Fun times! I like the way you "enclosed" the word work.. it sounds like you're embracing the whole concept of tractor work vs. real work. That understanding comes with membership in the Machinery Owner/Operator Secret Society of Manly Men.. very important the wimmenfolk not grasp the whole fun vs. work concept as applied to mechanized equipment.
I'd suggest practicing a few key phrases when you're sure she can't hear you.. just so you don't stumble over the words or start laughing ..
Ones like "Darn it all, the blasted driveway has drifted in again.. I guess I'm just gonna hafta go out there and clear it so you can get out tomorrow morning, honey.."..
Or "You can't be serious?? The grass in the back pasture grew again?? How high is it this time? Well, if there's no way out of it, I'll hafta take tomorrow off work and mow it.. supposed to rain cats and dogs on the weekend, ya know..",
Or my personal favourite, "That dam* Earl/George/Billy Bob down the road got seven loads of gravel delivered to his place to top dress that driveway from hel*. You know the one, I helped clear snow from it last winter! And now he's got the nerve to ask if I'll spread some of it out for him.. I tell ya, the day's comin' when I'm gonna tell Earl/George/Billy Bob to spread his own dam* gravel!!.."
Try to do it with a straight face, or it loses the effect. Once you're in the seat and that diesel's running in front of you, she won't even hear the giggle of glee as you head down the driveway. It's always worked for me, though she says I have more smile lines than ever these days. I just tell her it's old age, might soon have to look into a cab with heat and AC as I get more and more feeble. That's usually when she starts laughing and tells me to get the hel* out of the house while I'm ahead.
Nice looking rig by the way!! That belly mower on the truck must be for the BX on the trailer? For a minute there I thought you'd been forced to get the missus her own Kubota. That's a topic for another day though.
Congrats again!
Sean