Happy Halloween!

The highlight of the Fall season is upon us. Lets rejoice, shall we? *tosses candy in air*

Huzzah to the best holiday ever. Which makes me a bit sad since it is the middle of the week and I am not doing anything special tonight. If I am lucky, Jessica will come over and we will eat the mystery Eastern European chocolates that Caillie sent me. (none of it has labels I can read so who knows what in there)

If not, I will probably continue the struggle against the disorder in my apato. Last night, the battle vs. clothes was a clear victory. Everything got put away, rearranged and items that need to go away have been bagged up for delivery to the civic council. Ta ta ta! I think I might actually be able to fit all my storage bins in my closet! I suppose it is a bit silly to get excited about such things but hey it makes me happy! Now if I could convince my retainers that they should do stuff for me in my mundane life. Then my evil plans would be complete!!

Have a good Halloween!!!!! Enjoy Homestarrunner's Halloween special!

Halloween - Glitter Graphics

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The blog post about the trip to Nord dakota and Halloween's quick arrival

First of all, HOLY CRAP, tomorrow is Halloween! I have been so distracted by SCA stuff it has snuck up on me. Wow. Its not like I do anything special anyway. Nobody ever comes to my door for candy so I end up eating it myself. I haven't really bought any extra candy this year but I do have some in case I need it. Usually a bunch of us go out to dinner dressed up. I will never forget last year when Jessica and Sam taped their legs together so they could be Siamese twins. It was quite the show watching them get in and out of the van. Not sure if I will dress up tomorrow or not. I usually dress up for work but not sure if I will do it this year. Maybe Her Majesty will go to work for me and I can stay at home.

Vivant for the Shire of Dreibrucken! We had a good time elevating them to full status. Everyone seemed to be having a good time at the event.

We left home Friday night and headed up ol' 29 after picking Morton up in SF. Didn't have any problems but we did see a lot of bloodstained highway and random bits of things. It is the season for that. Thankfully Hagan's good karma is in tact and we had Princess Yue light our way. The moon was gorgeous!

We got to Hrodir's around 11 and got settled it. Saturday morning came rather early but everyone got ready in time and we headed out. More dead deer and blood along the highway. We made it to site about the time Hagan had projected. Pretty good considering we left Fargo a little later than we had planned. A lot of people were there already. Other people unloaded the van since I am not allowed. Got dressed and visited. I mostly visited with people all day. I had a bit of a sinus headache so it was hard to focus. The impromptu A&S display was fun to watch snowball. It never fails to amuse when someone sparks an idea and then everyone runs with it.

Fiona brought her indulgences cards with her and I think all were sold. It helped that we had two pretty girls run around and sell them. I think the cookies helped too. We will be selling them at Boars Head so that should be fun. On the way home, We came up with a whole bunch of terms and conditions to put on the back of the cards. The money raised from the indulgences are going to go to the Northshield endowment fund. If anyone has any good indulgences that we should add to our list, feel free to email me.

In the afternoon, most of the fighters spend the afternoon playing with combat archery and inside they danced.

Around 4:30 we had court and that went well. Hagan gave out more tacos to everyones amusement. The scroll for Dreibrucken Charter turned out quite well. There wasn't a whole lot of business so court was short and sweet. We brought along the Northsheild Horn and Thunderbunny and Hrodir had a good time taking turns sounding it.


Feast was yummy especially the chicken gravy. mmmm. At the end I was very full and not willing to move very fast. Dishes got washed, we packed up, site was cleaned and then we went off to Mark's to relax, visit and sleep. I met Mark or Wulfhere ages ago at my first trip to Lilies. It was good to see him again.

Sunday we headed south. It was a long windy drive home. Somewhere around Watertown we got hit by a microburst that about blew us off the highway. Crikey. Thankfully there were no deer met on the way home.

This Saturday is the Feast of St. Kates.

No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace, As I have seen in one autumnal face

This weekend had not one but two perfect Autumn days. One bright and sunny with glorious color and the other dark and moody that made me happy to curl up on the couch and long for a good bowl of soup. Both days had weather that makes me love fall. So glorious.

My weekend was good. Not as good as those who went to Otsukimi but good. It was nice to rest up. Didn't get as much cleaning done as I wanted to. Okay I got very little done but my junk mail pile is no more but it was nice to relax and just be.

Sexie

Nailz and I saw Eddie's Sexie show a few years back. I can't wait til it comes out on DVD in the States.

Fall Crown

I haven't had any time lately to update my blog. Meh. But that's life.

We had a smashing good time at Crown. I almost didn't want to go home which is funny since the week before I had felt like craptar. Somehow I managed to strain something in the middle of my back right below my right shoulder blade. While I was a wake I felt okay, little sore but okay but when I tried to lay down OMG the pain. Ai ya. So needless to say I got very little sleep that week. I did go to my bone cracker and that helped but not completely. I was feeling somewhat better by the time we headed out to the Hills.

We had a good trip out. Went fast and no problems driving. We got to Lead about 7ish MST and Rachel met us there. We dumped off out stuff and quickly headed back to Deadwood for the Crab legs/Prime Rib buffet at the Silverado. We were super hungry. They buffet was pretty good. It was hot and lots of it so no one went hungry. After supper we headed back up the mountain and everyone had gotten there by that time. There were lots of SCA people staying at the hotel so it was good to visit with everyone. With my back being stupid I was in no hurry to go to bed so stayed up late with the insomnia club.

The morning came rather quickly when you go to bed about 2am but didn't feel to bad in the morning. Got duded up and headed over to site to get set up. Activity was in full swing and people were busy setting up. Before I knew it it was time for Court and the introductions of all the combatants and consorts. It felt a little weird since less than six months before I had been one of the people presented into court and given flowers. After that there was a little break while everyone got ready and prepared for battle!

The tourney went by very quickly. Much fast than the one Hagan won. That seemed to last all day. There were many good bouts and all were well fought. In the end it came down to Lars vs. Geoffrey and Lars was victorious. Vivant Lars and Mary Heirs of Northshield!!!
Here is a video of the final bout. Thanks to Anora for taking pictures.


The rest of the day was spent visiting and meetings. I also got a back massage (thanks Devon) and a bone cracking session from the Saucy Frenchmen. Cracking the bones never felt so good. Ahhhhhh. It really helped too. I am on the mend.

Feast was fun and yummy but like last Crown I was exhausted and not overly hungry. It was a good feeling that Crown was over and we had accomplished that task.

The rest of the night was spent running around the Hotel with Kol looking for fun. Hagan and his knights were having a good time torturing Evan. Much fun was had. I got a box of clothes from Nordskogen. Everything fit beautifully. Its amazing how people can do that. Not one of my skills. I need the person there. All very beautiful and I can't wait to wear them. I made a new viking apron dress for the weekend. I think it turned out nice. I got several complements and that made me happy.

Next up: Trip to Bismark to make them a shire.

Trek across the State

This weekend is Crown Tourney so that means a trek across SD to Lead. Hopefully it will be an good trip. I am looking forward to seeing everyone out there. I am also hoping that all the leaves haven't abandoned the trees yet and it is a beautiful fall weekend.

Pete and repeat

This week is almost identical to last week except the numbers and names have been changed to protect the guilty.

I wish I had something interesting to say but sadly I don't. The only news I have is that they are discontinuing my peanut phone and I have to get an upgrade. sigh I like my peanut phone although it has been acting up.

One good thing is that we have a three day weekend!!

love this song