The extra moisture will be absorbed and the sand will just fall right off.

The Comforts from Home Project works with USO2Go, which sends kits to US military troops to help give them some of the comforts of home while they’re deployed..Although we’re Canadian, since we live just a few minutes from the American border, we definitely feel a strong connection with the US and support their troops trying to keep everyone at home safe.

Kennedy has even been playing in a soccer league in Michigan this Fall, and we’ve really enjoyed being able to spend more time over there.. On one of those trips across the border, we picked up some Marie Callender’s and made a quick family-style meal to enjoy back at the hotel room.. It’s so much easier doing it that way with a baby!Eating in restaurants all the time when we’re on the road with can be exhausting, especially now that we’ve entered into that “dropping everything on the ground from the high chair” phase.Since this program is only valid in the US, we made sure to enter our codes in while we were on that side of the border.. Here’s a little more detailed info about the Comforts from Home Project:.

– Marie Callender’s Comforts From Home Project makes it easy to support the brave men and women of the U.S. military.Simply enter the eight-digit code found on specially marked packages of Marie Callender’s dinners and desserts online at www.ComfortsFromHome.com, and they’ll send a donation to USO2GO.

Each code entered equals a $0.50 donation to the USO2GO program.. – USO2GO is a USO program that brings kits filled with electronics, sports gear, books, games and more to troops stationed in remote locations around the world.. – Each kit will contain the comforts of home, such as games, athletic equipment, books and furnishings.

USO2GO kits help to transform a remote base into a place where troops can organize a pick-up football game, relax in beanbag chairs and swap stories, or send e-mails to loved ones back home.. – Visit ComfortsfromHome.com to learn more about how you can join Marie Callender’s in helping to bring a little bit of home sweet home to our U.S. service men and women overseas.. – For every entry by 1/31/2015 of an 8-digit code found on participating products, Marie Callender’s will donate $.50 to the USO2GO program.I think it has a really great vintagey baseball feel when it’s put in the room with everything else.. Of course, that’s a lot of fabric, so I still needed to get a little bit of help getting it all measured and cut, because that required bending over.

Measuring it was simple.We measured from the curtain rod down to the floor and added 4 inches.

1 inch for the hem at the bottom, and 3 inches for the curtain rod pocket at the top.For the width, we just left it as-is and it was perfect.