I thought I killed it

I was mowing the lawn last Thursday when the mower just stopped. Yes stopped dead ........ nothing........ I was sure it was dead ............................................. AAAAARRUUGGGGHHHH.............................. I would have to use the gas one in future......... I hate gas mowers ............. and that was before gas was so high. It's DH's job to ensure it is running .............. he refuses to mow grass. Says " It doesn't bother me so why should I bother it." Good thing I actually like mowing the grass. Sure beats house work as you can mow the grass and don't have to do it for 1-3 weeks depending on the weather. House work you can do in the morning and again in the evening ........... especially when the DGD has been here. I don't know how one small child can make the house look like a tornado has been thought it. WOW was that a tangent or what??????????????
Anyway back to gas mowers............... They need a new spark plug every spring,(DH'S JOB) then you have to mix the gas and oil,(DH'S JOB) but the worse thing is pulling the rope to get it started (MY JOB). It is a royal pain in the .............................. shoulder ( but you thought I was going to say 'butt'). Not only that but DH BROKE HIS ROUND TUIT. That means these things take for ever to get "around to it" .................... like sometimes never.

DD and friend came over on the weekend and mowed some of the backyard with the mower.............. HURRAH................ I didn't kill it. They put up the swimming pool for the DGD as the weather is very warm here and she has been bugging me to do it. I hurt my back on Friday and Saturday it was really , really sore. Didn't even feel like going quilting. Couldn't do much knitting as my brain was fogged due to the drugs and the pain ................. I mean more than usual. Today I am doing much better, not as many drugs and moving much better although I am still very cautious about what I do.

DH had a really bad tooth ache on Sunday. It ad been bothering him all week so of course it is worse on Sunday . He managed to find a dentist that worked on Sunday and they pulled it. It was a wisdom tooth that had broken off and he hadn't gone to get it looked at. He is on a liquid diet for a few days. Right now he has gone off to play in a checkers tournament with some friends. He says he isn't doing very well because he hasn't played checkers in years , poor dear.

I was in the Value Village last week and found treasure :-a swing for the swing set, three sweaters to take apart for the yarn in colours I love. and two plastic see through bags for knitting bags ( .99) Here are the sweaters.

This sweater is 100% merino and what a gorgeous colour. The sweater is so soft. (If you click on the photo it will enlarge and you can see the price I paid for each sweater)
















This is lamb's wool . It is much coarser than the merino but still very nice.




















This one is cashmere.


















This is a merino sweater I purchased a while back. I dyed it using blue and green food dyes. It didn't turn out quit the way I expected but when I unraveled the sleeve the yarn was lovely. It is a lace weight that I am going to make ...............................
................................... a ............ you guessed it ........... a shawl