Maybe I spoke too soon???

I took off work today (Friday) b/c my youngest brother-in-law is getting married on Saturday and there are several wedding events, the first being a cocktail party last night. Anyway, today our stone/brick guys were scheduled to show up AND....they are here!!!! Woohooo!!!! I am watching brick go on the base of the columns and the stone outdoor "kitchen" be built. They are expecting to be done with that today so I will definitely take pics and update by the end of the weekend. While they are here and b/c we're getting such a great deal, we are having them do a small retaining wall in the front yard where our yard just slopes too much and do stone borders around our flower beds. Best part is that we managed to get the stone for free thanks to my sis-in-law who works for a home builder! Yeah to saving money!!!!

Just wanted to share my excitement! Oh and we found a table and chairs for the patio too so once they are done today we can actually put it together and sit out there! I definitely need to have some sort of get together to celebrate - everyone is invited!!!!

The project that won't end

As you may or may not know, we have been working on building a covered patio with a "kitchen" area. It has been going on for almost 6 months now and we've run into every issue possible. BUT we're almost done so I guess I need to post pics!!! The first picture is just so you can see from the back of the house, it's when we had to fix the arches that were messed up - they were pointy - not good. They have since been redone and look much better.
Next is after arches are fixed, stucco is done, ceilings are in, lights in, fans in - yeah! All that's left is brick at the base of the columns and the stone work for the grill area which will be L-shaped in the corner on this next picture


I'm sure I should have a lot more pictures, but I don't. Due to the many frustrations pictures have been the last thing I've thought about. I will definitely take many pics once the brick and stone is done this weekend!!!!