Possibly an obsession.

FINALLY we had a beautiful day yesterday!:) It's been a long time coming this year...but finally, it IS here. After school Joey and I headed to the library, but it actually killed me to be inside...that's when I knew I couldn't go straight home:) Off to the farm we went to bring the boss man a cold drink. He was busy processing firewood, so I said "I feel like mowing, but it's still a little wet" Joey says "I'll meet you at the shop to grease it up"...ok great. Harmless really:) So there we were greasing it up, checking fluids and filters and reuniting after a long winter. My father-in-law even stopped by to help us get it ready and make sure we found all the grease fittings. With one tank full I certainly couldn't put it back in the barn.

This is the first time in YEARS I've had a mower ready to go when the grass was ready. Before this one, I used a small tractor that doubles as a barn cleaner...getting DH to have the barn all cleaned and then switch it over to the mower (big process) always seemed to take almost a month when you factor in weather and such. Blah. Last year FIL bought this new mower, but not until mid-June...and he would mow mostly his lawn and nothing else. Finally one day I couldn't take it any more and jumped on to figure it out. As they say, it was all down hill from there:) I took command of farm beautification, which...at our place...is an uphill battle to say the least. It took weeks to just knock down the tall stuff enough to make it look semi-manicured....but still clumpy.

So there I was yesterday...no ipod, no funky ear protection (I've decided it's really the quietest mower ever...I can hear my cell ring over it) off to just "give it a try"

There she was, mounting her favorite seat in Saratoga county...the 2010 Kubota Z236 Diesel Zero Turn with 60" mower deck. Oh how I missed that. I think it was mutual:) Over that terrain I know so well, every dip, stray block, areas famous for random baling twine (get that stuck in 3 sets of blades and tell me how that 45mins untangling it is!)

I initially convinced myself that some of the lawn wasn't tall enough yet...but man did it look pretty after. Just that first spring cut to make it look fresh and even. No playing catch-up, no clumps of grass everywhere....just gorgeous lawn. Joey follows behind with his Amish mower, getting in between hay wagons and around equipment.

Well sure enough 2 hours later having mowed about half the farm and not getting stuck in the mud, I reluctantly pulled her back in the barn. Idled her down and told her I'd see her tomorrow.

My OB had told me to sit and sunbathe yesterday and enjoy the sun. Oh that I did doc, that I did. George seemed to tolerate it very well...which is good. The first thing FIL's fiance said when we told her we were pregnant was "Who's going to mow the lawn?" On it.

In early labor...I will be mowing lawn. I'll probably need a week or two off after the baby arrives so the mower deck will be lowered till one the end of June to prepare for the mid-summer-siesta:)

Some day....we will be a dairy of distinction...some day. A girl can dream right?

Well hey...at least the lawn will be pretty.