I love to mow the lawn. I love tools, actually, and what is a lawn mower if not a ginormous motorized tool? I love the power, the efficiency and the ability to be dangerous to any stubborn greenery that DARES cross my path.
Seriously, turn me loose in your lawn and I’ll mow that sucker right now.
The problem, which is really no problem whatsoever, is that my husband sees no discernible method to my mowing pattern. In his eyes, I’m randomly driving like a crazy person. For some odd reason, this irritates him.
I DO have a pattern. Yes I do! And it makes perfect sense. I mow in squares.
This is not an odd thing to do. It’s not like I mow in octagons or isosceles triangles. Yet somehow my husband does not ‘get’ my multi-sized, multi-directional squares that fit no grid known to man. If I start the process I have to finish because even though I could come back 3 days later and know precisely where I left off, my husband is hopelessly lost, wandering the the yard and murmuring obscenities under his breath.
Do you mow in a particular pattern? Are you one of those people who go the full length of their yards, leaving fancy long lines the neighbors all envy? Do you mow around all the trees, and then carefully finish the rest? Do you wander yonder, mowing over the ‘big stuff’ or just say “Screw It!” and let it grow?
Do tell. Especially if you mow in odd little squares. ;0)
If I were pushing I would do long lines the length or width of the yard (my DH would throw in some diagonal ones on occasion). If I am riding I would do squares. But usually only 2…one for the front yard and one for the back with the sides being thrown in somewhere. But I am certainly no authority on lawn mowing….I haven’t actually done it in a good 15+ years! Not that I am against it, I just don’t get the chance. Happy mowing!
I start at the edges and mow around and around until I mow that last little patch in the middle. For some reason doing that is therapeutic to me.
lol, I mow like you!!! and my husband hates it too…. i like to see progress, feel like i have completed something. the whole straight line thing doesnt give me quick enough satisfaction. so I do smaller areas, and when that areas done, I feel as if I have accomplished something. I think its the ADD in me…. I lose all interest in something if I dont feel like I am getting somewhere.
and as for my husband… I tell him if he doesnt like it, hes free to do it himself( although I secretly really like to do it)
Shhhhh! Meg! Me too. It’s a sickness.