As part of the never-ending process of home improvement, we finally have a patio. They poured the cement yesterday. Overall it looks good, but they left one corner square while all the other corners are round. We're going to have to ask them what's up with that when we talk to them next.

Having a patio means that we can have a BBQ and actually sit out back if we want to (assuming we eventually get some outside furniture - ACK! more money), it means we can travel to the lawn and back without walking through all the dirt and getting our shoes muddy, and most importantly it is the last "major" purchase we will need to make for quite a while. Everything from here on out is relatively cheap.

We'll have to celebrate and break it in by having some friends and family over. Pictures soon to follow...BTW my digital pictures of the black widow didn't turn out, but I took some regular 35mm pictures. I'll post those as soon as I get the film developed.