Kirsten and I have been sisters since the moment we met in this lifetime. Who knows how many times we've been sisters before. Today I realized that we had another moment of connectedness that I hadn't realized at the time ( Read more... )

Woohoo!!! Bohemian Rhapsody meets JRR Tolkien...

http://community.livejournal.com/sca_filk/1873.html

This was one of those low-key lazy days where I somehow managed to get things done, too ( Read more... )

I have the bestest dad in the world. I helped, but he basically built this rope bed for me yesterday. The main pieces roll up into a bundle maybe 8 x 8 x 80; then you just have to carry the four legs and the bolts for the legs ( Read more... )

21 days!!!!!!!

Bah humbug.

I had actually decided to buy a canvas bed (like a rope bed, without all the rope bumps) from Traders of Tamerlane. A few emails back and forth over the last week and I finally got the shipping quote today. I immediately ordered the bed and sent payment via Paypal ( Read more... )

Oh my gods!  This is just TOO funny.  And the fact that
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Medieval furniture and PLANS for making it!

http://www.greydragon.org/furniture.html

http://www.lydia.org/~zaphod/sca/ropebed/

Or for the lazy who don't want to build it themselves:

http://www.tradersoftamerlane.com/furnishings.htm

Hmm... rope bed for Pennsic this year?   Slat bed?  Or Canvas bed?   Make it my... ~ahem~  Beg Dad to help me make it ( Read more... )

FROM YESTERDAY -

Baltasar just woke me up -
Lucia  is awake, responsive, the breathing tube is out and she is complaining - she wants ice chips & raspberry sherbet.  This is the best news yet.  No word on when visitors will be able to see her yet.  It may be another day or so.

Please forward to others that they may know, Our Lucia is truly on ( Read more... )

I'm bored, and I'm posting a lot.  Ah well.  Making up for months of hardly posting at all, I guess.

I just got me a prezzie!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7247472844

I'm not sure that I like the cross-your-heart bit, but I can probably just use the main shoulder strap and avoid that look.  And I probably paid too much for it, ( Read more... )