Where DIY Meets LOL
Astroturf 2.0. Image Source: Synlawn.ca
When my husband and I were recently shopping around for a house, we came across a beautiful old place that had a great cottage feel. The home had a lot of upgrades but still kept a lot of its original charm – and I was smitten. And then the real estate agent showing the place said something I would have never expected to hear: The backyard lawn was actually Astroturf, or more generically, artificial grass. [click to continue…]
Try as we might to be adults and take this home ownership thing seriously, sometimes we fail so epically that we have to turn to tricks that make one feel like a sneaky child.
Let me step back for a moment: I recently had the education of looking after an eight-year old boy for a day. It was a steep learning curve on how the adolescent brain works. [click to continue…]
I almost didn’t bother to write about the Lawn Stryper because I hate its name. I’m simply not a fan of replacing “i’s” with “y’s” when it’s completely unnecessary to do so. It’s such a pet peeve of mine that despite everything in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure that is eye roll-worthy, the thing I find most obnoxious about the film is that they named their band “WYLD STALLYNS.” That is how much I loathe the unnecessary “y.”
But I figured that shouldn’t be your problem, so here it is – the Lawn Stryper.
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When I was in University, there was a guy in the dorm named Anel who received the unfortunate but obvious nickname of “Anal”. What made Anel the perfect Anal was not just a simple switch of a vowel, but the guy’s lifestyle.
Pull those minds out of the gutter, people (not that I blame you – I went there too for a second).
Anel was known as Anal because he brought neatness to a higher level. I’m not just talking about making the bed and putting garbage away – the most one can usually hope for from a boy in a dorm. I’m talking keeping his closet color-coordinated. Ironing the curtains and the duvet regularly. Vacuuming the carpet every.single.day.
So why have I brought him up? Well, when I first laid eyes on the YardWise Push Yard Sweeper, I instantly imagined Anal … err, Anel, pushing it.
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