One of my most favorite parts of the summer is firing up the grill, grilling ANYTHING after it’s been marinading in something for hours, and enjoying a nice dinner outside on the deck with my family.
I don’t know what it is… but it certainly is one of my most cherished moments of the summer.
In the shot above, this is the never-ending home improvement project — our deck. On a whim, about 4-5 years ago, I decided to start ripping up boards of our old deck — on a Sunday afternoon. Not sure what the hell I was thinking, but in the end, it’ll certainly be a nice deck! All the boards were replaced with composite deck board and mostly what remains is the completion of the railing. Now with Darrin being old enough to play on the deck, the railing is my mission for the summer. What you seen in this shot, what is not painted white is what was accomplished today, along with power washing. We power washed yesterday and part of today, while the railing work that was done was done today.
I anticipate at least another 2-3 weekends worth of work. I’ve said it before, if I had to earn a living via carpentry, my family and I would starve! I’m just way too slow at this stuff. I think about thing too much before I act. I suppose that’s good in some way — but then again, this has been a 4-5 year project already. 
You better have this done by the time I get there. If you don’t where the hell are we going to smoke the cigars I’m bringing?
Ray
You better have this done by the time I get there. If you don't where the hell are we going to smoke the cigars I'm bringing?
Ray
Looks like a nice deck.
Fire up the barbeque