Random.....
It's been a while since I posted. I have a lot running through my head after a busy day at work. So I thought I'd post a few random bits from the last couple of weeks. The subject matter jumps around a lot.
Weeble - a small egg shaped toy that is often used as a weighted hammer, currently pronounced "whee-el" by the little man.
Seasonal beers have changed over again. I picked up the Sierra Nevada Porter. It's good, but I think it's not yet cold enough here for me to get the most out of the flavor. I don't expect it to last long enough in my fridge for the weather to cool sufficiently. Perhaps I'll get an unchilled 6 pack, and wait until we get a solid drop of another 10-15 degrees to try it again. I wonder if I'm particularly beer-climate sensitive, or if it's just something I don't hear lots of others talk about.
Halloween has come and gone (must get decorations taken down and put away... Tangent thought: Must find/make/aquire by nefarious methods Thanksgiving Decorations). The little man made it to all of 5 houses for trick-or-treating this year. I think he did really well. He was a Mad Scientist (for those of you gamer-geeks he was specifically Dr. A. Arkham, and had a proper Arkham Care insignia above his name on his nice white lab coat). Yes, I did make a proper small child sized lab coat. The party was a sucess again this year. A bit smaller of a crowd, but I know folks had plans. And I wasn't sure who was into the theme of DC comics and who wasn't. argentlupin laughed at me when I worried about the folks who didn't respond to the e-vite at all (we upgraded the computer and I was afraid I'd entered wrong addresses, or ones not used often, etc), because all our friends are busy and get their weekends booked up quickly.
Kudo's to elizaravenhair and ladypyrate on a job well done. This is the conversation at work "I noticed your hair is darker, did you........" "yeah, I did it last friday night" "So did you go back to your natural color?" "No actually the honey-blond is my natural color, this is the first time I've colored it" "Wow! It looks really natural, it's not a flat color, but has different shades to it. You look really good." "Thanks"
I feel woefully behind on projects. I mean; I got argentlupin's, Viktor's, and my costumes done in time (despite the alteration to mine due to british corset not arriving unitll today... Sigh, apologies for violation of the "nooooo Capes!" rule). I just somehow feel like I haven't been creating much lately. (Oh for those of you curious, argentlupin was Green Arrow, and I was WWII Wonder Woman).
Speaking of Halloween themes, for those of you in the area, 2012 is SciFi (no steam punk allowed, since we've already done that.... Sorry to the HG Wells and Jules Vern fans. If you must go from that erra, I reccommend the John Carter of Mars seires). Yes, I'm posting even for those of you who couldn't make it this year, in hopes you'll be able to attend in the future...
FYI (in the I think I violated Rule One* again file): If you accidently chloroform your finger on Thursday, it will be so dried out on Friday that spilling even a very low grade acid on it will cause a burn (yes I washed it off right away but still.....).
I'm also feeling like I've not been acomplishing much on the home improvement front. Perhaps this weekend I'll do something other than chase the kid around and relax.
At work I did the monthly maintenance on my auto analyzer..... Oh how I love that machine! It works beautifully under whatever conditions, and when it's had a good cleaning and maintenance it's WOW!!! I was at work less than 1/2 an hour and had a clean water blank and was running on it. I don't know who designed it, but they are/were brilliant.
That's life. Off to have a beer and maybe knit some.
Have fun,
make stuff,
-bec
* Rule 1 = Don't be stupid.
Weeble - a small egg shaped toy that is often used as a weighted hammer, currently pronounced "whee-el" by the little man.
Seasonal beers have changed over again. I picked up the Sierra Nevada Porter. It's good, but I think it's not yet cold enough here for me to get the most out of the flavor. I don't expect it to last long enough in my fridge for the weather to cool sufficiently. Perhaps I'll get an unchilled 6 pack, and wait until we get a solid drop of another 10-15 degrees to try it again. I wonder if I'm particularly beer-climate sensitive, or if it's just something I don't hear lots of others talk about.
Halloween has come and gone (must get decorations taken down and put away... Tangent thought: Must find/make/aquire by nefarious methods Thanksgiving Decorations). The little man made it to all of 5 houses for trick-or-treating this year. I think he did really well. He was a Mad Scientist (for those of you gamer-geeks he was specifically Dr. A. Arkham, and had a proper Arkham Care insignia above his name on his nice white lab coat). Yes, I did make a proper small child sized lab coat. The party was a sucess again this year. A bit smaller of a crowd, but I know folks had plans. And I wasn't sure who was into the theme of DC comics and who wasn't. argentlupin laughed at me when I worried about the folks who didn't respond to the e-vite at all (we upgraded the computer and I was afraid I'd entered wrong addresses, or ones not used often, etc), because all our friends are busy and get their weekends booked up quickly.
Kudo's to elizaravenhair and ladypyrate on a job well done. This is the conversation at work "I noticed your hair is darker, did you........" "yeah, I did it last friday night" "So did you go back to your natural color?" "No actually the honey-blond is my natural color, this is the first time I've colored it" "Wow! It looks really natural, it's not a flat color, but has different shades to it. You look really good." "Thanks"
I feel woefully behind on projects. I mean; I got argentlupin's, Viktor's, and my costumes done in time (despite the alteration to mine due to british corset not arriving unitll today... Sigh, apologies for violation of the "nooooo Capes!" rule). I just somehow feel like I haven't been creating much lately. (Oh for those of you curious, argentlupin was Green Arrow, and I was WWII Wonder Woman).
Speaking of Halloween themes, for those of you in the area, 2012 is SciFi (no steam punk allowed, since we've already done that.... Sorry to the HG Wells and Jules Vern fans. If you must go from that erra, I reccommend the John Carter of Mars seires). Yes, I'm posting even for those of you who couldn't make it this year, in hopes you'll be able to attend in the future...
FYI (in the I think I violated Rule One* again file): If you accidently chloroform your finger on Thursday, it will be so dried out on Friday that spilling even a very low grade acid on it will cause a burn (yes I washed it off right away but still.....).
I'm also feeling like I've not been acomplishing much on the home improvement front. Perhaps this weekend I'll do something other than chase the kid around and relax.
At work I did the monthly maintenance on my auto analyzer..... Oh how I love that machine! It works beautifully under whatever conditions, and when it's had a good cleaning and maintenance it's WOW!!! I was at work less than 1/2 an hour and had a clean water blank and was running on it. I don't know who designed it, but they are/were brilliant.
That's life. Off to have a beer and maybe knit some.
Have fun,
make stuff,
-bec
* Rule 1 = Don't be stupid.