When I Try to Mow


Photo-A-Day #2952

I bought a new mower a few weeks ago. I picked up some new gas and was prepping the mower today for quite a long frustrating time. The frustrating thing was that I could not get the oil cap off to add the oil. The instruction manual showed a different looking mower and I could not find the listing for the particular oil cap that I had. The thing is, I could see it. I just could not get any sort of grip on it to open it up. I went and got my mechanics toolbox and tried to find the right size so that I could find something to grip the cap. Finally I came across a 16mm wrench that was able to loosen it enough so that I could loosen it the rest of the way with my hands.

By the time I finally got it all filled up with gas and oil I had just enough time to mow the spot right next to the garage. That was yesterday. Today I went to try and mow the front yard and as soon as I got the mower to the fence door the drops began to fall, and fall hard.

Parents Do your Homework, Skylanders Homework

Skylanders Homework

In the past few years I’ve been to a ton of stores looking for new Skylanders figures. While walking the aisles I’ve heard countless parents who have no clue what they are looking for for their kids. I hear the wrong character names, wrong elements and many more wrong things being said. Parents really need to do their homework on Skylanders.

Luckily I’ve got exactly what parents need to get up to speed. You can download the Skylanders Homework pack today.

The Homework pack features five chapters of fun – one for every week day:

  • Monday: History (Skylanders story – SSA and Giants)
  • Tuesday: Science (elemental sources)
  • Wednesday: Characters (character’s abilities, strengths and weaknesses)
  • Thursday: Technology (practicalities of what and how to buy and play)
  • Friday: Art (to include dot-to-dot and drawing of key characters)
  • Quiz sheets at the end of each chapter testing parents on what they’ve learned that day

You can download the Homework pack along with info cards about favorite characters.

I have a giveaway of a hard copy of this homework pack that also comes with reward charts to stick on the fridge door with a Skylanders sticker that children award parents once a chapter is completed successfully. And the winner also gets one of the popular characters.