WOW. Just, wow. I
now, honestly, have no idea why anyone with a small
space for grass doesn't use synthetic. This is
absolutely incredible. But don't take my word for
it...
So incredibly in
love with it. Right when I put the camera away
CeBe and LeeLoo started playing with each other in it
and dive-bombing the grass... just crazy. It looks
incredible, and it's soft to the touch... I just
can't believe I didn't do it sooner. Well, can
believe it, because it's extremely exepnsive, but as
we're nearing the end of the construction oddyssey, it
almost seems like a gift to my back. It's 300 square
feet I will not have to build a deck over, or
pour cement over, etc.
The crazy thing is
it isn't even really installed. I just rolled it
out and we were so excited we just played in it. I
have kinda blown off the day today just to enjoy it.
Which means tomorrow (the day before the major) is
gonna be insane to try and pull
off.
Anyway - I'm
writing this entry because the debate raging online
about grass is quite impressive. America love their
lawns. It's bizarre. I admit, I like nice lawns too,
but I'm from Ohio. Those happen relatively
effortlessly because it RAINS. This idea that we
should have that lawn here is quite misguided even if
you're not on a hundred year old horse run like me.
But man, people pay small fortunes to make it look
like they have that lawn. Around here? It's 52 weeks
out of the year and daily watering, often twice a day.
The funny thing is? That seems more
"fake" to me than just saying "fuck it" and
getting synthetic grass.
For those
wondering, I ended up getting the Turf Evolutions Pet
Turf because out of every sample I could find, it
felt the most real. Some synthetic grass has longer
blades and they just lay strangely and seem clearly
fake. This is 1 1/4 inches and feels thick like the
rough on a golf course. It absolutely looks like grass
with the only issue being it has no dead patches. LOL.
Strangely a neighbor's real grass across the street
looks more fake because of how bright it is... again,
unless you run your hand through it you'd never guess
- and even then? It feels nice. And, DUH, absolutely
no maintanence and should last 10 years. Well... I'm
in. I'm amazed. And I cannot wait for Vienna to
start running around on it. The dogs already love it,
and surprisingly are so well trained to poop in the
sandy dirt, that they actually went off the grass and
did just that... and then played on the grass again.
:-) Not that it's a problem if they poop or pee on it,
that's what it's made for - but not having to clean up
after it is quite nice. The dogs have their own 100
square foot section of the backyard to poop in.
:-)
Oh, and we
announced the BABY YESTERDAY!!! Didn't feel like we
needed an entry of the announcement OF the
announcement like last year because, well, everyone
kinda expected it. I mean, don't get me wrong -
there's a fair amount of surprise about the 15 months
apart thingee... but we're a rather happy couple, we
don't hide that, and I think the only surprise to
people is that we are stopping at 2. As I've said
before living within and/or below your means is
absolutely the key to happiness and 4 people in this
house is maximum occupancy. As well, we've pushed the
front and back yards to their very MAX of useable
space and I believe a family of 4 PLUS the
tennant/tennants in the guest house can live
comfortably, but no more. I mean think about it, our
house is 1040 square feet. That's crazy. But by
the end of the summer? There will be 3 bedrooms,
1bath, an open dining room/kitchen and living room
area and a massive back yard... and now useable front
yard. We use every square inch of our 6000 square foot
lot... and not many people can say that. :-) Proud of
what we've accomplished...
...and super,
super happy with our front
LAWWWWWWWWWWWWWN.
