The past few weeks have been rather surreal.  Things are starting to get into normal mode at work but we are soooo short handed that we still have to work at high gear for most of the week.  We are down to about 55% of the recommended staffing level, that's 1 full time person and 4 part-time people that we just don't have.  I honestly don't know ( Read more... )

Totally thrilled!  I unearthed Kirk's old radio key yesterday.  It has "Service Buzzer, Signal Corps U.S. Army, Model 1914" stamped into the front of it.  It's in a worn leather box and weighs a ton - even with the battery and converters removed.  Anyway, it's going into use for the Steampunk event we're going to shortly after Thanksgiving.  I'm ( Read more... )

So I thought my car was on it's last legs (wheels?) the other day.  Kirk and I switch cars back and forth periodically, mine is more fuel efficient so if one of us is at home for the day the other will drive my car.  His has more carrying capacity and can tow things, so if there's a need for plywood or lumber we take his ( Read more... )

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A year or so ago I found a great online bead store.  Lots of variety and pretty good prices, depending on what it is you're looking for.  I purchased my beads, they arrived, they were beautiful and made lovely jewelry.  Then I started receiving his email "newsletter".  It's hysterical.  So hysterical that I just had to share the one that came today ( Read more... )

So I've been yearning for one of my favorite cheeses lately, Reblochon.  It's a deliciously creamy washed rind cheese about the size of a dessert plate.  It earned AOC (Appellation d'Origine Controllee - sorry, missing the accent marks) in 1958 and has a rather colorful, perhaps creative, history.  Supposedly when the cow was milked out the farmer ( Read more... )

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1) You've lived in more than one Kingdom. If you could design the perfect Kingdom, using aspects you've seen in the places you'd live, which three features would it include? Do these features all come from a single source, are they shared in common with more than one, or is your ideal Kingdom a mix of aspects from more than one?

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Last night I was scheduled to work inventory, which means I was working from 3pm to midnight.  As I've been getting up at 4:30am of late this means that I am a bit crispy when 8:30pm rolls around.  Happily, we finished at 9:15 and were able to head home early ( Read more... )