So there I was, industriously working my way through the world's largest pile of clean laundry, and dumped another load in to wash. A really possible goal is to get everything clean and put away ( Read more... )

So, the Gathering of Guilds is tomorrow. I was asked to come and do embroidery. I knew that I wouldn't have much time to prepare a new class, so I volunteered the venerable Bayeux Tapestry stitch class. No problem sez I, I have kits left over from the last time I taught this. I dug into my trusty files. Umm, not so trusty. Can't find *any* of it ( Read more... )

The power fluctuations that is. We had a few moments of total blackout during the thunderstorms, then power back. Good, right? After a bit, I realized that it was getting warmer in here. Sent them to the basement to find out what was wrong. The compressor seems to be working OK, but the air blower won't move. Sigh ( Read more... )

Good thing first - the gremlin which possessed my car has been exorcised. It seems that the battery went to lala land, and took the security system with it. Strange reaction to a bad battery - usually I just have trouble starting. Subway'ed to work - dragging poor baron_rorik out of bed at 4:30 to get me there. I'll be leaving a little early so that we ( Read more... )