Patio update.

After a month and a half, the patio will be officially done tomorrow. We have fought back and forth with them I think everyday. We had the company come out last week to take pictures of the tiles that weren't planted down. That was when we found out the guy that owns the company (his wife came out and ratted on him) has no idea how to do stone work. He told Brian he subcontracted out because it was summer and he was busy. Anyway, they came out and fixed some of the stones but didn't do anything to secure the extremely lose tile on the step to the grass. Brian wrote a nastygram to them and yesterday they came out and fixed it but didn't "grout" the tile work that was done the other day. Ugh. Its so frustrating. Brian called and left a message yesterday and they are coming out tomorrow morning. Conveniently I will be working. So, Brian will be left to fight face to face with them. This whole process has been ridiculous, but we are happy with how it turned out in the long run. Brian's been working on rehabbing the privacy fence and built two little flower beds to either side of the step to the grass. We're planting flowers there and in the large existing flower bed, we are going to copy off Sydney and plant some vegetables and fruit next year. Hopefully it will save us some money next year. Produce has been crazy expensive around here this summer. Off the privacy fences we're going to have some flowers hanging. He's also talking about building a shed next year to hold the bikes and lawn stuff.