Two "big ticket" Spring/Summer things: new picnic table umbrella and new propane grill.
Those "crank" umbrellas... eventually, the pully system fails. The rope/cable, specifically.
So, I've been looking at the ones with EXTERNAL cabling. Q: What do you do with the
rope/cable when raising the umbrella? Does it just coil onto the tabletop? Nice!!!

Unless the hole in the table is enlarged, there's no place for the extra stuff to go. Oh...
and none of
those umbrellas have a "tilt" function.
First-World problems, huh?
Grill: Decided on a Weber. UNdecided if two-burner or
three. Both come with on-site
assembly, but will probably do it myself (based on
reviews of attempting to schedule pro
services). We do not NEED 3 burners. But if I go with 2, I will regret it at some point.
Another 1st-World problem.