Curtain Catastrophy

So, my time has been consumed with playing World of Warcraft-- an online role playing game. It's pretty fun. I have a character who can run around and whack enemies with her sword, cast spells, and summon some big blue blob that can whack enemies for her. I bought my character all the essentials, including a pet cat. Hey, if I can't have a pet in real life, at least I can have one in a silly little game.

I start working on Monday. I feel a little bad for idling around for so long-- but in my defense, it was their application process that took so long. So, soon I will have joined the working world.

Charles family is visiting come tomorrow. Charles is excited to show off his new culinary skills, so he's planning on cooking a big dinner for everyone. And now we have a table and almost enough chairs for everyone! So, he should be able to pull this off. We'll see how it goes.

In preparation for their visit, I had wanted to make curtains for all the windows. Charles insisted that we should wait a while before getting a sewing machine-- seeing that they can run on the expensive side. So we went to bed bath and beyond to buy curtains. Our first problem of course was my inability to measure the windows properly. I was shocked to see how much a rectangle of fabric with a hem on the bottom costs. It's outrageous. And then you need at least 2 panels for any window. And don't forget the valence and the sash and the draperies and... and...

So after dropping a lot more money at bed and beyond then any sewing machine would cost we came home with and arsenal of kitchen doodads and curtain stuff. I did't get a big enough rod for the living room window (note: return curtain rod) so instead I installed the one over the kitchen. Securing the curtain rod was a pain-- apparently our walls are concrete-like rock instead of sheet rock. After much toiling, I got the rod supports on the wall, only to find that the curtain rod does not fasten securely to the wall. It stays there, but comes off is a fury each time I try to put curtain up there. Plus the curtain are way too long (I can understand floor length, but these were ridiculous). I could always hem them... I'll I'd need in a sewing machine. (note: return curtains) So in the end purchased curtains have turned out to be a big ugly pain. I'm going to return them all and get the sewing machine I really wanted. Then I can make curtains that fit.