Livin' the Dream in Lima

Exciting times are a'happening here in the Bean Town. Summer is in full swing, and with it the heat and humidity have arrived. So we did what most normal people would do when it's 91*F with 91% humidity - buy a new patio set so that we can spend more time outside! :-P Not that we didn't like our old patio set; it just wasn't all that practical for entertaining. (The old one is still hanging out in the garage for those times when we have lots of people over.) Pretty! And very comfortable, if I do say so myself. New blogging station? There's even an outlet! And we finally upgraded from this guy: Cute baby grill! To this guy! Grown-up manly man grill! And of course we had to christen our new grill with our dinner selection tonight... Mango Mahi Mahi Tacos . AH!! MANGO! There's really not a recipe for these tacos, but we looove them. You have to live near a Meijer , though. We use their pre-marinated mango mahi mahi, then top it wit...

So, as newlyweds, my Business Man and I don't really own all that much furniture. Since I've moved in about a week ago, my clothes have been occupying a bunch of laundry baskets, rubbermaid tubs, and cardboard boxes in all various places of the apartment. A little bit frustrating. Fortunately for us, IKEA is a less than 2 hour drive from home! My Business Man has never been, and I've only been a few times. So we decided to take a good chunk of our wedding cash and go buy some furniture for our cute little apartment. We ended up with 2 dressers, 2 nightstands, and a huge wall shelving unit for the living room. And, a canister set for the kitchen. Oh, and a cheese grater. And lamps. And some closet organizers. I think that's it. Ha! The thing about IKEA furniture is that it all comes in a billion little pieces in flat boxes. No joke, we had two flatbed carts and one regular cart in the store. Each of the dressers had two boxes of parts! We got home from IKEA around ...