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No it’s not that type of grass. The stoner-acclaimed holiday of 4/20 has come and gone.

I’m talking about the grass in my backyard. A few weeks back I took on the project of repairing my damaged lawn. The lawn was damaged over the years from various sources. Stuff like; previous owners had dogs, my kids running on it, neighbors tree sucking all the moisture out of my ground, raking in the fall stripping it.

So a few weeks back I decided to dig up almost all of my yard. Big dirt patches everywhere. I ended up buying new topsoil and grass seed to lay down. The seeds said 3-5 days for germination and I was getting nervous when nothing was seen for the first 8 days. I was hoping I wouldn’t have a dirt yard for the summer. I was watering it over and over but nothing was happening. However, since the first rain about 2 weeks after planting, grass is growing all over. Pretty soon the kids can walk on it, not like it stops a 7 and 3 year old.

As soon as the grass is in, the picnic table comes out and its time to grill some dead animals.

For Christmas, we got a new bag-less vacuum in the house.  This is to replace the old one I had when I was a mere bachelor. So it must be about 10 years old or so.  So it was time for a replacement.  We have old carpet in the house that is slowly deteriorating and will be replaced this spring.

So, we run the vacuum for the  first time shortly after Christmas. It is pretty cool to see the cyclonic power inside the cannister. It wasn’t cool when we were down with just the living room and dining room. The cannister was already full. I couldn’t belief all the stuff our old vacuum was missing. Which probably explains the respiratory problems my wife and kids were having.  Since we started using it, the coughs and sneezes are minimal.

It’s nice not to buy bags anymore but we do have to empty and clean out our filth. It’s a little more labor in the end but it is worth it.