*and more news...*

{...we've got railings!! it's starting to look more and more like a finished deck. today...walter put up the hand rails for the stairs and attached the first piece of the pergola! by the end of this week we should have a finished deck.....
...another project that was just started....we are getting pavers....or should i say...we've got pavers!! b installed more then 70 of these "garden stone" like pavers over the weekend. these are being placed in front of the stairs to the deck...this area i envision one of those "portable" fire pits that you see at smith and hawken. which will be perfect for roasting marshmallows... it will also be our container garden area....i think if you need to find myself or b this summer...you will need to walk around to the back of the house....we will be enjoying our newly transformed backyard...well i need to go research deck furniture...more news to follow....}