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Okay so I need to put "more" activety into my exersies. Not a problem for this summer. I'll try to take some pictures of my lawn today and post so you can see what I am push mowing this summer. I am going out today and mowing some more of my lawn. The goal today is to get the entire lawn mowed around the house so all I have to do tomorrow on Randy's day off is to mow the area's around the barns and sheds and up the drive.
That will work right into my walking program of walking for a half hour or 1 mile (if I remember correctly) I have to bust out my program yet. And since Randy will be home sometime this afternoon, if he gets home in time instead of irritating me and making me stop what I am doing he can go get the kids from school. If he does that for me then I can finish up and then get the kids outside with their Chucks and we can work on our free style moves for the tourny this weekend. I can also clean up their forms a bit more for the tourny and testing also. All three of us earned our detail strip last night and the kids earned their sparring stripe also. Mr. Johnson didn't realize I needed my sparring strip also but that is okay at the Adult class I realized I OVER protect my face and head and kept leaving my ab and sides open. Mr. Jones took me aside and showed me a technique on how to keep my abs and side protected. So Friday I will get my Sparring strip.
The details we had to have down were our punches (strong and don't forget the kias aka yells), the double round house kicks with out putting your foot down, and balance. Mr. Johnson realizes even though my knees feel a LOT better I still dont' have great balance so he is giving me some leeway on that but then realized with this current form I only really need to make sure I don't loose my balance on the inside creseant kick turning immeditaly into a side kick. So he took me aside after I earned my detail strip and showed me a couple of exersies I can do this week to get some more balance so I am ready for the tourny on Saturday.
Sorry we did TKD last night, this blog is actually about some tips about how to maintain your lawn equipment if your like me and have no real help. Luckily I grew up with a small engines/machinest as a Daddy so that helps Randy out not having to worry about thigns when he is gone.
With my new lawn mower I didn't have to clean otu the old gas and oil but if you don't have a new lawn mower, make sure you drain out the old gas and oil from your lawn mower. Doesn't matter if you have a push mower or riding lawn mower. If you hear it sounding ruff, before you go taking it to the mechanic, do a lil TLC yourself. Open up that engine and replace those spark plugs, clean out the fuel filter and blow out the engine with air. Loose dirt and other stuff can make it sound ruff and blowing it out will help out. If you are feeling more advantrous, get yourself a small engines mechanic manual and do some more TLC. I fully admit that is about as far as I go on the TLC (OKAY-also know how to adjust the throttal and open up the carb and clean that out also but don't ask me to explain it!) After doing some minor TLC on your mower, it still runs ruff take it to the mechanic. Don't forget to make the mechanic's life and your life a bit easier and get those blades off to either be replaced or sharpened. I usually have three sets of blades for my lawn mower (have to buy two more sets yet for my new mower). It makes it easier to keep your lawn neater if your blades are sharp and not nicked up.
Now with your tiller, this is a lil bit more engine work but YOU CAN DO IT!:D TLC again drain out the old gas and oil and put new in. Change those spark plugs and find those filters to clean out or even replace. Don't be afraid to oil the various parts to make those tines spine easier and if you can take those tines off and go get them sharpened. I do strongly suggest taking your tiller into a small engines mechanic for the bigger TLC if you aren't like me and have a Daddy that can come up and use your tools to bust that bad boy open when it goes down! Randy doesn't even mess with the tiller engine cause he doesn't have the paitence.
Weed eaters are pretty easy for the up keep and on a side note not worth trying to get the small engine working again if it goes out. Just go buy a new one. But go ahead and drain the old gas/oil mix out and put new in, put new string in, and change that spark plug. Now for those of you new to over all lawn care, weed eaters do NOT use gas and oil in seperate compartments do NOT put straight gas in. Make sure you get small engines mix and get yourself a small 2 or 5 gallon gas can and mark it weed eater/chainsaw (that is what is on ours) and make up your weedeater and chainsaw "gas". That way you NEVER make the mistake of putting straight gas into either weedeater or chainsaw and you don't make the mistake of putting the gas mix into your lawn mower or tiller which can ruin their engines!
Okay now I am off. I am staying in my Marilynn Monro Jam Jam's to take the kids to school and then I am coming home, taking clothes off the line, doing a fast pick up of the kitchen, and then putting work clothes on to get my lawn going!
Have a great day!
