So I'm home from Gulf Wars, and I really enjoyed it this year. Since Skylar was with us, that meant there was enough help I could actually go to a class on Romano-British food archaeology. The weather was really nice as well. Only one day of rain midweek, which meant we got to pack up dry canvas. By the end of Gulf we were all exhausted, but that ( Read more... )

The last checklist was a general reminder for myself of what I had to get done this year. Now it is getting time to focus in on specific things that need to be done soon! I leave for Gulf Wars in about 2.5 weeks!
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Annual Miles 2009: 1936
Another year of Gulf Wars is over. This one was financially better than past years, but it came with a price, as all things do.

We arrived in a timely manner Saturday, which we haven't always. When we got there, though, we discovered that our registration paperwork had gotten lost. They knew we had pre-registered though, ( Read more... )

The local neighborhood kids (mundane, not SCA) have been running a bake sale on site, just off the ranch house. The money is to help repave the road running through the neighborhood to the ranch. I bought some lemon bars from them just for that. I heartily approve of folks trying to help themselves, not to mention trying to teach kids the value of ( Read more... )

Well, with the Boss and his mom here, things are finally back to 'normal', at least as far as SCA events go. He's been tearing through the small list of commissions I had waiting for him pretty quickly. He might actually manage to stay caught up this year ( Read more... )

Norse garb seems to be the fad this year, but given the weather I'm not surprised. At least it is warming up in the afternoons now. The old camp dog Obie is still around, and has become quite the accomplished beggar. He has mastered the soulful sad-eyed stare. He has taken to spending the afternoon at Giggling Wenches, since they feed him. It ( Read more... )

Most of the neighboring merchants finally got in and set up today ( Read more... )

My appointment with Casta Diva on Thursday morning went wonderfully. trouble131 and I now have the corsets ordered for her wedding. I picked up the trailer from the Boss, and all was according to plan. That was, until we got to the Gulf Wars site Thursday night ( Read more... )