And my goal was to fit all my Pennsic gear save the cooler, my teddy bear, and myself into the trunk of the Beetle. I overestimated how much my trunk would hold ( Read more... )

Personal Pennsic gear is staged in the entryway, clothes are hanging on a rack in the dining room, and the cooler is waiting for perishables in the kitchen. Everything but the cooler and my bag of street clothes is ready to go in the truck tonight. Hubbyfink asked me last night if I was excited about going back to Pennsic on Wednesday and I was not ( Read more... )

Hooray, my beloved LJ and friends are back! It's been a curse and a blessing that LJ has had such terrible connectivity woes this week. A curse in that I've missed zoning out and reading my friends list. A blessing in that I didn't spew woe and unhappiness upon my friends via this medium ( Read more... )

Up - I don't have to sew anything for Pennsic. While procrastinating on ironing linen with which to make Roman clothing, I pulled all my linen dresses and boy clothes out of the SCA closet to see what, if anything, might work for this year. Happily, everything I couldn't wear last year now fit perfectly and a few items are actually much too big. I ( Read more... )

I have four new lightweight linen smocks underway. I would have all four completely assembled except that I discovered three of the four pairs of sleeves I cut out and sewed up were too narrow for my upper arm. Bugger. Had to cut the seams at the tops of the sleeves and insert gussets. Plus, I discovered that Oreo had chewed through the power cord ( Read more... )

I'm on a call from 6pm to 8pm and I decided to log off work for a couple of hours between my regular work hours and the after hours call. During that time, I hauled Pennsic gear up from the basement and packed my clothing chest with medieval undies (smocks, breeches, hose). While packing my trunk, I made a distressing discovery: I have only four ( Read more... )

1. Where are you camping ( Read more... )

Good gravy, how'd it get to be noon-thirty? Must be all that work I've been doing. No conference calls or firedrills to disrupt my groove. What a delightful change of pace ( Read more... )

I have yet to do anything with that lightweight linen which is still hanging in my closet to keep the wrinkles at bay. Monday, I was too pooped to want to slave away in the craft room. Tuesday was an impromptu visit from courtney_d_h and choir practice. Wednesday was my bi-weekly project call with the Aussie team. Tonight there will copious amounts of tequila ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink, Margie*, and I are now pre-registered for Pennsic. I've had a change of schedule and plans and will be able to attend Land Grab as well as my usual week-and-a-half of camping. Hubbyfink will be onsite for the three weekends. Margie's not fond of camping and will stay home and terrorize Oreo while I'm gone ( Read more... )