Omaha seems to be having a break in the weather, and, unlike me, Jamie didn’t want this awesome opportunity for me to do manual labor to just slip away. So, despite my attempt to ignore her and play Left 4 Dead with the kids in the basement, she managed to push me up the stairs and into the harsh light of Omaha in October.

I tend to be a man of shifting philosophical stances, and this morning my philosophy on mowing lawns was that if the job was not worth doing, it was worth doing poorly.

Even so Jamie would have to admit that I mowed the front yard well. I even made her mom move her car off the 4 inches of grass that her right tires were sitting on. I was that dedicated.

The backyard, well…I lost my way. I was not so dedicated to the backyard. Basically I mowed about three quarters of my backyard, got really tired of mowing and called it good.

And come on now. Let’s be honest.

The front yard is the really important part of any yard. That’s the part that people actually see. I don’t think that the backyard isn’t all that important, especially in October. There’s going to be snow out there, and snow covers all the grass and you can’t even tell how thick the grass is at that point.

And anyways, aren’t you supposed to let your lawn grow longer in the fall so it’s healthier in the spring or something?

I mowed the middle, and part of the sides. I mowed around the patio, and under the windows. I did not mow around the trees, which is kind of a hard place to mow because it’s all twisty and you have to turn the mower all the time.

Once I was done, I took a good long look at my work and thought it looked pretty good. It was different, and different is good.

My wife, of course, didn’t like it. She announced this on Facebook, in her usual distainful way.

And I responded in my usual way.

My Lawn Is A Masterpiece

I’m sure I’ll be mowing tomorrow, but I won’t be happy about it.

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As a result, we’re being forced to deal with the situation by staying indoors, turning on the fireplaces and eating hot tomato soup while playing Left4Dead and Battlefield 2.

The Rainbow play set in the backyard is a boy’s paradise at this point. Once the kids get their snow clothes on, I’m sure they’ll be out there playing for two, maybe three minutes.

Snow On Our Rainbow Playset

Snow In Our Backyard

While I was able to get the sprinklers winterized and drained, I didn’t even think about putting the backyard furniture into the shed or getting outdoor covers for the front porch furniture. That’ll have to wait a few days.

Snow On Our Trees

Not sure how the early snow will affect our trees. Hopefully all four trees will survive and avoid looking like the trees at the entrance to our subdivision.

The evidence was clear when I came down this morning. My three-year-old almost managed to make a sizable computer game purchase on steam last night. Fortunately, the computer froze when he tried to start 6 dedicated servers for Left4Dead, one right after another.

While looking over the websites I check daily, I was impressed with KETV.com and their stance on stories worthy of journalism. Perhaps the news staff at KETV would like to point out the hamster that has learned how to paddle a boat, the dog that says “I love you” or the ferret that has learned to pickpocket visitors when they sit down on the couch.

Thank God For Hard Hitting News

Oh yeah, according to KETV, if you have old, unused medicine, you can drop it off:

The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office and the county attorney are teaming up with 7 Can Help for Operation Medicine Cabinet.
They’re collecting old medicine at the Hy-Vee store in the Shadow Lake Town Center at 72nd Street and Highway 370 until noon.
“We are not asking their names. We are not writing down their license number. They drive by, they drop their drugs and they’re on their way,” said Sarpy County Sheriff Jeff Davis.

Or, alternatively, you can throw the pills away and avoid driving in the snow.

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