A little bit ago I was talking about our overgrown weeds in our lawn.  Last night I finally had a chance to go to war on them.  I was only able to tackle the front and side of the yard but it’s progress right.  Got them all mowed down and was able to finally get some weed killer and fertilizer on the grass.  So hopefully we will see some results soon.  Not to mention that it’s about that time of year where if we do not get any rain, I will have to start watering the lawn, ack..  We really need a sprinkler system.  Just wish they didn’t cost so much!

The MLS kicks off tomorrow night.  I’m pretty excited about the MLS this year.  Not just because it’s soccer and I love soccer, BUT my home town has a team this year and I’m excited for them.  Trust me if I still lived in Seattle I would be at that home opener/season opener tomorrow night.  I hope they do well this year and talk has it that they may make it to the playoffs this year.  Seattle Sounders FC baby.  My other favorite team is FC Dallas.  Pretty much since I live in the area and have been going to games the last couple of years.  And of course in May Seattle will be coming to Dallas so I am GOING to this game, for sure!  And I’m sure I will go to some other ones as well.  So the season kicks off tomorrow night with Seattle Sounders FC hosting the New York Red Bulls and then the rest of the teams start off this weekend.  Go Sounders..!!!

We have been following the Iditarod this last 9-10 days and it’s been pretty exciting.  I was checking the updates and live GPS they have this year and it was showing what we figured would happen a few days ago.  Looks like Lance Mackey will win the Iditarod this year.  A couple hours ago he left White Mountain after a mandatory 8 hour layover/rest period and is on his way to Nome.  Unless something MAJOR happens he pretty much has this victory wrapped up.  The second and third place looks to be a pretty close one and they are into White Mountain checkpoint less than 30 minutes of each other.  Sebastian Schnuelle checked in with 14 dogs and John Baker with only 10.  It might be a good race for second later tonight.

I’m not sure it will happen, but we would love to fly up there next year for the ceremonial start and re-start of the race.  Maybe even meet a couple of mushers but I’m sure they are far too busy for that.  Good luck Lance and the world will see you in a few short hours under the arch.

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My backyard to be really specific.  It’s unreal this winter and spring.  The weeds are just taking over.  I have a huge surplus or them trust me.  Last week I tried to drop some fertilizer down and my battery powered sprayer died, so today at lunch I went out and got a new one (not battery powered), some new fertilizer and some heavy duty weed killer.  Now the drawback, it started raining tonight, ugh..!!  And that’s the forecast for the next few days too.

So this weekend I will have to dedicate some time and get this “Growing” problem in control and get it ready for the spring.  The grass has barely started so now is the time.  Well actually I should have done a heavy duty weed kill a few weeks ago, but I’m a procrastinator.

I really need to make a trip to the home store.  Sometimes I hate those stores since I usually find some excuse to spend more money.  But I really need to make a trip.  Our kitchen sink faucet has been dripping for a while and I have just been lazy.  There you go thats the straight up truth.  Oh and maybe I don’t know how to fix it, he-he.

So I really need to bite the bullet and try and fix it right?  The worst thing will be a flooded room or I need to replace the faucet (which wouldn’t be all that bad)  While I’m there I’m sure I will browse through the garden section to find some awesome miracle cure for my lawn, err my weeds (that have taken over), I always like to check out the grills and led lighting. I have wanted to upgrade some lights and add something different to the house since we moved in.

Oh I better stay away from the paint aisle, this place needs some color.

I thought I should give a project update since I haven’t said much about it.  I think we finally stopped for the weekend about 9:45pm Sunday night.  It was pretty dark out, but it was much cooler than standing in the sun when it’s beating down on you.

So after we placed the border we mixed in some top soil and then some garden soil, and finally put down a weed control barrier over the whole thing.  That where we stopped!  However my wife leaves for Mexico this Saturday so if we don’t get the plants planted and the mulch thrown down, looks like tazdog will have a long weekend finishing up the project by himself :O

It’s been a somewhat fun experience and at least I’m learning some new things.