My weekends this fall suddenly got very booked once I looked at the event schedule ( Read more... )

So far it has been a productive week.  On monday I surveyed the childrens clothes.  Pulled out all the long pants and long sleeved shirts and made them try them on to see what still fit.  Made a list of how much I need to buy them.  (Of course I fully expect to have to get some more mid-season because they often have a growth spurt then).  Then I ( Read more... )

or better subtitled, Everyone Needs to Visit an ER less than 24 Hours Before They Leave for Pennsic!

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I received the nicest compliment today. Someone who has not seen me in a long time took a double take when I walked up, and immediately could tell that I had lost weight.  Made me feel real nice inside ( Read more... )

I've been lax in writing updates here, so I am sitting down and taking the time for this one.

Last week we were in Montreat for our annual visit with my inlaws.  The kids had been looking forward to this trip immensely.  They love going there and seeing their grandparents -- and since it is usually just us there is no one else they have to share ( Read more... )

I used to post this each year (well, I think I did it at least twice, but that means it is a tradition according to the SCA and so I must continue it).  So here is the return of the basic Pennsic info for moi.

1. Where are you camping?

E5, Ravenstreet.  This is a change of camps for me, so it will be interesting to see how it goes.

2. When are you ( Read more... )

School is out ; kids are home. Life revolves around swimming lessons (happens in two week blocks), and the normal karate-art-piano routine of the year.  Somehow I managed to fit in doctor's appointments for all three.

We had a feline visitor for a week.  A stray showed up on our porch ; small and hungry.  Since she was staying around, I fed her.  ( Read more... )

subtitled, Why It Takes Me Forever To Get Anything Done Around Here

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I'm down just over 25 lbs so far ; puts me about 2 lbs from my initial goal. I've revised that goal down another 5 lbs since I think it is doable ( Read more... )

Someone actually took the alternate-coronet thread on the MR as a serious discussion, and not the spoof it was meant to be?

Correction, more than one person took it seriously, or at least at first?

Humor is lost on so many people.