Apparently, the Universe thinks our lives are getting too boring again. Just before I was going to make dinner last night, my sweetie called me on the phone. She got rear-ended at a traffic light on her way home. The car, only recently repaired from the Interstate Redecoration Incident, now has to go back to the repair shop to get the rear ( Read more... )

ealdthryth stayed home from work again yesterday. Something is making her dizzy enough that she doesn't want to venture out from the house. As a result, she decided to get some work done towards Phase II. She painted the baseboards! This is great, although she forgot to patch the nail holes and dents with wood putty first. Oh well. I'll have to go back ( Read more... )

We may be losing our "free space" for the museum's portable layout. A few years ago, a club member asked the owner of an empty store in town if we could use the empty store as a place to store or setup our portable layout. The actual terms apparently didn't get transmitted to our club leadership, but the arrangement has allowed us to work on and ( Read more... )

There seems to be a brief flurry of SCAdians I know being on the news. sinclairhawkins was interviewed by the local FOX station and the newspaper with regard to his participation in Battle of the Nations. It was a good segment, but unfortunately it was bracketed by forty minutes on each side by FOX's news version of Faces of Death/COPS. The good news to bad ( Read more... )

My poor sweetie is not feeling good. She was feeling ill Monday evening, and decided to take part of yesterday off to rest. It helped, but not enough. Good thing she has today off, but it kind of stinks to be ill on your day off--it feels like a waste. With the cooler weather, the cats tend to be more cuddly, so she'll have her "nurses" ( Read more... )

Six hours of driving and the remainder of the day off. That is what my sweetie got yesterday as a result of coming back home from looking after our niece. Apparently, the power was out at the office, so ealdthryth got a free day--which she used to recover from her early-morning start. :) The kitties seemed somewhat indifferent to her return, although ( Read more... )

Either the pain has lessened a mite, or I've gotten used to it. Bleh. Next stop is the orthopedist. I've never actually known what an orthopedist does. I will find out soon...the hard way. 8^P ( Read more... )

After work, we test drove three vehicles--basically to check their comfort, power, and whether I would feel entrapped by the vehicle cabin. The 2012 model was claustrophobic, a bit noisy, and ealdthryth complained about the plastic feel of the cabin. Then we tried two variants of the 2013 model. A bit more research into flaming recall thing indicates the ( Read more... )

EDIT: I didn't realize this was my 1000th entry here until later today.

Patina?

Has the bright and shininess worn off of steampunk for us? Apparently, we were missed at the ice-breaker thingy Friday evening, but both of us were tired after getting home and we decided staying in was a good choice. ealdthryth seemed to have a hard time getting started on ( Read more... )

Wow. I have a lot more sympathy for my wife now. While waiting to attend her "Tinkering with Technology" program last night, I was accosted by one of the library's more infamous patrons. All it took was acknowledging his mere presence to start him spewing forth a diatribe of dubious sanity. On and on and on as if he were the most knowledgable ( Read more... )