Ah well. No Comic-con for us this year. Once again Wonderful Husband got let into the sales room only after all badges were sold out.

So, (a) doubly glad we got to attend Wondercon, and (b) we are vowed to do something fabulous that weekend anyway.

( This year's Comic-con experience )

Back in Eastleigh, with my inlaws. Had a FANTASTIC time with toothycat in Cambridge, as always. Got hailed on in two places (Flag Fen and the Cambridge Botanical Garden) but only drizzled on at the Craeftiga crafts fair at Sutton Hoo, where Wonderful Husband and I purchased some honeycomb (for my father-in-law), some honey (for us), and a handmade vase ( Read more... )

Ah, the beginning of January. That magical time of year when everyone reflects on what they accomplished in the last twelve months. Costumers' blogs fill with pics of the beautiful garments they created, quilters' blogs fill with pics of the lovely quilts they made and their "inspiration" word for the year to come... and I sit here in my office ( Read more... )

9am on a Sunday, and my boys (Wonderful Husband and the Squiddle) are having a lie-in. I tried to get Squiddle up at 8 (which I considered a lie-in!) but he didn't want it, so I tucked him into my abandoned space next to daddy. Easier than reclosing all the curtains I'd opened in his room. Squiddle's been having a phlegmy cough the last couple ( Read more... )

We managed our single-day ComicCon experience quite well, I think. This was helped by printing out beforehand a map of the (massive) dealer's hall, finding where our must-hit sellers were, and marking them down so we had a plan of attack. Our main purchases were at the Studio Foglio booth (newest volume of Girl Genius, a couple patches, and a ( Read more... )

Well, Saturday memberships for SDCC sold out again, so it looks like we'll only be doing Sunday of SDCC this year. Maybe we'll do both days of Wondercon, then....

Saturday kind of felt like life, the universe, Comic-con, something, was extending me the metaphorical middle finger.

The morning rush and kerfuffle with cars meant Squiddle's Hiccup costume accidentally got left in the car we didn't take. We realized this an hour down the road. An hour of traffic (both directions) which we usually miss because ( Read more... )

We were supposed to be on our way to San Diego and Comic-Con an hour ago. Instead I am posting this from the parking lot of Pep Boys. This morning, with Wonderful Husband's car packed and ready to go, we discovered it wouldn't start. Okay, my dad had commented it was having battery troubles. So we put my car on the trickle charger, which I ( Read more... )

Yes! Wonderful Husband and I each waited on our computers in the SDCC prereg wait room for an hour and a quarter this morning until his purchase session opened and he was able to snag Saturday/Sunday registrations for us. Comic-Con, here we come! And this year, unlike last, I won't have pregnancy problems interfering with my attendance. (And, ( Read more... )