I'm throwing a dinner party tonight for my friends Chris and Marla who just got home from LA!

I'm doing up a roast in the crock pot with all kinds of herbs, peppers and just a bit of garlic. I'm gonna do up some mashed potatoes + gravy and some grilled veggies. Yumm.

All of this fell into place last night while I was talking to Chris on msn and heard the chaotic story of Marla forgetting her passport and needing to stay in LA an extra night. So Marla is flying in this morning, and Chris got in last night after a very stressful day at the airport, and what is nicer than a relaxing dinner with friends, good drinks and a cab ride home at the end of the night. The new domesticated me (ha!) had the roast was on before I even ate breakfast. ;)

We're still waiting for the snow to melt to set up the patio, but it's suppose to be 10*C for the first time in a month, so I'm beyond excited to (hopefully) have dinner out on the patio. Need to get a few little things like a couple lanterns, solar powered ground lights, outdoor carpet and a heater. All of which I've been waiting to get until the snow cleared. It's still too early in the season to get any plants going, but eventually I want to get some huge planters and get some shrubs or something back there too. It's really hard trying to design a small patio space, but I think the yard will look really nice eventually. I'll have to do a shoot back there this summer once the new fence goes up. And really until the new fences go up all my work will sort of seem like polishing a turd, but that's the unfortunate part of living in an older condo. *shrugs*

I'll take some pictures tonight to share.