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    Saturday, August 16th, 2008
    11:20 pm
     I made cheese for the first time tonight. It was awesome! OMG, it was awesome. Thank heavens for weird Pennsic courses. I used apple cider vinegar and seasoned it with dill. Yummy! We ate most of it tonight with pecan nut thins. I'm thinking this'll be something I'm going to play with for quite a while.
    Friday, August 15th, 2008
    4:21 pm
    Curia's tonight. I'm going to have to be charming, and confident, anf sound like i know what I'm doing to explain a couple of ideas.

    I think I'd rather eat a 10lb bag of potatoes (with 2lbs of butter and a cup of salt, maybe have 3 or 4 pots of tea to wash it down) and sleep for the next 2 days or so. Sudden downswing of energy unexpected and potentially crippling to groovy ideas. :(
    2:07 pm
    Latte-drinking, SUV-driving,Chino-wearing Momma Day
    I had a great morning withthe kids. Elliot in particular was awesome. He carried grocery bags, unlocked doord, and helped me put away stuff. My little dude is growing up so fast! He even checked to make sure that I had rememebered to get Emma out of the truck (she was asleep, and yes I had).

    I'm putting some snacks into our travel bag and getting these guys out to play in the sand for a bit. One thing I've learned over the past 5 years is that my kids need exercise!
    Sunday, August 10th, 2008
    8:27 pm
     Back from Pennsic. It was so cool! I need a nap and lots of hot water. Got confused (again) over what tent I was sleeping in last night, but was so happy with the bed I didn't care.
    Friday, July 25th, 2008
    9:31 am
     We're going to be leaving for Pennsic soon! I will drop off all known radar and be a linen-wearing, knuckle-dragging, bruise-sporting (occasionally ladylike) wahoo  of the 13th century for 2 weeks! Yay Pennsic!

    Only snag being, we still have to cram 2 hemets and a bag of civvies into an already stuffed truck. I get the feeling that my lap is going to be overflow storage. :P
    Monday, July 21st, 2008
    10:35 am
    Wow, it's 4 days until we leave for Pennsic, and I'm actually fiinished sewing. What a miracle! I do , however, feel like I still should be sewing until 1AM for the rest of the week. I'll enjoy the sleep instead. :)
    Sunday, July 20th, 2008
    5:08 pm
     If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.
    Monday, July 14th, 2008
    10:01 pm
    Great Northeastern War

    What a terrific event! The Priory of St Colin was there in almost full force and we rocked the event most triumphantly. There were many instances of wonderful fighting- Moira and I, with Aldwyn pushed through 4 layers of enemy from and crushed them utterly. tehre was no stopping us We were gods of war and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Camp was amazing too- absolutely no foo whatsoever, all the right people visited, there was good music from the pirate encampment next door, great ideas were hashed out, and there was much groovy firepitness to be had.  But that wasn't all.

    In a most trimphant manner I have acquired myself a Master! Gwenillian Rhiannon agreed to take me as squire! Wolfie and Daniel are now my squire-brothers! This frikin' ROCKS! I am so happy, and she (and Artos too, for that matter) seem to be very pleased with me.  Of course, this makes Colin my cousin, but I guess that''s better than being my brother. :)



    Current Mood: ecstatic
    Sunday, July 6th, 2008
    11:38 pm
     I can't believe that I'm saying that I'm going to bed early right now. Mad sewing rush still on- tonight (after family settled) I  got Colin's heraldic surcoat rehemmed, his new red one cut out, Elliot's red Priory surcoat cut out, and Emma's new red Priory shift cut.

    Tomorrrow's going to involve a whole lot of sewing, and cussing. The two seem to coexist . Oh, and that old quantum anomaly in my sewing room is still in good working order. Carefully measured rectangles are coming out trapezoids and parallelograms. Can't wait to move out so I can cut a straight line again.

    Oh, and I have a whopper of a cold. In July. This isn't bloody fair.

    Current Mood: tired
    1:35 am
    Thusly, It Begins...
     The first of many late-night pre-Pennsic sewing projects completed. I'm now the owner of a spiffy new red sideles surcoat. More linen coming in the mail this week- deep blue and chocolate linen. Yum. Tomorrow marks 2 small projects for colin and one foe Elliot- if he wears it, that is.

    Bedtime for bonzo now.
    Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
    8:59 pm
     Elliot came back from karate camp quite triumphant. They were playing a game of "swords and shields" with pool noodles and padded targets. Elliot tagged down a blackbelt! That's my good llittle thug! :)
    Monday, June 30th, 2008
    12:34 pm
    we d ropped Elliot off to Karate Camp this morning. A week-long day camp, so it's not like he'll be gone forever...but still, it was a wrench. Especially the way he blithely ran off without a backwards glance. Especially especially when he got that "patient kid humouring parent" face when I called him back for a kiss. My little dude is growing up.

    In other news, I went to the gym and had a great workout. then when I picked Emma up at the daycare, she told me that a pair of 4-year-olds bullied and hit her. They also threw her shoes into the trash can. I am intensely displeased and am considering terminating my gym membership- the excellent daycare is one of the reasons we pay a little bit more at this gym. Hell, it'd be cheaper to go to the Y, and then we'd have a family membership there. Grr.
    Sunday, June 29th, 2008
    9:08 pm
    Back home now. Is good. Is tired. Is infested with pantry beetles. Is gross.

    I fall down now.
    Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
    8:15 pm
    I went to Nova Scotia

    ...and all I got were these lousy bug bites.

    Saturday, June 21st, 2008
    8:34 pm
    Got to go to a local wedding shower today. Thankfully, everyone knows I am no good at girlie things (other than bearing children and baking cookies) so I was allowed to hang out withthe menfolk. Only so long can I look at potholders and gravy boats without shrieking and running from the room.

    Good thiing, Colin and I got to talk to an old friend of his, and I got to play with his 5-month-old son. babies are cute when I don't have to feed them myself! :) 

    Many tireds going on now, 8:30 and I'm ready for a bath and bed.
    Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
    5:04 pm
    Obligatory Parental Visit

    Heading to Moncton, NB tomorrow. Home of the world-famous Tidal Bore (known locally as the Total Bore), capitalistic mayhem at Champlain Place Mall, and distribution centre for throusands of disgruntled nominally French-speaking Acadians.

    God have mercy on our souls.

    Monday, June 16th, 2008
    5:19 pm
    Rest less, bored, want to go home now. Truro has not changed in a year and probably won't change for another decade or so. I am not where I belong and I feel the dislocation most acutely.

    For someone whose normally happy all the time for no apparent reason, this mood is astonishing in its darkness. I want perky me back.

    I'm going to sear something now. At least there's a massive BBQ here for me to play with. 
    7:55 am
     Still in Canada. Went to see "You don'r mess with the Zohan" Last night and laughed my ass off. Terrible movie, but funny anyway.

    Emma got me up at 5AM, I am less than perky.
    Saturday, June 14th, 2008
    9:44 pm
    Invasion Now, Please

    Sudden abrupt family foo has interrupted our happy little expatiate lives. yet again it is June and we find ourselves in NS. The invasion force/rescue mission can begin any time now. Be sure to bring civilized warm weather when you come.

    I wanna go HOME!

    Sunday, June 1st, 2008
    8:02 pm
    Fight Practice

    Got to be the work-in-progress person at Keene. Which means everyone took a turn at learnin' me a bit. Wow, I'm tired and various bits of me are bright purple and sore. Ow, I hurt. Profoundly.

    It was SO freakin' cool. I LOVE this game!

    Yes, I know I'm insane. Gwen says it's a side effect of the development I'm presently going through. Woohoo, insanity GOOD!

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