The joys of home ownership

There are a lot of small pleasures in home ownership, and today I experienced one of my favorites: Dropping the deck of the mower. After a summers long battle with the lawn, it is now that time of year to give the SOB a crew cut and dare it to grow long enough to be cut again before winter. Unfortunately, all I have to look forward to for the next 6 months is raking leaves and shoveling snow, two chores I've despised going back to childhood. Unless I finally buy that snowblower...