heroine

Somehow, heroine sounds tragic, (or like a Harlequin romance) whereas I actually want to describe myself as heroic -- a hero -- today! I mowed the lawn, all of it, this afternoon, not just one half at a time, as I have before. Anybody who knows me, knows I hate to mow the lawn. Of all the gardening chores, mowing the lawn has to be the one I actually hate. I rather enjoy almost everything (anything!) else in the garden.

-- just kidding! This is not actually the lawn that I mowed. It's one of the hayfields, the one directly opposite my front door, actually.