Let's see, Taste of Chicago last Thursday was good, but seemed a little smaller. Nothing too new, but Tracy wants to try making gazpacho. Friday didn't have to work, but Tracy did, so I did some cleaning since we were having friends over, Jespy and Cases and April showed up with her friend Rich as well. Tracy made ribs, I got to clean. It was cool and rainy so didn't get to hang out on the deck. The actual fourth watched Live Free or Die Hard and Independence Day while waiting to host another party, this time for April and Scott as a pre wedding shin dig. Rained all day, but cleared up in time for the party, which was cool. Spent the entire time out on the deck, which was nice, but wet. Need to create some additional seating, and get some better lighting, and got to break out the Candela lights, which were cool. Should find some cheap solar lights to put in pots and plants and put up some of those string lights for ambiance as well. Sunday the weather got warm and sunny, finally, and spent a little time on the deck getting some sun before heading down to pick up Susmita and Sai on the way to the Garfield Park Conservatory for April and Scott's wedding. Good times there. Got to get my groove on, which I haven't really had a chance to do in a long time. Left work a little early today to sign a whole lot of documents again since we refinanced.