May 28th, 2008

WE DID IT!!! Last Thursday we closed! What a relief that was! So now we own 1.82 acres of land... all of which is nearly flat... none of which is treed... and all of which needs to be MOWED! So on Monday (Memorial Day) Lenny, the kids and I headed to Sears for our first "home" purchase... a TRACTOR! Lenny headed up to cut the lawn with our current neighbor (thanks Paul!) and I stayed home with the cranky kids.
Today I went to Buffalo Twp to get our grading permit for the excavation that has to be done before our prestake. Of course, they didn't tell me that I needed all kinds of stuff to go with it, so we have to drive 40 minutes (with gas averaging at $3.93 per gallon) back up there after Caitlyn wakes up from her nap to drop off the application. AHHHHH, and to think I specifically asked her if I needed anything with the application before I left the house this morning! Get it together people!
And now for the tractor..... TADA!

Craftsman 21 hp 46 in. Deck, YS 4500 Lawn Tractor