Hey, guess what? Here is a little PS to my happy thread. Today, I was outside getting ready for a ride, and my neighbor was mowing his lawn. I made some comment about how I really ought to be mowing mine, too, given the one sunny day, and he said, "Hey, I'll take care of it, you just go out on your ride." 
Do you love that? He mowed my lawn while I was out riding!
I rode all afternoon, and then I had to hurry and get dressed for a charity auction this evening, so I didn't get a chance to say thank you. So, coming home this evening I picked up a 6-pack of non-alcoholic beer and left it on the porch with a little "thank you" scrawled on it.
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury