well, that's what this place is for, after all... updating ( Read more... )

King and Queen's fencing champs is now less than one week away. Which means that the planning for this event has been many many months. I'm very nervous. Mostly about the weather, over which I have no control. I should be excited, but, ironically, I find myself stewing with worry over something unexpected ( Read more... )

or at least, today was very "me ( Read more... )

It's turkey eating season. While I am not a big fan of turkey, I love soups. So I took our first turkey carcass last week and turned it into 7 rather large servings of turkey-potato-carrot-onion-mushroom soup. Seasoned with parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. (It's not a song, it's a recipe). I have been dutifully bringing one serving each day ( Read more... )

Gah; it's happened again. I find myself once again in the middle of OhMyGodTooMuchToDo. My to-do list just gets longer every day. I am blessed with several commissions for my metalwork. Two have a deadline that is approaching way faster than I'd like. Work is insane; I forgot about a deadline so I realized I had to give up my Sunday to work on ( Read more... )

Fencing Sunday, then 5 hours' sleep ( Read more... )

Some number of years ago (the exact figure is debatable) my spouse and I reached an agreement - I would bring home the bacon, and he would cook it. This isn't so much a statement of role reversal as it is of his ability to cook (well, bake) bacon. This past weekend I found myself lamenting to a third party that it has been a while since bacon has ( Read more... )

I have come to love hostas. They are everything that was advertised - hardy and dense and, did I mention hardy? My current house came with a lot of them. And I do mean a LOT. They were planted about a year before we bought the house, probably to make it look appealing to potential buyers. Now that makes them about 4 years old and since they ( Read more... )

I am very excited ( Read more... )

“The bastard is dead. Ha Ha The Bastard is dead ( Read more... )