Where I Kick Off My Shoes

There truly is no place like home!  (insert small dog, sparkly red shoes, and heel clicking here)

After a lot of unpacking, a lot of cleaning, and a little bit of recovery-napping (on my part anyway), we are happy to announce that all of the boxes are unpacked and our little place finally feels like home again!  :)  Thankfully we were able to come back to the place we were before (see here) which we were glad about, we love the apartment!  I am still trying to decide where to hang all of our pictures, so the walls are a little bare. And we're experimenting with some furniture rearranging... But the book shelves are stacked, the cupboards are full, and we are back to eating home-made food!  Though I will surely miss pizza and Taco Bell, you can't beat home cookin'!  And the soup we had tonight was SO yummy!! 

Ok, I'll share, it's "souper" easy! (I crack myself up)  Just boil a cup and a half to 2 cups of your favorite mixed beans until they're soft.  Then add: 
- ham hocks (I used shredded chicken)
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 large can of tomatoes (fresh works too)
- 1 pepper pod or 1 tsp. chili powder
- the juice of 1 lemon
- 1 to 3 cloves minced garlic
- salt and pepper to taste
Let simmer for 30 minutes and enjoy a yummy, healthy, heart warming meal!  We'll be putting it on the "make again" list for sure.


And now on to enjoying a nice evening at home... such bliss!  Now if I could only beat Tim just once at this blasted game of Tetris life would be complete...