I never minded it all that much, there's a certain zen aspect to it. I definitely appreciate a well cared for lawn. We never really had one growing up, it was a never a priority in our house. My mom and dad didn't spend a whole lot of time beautifying the yard since they didn't really like being around each other much. I guess maybe that's where I found I could do my part. Leave it to my parents who couldn't care less about yard work to somehow foster in me a sense of pride about my grass.
The lawn at our house will be a work in progress. It appears to have been mildly neglected over the years. It's really not all that bad but it needed to be cleaned up and needs some turfbuilder. It was difficult to get all the old debris and dead grass up. I did what I could with a rake, but I'm not happy with the results. I wanted to get a motorized de-thatcher to get rid of all that stuff but I never got to it. It seems to be growing OK though. The first mow was a little off the top, just to trim down the new growth. You don't want to go too low the first few times. Hopefully i can ghet some Scotts down before the end of the week.
Funny thing about the picture here. jake had been giving me a hard time all day with eating - he's basically refusing to eat what's being offered to him while thropwing tantrums and making a huge mess. Typicall one-year old stuff, but not what I want to be doing with myself all day. It was making me mniserable. Unfortunately, I took it out on Amy when she got home. We had a spat and she sent me away to go walk around or something. I decided it was time to mow. About halfway through, I catch a glimpse of her leaning out the office window taking pictures of me. She kind of made me laugh, but I was still pouting. She yelled something at me like "I saw you smile you jerk". Guess she got me.
Nothing like a good mow to get yer ya ya's out.
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