'Tis the season for a picnic table...

YES! Finally found that 6' pine picnic table that no one seems to have in stock this time of year. Lowe's and Home Depot didn't have any because they are apparently "not in season". Ok, here in Southern California, when is a picnic table not in season? But thank goodness for the very helpful folks at Ace Hardware, who had this puppy in stock at their warehouse. So I bought it and it was delivered to their Wildomar store for pick up last weekend.

The table came unassembled, which was a good thing, or otherwise it wouldn't fit into the bed of the Tundra. We spent about an hour and a half putting it together. Probably would have gone quicker if the weather was a tad less dicey. I think we were barely above 50 degrees on Saturday afternoon, with added wind chill factor from the extremely blustery breezes.

12/5/09 Part one of assembly (the easy part). Put table top on flat surface...

Gilbert at his workshop, i.e., the bed of the Tundra. No need to glare, I know you didn't volunteer to put this thing together, but imagine all the al fresco dining we'll be able to enjoy after all is said and done!

Oooh, look - it's got legs!

Hana is not impressed.

You see, there's just no impressing a Princess...

Another baleful assessment from Hana...

YAY! All done.

Except for minor adjustment of the nuts and bolts. Can't have the thing collapsing from the weight of four full-sized adults.

Storm clouds on the horizon. Perfect weather for a picnic. Seriously...