Number 3

Yesterday afternoon, Stacey and I were planning on taking Daisy for a run, so Linda said she would weed-eat inside the dog pen. She went ahead of us and started the trimmer and was going around the flower bed as I walked by. As she was trimming the trimmer head broke off the machine and just fell to the ground. Hmm, just what I needed to see. I looked at it a few minutes, then Stacey and I took Daisy for a short run. Once back inside, I used the info Linda had written down about the model of the trimmer to find the replacement pieces we might need. Two web sites offered the assembly, one site's price was $184 and the other site's price was around $140. So, I started looking for new models to buy. I found that there really was only one model that most places sold, other than the original DR Trimmer. Lowes and Tractor Supply were the places near us that sold the cheap imitations. Lowe's price was over $500 and Tractor Supply Company (TSC) was listed for $339. It was too late to call or go get one, so I mentioned to Linda that we might go to Glasgow today to get one at TSC and it would be a good time to let Jason ride along so Stacey and he could spend some time together. Stacey asked Jason during their telephone call and he did want to ride along. This morning, I called and the TSC in Glasgow didn't have any available, but said there were two at the Bowling Green store. I called to check and there were two. We picked Jason up a few minutes after 10 AM and were on our way. During the ride to Bowling Green, I told Jason that Linda had used two of the weed eaters and the new one would be #3 and I was thinking about putting a big number three on it. Our first stop was at Zaxby's for lunch, then over to Home Depot to look for a couple lights for the house, no luck there, so over to the mall and into Sears. We also walked around the inside of the mall while we were there with Stacey and Linda buying some gifts for their Secret Pals. Jason and I drug the girls out of the mall and over to Sam's Club to pick up supplies. We checked out and loaded the items in the back of the truck, then drove to the TSC store. Good news, the trimmer we wanted had been marked down to $299 and they still had two of them. We picked one, paid, and loaded it on the truck, then away we went, headed for Burkesville. We stopped and bought 3 dozen ears of sweet corn on the way. Stacey and Jason chatted and worked a word search together while we rode back to Jason's house. We dropped him off at his house and went back to the farm. I made a few adjustments to the trimmer and then we filled it with gas and it was ready to use.
 
Stacey and I took Daisy for a short run while Linda used the new trimmer in the dog pen. Then Stacey and I rode down and checked out the mum patch.
 
I went back and mowed with the tractor while Linda used the trimmer around the flowers and buildings. Stacey went inside and worked on emptying the dishwasher and laundry as darkness approached.