grass dilemmas

Over the weekend Andy and I started thinking about what we wanted to do with the yard this summer. Last year, since we had just moved in at the very end of April, we just went with what the previous owner had planted. We did manage a small vegetable garden in the back, but it was nothing spectacular; we have a city lot. Thus, we don't have a big yard. Lame.

Anyways, we're toying with the idea of re-seeding the grass in the backyard. It is currently, well, will be (currently it is covered in snow) over-run with creeping charley. I hate it and it would be so nice to get rid of it, but that means that we wouldn't be able to use the back yard for much of anything all summer. AND from the little research I've done, I found out that many times it doesn't even all die with one treatment (and you should only do one treatment a year) so we'd have to give up our backyard for 2 summers. I'm just not sure that I can do that! It would be nice to have a yard of only-grass, but is it worth it?

This photo has nothing to do with anything, but I love it. It was taken in early December.