Back deck - stained

Thompson's claims this is a "One day project" - my ass its a one day project. After 3 weekends of prep work, cleaning and staining the deck is finally stained. This has been a project since we purchased the house but it never cracked into the top 10 list. However, my list is getting shorter and shorter and I got around to getting it all done. I was a bit skeptical on the color (Deanna wanted this cedar color and i wanted honey) but it has grown on me. Here is the deck before.

The back yard is now done except for that pesky garage variance problem but I am working on it.