The last two days have been filled with trips to the Ikea store where we bought numerous pieces of furniture - which some have currently been assembled! (I'm convinced doing building projects with your spouse is good for your marriage!)
We have "built" our bed and bedframe, a tv stand, and a very small kitchen table with stools. We have three more building projects to go!
We found a small veggie/plant market nearby so we were able to pick-up some corn and tomatoes - the test will be tonight at dinner to see how they compare to the wonderful Colorado produce that we're used to! The peaches were too sad looking to even consider. Will definitely need to have Ellen ship us a couple boxes before the season's done. (Oh, and she just told us that they finished picking our orchard for the most part - just the few Elberta's that will come on at the end of the month. Yeah, El!!)
This morning Kim and walked with Charlie a few blocks down the street to a little cafe where we sat outside and had coffee and a danish. The "regulars" were all very nice and welcomed us to Pgh telling us all that it has to offer. It was very fun.
We also bought a small BBQ so we can get back to grilling! I'm so excited since Kim gave our grill to Sean about 6 weeks ago. I've been having withdrawals ever since!
The MOST exciting thing, though, is that I bought some perennials that I'm going to plant in an area that borders our patio - and they were even marked down since August is already half over! Woohoo!
Our landlord Nicholas is such a great guy. His wife died a couple of years ago and he's got two kids at home. I'm hoping we'll be able to have them over for a BBQ soon. He's been so gracious to us.
We're slowly but surely getting the house together. We hope to get it done this week so next week we can play and check out the surrounding areas - maybe even go up north to Lake Erie and check things out.
On that note I'd better get back to work.
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