Well, my sister came from Texas and my brother and mother are driving my household goods down. Not wanting to pay another $200 restaurant tab I instead spent about $500 to cookout. 12 pounds of super jumbo shrimp, 3 dozen blue crabs, 15 pounds of potatoes, eight ears of corn, a 100-qt stockpot and burner, and plenty of other edibles and hardware. Not to mention a few cases of beer. I guess I'll get started in a couple hours. I still need to pick up a piece of plywood to use as a table.

Nothing like family hanging out in the backyard, eating good and drinking beer.