Meh I feel about as blah as the weather.
I did manage to get into see my bone cracker yesterday. Much better but still a bit sore.
Memorial Day weekend didn't see a lot of action. Mostly putzed around the apato and did a few chores. Finished reading all the manga Nailz loaned me.
Hagan and I went to see Dr. Jones Friday night. I had no expectations and I think that helped. It was amusing in parts but mostly hokey. Not sure about the plot. Lucas and Spielberg really need to stop getting their ideas from the History Channel.
Things are boring so here is a fun meme.
1. Think of the first word that comes to mind when you think of me.
2. Go to Google Images and search for that word.
3. Reply to this post with one of the pictures on the first page of results (don't tell me the word).
4. Put this in your own journal so that I can do the same.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Photoblogging: lilacs
Lilacs blooms never last long so I thought I would get a few pictures. I wish I could upload their smell. So nice.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Quest
Quest was a lot of fun and relaxing. I haven't been for ages due to some reason or another but when Kolbrunna asked I wanted to go out with her and Clare and share a cabin who could say no.
Thursday I took off from work. I had thought that maybe we would leave that day but Kol and Clare were leaving Canada at noon Thursday so I knew we wouldn't get out to the hills until Friday. I thought about working that day but then an extra day off from work is always good. I spent most of the day getting ready and doing some housekeeping so that my apato was somewhat presentable for guests. Company didn't arrive until 11pm. We sat up for awhile watching movies and visiting. Finally went to bed around 1ish.
Friday we got loaded up and headed out. The trip was pretty uneventful except for it being rather windy. Somewhere along the line we realized that no one had brought directions to site. None of us had been to Nemo before but I had a pretty good idea where it was at and we had a map. I put my navigation skillz to use and we managed to make it there without any wrong turns. We did get a bit discouraged on Nemo Rd but the SCA sign was a happy site. We found our cabin and got settled in with the help of our neighbors. Thanks Edwin, Toramasa and Ralph and anyone else who helped carry our stuff upstairs. Not long after that we headed back into town with Toramasa and Una for supper and groceries. Supper was good but the service was not. It took forever! So we didn't get back to site until after 10. The rest of the evening was spent visiting and wandering around camp.
Saturday morning we got up fairly early. The cabins were very nice but they sure could use some decent curtains. It was very bright way too early. Most of the morning was spent in a sewing circle while watching the fighting. Ianuk came by and had me pick out some beads she had made. Thanks for the beads!
Around noon Aethelflaed and I poked around the merchants and then to the store to make a call and get ice cream. Ice cream made me hungry for lunch so we all headed back to the cabin for sannys and quality porch sitting. Most of the afternoon was spent on the porch or wandering around finding shade. We could watch some of the fencing from our balcony. Late afternoon I took a little nap and then before you knew it was time for court. Court was was fun and full of laughter. After Court finally caught up with Super Dave. Kol and I had a nice chat with him over some yummy cookies he had got in Rapid. I would like to find that bakery. We tried to convince him to go to supper with us at the restaurant on site but he didn't go. We ended up eating with Foacault instead. Dinner was very good and wished we had eaten there Friday night.
During the day I had told Fiona she should come down and we could have a bardic circle at the fire ring in front of the cabin so when we got back there were a bunch of people there including Fiona. We had a bunch of singing, some excellent stories from Thora and His Majesty of Artimesia. Kol made pie and Eithni made her fabo bread. I think every bardic circle needs baked goods. HRM Lars came by a little later and Svien lead everyone in a hilarious version of Seven Drunken nights. Everyone was rolling. Much more silliness was had before I decided it was too cold to sit outside anymore.
Sunday morning we leisurely packed up and headed out. Kol and Clare wanted to stop at Wall Drug. I am never too excited to stop there but decided it would be okay. We didn't spend too much time poking around. We did get lunch and a few fun pictures in the backyard. Clare got some fudge and then back on the road. We made it back to Vermillion around 7. Called Hagan to see if he was home and wanted to go eat with us. Apparently good Mexican is not available in Canada so when I mention going to Mexico Viejo we needed to think no further. Dinner was good as per usual and then we went to see Prince Caspian. Having never read the book, I had no expectations but I thought it was good.
I didn't have to work on Monday which was good since I was quite wiped out. Went to breakfast with Kol and Clare and then they hit the road. They had serious shopping to do in Fargo so they needed to hit the road. I managed to get my laundry done before the rest of the day was claimed by napping on the couch.
Thursday I took off from work. I had thought that maybe we would leave that day but Kol and Clare were leaving Canada at noon Thursday so I knew we wouldn't get out to the hills until Friday. I thought about working that day but then an extra day off from work is always good. I spent most of the day getting ready and doing some housekeeping so that my apato was somewhat presentable for guests. Company didn't arrive until 11pm. We sat up for awhile watching movies and visiting. Finally went to bed around 1ish.
Friday we got loaded up and headed out. The trip was pretty uneventful except for it being rather windy. Somewhere along the line we realized that no one had brought directions to site. None of us had been to Nemo before but I had a pretty good idea where it was at and we had a map. I put my navigation skillz to use and we managed to make it there without any wrong turns. We did get a bit discouraged on Nemo Rd but the SCA sign was a happy site. We found our cabin and got settled in with the help of our neighbors. Thanks Edwin, Toramasa and Ralph and anyone else who helped carry our stuff upstairs. Not long after that we headed back into town with Toramasa and Una for supper and groceries. Supper was good but the service was not. It took forever! So we didn't get back to site until after 10. The rest of the evening was spent visiting and wandering around camp.
Saturday morning we got up fairly early. The cabins were very nice but they sure could use some decent curtains. It was very bright way too early. Most of the morning was spent in a sewing circle while watching the fighting. Ianuk came by and had me pick out some beads she had made. Thanks for the beads!
Around noon Aethelflaed and I poked around the merchants and then to the store to make a call and get ice cream. Ice cream made me hungry for lunch so we all headed back to the cabin for sannys and quality porch sitting. Most of the afternoon was spent on the porch or wandering around finding shade. We could watch some of the fencing from our balcony. Late afternoon I took a little nap and then before you knew it was time for court. Court was was fun and full of laughter. After Court finally caught up with Super Dave. Kol and I had a nice chat with him over some yummy cookies he had got in Rapid. I would like to find that bakery. We tried to convince him to go to supper with us at the restaurant on site but he didn't go. We ended up eating with Foacault instead. Dinner was very good and wished we had eaten there Friday night.
During the day I had told Fiona she should come down and we could have a bardic circle at the fire ring in front of the cabin so when we got back there were a bunch of people there including Fiona. We had a bunch of singing, some excellent stories from Thora and His Majesty of Artimesia. Kol made pie and Eithni made her fabo bread. I think every bardic circle needs baked goods. HRM Lars came by a little later and Svien lead everyone in a hilarious version of Seven Drunken nights. Everyone was rolling. Much more silliness was had before I decided it was too cold to sit outside anymore.
Sunday morning we leisurely packed up and headed out. Kol and Clare wanted to stop at Wall Drug. I am never too excited to stop there but decided it would be okay. We didn't spend too much time poking around. We did get lunch and a few fun pictures in the backyard. Clare got some fudge and then back on the road. We made it back to Vermillion around 7. Called Hagan to see if he was home and wanted to go eat with us. Apparently good Mexican is not available in Canada so when I mention going to Mexico Viejo we needed to think no further. Dinner was good as per usual and then we went to see Prince Caspian. Having never read the book, I had no expectations but I thought it was good.
I didn't have to work on Monday which was good since I was quite wiped out. Went to breakfast with Kol and Clare and then they hit the road. They had serious shopping to do in Fargo so they needed to hit the road. I managed to get my laundry done before the rest of the day was claimed by napping on the couch.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Photoblogging: necklaces
Back of the pendant. It says: Now Northshield Knows Eilis. This is one of my most favorite gifts.
Svien made the wire weave chain for my rose pendant. The chain is sterling silver.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Monday
The weekend was good. Phil's hooding ceremony was just the right length considering it was outside and kind of chilly. I got there a bit late and all the chairs were full. Fortunately it pays to have your own camp chair in the car. Congrats to Phil on his graduating Law School. Now all he has to do is pass the bar.
Saturday was wet and cold and I didn't have a lot of plans. Worked on some projects at home. I finished the edges of my caftan coat that Deva put together for me. I think it looks okay. Still not sure about the neck but I can always go back and fix it later. Its wearable and thats all that matters. Also beaded a necklace with the pendant that Fina and Tarrach gave me at coronation. I meant to take pictures to get opinions but didn't get that done. Maybe this week.
Saturday night ended up going to Wimps for supper with Phil, his parents and Hagan. Phil need to borrow my vacuum before he moved out of his apato so after that was done we all went out to eat.
Sunday I went home for Mother's day. My mom liked the miniature roses I got her. Brunch was good. We had egg bake and yummy fruit pizza. Around 4, I headed to Kaia's for her and Rachel's party. Nothing too exciting there but it was nice to hang out and visit with everyone. We got in some quality porch time. Tara had brought Erik the Viking
since last time she visited I had said I had never seen it. Highly amusing.
Saturday was wet and cold and I didn't have a lot of plans. Worked on some projects at home. I finished the edges of my caftan coat that Deva put together for me. I think it looks okay. Still not sure about the neck but I can always go back and fix it later. Its wearable and thats all that matters. Also beaded a necklace with the pendant that Fina and Tarrach gave me at coronation. I meant to take pictures to get opinions but didn't get that done. Maybe this week.
Saturday night ended up going to Wimps for supper with Phil, his parents and Hagan. Phil need to borrow my vacuum before he moved out of his apato so after that was done we all went out to eat.
Sunday I went home for Mother's day. My mom liked the miniature roses I got her. Brunch was good. We had egg bake and yummy fruit pizza. Around 4, I headed to Kaia's for her and Rachel's party. Nothing too exciting there but it was nice to hang out and visit with everyone. We got in some quality porch time. Tara had brought Erik the Viking
since last time she visited I had said I had never seen it. Highly amusing.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Happy Friday
Yesterday I realized that my driver's license had expired. Gah! In all the documentation they say it expires on your birthday and after that you have to take the written test to get it renewed. Blast. I haven't taken the test since I was 14. I figured I had better read the manual so I would pass. Got to the DMV this morning and didn't have to take the test. They have a secret 30 day grace period. Thank goodness I noticed it this week. Next week I would have been SOL.
I am glad to have that done. I also put my tags on my car since I was thinking about that stuff. Last thing I need is to be pulled over for expired car tags.
This weekend is looking fairly busy. Hagan's squire Katsumoto is graduating from Law School and is having his hooding ceremony tonight. Should go since he asked me to be there. Kaia and Rachel are graduating this weekend. They party is on Sunday afternoon. Doesn't seem that long ago that they were young girls we used to drag along to events and scold them if they didn't quit arguing in the car we would leave them along side the road. Now they are both graduating from college. Where does the time go.
Jessica sent me this cartoon. This is the "real" reason I am not going to Wisconsin this weekend. ;-P
Did you know you can send your name to the moon? How cool is that.
Have a good weekend everyone and good luck to everyone competing at Crown!
I am glad to have that done. I also put my tags on my car since I was thinking about that stuff. Last thing I need is to be pulled over for expired car tags.
This weekend is looking fairly busy. Hagan's squire Katsumoto is graduating from Law School and is having his hooding ceremony tonight. Should go since he asked me to be there. Kaia and Rachel are graduating this weekend. They party is on Sunday afternoon. Doesn't seem that long ago that they were young girls we used to drag along to events and scold them if they didn't quit arguing in the car we would leave them along side the road. Now they are both graduating from college. Where does the time go.
Jessica sent me this cartoon
. This is the "real" reason I am not going to Wisconsin this weekend. ;-PDid you know you can send your name to the moon?
How cool is that.Have a good weekend everyone and good luck to everyone competing at Crown!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Crown
Sadly I won't be going to Crown this weekend. I would like to go but some of The Aunts are here for a visit and my mom is planning a mothers day brunch thingy for Sunday. It probably for the best. This week has been extra stressful with finals, library Dean Candidates visiting and my big work project that needs to be done by July 1. There just isn't enough time for everything. Bugger too since it will probably be a good one.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Cinco de Mayo
I had the ultimate lazy weekend. Friday night Hagan, Kaia, Phil and I went out to dinner. The boys talked about going to see Iron Man at 9ish but I really didn't want to go on opening night. Everyone in town goes to the movies on Friday night. Plus it was raining so I knew it was going to be packed. I much prefer going when I don't have to pretend to be a sardine. Besides Dr. Who looked really good.
Got home and got a desperate call from Sarah H. Her Berimbau came in and she needed help stringing it. Sarah is really into foreign instruments. Anyway asked if she came over if I would help. For some crazy reason she thinks I am extra strong. Reality not so much. Just because I was able to shelve Archival boxes above my head doesn't mean I am overly strong but I was willing to give it a go. She came over with her daughter and we all pulled on the damn thing. Too bad we didn't get it on video would have been pretty funny. We got it strung but not very well. Gah my hands hurt after that.
Dr Who was awesome. Always remember to bring your water gun along while fighting off lava based aliens.
For the first time in ages I slept in past 8 on a Saturday. There have been a few weekends I have been home but my body seems to want to get out of bed by eight. How annoying. Anywho, slept in and bummed most of the day. Only constructive thing I did was write checks for bills and get them posted. Did nothing but watch anime and movies. So nice.
Sunday night I went to see Iron Man. Very cool and I will probably see it again. Robert Downey Jr. is a super hottie in this movie. It makes me want to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again. If you haven't seen that one, its a must see!
Happy Cinco de Mayo! It would be a good day to sit on the porch and have a beer. If one had said porch and said beer. Beer problem, easily solved. Porch might have to bug Kaia. hmmm.
Got home and got a desperate call from Sarah H. Her Berimbau came in and she needed help stringing it. Sarah is really into foreign instruments. Anyway asked if she came over if I would help. For some crazy reason she thinks I am extra strong. Reality not so much. Just because I was able to shelve Archival boxes above my head doesn't mean I am overly strong but I was willing to give it a go. She came over with her daughter and we all pulled on the damn thing. Too bad we didn't get it on video would have been pretty funny. We got it strung but not very well. Gah my hands hurt after that.
Dr Who was awesome. Always remember to bring your water gun along while fighting off lava based aliens.
For the first time in ages I slept in past 8 on a Saturday. There have been a few weekends I have been home but my body seems to want to get out of bed by eight. How annoying. Anywho, slept in and bummed most of the day. Only constructive thing I did was write checks for bills and get them posted. Did nothing but watch anime and movies. So nice.
Sunday night I went to see Iron Man. Very cool and I will probably see it again. Robert Downey Jr. is a super hottie in this movie. It makes me want to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again. If you haven't seen that one, its a must see!
Happy Cinco de Mayo! It would be a good day to sit on the porch and have a beer. If one had said porch and said beer. Beer problem, easily solved. Porch might have to bug Kaia. hmmm.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Some days Facebook is cool and some days it really sucks and makes me mad. Just like this guy
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Thursday's musings
Its been an interesting week. Tuesday I went with Hagan, Katsumoto, and Kaia to fighter practice in Sioux Falls. It was fun to see everyone and hang out but I wish it would warm up. Its still so chilly. I was very glad to bring along my windbreaker. I will need to finish my caftan coat and maybe make a hood for Quest if its going to keep up like this.
We got home rather late and when I was pulling into my parking spot I noticed the van was tilting to the right. Sure enough flat tire. Bugger. It was after 11 so decided to deal with it on Wednesday. In the morning, not only was the front right tire flat but the back one too. Gah. Arranged to get tires fixed. Turns out that it was a thin shard of metal. My dad seemed to think it fell off my hubcap and then go on to puncture both tires. I am hoping this is a fluke freaky one time thing and will not be happening again. I was worried I had driven over some nails. There is a ton of construction going on in town and it wouldn't have surprised me if it had been that.
This morning around 3:30, I got woken up by fire sirens. They sounded awfully close so I went outside to see where they were at. About 3 houses down on the opposite side of the street had smoking coming from their backyard. Turns out the garage was on fire.
Classes are winding down on campus. Everyone is busy scrambling to get everything done. I am looking forward to the quiet days of summer.
Green Jenny recently came across the Haiku that were written for me at the Otsukimi event last fall and sent them to me. Which is cool. I remember being told about them but its nice to have a written copy.
Power: Wasabe!
Generosity and Power
Snow and Spring
Kindness
==
Ellis doombringer
Wrathful like fierce wasabe
Hagan rides the storm
==
Hagan and Ellis
like fiery wasabe
bring both
joy and doom
==
Mighty King Hagan
Fair Queen Ellis
Spells doom
with wasabe
Ker-pow!
We got home rather late and when I was pulling into my parking spot I noticed the van was tilting to the right. Sure enough flat tire. Bugger. It was after 11 so decided to deal with it on Wednesday. In the morning, not only was the front right tire flat but the back one too. Gah. Arranged to get tires fixed. Turns out that it was a thin shard of metal. My dad seemed to think it fell off my hubcap and then go on to puncture both tires. I am hoping this is a fluke freaky one time thing and will not be happening again. I was worried I had driven over some nails. There is a ton of construction going on in town and it wouldn't have surprised me if it had been that.
This morning around 3:30, I got woken up by fire sirens. They sounded awfully close so I went outside to see where they were at. About 3 houses down on the opposite side of the street had smoking coming from their backyard. Turns out the garage was on fire.
Classes are winding down on campus. Everyone is busy scrambling to get everything done. I am looking forward to the quiet days of summer.
Green Jenny recently came across the Haiku that were written for me at the Otsukimi event last fall and sent them to me. Which is cool. I remember being told about them but its nice to have a written copy.
Power: Wasabe!
Generosity and Power
Snow and Spring
Kindness
==
Ellis doombringer
Wrathful like fierce wasabe
Hagan rides the storm
==
Hagan and Ellis
like fiery wasabe
bring both
joy and doom
==
Mighty King Hagan
Fair Queen Ellis
Spells doom
with wasabe
Ker-pow!
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