Yeah - still in a good mood. though that may be because i'm not squeaking in pain each time i hit my thumb. yeah, got it very nicely with the mandoline, but at least it's starting to heal.
Went over to
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raventhourne and posadnik_ivan's on Friday to learn how to set up my wheel. It's now in the living room and I've been playing around with it. Of course, by playing around, I mean just using pedaling it to get the motion down. Which is actually working rather well, which is spiffy. Next step is getting some stuff and practicing feeding.Oddly enough, or maybe not, it's kind of soothing. The wheel's a little funky - among other things, in unpacking, we found out it had been in storage for about 15 years (
cowboy_r did a short, dramatic, reading from the ProJo it was wrapped in). But it's here and I love it. Plus, it's really pretty...Of course, I've also been playing way too much Tetris, which may or may not be a good thing. It certainly seems to happily been sucking my soul. Except for the little time I've been playing Folklore, which is an interesting and surprisingly enjoyable little game. (note to self - must. get. the. cait. sidhe.)
Well, all except for the little mishap with my thumb and a mandoline which continues to make life interesting.
Made turkey, scalloped potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, stuffing, cornbread, and several desserts - pumpkin pie, cherry/strawberry crumble, and cheesecake ice cream.
Plans this weekend are, well, very little. There will be cleaning, and setting up of my spinning wheel (*squeal*), and some school work. I am, all told, rather pleased with myself.
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Well, have Estrella sewing plans plotted out. This is a very good thing. And I'm actually pretty sure it's all doable, which is even better. Stuff won't be perfect, but we're slowly heading in a direction towards more things I'm actually proud of making. Going to get Dom to warp up his loom(s) and make me trim as well, so there shall be prettiness.
And a pavilion. Panther Trader Tent shall be ours!
Plans this afternoon, once I get home, include thus - making dinner and doing schoolwork. I'm rather behind on the discussions for one of my classes, so I'm going to knock out several of them and then get to work on two quizzes, a paper due Friday, and an assignment due Thursday before I can sit back and goof off more.
This sounds like a brilliant plan to me. It really does.
And finally, once more, a great big FU to my body. Namely, the fact that I'm breaking out and it annoys me. Granted, it's slowly clearing up (I think), thanks to some aggressive attacking on my part and a few changes in things. But that doesn't make it any less annoying...
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It's a rather nice dark-green lightweight linen. The only f'ing downside is it's precut into three pieces (I ordered 5 yards). A second look yields that it may have been remnants or something similar as I'm not seeing it on Renaissance Fabric's site at the moment. All things considered though, it's not a tragedy due to it being destined for Viking stuff.
And I do really like the color.
Southern went well.
domnall and I both took pictures, and when we got home I sucked it up and paid for a Flickr account and posted 'em. Is where you can find them. I still need to go through and properly label most of them and delete a few, but you get the idea.Home, happy, life is good.
Hot shower, food being made for dinner, I'm happy.
Photos will be uploaded
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Ah, home. Much as I enjoy SCA camping events, I really do love getting <i>home</i>.
Hot shower, food being made for dinner, I'm happy.
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Hot shower, food being made for dinner, I'm happy.
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-Something I can't think of right now...
-Dishes done
-Homework finished
I can't help but feel like I'm missing something. I know what I need to do tomorrow (pack a few small things, hit up Target, and get together with
weavedancer)) before heading up.Let's see, anything else? Not really. There's a bit of personal stuff, which is... not bad. Actually, it's alright.
But damn it, I'm trying!
Other than that, things are good. Assorted RP stuff is nicely sorted. (translation: will get app in for Void and have decided to kill Aeterno in it's tracks. It was decided that, well, we were enjoying ourselves too much to let others in on the fun. *grin*) My various and sundry other pursuits seem to be leveling out, which is... nice. Slowly working on the library here at home and overall, I'm happy.
And finally, a guest blog on
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robinmckinleys led me to some lovely spindles. Butterfly Girl Designs and Golding Fiber Tools.- Music:Empire Records - because it makes me happy
Overall, a good weekend, I must say. This is particularly true after the sheer chaos of Friday. Alright, maybe it wasn't chaos so much as completely and utterly draining.
Saturday was the Breeder's Cup, and on a whim, I gave my dad a call. He'd mentioned it was this weekend, as had a dear friend of mine (Jon), who's about the only RTIP person I still really talk to and my source of almost all lovely racing gossip. And I figured "well, it's been too long since I've watched a race, it's a good excuse for dad to come over, why not?"
He brought over the Form, we provided lunch and dinner and a TV (*cackles* I love the fact that we still get some cable channels even though we don't actually have cable, just a really nice internet connection). No bets were placed (mainly because, I think, we didn't feel like leaving), but we did not do half bad at all. One if entitled to pleasure when a very nice longshot wins. Some of the races were wonderful and it was, as always, a pleasure to hear Trevor's voice. The Classic was damned good and I can see the appeal of Zenyatta. The loading was also interesting, if only because I've not seen a scratch at the gate in a long while. Overall, considering that I haven't looked at a Form in over a year, pretty damned good.
Sunday we saw The Men Who Stare At Goats with my dad and a friend of his (all four of us agreed it was very fun) and cleaned. Then, weavedancer and dverning and Faye came over for My Name Is Bruce and dinner. And then we tossed on Final Fantasy: Advent Children because, well, I think because Dom could. And it was just fun, which was definitely enjoyable. The house is looking better, and well, we discovered that not having checked the pool in awhile means there are mosquito larve in it. (Which means a trip to Home Depo after the Chiropractor this afternoon so we can shock it to high heaven. Which is fine anyway as we needed propane for the new stove.)
Tonight, need to find stuff for Southern so we can pack tomorrow. Also need to work on school stuff so that I'm not totally behind when we get back. I'm looking forward to it, though, without a doubt. Good chance to get out of Tucson, without a doubt.
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I think sleeping funky is the best bet on that front. This is the second day/evening running this has happened.
School goes well - just plodding along. That seems the most appropriate description, oddly enough. It's not bad, really. I've got stuff set for next term and this one isn't looking too bad as it stands. Which I honestly rather like, all things considered.
Need to dredge up the stuff we'll need for Southern this weekend. Not going to Coronation (alas), but the time is needed for other shit right now. We're going up Wednesday night, which will be interesting, never been up that early.
Caught Zombieland (very good) over the weekend and 9 (decent) at the cheap theater tonight. Will likely catch up with my dad for The Men Who Stare At Goats (looks v. funny) on Sunday.
Oh! And my mom sent a small package of what can only be described as the brownies of doom. These things are little squares of rich, fudgy, goodness.
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- Music:Dom plyaing Arkham Asylum
domnall. On the bright side, this meant we got there half-way through the last Black-Eyed Peas song, which was just fine by me. And Red Zone tickets meant that while we were very close - just outside the outer ring - and we weren't squished in like sardines.)Work goes swimmingly. The big project that's been eating my soul is actually pretty much done (finding aid, stickers, and staple removal is what's left) and slowly am gearing up for more fun. Granted, I type this part at work, with some remnants in front of me. because I do need to make sure that they're not duplicates. Which they're not, but well... such is the drill.
Of course, I just saw the next project. The scanner and I shall be renewing our friendship.
The plans this weekend are rather quiet, all things considered. Clean, unpack and catalog more, and have my dad over for dinner. Maybe make ice cream. Maybe buy little paint samples for painting the bedroom.
Music lately has consisted of U2, Abney Park, and 36 Madison Avenue - which is Drew's all-male acapella group. I'm sorry, but their version of Center of Attention? Awesome.
Oh, and I need to curse my dad for getting me addicted to 30 Rock...
I would like to take this moment to state my husband is awesome.
U2. Next week. Glendale. Good seats.
*squeals of joy*
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I've got stuff I need to catch up on for grad school - things due tomorrow and Friday. The last month/five weeks has thrown things out of kilter more than I'd like. Mercifully, my profs seem to have been pretty understanding about it all, which makes me feel a bit better.
Once again, am very glad that it's all finished.
Works goes, well, swimmingly. It's looking like I'll be on some interesting things this next quarter (we just started a new fiscal year) and I need to remember to get a listing of monograph supplies needed.
Damn it, I should run out later and mail that package for [Unknown LJ tag]
I didn't do nearly as much chatting with various and sundry folks as I thought I would. Mainly because early on, I wandered into Troll/Heraldry and just sort of ended up staying. Conversation was good, amusing, fun, and I had a good time. plus we found out how many rhode islands will fit in the phoenix metro area. *shudder*
Which really, was totally needed.
In other news - the insurance is all fucking done. This is wonderful. Totally.
Before anything else, I'm directing you lot to a post on my sister's LJ with a kind of neat little video.</a> If you're interested in/like Hinduism - give it a shot.
Grad school continues to plod along. Really, I need to get far better at keeping up with things and dealing with them as they arise and all that jazz. I'm a procrastinator, and I know this all too well. It is, also, a bitch and a half to conquer. i can only hope that, well, everything ends up vaguely alright. Seriously. (And you know what? I kind of know it will. Because things like this usually do. I just enjoy worrying as much as I enjoy procrastinating. Or something akin to that, I think.)
On the other major front - I will rejoice when we're done with, well, everything. Had to drop off another copy of the police report last week, which was a pain. See, apparently they never got the extended list of everything - and insurance needs that before they'll do anything. At least it's not in, so hopefully we can get all that done with soon enough. I've moved onto resignation and just... managing it all.
(As an aside - if you want updates on all this, don't beat about the bush. Just ask me flat out. I'll be in a better mood and you won't get monosyllabic answers. No, this isn't directed at anyone on the flist - this was elsewhere.)
The house is moving along at a nearly snail's pace. However, we're at least getting stuff slowly unpacked and organized. (One of the bedrooms has become a library. Seriously. I'm all kinds of pleased for some reason.) This is a very good thing. Delicious Library really is the best thing, and
domnall's found a spiffy little barcode scanning app for the iPhone. Now, to email Delicious Monster and ask why the videogames won't import. Right, when I get home.We've given up on the pool for the rest of the year. Had it almost set and then everything went to Hell. We'll drain it, clean and patch, and then refill for the winter or something.
Need to dig up clothing for Kingdom A&S this weekend. I think I do know where things are though, which is good. Or at least I've got a vague idea. Granted, it'll likely be the over and underdress I've been wearing for the last several events, but, well, that's what I can find. Getting out and seeing people will be a good thing though. Social interaction FTW! (Gods, I spend too much time online. Not sure if I should worry right now or not...)
Really wish I could go to the weddings of two separate friends next month. That would be awesome, really. Unfortunately, life has conspired and so it shall not be. I won't lie - I'm kind of pissed. Nico and Erin are both very special to me in different ways, and if one wedding wasn't in WA and the other in MA, I'd be at them in a heartbeat. As it is, I need to be a good Willa and remember to buy presents.
With a pair of friends transferring servers to Aggramar, the desire to play WoW has increased. Had fun last night running through Old Kingdom a few times while we were all on Skype so Sam could level. This is a good thing, I think. Actually, I know it is. Combine that with running Star Wars (note to self - have work to do!), and I think I'm OK on the gaming front. Spiffiness.
And now, off to continue in the land of... stuff.
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Because it's been in my head for several hours.
In other news, my father has created a (very happy) monster. For
domnall's birthday, he picked up one of the starter sets at Brew Your Own Brew. We shall likely be going there this weekend to talk about more supplies and a few other spiffy things.Mainly, we did lots of unpacking and organizing and so forth. I gave in and bought Delicious Library, and we're happily on the way to cataloging everything. It's a nice to get that underway. We're at abotu 400 total books and DVDs, split down the middle. And it's not much of a dent in the books. There will be some Bookman's trips, which I'm looking forward to.
Now, though, as the CueCat seems to hate us, it's time to look into a proper scanner.
Made a very tasty leg of lamb last night (though as my dad, who joined us, said "I haven't met a leg of lamb I didn't like), and so that will be feeding us for a few days, which is spiffy.
This really sort of overrides anything else. Granted, it's also tangentially why I'm here and not at the demo - all our SCA stuff is packed in various boxes under more boxes and we're pretty determined to get everything unpacked in a timely manner. Yeah, yeah, yeah - excuses, I know. Soon, people, soon. Sort of feel like everything else needs to be gotten in order first.
Besides, there's a spinning wheel calling my name. I really want to try it out.
Stress levels are fluctuating, but overall going down. This is very good. Now to work on seriously combating this acne break-out. It's annoying me muchly.
Grad school doesn't seem to be the end of the world. I'm only taking two classes - both of which are online. This is different, but rather nice, actually. Work putters along as well, which is also quite nice.
Now, if only I could find my copy of Nanny Ogg's Cookbook for this weekend. I want it signed... Do need to run to Barnes & Noble anyway, to grab something for
squeeky_v.Am also still sad that I will get to neither
holly_housedyke nor nicodaemos's weddings. But a combination of no vacation time and that I'm under 25, hence no car rentals without being disgustingly expensive, means alas - they shall not happen.
