SlingBlade Nextdoor!

Have you ever seen the movie Sling Blade? The guy, Billy Bob Thornton's character, can fix anything with a motor.... Well - my husband can break anything with a motor - or a chip, an internal computer, anything that runs off batteries or gets it's power from the wall.... Anything... He has a 'magic' touch.... or he is touched, one of the two! So far I think he has broken two small stereos or boom box type things, two iPods, the CD player in his and my cars, two weed whackers, two push lawn mowers and a riding lawn mower! What a man I married!

We currently are on our second lawnmower (that stopped working this morning), our second weed whacker (which was still not working this season as of this morning), and a completely dead, grass killing, space taking up, riding lawnmower.

Our neighbor has fixed many things for us over the years, helped figure out problems around the house and in general has been our personal handy man and mechanic. He's probably about 85 years old. And it drives Kirk crazy that our elderly neighbor can touch something that his own hands have destroyed on contact and bring it back to life... hee hee hee (makes me laugh every time). First thing he always says to Kirk is, "You got gas in that thing?" ha ha ha!

Well, today alone he fixed our weed whacker (for the second time) and then helped Kirk figure out what was wrong with the lawn mower... then took the riding lawn mower over to his driveway, took it apart, fixed several things inside it, put it back together and started it right up!

I don't know what we're going to do when we move.... I guess we will just have to stay within walking distance from our current neighbors... otherwise we may never be able to keep up with our yard work! I'm now currently trying to figure out what the best gift for them is... He's 150 years old so he has every tool and 'thing' he wants.... but we really should get them a thank you for all their help - any suggestions?