Went down to La-La land today and ordered my new throne.  They had the standard lion-headed arm thrones; you know, the one almost everyone has... LOL... but I got a new design where they are going to replace all of the lions and eagles with ROSES!!!  It will be ready by Palm Springs. I can't wait!( image heavy )

We were going to go to Costume College in Van Nuys Friday afternoon for the shopping, and then to our favourite Mexican restaurant.  That didn't work out.  Unfortunately fate had another plan for us.  Our PT Cruiser, which has been overheating as of late, might have a blown engine.  Let me tell you how excited I am about that!  We were still going ( Read more... )

The official ending to the first part of the faire season was Sunday, with me at home with a splitting migraine.  And of course it was the better day - with more patrons to interact with and such - because I wasn't there.  Murphy's Law.  C'est la vie.

So anywho, I have a lot to write about - opinions and such, as well as some thoughts I want to put ( Read more... )

Dictionary.com defines exhaustion in it's third definition as "...extreme weakness or fatigue."  I think I fall under this category...

Between the move, dealing with school, a close friend's death, and two faires, I am beyond exhausted.  I was completely ineffective for work, so I have taken time off so that I can recharge and get rid of the jitters ( Read more... )

Life has been kind of hectic yet again.  The move to the new house is still in progress, and I am just mentally and physically exhausted.  Let's recap the past few weeks ( Read more... )

Tom Wilson (of the Koroneburg Faire) called me on Wednesday of last week and asked me if I would not be willing to formally become the resident King at the Corona faire, and would I be willing to take over the Baron's duties for two weekends in a row.

:::blink:::

WTF?!?

For those of you who might know, or even care, this is a big deal considering ( Read more... )

Those of you who know me know that I am usually rather conservative in my purchases from LA-LA Land, but I had a bit more money to spend, thanks to a bonus gotten from work and a rather hefty tax return (most of which went to paying bills).

So my first stop was the place that I go to get my heavy chenille velvets.  Charlie has been dying for a new ( Read more... )

I first must reference Tudor Costume and Fashion, affectionately known to us Rennies as the Norris book or my personal favourite, the New Testament (the Old Testament being Elizabethan Costuming by Janet Winter).

Plate number XXX features a little known portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, from my research one of the few still remain in private hands.  ( Read more... )

Finally did get to see "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix".  It was good.  I just have to say that I hate the director.  He has a crappy way of making a story that is so lush seem so choppy on the screen.  IMHO.

I hope that Chris Columbus or the guy who directed number three come back for these last two movies!

So, yeah - best part of the ( Read more... )

Okay so I am up early this morning. Babs' car took a shit (actually, more a piss) and lost a brake caliper, so it's not drivable (not that it legally was anyhow, but you get my point). Anyhow, I drove her into work this morning, and regardless of the triple grande white chocolate breve-style mocha I had this morning (love that Starshmucks speak) ( Read more... )