It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Yesterday was one of the reasons that this might be my favorite time of year.

Besides the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, baseball's opening day and the highly-underrated Daylight Savings weekend when it's suddenly sunny out until after 8:00, you have to love the first day you get to pull the patio furniture out of the basement, and pull the grill out of the shed.

Yes, after a winter that lasted about 14 years, we actually fired up the grill and cooked burgers outside, and (get this!) ate them on our deck. You forget how good a burger tastes after it's been cooked over charcoal. Hell, I might go make one for breakfast right now.

Granted, it was about 40 degrees and windy by the time we were done with dinner, but at least it's progress.