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... )

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... )

2008 Annual Highway Miles: 11,033

Well, I'm home, and have had a few days to sort-of-rest, so it's time I got updates posted and got back to work. ( My Pennsic/renfair travels )

2008 Annual Highway Miles: 3666

I'm back-dating a few entries from my trip, since I didn't have internet access while I was down there. I also at long last got the photos from my January trip to Florida, so I'll probably post them sometime soon as well. Gulf Wars was fine, considering that attendence was down almost 25% due to bad weather, high ( 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... )

I'm taking a short break from getting my suitcases packed. Tomorrow I leave town on another extended trip. I've gotten all the clothing and necessities like that packed up. Now I have to pack up the paperwork, books, technology & work-related things that are going with me. Then I go to the boss' house, and load everything into the car I'm actually ( Read more... )