long lost toy as it had been 5 weeks since I had seen it.

At the rate my mower is working it will be about 4 or more days before I get my whole yard finished and then it will be time to do the front yard that we paid a teenager to do just last week. I will get the lawn mowed and that is the main thing. I love physical exercise and this is just one way I get my exercise in the summer.

The other physical exercise I love is walking around the Fort Smith River Park and National Park. The walk I take is a 2 mile walk that allows me to keep active and know that I have lost no abilities. What I really love is when my middle daughter walks/jogs with me as at least I have company.

 Now that it is summer I really do need to get back to the early morning walks but first I must finish my lawn as that is my top priority.

I Miss My Lawnmower

I have a Black and Decker rechargeable battery operated push lawnmower that I have only had a little less than a year and I had to take it in a month ago to have it looked at and am still waiting for the repair place to get back to me on what is wrong. Apparently when my husband and I bought it we bought it at Walmart not knowing that it was a refurbished mower (thankfully we got it only for $100) but there was no warranty because of the fact that it was not brand new. Even so we are now waiting for my mower to get looked at to see if I am going to be able to afford to get it repaired so I can start mowing my own lawn again.

I so miss getting my exercise through mowing.This is one thing that I do not let my disability get in my way. I mentioned once that my dad taught me how to walk with a toy shopping cart well I liked the lawnmower which is rather easy to start and push  to that toy cart. Of course with the mower I do not have to tape my hands to the handle or put bricks on it but the concept is the same I push while walking behind it.

I am hoping to get my mower back by the end of next week or the following depending on what is wrong with it and if it will cost less than $200 to fix it  For now I am having a kid mow my lawn for a little bit of money which is frustrating because I really like and depend on physical exercise to keep lean and mean. You have to know that I am a person who will walk around the Arkansas River around the Trail of Tears and court house which is about a two mile walk just for the beauty and exercise alone. I feel bad that I have gotten out of the habit but soon I will have to start again because I notice the difference both physically and mentally when I do not exercise.