Well, I had to laugh..and laugh... and laugh....

Today I dropped by the tractor shop and asked if I could drive my tractor to the shop for a check up and oil change. I thought too, that I probably needed a new blade as my yard is several acres and I’ve never had a new blade so I figured it was about time. (Especially since I literally run over pine cones and limbs all of the time.. GRRRRind......).

The tractor man said “oh, yea, ma’m bring it in.”

By the time I got home, I had decided to cut the grass and then drive it down. It’s about 2 miles to the shop but I thought it wouldn’t be a bad drive and I’d just settle in and make a day of it. My tractor is a Craftsman; a John Deer type but it’s gray not green like the John Deer tractors. Anyhoo.... The plan went fine until I had almost finished the yard.

Not paying attention, I ran out of gas. When I tried to crank the blame thing, it wouldn’t budge. It wouldn’t even giver’ a moan. It was not going to even think about cranking! “Great!” I thought. Here I finally get the time and I’m in the mood to drive the tractor to the shop and it won’t even budge.

No problem I decided and asked a friend of mine to help me out. I took a rope, tied it to the front of the tractor and to the back of my car. I asked my friend to gently pull me along behind the car and down to the shop. It was a site to see. ‘ Big ole Pathfinder and a small gray tractor following. Funny...(Did I tell you I laughed and laughed?).

The day was so beautiful that there were lots of folks in their yards. Some were weeding, cutting and trimming. Others were washing cars.

As I rode by, they smiled and shouted out their thoughts. One said, “Hey, I like that!”. Another hollered, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat!” and another yelled, “I’ve seen it all now!”.

I just smiled and waved. I felt like it was a parade and I was Ms. John Deer. It was funny. I laughed and laughed and laughed.

(When I got to the shop it was closed!)

(Just kidding!) I left my tractor and the man laughing! I was laughing too.. all the way home with my friend.