Things have been mad wild, this last month. We'd just finished Halloween, and then came Thanksgiving, and Mission San Luis's "Giving Thanks" event (which went off very nicely, thanks in large part to it not raining like cats & dogs as it did last year). Now we're getting ready for the Commemorative Mass & Visitor Center Grand Opening, which will ( Read more... )

Today I woke up feeling kind of bleh, and Peire said I probably should stay home from work. However, given that now I am within the Window of Labor (i.e., back when I first found out that I was expecting, it was predicted that the baby would come on May 22nd. Then they adjusted the date later to June 1st.), he insisted that I call up both sets of ( Read more... )

And in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I prepared a fine dinner of...Korean stir-fry Beef, Asian vegetables, rice, egg rolls and tea. Although Peire did drink a Killians (American beer with an Irish name), and we were eating on green placemats. So there you go ( Read more... )

Once again, I slip into bad habits and do not update my journal. So, I play catchup again. This has been a busy month!

( I made my 'Macbeth' deadline! )

Today I didn't have to go into work at MSL because I'd worked there on Monday -- so that left me free to participate in a Medieval Music concert at my middle school alma mater, Raa M.S. My good friend Rob Fleischmann was in charge of the event, since it was a cooperative thing between Raa (which is now an Arts/Theater Magnet School) and Tallahassee ( Read more... )

I am pleased to say that I have continued to stay current with walking my mile each day since the "Extra Mile" challenge began, but today I really had to earn it -- I blithely decided that I would use the Mission San Luis nature trail as my mile hike locale. After all, the signs say it's a 3rd of a mile, and I can just walk it three times. But ( Read more... )

Last night while walking my mile around my cul-de-sac, I was listening to Manheim Steamroller's Halloween Monster Mix CD, wherein they take various "classics from the crypt" (such as the Sorceror's Apprentice, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Night on Bald Mountain, etc.) and Manheim Steamroller-ize them, much like their famous Christmas music ( Read more... )

Tonight indywind and tlh_in_tlh came tonight to watch Zorro - The Gay Blade...and they brought with them their own seating! Peire and I are now the proud possessors of a hand-me-down couch and loveseat upholstered in a nice shade of olive green! This will definitely help stop the seating crunch until we can one day purchase newer furniture that will coordinate with ( Read more... )

At work, we've lately been experimenting with various period recipes, and one of them calls for clay-baking an eel in coals for quite a long time. Anyone know where we could find an eel to cook? I'm curious to try this recipe ( Read more... )

Tonight my good friend Rob had insisted that I come and listen to this jazz concert that he'd organized at Tallahassee Community College. If he hadn't insisted, then likely I would not have gone, because I was dead tired when I got home from work. But it turned out to be a really excellent show -- not only excellent music, but some very good ( Read more... )