I just got home from the con! It was so wonderful in so many ways, I'm still riding high even after a four hour drive home. Just a few quick highlights for now, and I'm going to do my damnedest to follow with pics and more details over the coming days ( Read more... )

Over the weekend lady_gaby and I saw Star Trek Into Darkness. While it was thoroughly enjoyable and good movie, this post isn't about that. This post is about a trailer we saw before the movie that blew my mind so badly that I yelled out loud in the theater.

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I'm crossing my fingers so hard that this movie does the book justice.

Ok, first... Laundry? Check. Cleaning up kitchen (or at least cleaning it up enough to do baking)? Check ( Read more... )

I am so psyched! I just figured out what I'm going to do for my "21st Pennsic" party. I'm going to have a "21 Varieties of Margarita" party. Okay, yeah, I'm broke this year. So I admit, I'm going to cheat a bit. There will actually be 7 flavors of margarita offered. You'll get the 21 varieties by whether you combine the flavors with a salt ( Read more... )

 
The cake for kelsboston's party tomorrow is finished! I am so psyched with how nice it came out. Part of me is sad I wasn't able to incorporate some of the details from my original (much too large) design. But mostly I'm just completely thrilled with how well the final execution matched the picture in my head ( Read more... )