I've only been away from acting as a living history interpreter at Mission San Luis since mid-May (when the heat started to really get to my expectant self), but I had started to forget what fun it truly is to be out in the reconstructions onsite and talking to the visitors that come through. These last few days back "in the rig", so to speak, have ( Read more... )

This last weekend I broke out the Paula Dean cookbook and gave some of the recipes a try! Previously I had only attempted Paula's Creme de Menthe Brownies, but they always came out well, so we had another go this last Saturday. The bacon-wrapped shrimp stuffed with crab was darned yummy, and the chocolate puff pastry was rich enough to die for. I'm ( Read more... )

This has been a darned busy month! At the beginning we had Searle's Raid in St. Augustine, then the family trip to Orlando, and then back to work...but work's been full of school tours, educational outreaches, and LOTS of Volunteer Coordinator stuff -- primarily planning for the next two months, when we have events and days where we need all the ( Read more... )

Things have been going busily but pleasantly through Holiday Season 2008 here! I successfully sent greeting cards to many out-of-town family members & friends (although _geekie_, I think I must have an outdated address for you, since your card came back to me with a chastising note upon it from the postal service), I hosted my family's gift-opening ( Read more... )

All right! On Sunday, we had a great group of friends and family rounded up to move all of my furniture out of the Westwood townhouse into the new Fairmount Lane home! Everyone was strong, helpful, clever and all-around fantastic workers. It was really quite amazing how efficiently we got stuff out of the townhouse, dropped a few pieces at my ( Read more... )

Y'all have been asking to see pictures of me & Steve, and my new engagement ring -- and so with aid from tlh_in_tlh, we've got those for you now! TLH took the pictures at Company of St. Vitus dance practice, a day after Steve & I announced our engagement. So we're all still flush with excitement and shock. For the sake of those with slow systems, I'm put the ( Read more... )