Thanks for the responses. If I do the lawn she will appreciate it and probably only say Thank You in a way it would sound like you were talking to a friend. "Thanks Zuma" instead of "Thanks Sweety". If I do not do it then she will come back from her trip and it will add to the many tasks she now has to do because I am not in the house and just maybe she will appreciate and miss me a little more. If I only fix the lawn equipment then she will cut the grass herself and probably Thank Me the same way and just feel more independent. If I dont do either she will have to solve this own her own but it will be frustrating for her....Maybe I will just fix the lawn tractor...that was she has to say thanks and she still has to mow the lawn and fix the weedeater and edger herself which she has not been able to do herself up to this point.....Help I need advice...This sounds so trivial...I hate playing this game. I just want my life back were I would just take care of it and we could stop these games.......Please Respond,