And it was ridiculous.
Yeah. It was awesome. I am very full. And I am very much going to be running tomorrow.
I made roasted garlic breadsticks (with my cutie stand-mixer) too, which were fannnnnnnntastic.
Since I'm in the mood (and not in the mood to work on my damn paper that's due in a week), here is the other stuff I've been up to lately:
A while back, Patrick bought this awesome print of Husky Stadium, which promptly sat in its tube for a good year-and-a-half (at least) without a frame. So, I got a coupon for 60% off custom framing at Michaels (they always have those sales) and got it done! I got a black frame with a white mat and Husky purple mat accent. Actually, the Husky purple just ends up looking black against all of the black and white, but whatevs.
I also framed the AWESOME present Steve got Patrick from PAX
For those of you who aren't dorks, these guys wrote video game reviews for Computer Gaming World and Games for Windows magazines (before they went under) and hosted the podcast "The Brodeo," under the pretense of talking about videogames. They are hillarious, smart, and awesome dudes, and now that they don't do The Brodeo anymore I follow their twitters and blogs pretty religiously and sometimes listen to their podcast off-shoots.
Yep, Steve got that poster SIGNED by all of The Brodeo members. Super badass.
I've also been working on getting our apartment up to our standards for the much-anticipated event which I love.... CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I have a problem. I love the holidays. It's going to be especially awesome for me because the WHOLE FAMILY is coming out here for it! Yep, that's right. My mom, dad, and sister are coming out all the way from Seattle; my new bro and sis in-law are coming out and bringing my new niece and nephew; my cousins are coming out to visit their parents (my aunt and uncle who live in Baltimore); and of course we already have Patrick's parents over here as well. Serious family-fest. It's going to be spectacular.
So, I finally got around to fixing something that we've had on the to-do list for a long long time: replacing the cushions in our furniture. This furniture was handed down to us from Patrick's parents, and I don't think I'm exaggerating by saying that it is 30 years old, foam cushions and all. Yeah, I knew it was probably gross and filled with pounds and pounds of dust mites, but I really had no idea. We've been dragging our feet on this because foam is surprisingly expensive. However, once I opened up one of the covers, I knew it couldn't wait any longer. That shit was GROSS! It was all deteriorating and discolored (I'm assuming) and turning into a fine powder, which was working its way through the covers.
I've finished replacing the covers on the loveseat and ottoman, but the foam I got (on sale from JoAnns) was much firmer than what we were used to, so I'm going to splurge a little more on comfortable foam for Patrick and my chairs. Actually I started putting that foam on my chair, but after realizing how firm it was, switched over to the loveseat option.
My freshly polished chair:
(now it's just sitting all sad and bare without a cushion until I can get the nicer foam for it)
The foam I got:
Can you tell which one just had its cover washed?
Here's what it actually ended up looking like on the loveseat:
I sewed the buttons on it and everything myself!!! Not bad, if I do say so myself. (Of course, as I said, it is SUPER firm compared to how it used to be, so that kind of sucks, but at least I have the peace of mind knowing it's completely clean and will last a while now, and was done relatively cheaply.)
All of my other Christmas-related activities have been in purchasing decorations (I got these sweet icicle lights from Costco, and have been periodically using my 40-50% off Michaels coupons for Christmas garland) and planning out how to rearrange our place so that we can actually use our dinner table and have room to make Hilma a bedroom area.
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