I finally did it. After two years of mowing my lawn with dull blades, I loaded up that lawnmower and took it to my local hardware store to have the blades sharpened. And, when I got it home...wow! What a difference it made to the amount of time it took to mow my yard!

Why did it take me two years to do it? Why did I constantly have to mow portions of my lawn twice–burning extra gas–in order to have an evenly-cut yard? Why did I experience restarting my mower numerous times after it would get bogged down in tall grass? Why did I spend hours raking and bagging my grass when I had a mulching lawnmower? Why did I almost lose my sanctification over that mower?!

Why? Because I was not willing to take the time to sharpen the blades.

Let's think about it. First, I would have to call my local hardware store to find out if they did such work. Then I would have to load up my mower, breaking down the handles so it would fit in my car. I would have to unload it, roll it into the store, return to pick ...