Last weekend Eldred and I headed up to Arden for Hawkwood Howl. We actually stayed onsite Saturday night. It's been ages since we did that. Usually we daytrip or stay in a hotel. I spent a couple of hours helping at troll then just bummed around, mostly with Alisoun. The weather was pleasant and the trees were lovely. I woke up Sunday with the ( Read more... )

I had a very nice birthday in spite of waking up with a sinus headache that lasted almost all day. It wasn't as bad as the headaches I got for years, so I can't complain too much. By the time I went to bed last night, the headache was finally gone ( Read more... )

GUUF has lost another minister. I feel really sorry about their bad luck with ministers in the past 6 years. The good news is that Pat Jobe is filling in about 3 times a month for the next 3 months. Eldred and I both like him, so we attending Easter at GUUF. I hadn't been to a Sunday service there in about 3 years; it had been longer for Eldred ( Read more... )

When I arrived home from the Board meeting last night, I was a big ole grouch. Unfortunately, Eldred was the recipient of my bad mood. He is really trying to make inroads in the clutter department. I almost thwarted his attempts with my grumpiness. I did manage to perk up after spending about an hour online catching up on LJ. I am finally caught up ( Read more... )

I have today off since I worked on Sunday. I slept in, which was lovely. When I got up I opened the windows in the bedroom and master bath upstairs and the living room and kitchen downstairs. The warm breeze feels wonderful. Hard to believe there was snow on the ground a week ago! It is freaking the cats out a bit. They aren't used to outdoor ( Read more... )

I had 3 days off in a row without going out of town. What a treat ( Read more... )

Since Eldred periodically complains (and rightly so) that we don't socialize much, I signed up for the Staff Association party at Oysters on the West End. There were 5 choices for dinner. None of them was close enough to the diet for me, so I asked if I could have sides. That turned out to be okay, so I ordered stone ground grits, collard greens, ( Read more... )

My life these days seems to be focused on reducing - getting rid of clutter, losing weight, working on the UUFC budget ( Read more... )

This year I have backed off on SCA commitments. I sent off my email to Lisette last week, so I am down to a couple of at-large warrants that don't require any work. First time in 14 years that I haven't had at least one office. I feel myself getting less and less interested in the SCA, so it is definitely time for a break. When Eldred steps down as ( Read more... )

Eldred has done a great job this week of putting away almost all of the Pennsic stuff. I haven't been too much help other than doing laundry. We are finally almost at the end of the laundry pile after at least a dozen loads. My week has been full of catching up and meetings. I scooted to UUFC before work on Monday to write checks, had a Board ( Read more... )