Recent Weekends

Two weekends ago we went to San Francisco to see the "Tut" exhibit at the De Young museum in San Francisco (note: we hate San Francisco; it's a dirty, frustrating city). My parents gave Sean tickets for his birthday, and the exhibit was really interesting. After having wandered through the museum looking at artifacts and art from South America (from the A.D. time period), seeing what the Egyptians were doing in the B.C.'s was amazing. Most of what we were looking at came from 1450-1300 B.C., and the artistry was incredible. Also, did any of you know that there were actually five boxes surrounding King Tut, not just the one sarcophagus? I didn't remember that from my sixth-grade unit on ancient Egypt. Alas, there aren't any pictures, because photography isn't allowed inside the exhibit.

Last weekend (i.e. a couple days ago) I made some curtains for our kitchen. That's right--I MADE CURTAINS! Previous to my weekend project, the only thing I had ever sewn--ever--was one button back onto my favorite peacoat. I had received a small (read: beginner's) sewing machine for my college graduation, so I decided to put it to use. Steve likes to get up on the counter in our kitchen, which means we either leave the blinds up all the time or he messes them up. We've been leaving them up, but that means potential naked exposure (the kitchen window practically looks right into our bedroom at the back of the apartment). So, curtains. Or sew curtains. Either way, I made them. They are nowhere near perfect; in fact, I'm probably going to make some more in a different fabric. However, the important thing is that I finished them, and they are curtain-like enough that they'll do for now. Sean was kind enough to say that he likes them, but I'm not happy enough with them to post photos just yet.