On the fifth day of Christmas
...Angelina finally updated her blog.
I hope everyone's Christmas, Hanukkah, and/or Solstice was lovely. Mine was, although it did involve too much food. We had a lovely goose dinner with Tighearnan, Siobhan, David and Max on the 23rd, and most of the household went to Astridhr's on the 25th. I finally sucked it up and went to St. Luke's on Christmas Eve--it's the downtown Long Beach church, and I was afraid it would be terribly crowded and I just felt unaccountably shy. The late service was well attended, but it wasn't a terrible crush and the sermon was pretty interesting--I liked it very well, and will try to go again.
Weight: Lost a pound this week, despite said food, for a total of 55.3, leaving 22 to go. It's amazing just how easy it is to get back into munching. (Will not be taking another break before Maintenance.)
Needlework: Didn't get Jacob's stocking finished. Severely bummed. I was so close. Good news: found the red satin I'd used to back and line the other stockings when I was digging through the garage for 12th Night dress fabric last night. (Had forgotten I'd removed it from the roll at some point, so was I little panicked when I first went looking for it a few weeks ago.) Have decided to push through till it's done, with luck in January.
Class: Finished class but not the loose gown. Got the initial construction done (wheel pieces on, sleeves and lining together), then spent the last two sessions (and Baronial sewing day last Sunday) padstitching the interlining to the top and collar of the gown. (The universal class reaction was either "What are you doing?" and/or "You are insane, you know.") Justina could not get more of the trim I'd selected, so sent me samples of possible replacements. One will do--I expect I'll sort it out with her at 12th Night. Showed the embroidery on the partlet to Eowyn at A & S Night--I had part of it figured, but the rest was killing me--and she immediately knew what it was. (Yay for expert help!) Need to start working on the partlet (Pentathlon entry), but insist on finishing stocking first.
SCA: Lyondemere Yule was a little on the small side, but a really wonderful event. The Lyonbard competition was really impressive, there was a farce and much frivolling, the feast was lovely and there was more frivolling by way of the dancing. Clair Ce Buidhe got up to sing Wassail, and in the course of the song pulled up everyone who was willing to be pulled to sing with them. It was a nice family party for a really extended family.
Movies: Saw the new X Files. Wasn't impressed. Also a really terrific documentary about Pete Seeger. (Made Thomas watch it, too.)
House: Thomas not only brought me a Christmas tree, he did the bulk of the work clearing out the living room corner where it traditionally goes. Astra's old cedar chest is now under the window in the dining room, which has shoved our miniscule dining table into the corner but doesn't look bad, really. We put blankets on the top and the cats love to sleep there.
More significantly, Thomas (and I and several very good friends) spent much of last weekend scraping and painting the house. It's about half done--we'll be back at it on New Year's. The white part is still white, but the aqua is becoming grey--a vast improvement. Eventually, I'm doing the window trim in red. Eventually.
I hope everyone's Christmas, Hanukkah, and/or Solstice was lovely. Mine was, although it did involve too much food. We had a lovely goose dinner with Tighearnan, Siobhan, David and Max on the 23rd, and most of the household went to Astridhr's on the 25th. I finally sucked it up and went to St. Luke's on Christmas Eve--it's the downtown Long Beach church, and I was afraid it would be terribly crowded and I just felt unaccountably shy. The late service was well attended, but it wasn't a terrible crush and the sermon was pretty interesting--I liked it very well, and will try to go again.
Weight: Lost a pound this week, despite said food, for a total of 55.3, leaving 22 to go. It's amazing just how easy it is to get back into munching. (Will not be taking another break before Maintenance.)
Needlework: Didn't get Jacob's stocking finished. Severely bummed. I was so close. Good news: found the red satin I'd used to back and line the other stockings when I was digging through the garage for 12th Night dress fabric last night. (Had forgotten I'd removed it from the roll at some point, so was I little panicked when I first went looking for it a few weeks ago.) Have decided to push through till it's done, with luck in January.
Class: Finished class but not the loose gown. Got the initial construction done (wheel pieces on, sleeves and lining together), then spent the last two sessions (and Baronial sewing day last Sunday) padstitching the interlining to the top and collar of the gown. (The universal class reaction was either "What are you doing?" and/or "You are insane, you know.") Justina could not get more of the trim I'd selected, so sent me samples of possible replacements. One will do--I expect I'll sort it out with her at 12th Night. Showed the embroidery on the partlet to Eowyn at A & S Night--I had part of it figured, but the rest was killing me--and she immediately knew what it was. (Yay for expert help!) Need to start working on the partlet (Pentathlon entry), but insist on finishing stocking first.
SCA: Lyondemere Yule was a little on the small side, but a really wonderful event. The Lyonbard competition was really impressive, there was a farce and much frivolling, the feast was lovely and there was more frivolling by way of the dancing. Clair Ce Buidhe got up to sing Wassail, and in the course of the song pulled up everyone who was willing to be pulled to sing with them. It was a nice family party for a really extended family.
Movies: Saw the new X Files. Wasn't impressed. Also a really terrific documentary about Pete Seeger. (Made Thomas watch it, too.)
House: Thomas not only brought me a Christmas tree, he did the bulk of the work clearing out the living room corner where it traditionally goes. Astra's old cedar chest is now under the window in the dining room, which has shoved our miniscule dining table into the corner but doesn't look bad, really. We put blankets on the top and the cats love to sleep there.
More significantly, Thomas (and I and several very good friends) spent much of last weekend scraping and painting the house. It's about half done--we'll be back at it on New Year's. The white part is still white, but the aqua is becoming grey--a vast improvement. Eventually, I'm doing the window trim in red. Eventually.