Wednesday, April 8, 2009

A Couple of Happy Things

The first happy thing is that Hank and Colette are in town. Colette and Amy hosted a nice dinner on Monday for all of H&C's progeny who are in the area. They invited the uncles along, killing two birds with one stone, or some such thing. It was a fun evening and, of course, the food was nice.

The lovely hostesses

Tommy, Jeff, and Amy

Colette is reaching out

Some of us are paying attention to the photographer,
others not so much

The second happy thing is that our back-patio construction is underway. Some of you may be aware that we thought we might not see our builder again. He started the project some time ago and we gave him a deposit so he could buy materials. At that point, however, he disappeared. We tried calling and emailing him, to no avail. He is a nice guy so we hoped he would just show up some morning and start working, but when it went for a couple of months with absolutely no response, we thought it was all over. Well it turns out that he went traveling to Florida and Saint George and who-knows where all else. The happy end to the story is that he is now back on the job and we may soon have a lovely new patio.

Removing the gravel

The work in progress

That's all for now.

OXO

D.

5 comments:

will said...

What's your neighbor growing in that greenhouse? Is it all legal?

I look forward to seeing how the project progresses.

Anna said...

I am so relieved he reappeared. That had me worriedl Looking forward to seeing it.

Maren said...

Glad he showed his face again, but, no gravel what will the grandkids do?!

Bill Hastings said...

We'll look forward to seeing the finished project this summer.

Hilary said...

Oh I'm so glad the patio man showed up. From the sound of the story I thought he was gone for good.

Your ready smile for the camera reminds me of Ali who seems to never be caught of guard by photographers.