{"id":673,"date":"2009-11-07T23:47:45","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T03:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2009-11-07T23:47:45","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T03:47:45","slug":"oh-happy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/673","title":{"rendered":"Oh, happy day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3482\/4084926674_0415eba2d2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are these boys so deliriously happy about?\u00c2\u00a0 See the box behind them?\u00c2\u00a0 It held a magic machine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2540\/4084926740_b771400881.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;called a PUSH MOWER!\u00c2\u00a0 Randy has been telling the boys for a while that he would get one (we have a riding lawn mower and\u00c2\u00a0a steep back yard which ends in a pond.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8216;Nuf said&#8230;).\u00c2\u00a0 We bought this one last night and the boys were really anxious to get that thing cranked and cutting!\u00c2\u00a0 Randy walked them through all the ins and outs of how to care for it, how to add fluids, check air filters, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 They listened intently&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2709\/4084926490_b1573c8e36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally!\u00c2\u00a0 Time to crank it.\u00c2\u00a0 Even with the two of them working together, dad eventually had to help out.\u00c2\u00a0 Once they had mowed for a while, they were each able to crank it easily.\u00c2\u00a0 They turned the mower off as often as they could, just so they COULD crank it again.\u00c2\u00a0 Boys.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2797\/4084168875_0445d340bf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EJ is working hard!\u00c2\u00a0 Randy bought a nice, but &#8220;standard&#8221; mower.\u00c2\u00a0 No self-propelled nonsense here.\u00c2\u00a0 Just boy propelled.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3532\/4084168953_3b02a7c4c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Working around the palm, learning how to overlap so you don&#8217;t miss grass&#8230;so much to learn.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2614\/4084926424_d0c0d33a42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They made me take this picture.\u00c2\u00a0 They&#8217;re holding grass that THEY cut.\u00c2\u00a0 They were so proud.\u00c2\u00a0 And, happy.\u00c2\u00a0 And, tired!\u00c2\u00a0 They ended up cutting about half of the yard, each taking turns.\u00c2\u00a0 The boys weren&#8217;t the only ones happy.\u00c2\u00a0 I LOVE a freshly mown lawn.\u00c2\u00a0 Just hearing the lawn mower rev up makes me grin (one of the weird things about me).\u00c2\u00a0 Now, I have THREE guys to do it!\u00c2\u00a0 Happy day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are these boys so deliriously happy about?\u00c2\u00a0 See the box behind them?\u00c2\u00a0 It held a magic machine&#8230; 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