Since this is my first house, this is also my first mower/tractor. I felt like an idiot as the salesman rambled on about what to do every season, yikes! There is just as much maintenance on these babies as a car. (The only thing that is different is that (with my car) I can pass it all off to Jiffy Lube ) I guess I have a lot to learn.

After The Deere dealership, we went furniture shopping (Ethan Allen) to buy the kids a new bedroom set. I figuered I would let them pick out what they wanted. Not exactly what I had in mind, but they loved this one set. Reminds me of a bachelor pad bed. It's all one piece and very dark. I guess you pay through the nose for decent solid wood furniture. I had been to this horrible trashy place called Raymour and Flanigan previously, all of their sets were veneer over pressboard (or something). They try to pass this junk off as quality but it's far from it. I guess it's easy to con a yokel. Make it big and shiny and "fancy lookin" and it's a sale. Thank god my father was an Interior designer and I was raised to know the difference.