Idiot Proof

[Reminder:  Flash Back!]

Sunday, January 18th

I have a love/hate relationship with Ikea.  The have such cool stuff, and it's fairly easy to put things together yourself but.... you have to put things together yourself.  I know they have a service where they deliver and install everything for you, but the directions are supposed to be so idiot-proof that paying for this service is almost like you're admitting you're a lazy knuckle-head.  We were two confident, smart, capable individuals.  We could do this.  The instructions, however, were 40 PAGES.  And required a screwdriver.  Which we did not have.

This was us:

This was not us, we were too proud:

Anyway, after a small argument with Immediate Gratification David, Responsible Patient Chris delayed the assembly to take a trip to the hardware store to buy a screwdriver, and we spent the rest of the day assembling the desks.  Anyway, here's the final result:

It's pretty much a mess right now, but look at all the space!  Now I don't have any excuses not to be productive.

We did take another break in the middle of the day to go to Dempsey.  For you Minneapolis folks, if Holland Village is like Uptown, then Dempsey is like Linden Hills.  They have upscale restraunts, but also some great teak furniture outlets.  We found a fantanstic patio set which we cannot yet afford, but determined not to leave empty handed, we purchased this:

Yes, this is in our front yard.  I show pictures like this not to brag about living in the tropics, but in order to entice ya'll to come and visit us.  This is a perfect place to relax with a glass of wine at night.  Or frozen pizza and Tiger Beer.  Whichever.  We have both.