What Else I'm Finding

As the workers plug away at our new house, we're nomadding around as housesitters to a few close friends. I've got a whole House of Cards setup where we move house to house while each family goes on vacation this summer, with a few guest rooms sprinkled in between. Here we are on the first stop of our Tour, and these friends are in Finland. Over here, I'm learning the genius of Swedish design. I've been to Ikea, of course. But I've never actually LIVED with a ton of Ikea items. Besides the amazing Ikea laundry system that has me wowed - it's a double netted basket, one half white and one half dark, which is absolutely perfect and even fun to put stuff in, there's this little beauty.

This crazy thing lives on the counter of Suvi's kitchen, and I'm sure most of you have already figured out what it does. It took me a sec to make the transition from War of the Worlds to Limes, but as soon as we unpacked the tequila last night, we gave it a spin. This thing rocks! It's a better system than my JuiceMaster, since it only has one part to wash afterwards, and no assembly required. Ikea is brilliant, I tell you.

Do you have a favorite thing from Ikea that makes your life better? Will I need it in my new house?? Do tell, as I'm getting a little hooked here and keep leafing through the catalog. There is SO much I must have.

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In the spirit of the Ikea house, we kept our drinks simple as well:

juice of one lime, 2 oz tequila, a splash of simple syrup, and 4 oz club soda went into Craig's glass.
Mine had an added splash of tangerine-orange in it, which was nice.
We added 3 ice cubes each.


It was a good end to a hot and sunny day.

And just look at what else turned up! My portable little swatch in the Ball and Skein Berkshire was in my beach chair. I discovered it yesterday when I set my chair up at the small beach near our house, and felt a needle in my back. Owww. Anyways, I'm psyched to see that it still exists and hasn't been buried in toilet and faucet boxes, and I can pick it back up tomorrow when we head off to the sand again.

The rest of today involves Lowe's, HomeGoods, and a side trip to Target.

And tonight, a little knitting. I finally get to check out Gather Here's Pints and Purls!!