Weekend Update
I picked up a new iron (pretty much the same model) on Friday and was determined to finish and hang the curtains. After hemming and ironing, I decided that they draped like burlap sacks and needed to be washed to remove some of the sizing. That little voice in my head started screaming "No no no no! You'll just have to iron them again later!" But I did it anyway (according to the washing instructions on the tag) and the damn things shrunk almost 10 inches. I'm sure my Mom is rolling her eyeballs at the moment, knowing very well that she always taught me to wash the fabric before you start the project, but the damage was done. Thankfully, I hadn't cut the curtains and had some length to let out. Saturday was spent unhemming, ironing, and hemming again and finally they're up. And growing on me. I don't think I'll ever love them, they wrinkle even if you look at them the wrong way. However, they do make that blank wall a lot more inviting. 
Our friend Ben made really good time driving from Sacramento and arrived a few hours earlier than we expected on Saturday. While we had planned on having our own little Oktoberfest celebration before he arrived, it was great to have dinner with him and chat before he totally crashed from the 10-hour drive. The Oktoberfest meal is on temporary hold (it's totally not vegetarian) until tomorrow afternoon when we will feast at lunchtime. Yesterday, we had a nice lazy morning with pastries from Ken's Artisan Bakery and scrambled eggs (prepared by Jesse). After breakfast we decided to take a walk, which turned out to be more epic than expected. It was nice to get out in the cool air and we saw several trees that are starting to turn colors for the fall. 
We arrived home a little after lunch and stuffed our faces because we were all starving. Jesse crashed for a few minutes and took a nap, but woke up rejuvenated. Around 4pm he and Ben went out for a run and I had the place all to myself. Ben is here in Portland taking a week-long class, so he had reading and homework to do in preparation for his first day. That wasn't a problem at all, since Jesse needed to prepare for an interview today and I was reading the nearly 300-page voter guide for Oregon elections. We have fourteen different measures to vote for/against this election. I'm pretty glad that Oregon votes entirely by mail so I don't have to memorize my answers for each one!
I picked up a new iron (pretty much the same model) on Friday and was determined to finish and hang the curtains. After hemming and ironing, I decided that they draped like burlap sacks and needed to be washed to remove some of the sizing. That little voice in my head started screaming "No no no no! You'll just have to iron them again later!" But I did it anyway (according to the washing instructions on the tag) and the damn things shrunk almost 10 inches. I'm sure my Mom is rolling her eyeballs at the moment, knowing very well that she always taught me to wash the fabric before you start the project, but the damage was done. Thankfully, I hadn't cut the curtains and had some length to let out. Saturday was spent unhemming, ironing, and hemming again and finally they're up. And growing on me. I don't think I'll ever love them, they wrinkle even if you look at them the wrong way. However, they do make that blank wall a lot more inviting. 
Our friend Ben made really good time driving from Sacramento and arrived a few hours earlier than we expected on Saturday. While we had planned on having our own little Oktoberfest celebration before he arrived, it was great to have dinner with him and chat before he totally crashed from the 10-hour drive. The Oktoberfest meal is on temporary hold (it's totally not vegetarian) until tomorrow afternoon when we will feast at lunchtime. Yesterday, we had a nice lazy morning with pastries from Ken's Artisan Bakery and scrambled eggs (prepared by Jesse). After breakfast we decided to take a walk, which turned out to be more epic than expected. It was nice to get out in the cool air and we saw several trees that are starting to turn colors for the fall. 
We arrived home a little after lunch and stuffed our faces because we were all starving. Jesse crashed for a few minutes and took a nap, but woke up rejuvenated. Around 4pm he and Ben went out for a run and I had the place all to myself. Ben is here in Portland taking a week-long class, so he had reading and homework to do in preparation for his first day. That wasn't a problem at all, since Jesse needed to prepare for an interview today and I was reading the nearly 300-page voter guide for Oregon elections. We have fourteen different measures to vote for/against this election. I'm pretty glad that Oregon votes entirely by mail so I don't have to memorize my answers for each one!
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