I have my garage back!  That's right, contractor Larry is nearly done after 3 months of work on the Great Landscaping Project of 2007.  The patio cover is finished and awaiting artistic touches.  The spa is complete, running and heatable (we still have a couple of weeks before it goes "saltwater"...part of the saltwater chlorination fad sweeping pools installations nationwide).  The barbecue is functional (now that Dan is out of town and I won't be cooking for six days...ah, the irony).

I've posted some photos below for your viewing pleasure.

What do we have left, you ask?  The putting green needs to be installed...turf has been delivered and after some concern on Dan's part, we've agreed to go ahead based on their guarantee that he'll be happy with the final results.  Lighting needs to be installed in the garden area (pathway and accent).  Stepping stones to the side yard gate.  And I think that's it (at least as far as the contractors are concerned).

I, on the other hand, am now shopping for patio furniture in earnest.  What we've got will tide us over, but we really need some counter stools.  And I need to figure out towel and cushion storage options.  Minor details...and the fun stuff!

Oh...and I've got to clean the inches of dust off the windows, the garage and even the garbage cans.  What a messy process this was!  But I am loving the results.

Other than that...not much to say this morning.  I know.  Alberto Gonzales resigned yesterday.  My reaction to his resignation is akin to my reaction to Rove's departure.  Too late.

To be frank, I'd rather live in a country where he was forced to resign over his opinion that the protections against torture in the Geneva Convention are "quaint" and his staunch support of unfettered presidential powers, than one where he left because he lied about firing U.S. Attorneys for political reasons.  In either case, though, we're better off without him as AG.  Let's hope this time the AG is someone who (to quote Hillary Clinton) "cares about the rule of law more than he cares about protecting the President"

Amen, sister.

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