Spring has sprung, but my teeth hurt.

The weather has been yoyoing back and forth between hot/humid and chilly. Fortunately, the chilly days have been on the weekends, so I have actually been able to enjoy working in the yard. One of my primary goals is to grow grass in the backyard where the pool used to be. So far, I have covered about half the area with about 1200 lbs of top soil. The grass is finally starting to come it, but it is slow going. I will probably have to wait until fall to get the next half.

I also ripped out a bunch of the overgrown shrubs that were taking up alot of space in the back of the yard. Now half of it is growing grass and the other half is my garden. This season, I am going to try growing peppers, tomatoes, corn, peas, lettuce, spinach, and cantaloupe.

In the other parts of my yard, I have planted raspberry and blueberry bushes. I also have planters that are starting to sprout cilantro, catnip, chives, and basil. We will see how green my thumb ends up being.

Herb Planter

Garden

I have also been working to make the backyard a better hang out spot. Michael bought me a stand for my hammock and I also purchased a gazebo for the deck.

In the meantime, I have been racing to have all my dental work finished before I lose my dental insurance.

Fruit Bushes

New Gazebo

I went to Mahoney Family Dentistry for my first annual cleaning in about 3 years only to find out that all of the fillings I had done about 5 years ago needed to be fixed. Originally, the plan was to do different sections of my mouth over the entire summer, but that same day I found out that my father's company had been bought by GE and our dental benefits were going to end. At the time, I thought they would end within the week, but I was able to keep it until the end of May which meant that I had a 2.5-3 hour dental appointment for each Tuesday of the month of May. While painful and annoying, the experience was about a good as it could be. The dentist even said that I was easy to work on and he liked that I came dressed in PJs so I could be comfortable while he worked.