Sandy701's Journal, 25 April 2013

Don't you just hate to injure your self??..I let my DH fix all the stuff too...he knows how...Hope you sell all your things on consignment...What brand of coconut oil do you use??..I was looking at some at the store and didn't know which would be good...Thanks in advance for your help...Enjoy your yard work...:O) 

I am sure your pace is down due to your injury, but you probably burned just as many calories moving the sore muscels...besides, you are not That far off, well, IMO anyway. So, I was wondering...Do you hire out? I will get you all the new fresh fancy gas you can use! Nice big yard, & my grass is just starting to grow. At the rate you walk...if you start out tomorrow, you should be here in plenty of time! I could have all the lawn equipment all ready for you....I'd have to have somebody else do it, cause, Me, I am a typical "turn the key & go" girl. The rest of the stuff totally escapes me somehow. 

Bren, I have Spectrum, expeller-pressed, unrefined, organic virgin coconut oil. It's in a jar. Haven't used it much but bought it after skimming through a book by Mary Enid, "Eat Fat, Lose Fat" on all the benefits of coconut and its oil. (She's the gal who first highlighted the problem with trans fats.) Her book reads a bit like "everything you ever wanted to fix or cure can be done with coconut oil" but I still think there are some bits of truth there. :) She has a section on the importance of selecting the right coconut oil...Spectrum is one of her recommended brands....also Garden of Life and Omega Nutrition brands. The key is to look for virgin coconut oil which means that it has been "...extracted by a careful method that does not involve high heat and harmful chemicals." "Virgin coconut oil is white or cream colored with a mild coconut flavor," in contrast to a "burnt or metallic taste" in coconut oil that's "industrially processed." (All quotes are from her book.) 

GG....if you've got a nice big lawn tractor I can ride on and season tickets to the Packers for me....well, I think we could talk!!! I do miss the smell of WI cut grass. I hear you on the "turn the key and go" because I have ZERO patience for finicky lawn implements! 

AHH the smell of fresh gas! LOL. I have an EZ start, no primer mower, HAHAHAHA, I often have to pull that thing a number of times. When I had an older mower, I would build some muscle cranking and cranking and cranking till I just gave up. Hopoe your day in the yard was fun. Next mower will be a rider with a push button to start! 

Finicky lawn equipment at my house is standard equipment...worst of the bunch is the chain saw & the leaf blower...they both take considerable swearing to get started & keep running. We never know exactly which phrase works the best, but usually it is which ever one you mutter under your breath LAST that seems to do the trick. 

LGM, I have "an understanding" with the mower, so it usually behaves. I HAD an understanding with the old string trimmer, but it eventually died and this new one is the most persnickety implement I've ever owned! DH - who HATES trimmers - can actually get this one running better than I can....go figure. 

GG, you must have a gas leaf blower. My electric one never gives me a problem but managing that l-o-n-g extension cord is a major bummer. 

LOL...can't imagine how many extension cords I would need. Starting to feel like a vaccuum cleaner...boy, do I hate those things & they don't like me either.