The deck is really starting to come along now! We only have the border
boards to go around the frame, some feet for the railing and a little glue
to keep stuff from blowing off (mostly the caps on the posts). We managed
to get our patio set out this past weekend, and it looks really good on
our shiny new deck. Little did I know the boards we needed and had order
were already in at Home Depot, but they decided not to tell me. We went
grill shopping (my birthday present from Susan), and I was able to
convince them to put the grill on the truck with the boards and have it
all delivered this week (at no charge 🙂 ). Last week was our first week
of “real” summer, but it started off with a downpour.

The Pig Gig was in town August 6-9 and we had decided it would be fun to
run the 5K. Little did we know it was going to be a chilly, rainy run.
When we got there, we made our way to the registration tent, which had a
huge line. We registered online and thought that was the late registration
line, we were wrong. If you were a late registration, you could go to the
front of the line (makes sense, doesn’t it?) After standing in line, in
the rain for awhile, we noticed the start time was quickly coming up!
Lucky for us, they wouldn’t start until everyone was registered, but by
the time we threw our shirts in the car and got to the start line, it was
time to go! I managed to beat my last time by two minutes and Susan stayed
ahead of her competition! After the race we met up with one of my
co-workers waiting for the times. He decided it was not worth sticking
around and took off, we followed shortly afterwards. Cold, soaking, and
exhausted, we hit up the local Tim Horton’s for a hot cocoa and something
to eat. We both took naps later that day, but it was actually a lot of
fun.