September 21, 2006
· By Megan · Filed under A-Z, travels
Back to the alphabet theme (I’d stopped doing it a long time ago - whoops!)
So this afternoon someone at work posted about two tickets she had for sale for tonight’s Red Sox/Twins game. I jumped at them, since she was selling them for half-price. Amy and I took the train to Fenway, had some horrid nachos at a “mexican” restaurant, and headed in to the park to find our seats.
First inning, third batter is David Ortiz. Earlier this week, he’d tied a Red Sox record of 50 home runs in a single season. Would this be the night he broke the record set in 1938?
The windup - Santana delivers - and Big Papi launches one to right-center field, deep into the stands! 51!!!! The crowd goes wild!
Fifth inning - Ortiz is up again - and nails another one out of the park. The crowd starts chanting “M-V-P! M-V-P!”
So much fun to see history in the making. I’ll not forget the goosebumps of those moments for a long time. I think I’m a newly converted Red Sox fan. After being in Fenway tonight, I get it.
So S? It stands for Sox!
More photos in the series from tonight are here.
September 10, 2006
· By Megan · Filed under house
I got all productive this weekend and made new shades for the kitchen and bathroom.
Before:
(Look at the top of the photo - please ignore the boxes, as we were moving in that day).
After:
(Note how nice these look with our Fiestaware! The walls are still the same color as the before photo, but I had a hard time photographing the room well).
These were actually quite easy to make. First, I removed the old shades from the windows. I carefully took the fabric off the wood, which was screwed into the top of the window frame. Then I ripped the seams on all the shades, so that I could reuse the backing. I laid the backing onto the fabric, right sides together, cut out the new fabric, pinned them together, and sewed them together on three sides. Next, I turned them right-side out, ironed them flat, and nailed them back onto the wood pieces. Finally, I threaded the cording back through the loops on the backing and on the wood, and screwed the shades back into the windows.
For more information on making your own roman shades, head here: HGTV
