Monday, May 19, 2008

sew i'm random

happy monday. i know, it's a little late for that wish ... but happy monday all the same. the past few weeks have been busy. i like busy. staying occupied is good for 'becca. when i'm not occupied i do ridiculous things. but we can't talk about that. ;)

i've been to three of the railcats five games this season. the season opener was thursday - they lost. but they won in extra innings on friday. they lost again on saturday (the game i wasn't at), but they won again on sunday. i wonder how they're doing tonight ... i still highly recommend going to see them play. and don't give me that "but it's in GARY!" crap. it's a good time. you'll have fun. and if you do happen to die ... well, at least you were at a baseball game. and that's not a bad way to go.

speaking of baseball games - i'll be watching the cubs play this weekend. definitely going to the saturday evening game, possibly to the sunday afternoon game, too. depends on how we're feeling & what we decide about the drive home. oh, did i mention the cubs are playing in pittsburgh this weekend?

i'm working on a quilt for alicia's birthday. i can say that on here because ... well ... she's three & doesn't read. and holly already knows about because she had to approve the fabric (or at least, i thought she should), so it's not like i'm ruining a surprise. it's going well. lynn's been pressing my seams while i sew - so it's been going quite quickly. i'd guess we're about half done with the first set of seams. probably more than half done. *counts* yup. almost 75% done, actually. that's excellent. lynn's good to me.

i saw this really great crafty artwork idea today that involved strips of magazine pages. so i'm finally finding a great use for my stack of (if you're reading this joe, cover your eyes) shore magazines. i originally intended for them to sit on my bookcase to make me look cultured. but frankly, most people who will see my bookcase know better than to believe i'm cultured. :) so i'll use them for crafty artwork instead. i'm picturing something fabulous for my bedroom walls. and possibly something for the living room.

speaking of the living room ... have i told you my big plans for the west wall of the living? no? that's because i'm not telling anyone about it yet. okay, that's not completely true. there are about four people who know my big plans. but until i have a great method worked out for accomplishing the plans ... mum's the word.

the letter-of-the-day game will be coming to an end this week. we have three letters left to pull. after that we will be in need of a new morning pick-me-up.

speaking of morning pick-me-ups, i totally started my day with blueberry pancakes from sophia's today. yumm-o. don't get me wrong, they weren't any crunch cakes from lynn's paradise cafe ... but they were tasty & a lot closer to home.

and speaking of tasty (this is how my mind words when i'm a little bit tired, but really want to talk) ... i'm currently in LOVE with raw asparagus. i like asparagus cooked. i've liked it cooked for years. it's tasty stuff. but have you ever had it raw? especially the li'l tender baby pieces? fresh from the farm? absolutely fabulous. the "fresh from the farm" is an important part of the equation. A - fresh asparagus is sweeter than five-day-old asparagus. and 2 - when someone you know grows it, you know it doesn't have the pesticides & such on it that store-bought asparagus has. raw asparagus: one more thing i highly recommend.

oh man, raw asparagus at a railcats game? that would be amazing.

i know, call me a noodle-user, but i just said to myself "self, why not check the railcats web site for a score?" and sure enough, at the bottom of the sixth, the railcats are winning 9-0. don't you wish you were there?

we're having a yard sale at my parents' house this thursday & friday. so if you've been waiting for that perfect excuse to come say hi ... don't miss this great opportunity! ;)

let's see ... what else could i tell you? surely more has happened since the last time i blogged ...

i watched pirates of the caribbean two & three this past week. i watched most of an episode of house - my first time with that. i'm definitely not going to see every alan alda movie this month. however, i am more than halfway to my goal of not eating restaurant french fries this month. the worst part about that challenge is that i'll really want french fries when i'm at hard rock cafe this weekend. but i will be strong. oh yes. i will survive.

i'm going to try & exchange my hard rock cafe sweatshirt this weekend. would you believe the zipper on the silly thing broke just a couple of weeks after i bought it? of course, i have no receipt to take with me (i never keep receipts) ... but considering it's embroidered with "hard rock cafe pittsburgh", i'm thinking it's kinda obvious i bought it there. if they won't let me exchange it, i'll see what sophie will charge me to put a new zipper in. this is not a sewing task i'm willing to take on for myself. no, no. not with such a fabulous piece of souvenir apparel on the line. what do you think i am? crazy?

you really don't need to answer that question.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

'becca,

I hope you have a great weekend! Will it be extra long because of Memorial Day? I hope so. I'm still working on what my Holiday Plans will be....Pittsburgh, probably won't work, though...too bad! I hope you have fun! And...it must be way too long since the last time we hung out because I had no idea how 'into' baseball you were!!! What's happening???

5/19/08, 10:22 PM  
Blogger Jessica said...

I have always wanted to go to a railcats game!! It's a shame I haven't gone either since I only live about 5-10 minutes away! Maybe someday we can meet up and go together!! I don't like baseball but the railcats and you...it could be FUN!! And Gary isn't that bad if you know what places to avoid (and thankfully I do!)

5/20/08, 10:10 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for the update.

5/20/08, 10:23 AM  
Blogger Dave said...

I've had farmer's market asparagas these last two weeks since the farmer's market openned it's the main edible thing they're selling. It tastes much better fresh, I must agree.

I also agree with showing some love to your local minor league teams. They're cheap, and they're fun. I haven't gone to the schaumburg flyers, but I do go to all the Chicago Rush (indoor football) and some of the Chicago Wolves (AHL hockey) games. I went to see the Windy City Rollers (women's rollerderby) this year too, and that was also a lot of fun.

5/23/08, 7:51 AM  

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