Virgin no more

Yesterday we made a pilgrimage to IKEA. Jeff and I have been there several times - in Atlanta and the new store in Orlando, but our Sprinkly friend has never been there. Even though her apartment has been adorned with Ikea items for many years thanks to gifts. We had a great time looking around, eating lunch in the cafeteria and of course buying things. We joked on the way home about her losing her virginity (not that one! gee where is your mind?) Her Ikea virginity...she's now a seasoned pro!

We had been looking for a small shelving unit for storing a portion of our DVD collection and had intended on buying this one:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70114753

But upon opening the box at home we found we had this one instead:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90114752

Which is not only quite a bit smaller...it was bright red!!! So after some initial disappointment Jeff put it together and stacked DVDs on it. And it's actually quite cute. So happy accident!

After Ikea we hosted my brother-in-law, nephew, and our sons for football...the Packers (yea!) faced the Giants (boo!) It was bitterly cold in Lambeau and Coughlin (Giants coach) looked as though his face would crack and fall off...seriously that man had a severe case of frostbite...and he has no excuse, he used to coach in Green Bay - he knows it's cold there. Did no one think to give the man a scarf?? As time has shown the Giants won in overtime (again boo!!) So as the dejected members of the family trekked there way out to their respective domiciles (see I am poetic when faced with adversity) I cleaned up the remains of football fever...put away leftover lil smokies, bagged up the remaining cheese, boxed up the crackers, and did the dishes. All in time to start looking forward to next year. Even though this game ended on a sad note - I still have to say it was a hell of a season. Such is the life of a Packer fan...where we don't "like" a team - the team is part of the family.

Wait until next year.