Question of the Day: How do you make edging your lawn easier?

Honestly. Any ideas would be great. I had this question because on Saturday.....well, let me tell you about the rest of the week first. It has been pretty uneventful—but not completely uneventful. :o) The kids were on their last week off track (which means they did not have school), so we stayed home as much as possible for some quiet family time. (Ha!)

It started out with Mother's Day on Sunday--which was wonderful, actually. Mark makes some great french toast! He went all out with cream cheese, raspberries, & peach syrup. And there was sausage. The kids were quite thrilled with that. :o) Apparently I don't make sausage often enough. Oh....and the grass grew.

Monday brought nothing out of the ordinary--except I had an overhaul on my teeth by the dentist. (Yikes!) Pregnancy always gives the cavity bugs the upper hand. Taylor also got her second bottle-feeding ever--it takes a while rebuilding teeth. :o) Thanks to Carrie for saving the day, filling in at the last moment to watch the kiddies! Yes, the grass was still growing.

Tuesday was Mikey's soccer practice--which of course we all look forward to. Mikey gets to kick a ball around & be crazy-silly with a bunch of other kids who also enjoy being crazy-silly. The girls get to play on the playground equipment a few yards away from the practice field. I get to have quiet time feeding Taylor while sitting in the van while keeping a close eye on the fun (she’s always hungry Tuesday evenings around 5:30-6:30). This practice was especially great--& I'm kicking myself for not bringing the camcorder. The kids were practicing some goalie techniques--like falling on an incoming ball. The coach had all the kids spread out (like little soldiers) and watch the ball in his hands. If the ball went to the right, the kids dove to the right. Ball up, kids up. Ball left, kids dove left. It was like a mini boot-camp! They had me cracked up! I'm bringing the camcorder next time. :o) Oh....and our grass...it was still growing.

Wednesday, Taylor became one month old! What a big girl! It’s fun to have her awake longer—I love how she stares so contentedly—she’s trying to figure everything out! The kids & I spent
the day taking pictures of Taylor, trying to get just the right lighting. No such luck.



Mark had a blast of a day, too—He was up about 4am to make a 5:30am flight to Houston for a 4 hour meeting and back again, then off to YM at the church. It was nice that he had YM to go to, actually--it gets him home by around 8:30-9pm--quite a bit earlier than usual. :o) (But not early enough to cut the grass.)

Thursday, the kids & I drove to Lehi to visit the Lowe's (good friends from Denver that moved out this direction about a month after we did--which was very exciting to us all--especially to Kelli! She loves her friend Hayley!) We had fun, as always! Mikey and Ashton played video games for almost 5 hours--Mikey had quite the famine of video game play-time the rest of this week, so I guess one day of indulgence wouldn't do much damage. :o) Kelli & Hayley were busy with quite a few activities & surprised us with some "books" they had made. Addie kept wandering around—as though she couldn’t make up her mind to whether to watch the big boys or play with the big girls.

Thursday evening, Mikey had his first ever Pack Meeting. He is officially a wolf scout—well kind of. He doesn’t have a shirt yet (Monday’s project for me), or a book. He seems excited to be a part of a group of boys—he’s too surrounded by girls! (The grass was getting longer!)

Friday was food shopping & soccer shoes for Mikey. No slipping on the field for him! I have realized juggling three kids & a baby can be interesting. Actually, the kids were easy—the baby was interesting. It’s so hard to just let her cry for those last few moments while driving home! I’m sure I’ll get more used to it, since the kids are going back to school & I’ll be doing a lot more driving. :o)

Friday evening ended up with a surprise ending. Kelli was brought to our front door by our neighbor (at the end of the cul-de-sac)...she was out riding her scooter when she hit an unexpected bump, and the scooter went flying out from her grasp & her chin went flying at the sidewalk. Two little stitches & a bit of road rash later, she emerged with smile & an icecream cone, compliments of a very nice nurse.




Thanks to all of Kelli's concerned friends who brought her stuffed animals, cards, & crayon-drawn pictures (and her scooter back home) to wish her well--most of it before we could even get out the door to the emergency kids-care facility! Oh--and thanks most of all to Bro. Shaw, who happened to be sitting on his front porch when Kelli's scooter took a turn for the worse & helped her home. Kelli rather enjoyed everything--once she got her blue bandaid on her chin, and we were on our way across the street to Arctic Circle to get her icecream. With a big grin on her face, she whispered to me, "I feel like a princess!" She beamed! What a trooper. (If the grass gets any longer, Mark will need to sharpen his machette!)


Saturday—the ‘highlights’ of our day were the sunburns on our necks, arms & legs! :o) It was a day for mowing, edging, weeding, fertilizing (ok--the grass, though long, could be greener), pruning, & watering. It feels good to be outside! A couple more Saturdays outside & we should have our home looking like someone actually lives in it. :o) And the grass got shorter.



Mark’s a real trooper. I know there are riding lawnmowers to make the job easier, but is there anything to make edging easier? Being on a corner lot makes edging a nightmare. It takes longer to edge our property than it takes to mow it. Please leave me any helpful comments—short of putting in gravel or concrete, of course! It would be appreciated!

Here's a picture of Addie holding Taylor, just because I realized she's the only one of my kids I didn't mention yet...poor girl. She's already started working overtime to get my attention..."Look at me, and listen to me, Mom!" That's her most repeated phrase lately. I'm hoping that will change with Mikey & Kelli going back to school...things will be back to 'normal.'

Ha!

Have a great day, everyone! Joy