This blog, sigh, I?ve always intended and wanted it to be a respite.  I?ve had conversations with Mike several times, ya know, should I?.do I mention?.and he?s right, be a reprieve, a place of escape for a moment.
I shall continue that so please don?t be offended if I evade mention of the current state of affairs around us.  This choice is not coming from a place of irreverence, lalala ear muffs, dismissal or willful ignorance.  We all need comfort, a slice of normalcy here and there, some form of healthy distraction, otherwise we?ll go nuts.

Ok"  Ok.

So tying in with my December/January rampage clean up and clean out and goal to use up supplies I had on hand, I decided to make some DIY lawn aerator shoes.

Hahahahahahaaaaa, whaaat"! Heh, I know, you?re laughing hysterically at me like "dude, for real, you can just buy these* ya dolt.  Why would you?.why."  
(Ya shoulda seen Mike's face when I told him what I was making, his reaction was priceless.)
"Mommy, what doin'""  Always always my Trusty Furry Assistant.See, this all came about because I purchased some creeping red fescue grass seed* for our front yard.  Mike doesn?t always get to mowing in a timely fashion and with the tree tossing shade around like it?s the twenty-teen?s, right, that?s when throwing shade was popular", growing grass and keeping it looking presentable has been, mmmm, challenging.

This was a couple years ago but the gr...