I cut the grass for the first time this year yesterday. That felt good. I was a bit cool and breezy, but dry, so it worked out nicely. I had to clean a lot of big rocks out of the grass along the curb area, which is normal for the first cut of the season. Throughout the winter the snow plows throw all of the street debris onto the grass along with the snow and ice, and everything from nearby potholes and crumbling curbs ends up in the grass. Having a corner lot makes it even worse, as there is so much more near-curb lawn to manage.

I’m not really happy with the results of the city’s sod work done on our lawn last fall either. They had to replace several sections and corners of our front lawn with sod after repairing several sections of sidewalk that needed replacing, and the corner section which was replaced with a handicapped-accessible ramp instead of a regular curb. The sections that were sodded are still very “spongy” and soft, sinking in in several places, and too high in others, so it’s very difficult to mow. Maybe I’m not supposed to mow those areas at all for the first year or two, they weren’t very clear on the limitations, but I’ve been trying, and it hasn’t gone very very. As a result, several areas are now marred with chunks of missing grass, usually at the corners of a replaced section, when the lawn mower has dug in too deep or my edge trimmer has whacked them too hard. Because this is probably my fault, mostly, I’m not complaining. I’ll just keep watering and hope for the best. Our neighbors’ grass across the street, who had the same work done at the same time, however, looks nearly perfect. They probably don’t fuss with their lawn as much as I do though.

My CGM, diet control, and weight loss continue to improve each day. I’m starting to see real improvement now, so it’s already paying off with better health. I’m consuming some new things that seem kinda weird, but hey, if it works, I’ll give it a shot! So far, so good. The puppies are also very well. They just had their 2-year checkup and they’re doing great. No real issues, just a recommendation to brush their teeth once daily. Yeah, like they’ll love that… We’re giving them more teeth-cleaning rawhide sticks to try to help, so hopefully that’ll be enough. Their teeth look really nice to us, just a couple teeth in each mouth that have a small amount of discoloration near the gum line, but everything else looks really great. I don’t think it’s much of an issue. I’ve had dogs with much worse teeth, including Socks, who lost many teeth in his later years. But Shadow and Tiger are, by far, the best-fed, healthiest dogs we’ve had to date, and we’re very happy and proud of them.

Kevin, Sandy and I watched “Nobody” this week and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Kevin said it seemed like a cross between John Wick and something else, though I forget exactly what it was he crossed it with. It stars “Saul” from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkerk. It was pretty non-stop and had some really interesting surprises. I especially enjoyed seeing “Doc Brown” again, Christopher Lloyd, who plays the main character’s father. I don’t want to spoil any of the story, that’s what the Internet is for. Here’s the trailer: