I Am So Martha

I am so Martha Stewart. I have officially completed my recent sewing project of making drapery panels for our living room and kitchen. This project began in October when my in-laws came to visit and Julie and I set out to make the living room panels. Let's just say, I couldn't have done this without her. I have just started sewing (and when I say started, the only projects that I had attempted were several pillows which are now falling apart and took lots of tears and curse words to finish) and I am very intimidated by the entire process. Julie was great! We finished the two panels and Chris and Mike hung them. They looked wonderful. Well, it took me until very recently to get the courage to attempt the two for the kitchen. And with a little help from my fantastic and very logical husband and just a select few curse words (no tears, yay!!!), I finished them tonight. And they look fabulous, if I do say so myself! They are 107" long with grommets used for hanging. Overall the project was very easy and now I have the courage to try something else.

This weekend we went to the Around The World party on base. The pilot training program at Sheppard AFB is a Euro-NATO training program. Chris's fellow instructors and some of his students represent many of the NATO countries. It's very cool. We're friends with Germans, Italians, Dutch, Norwegians, and a Spaniard. This party has booths from every country featuring their best food and drink. We tasted all sorts of food last night including Paella, moussaka, Schnitzel, some sort of Norwegian salted, dried lamb shank (This was much like jerky. Chris found it wonderful, but it didn't sit well with me). The picture to the right is of a Dutch guy serving beer in a large hat that was supposed to look like a beer stein. The American table provided home made cookies and whiskey. Chris even worked the booth for a little bit, handing out whiskey to people and I'm sure selling them on the goodness of bourbon. The place was packed and we had a great time. This base is fantastic because they offer 3 annual events similar to this one: German Oktoberfest and the Dutch Queen's Birthday Party. The QBP is next up. Should be fun!!