Want a John Deer Riding Mower... Get Mama to mow the Lawn..

I brought up the subject that maybe we could save some money by letting our lawn mower guy go and start mowing the lawn ourselves.... (2 or 3 years back we decided to hire it done)... And I added it would also be good exercise for both of us.... Bruce on the other hand is thinking with the long hours he works... there just isn't enough time for him to get to it.... Although agreeing it would be good if we could do it ourselves..... But he thinks it might be best if we get a John Deer Riding Mower, which would be easier on both of us (he thinks we're getting too old to do it ourselves).... I'm thinking our yard isn't all that big and we should be able to mow it without any trouble at all and who needs a John Deer riding mower..... No way I'm ready to admit to being "Too Old"!! After talking it over, we went ahead and let our mower guy go and decided to give it a try ourselves with the craftman mower I bought him a few years back .....We agreed Bruce would mow the back yard and I'd mow the front.... Well the first time out... he ended up mowing the front and back yards all by himself as I was working .... And he let me know it was no easy job.....So the second time around I wasn't working and it was now my turn to mow.... And I was determined I would show him just how easy this could be.... thinking he was just making excuses so I'd give in and let him get the John Deer.... So he hauls it out for me and I'm all ready to mow the lawn and decided I'd also bag the grass as I went along.... Well more an hour later...... and 10 bags later ..... I had finally finished the lawn.... I thought I was going to have a heart attack at one point... but stubborn to the bone... I kept on going.... (Bruce said I had plenty of heart)....determined not to give in or give up.... I was going to prove this is a job we could handle...
My face was beet red.... my hands were tingling.... my throat was parched..... my heart pounding.... but I got it done..... HOWEVER...... Little does my man know how many times while I was plugging along I thought how much easier this would be if only I was on a John Deer.....
And little does he realize how many times I came very close to telling him he could get 'his' John Deer.... In fact.... I may still give in.... but I'm not ready to call it quits yet... Nope not just yet....I'll give it one more try or maybe even a couple more tries before I give in... And I failed to mention that while I was killing myself out there pushing that mower along.... (for what seemed like FOREVER)....Bruce was casually sitting on the back deck ... feet up and sipping on his Mountain Dew and reading one of his car magazines.... and.... oh yeah... probably, secretly thinking to himself that it wouldn't be long before he'd have his John Deer.... Yep... let Mama mow the lawn and let's see just how long before I'm riding along on my John Deer Rider Mower....