Sorry for the lack of posts...

Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. Work has been a little crazy lately. And I have had lots of shit to do around the house. I had to catch up on mowing. Since that piece of shit cub cadet broke down on me, I got a little behind, but the new John Deere is doing a great job. I've been working on the picnic table I picked up from my Father-in-Law. The frame was made out of square tube steel about 30 years ago. It is in good shape, but is in need of a good sanding and fresh coat of paint. I am replacing the wood top and seats. The old wood was the original redwood. It was a rotting in places and had all the corners had been chewed by the dog and probably a squirrel or two. I'll get a few pictures of the finished project.

Joe Texan asked me to put a camo paint job on his pellet rifle. I have that done and now just need to put everything back together. It turned out nice. There was one little sag in the paint that I didn't notice until I already applied the clear coat. I sanded some of it out and touched up the paint and applied more clear coat.

I'm also still working on the tree we lost in the storm a couple of weeks ago. I have one more log to cut into a few fire wood sized pieces and then try to get the stump out of the ground. I'm going to latch onto it with the Chevy Earthfucker and see what happens.

While I was mowing I also noticed that I need to trim about every tree on the property. It's amazing the amount of growth the trees have put on this year. We have a little Maple that we planted last year that has put on at least two feet so far this year. All of the new fruit trees, 4 Cherry and a Peach, have really sprung up too. We didn't have any fruit on the Peaches or Cherries. We had a late freeze while the blooms were on. It looks like we will have a bumper crop of Pears though. The Blackberry bushes are loaded down. My Bride made a nice batch of Blackberry jam last year. It turned out fantastic. I'm hoping she can put up some more this year. She has already put up some Strawberry jam this year.

Enough of all the domestic bullshit. I hope it didn't bore you too much...

cub cadet sucks ass

I don't know if I told you , but I got the parts to fix my piece of shit cub cadet mower. I installed the the push rod. The mower fired right up. I drove it around for a half hour or so and then parked it. The next day I fired it up again, mowed for about 45 minutes, and bang, bent another pushrod.

I quit, I give, no mas, fuck it.

I'm sick to death of messing with this junk. The kohler motor is crap. I will never buy another cub cadet product, ever.

So, today I bought a new mower. I got a John Deere. I'm hoping it is as good of a product as everyone says. I mowed with it today for about three hours and it did a good job. The only thing I found that I don't really care for is that you have to push a button every time you want to mow in reverse. That's kind of a pain in the ass, but other than that it seems to be great.

Now I have to figure out how to recoup some of my money on the cub cadet crap. I really don't want to sell it and pass junk on to someone else. I wounder if I can part it out and make a few bucks? I kind of doubt it.

Anyway, I'm glad to be back to mowing and not fighting with junk...