Safety is the last thing on our minds

It was a great weekend. It started out Friday night with Matt and I mowing the lawn. This was quite the event. Last week the pull start on my John Deere 3.5 Hp gas mower went belly up on me, so I took what I learnt in grade 9 shop class and started to dissect the mower. To my surprise I soon found out I had no idea what I was doing, but I was dirty and looked like a mechanic. I had all these nuts screwed off and the pull start mechanism off. I diddled with the unit for 15 minutes. That’s when I came to the conclusion to get the beast started and keep’er going till the lawn was done. This is not the most safe or smartest idea I have had but time is money and the grass needed a cut. Since I was a young lad my Dad always told us to never have the engine running if you are emptying the bag or moving random objects out of your way. This was in my mind the whole time when changing the bag and moving objects. The good news is that I have all 10 digits and the lawn looks like a million bucks.
I had to take this picture because the smallest things seem to slipe our minds when a job needs to be done, see if you can pick it out.
















Yup you are correct, sandals are strapped on , haha. Now that is safety at it’s finest. I am getting the mower fixed this week, anyone know any John Deere dealers that could hook me up?

Saturday moring I remembered I needed a pair of black pants to wear to the wedding. My ideal pair was pleated black with cuffs. This is almost an impossible purchase. I started off at Cosco, I arrived at 9:20 and the store opened at 9:30. already a line was starting to form, by the time the huge garage door type gates open, someone yelled “Release the hounds” I b-lined it to the clothing section. Nothing, and I was off to Golf Town across the street. They had what I was looking for but the pants were $110, not my cup of tea, since I work at a golf shop on the evenings I know that the mark up is about 80%. Off to Walmart, crap, and Marks Work Warehouse was the ticket. Picked up a pair of Denver Haynes pants. They need a wash cause it felt like I had taped cardboard to my legs, they were a little stiff.


Saturday afternoon brought the unity of my two friends Kuris and Carolyn Martin. What a blast we had. There was a bunch of buddies that I went to elementary school and Junior High with in Red Deer. Jeff Ingles, Tyler Zukusky, Sean McAndews and Shawn Ziggler to name a few. Everyone is doing well and was great to catch up on the last 13 years. They had a couple questions about you Jake, so I lied and said you have been in jail for the last two years and will back in civilization by the end of the summer if all goes well. It’s amazing how accepting people are now a days. I’m kidding, I gave them the low down on you and your situation in the east.
Matt and I stayed out fairly late going from room to room in the hotel with Matt’s video camera. What a bunch of yahoos we are, but the journey is well documented and hilarious.

Sunday was a right off. Rested my body to get ready for the workweek and doing small chores around the house. Stacey and my Mom were in Airdrie to attend my cousin Heathers shower. I went out there in the mid afternoon to pick up Stacey and have a chat with my cousin. I can’t wait for that wedding on July 29!

That’s about it. Have a great workweek and the long weekend is coming up!
JP