I had a wonderful weekend at NS's Heralds & Scribes Symposium in the Shire of Coldedernhale in Pierre, SD. I taught a couple of classes & the one on the A&S of Heraldry went so well I plan to add a little to the handout and teach it again at Boar's Head! I think I've found a good calling in promoting heraldic display in A&S projects ( Read more... )

I had a great time this weekend. I went to Raito & AEsa's Coronation in Bemidji with Little John on Friday night. While the traffic going through the Twin Cities on Friday evening sucked, we still made decent time (left Rochester at 5:30 and got to the hotel in Bemidji at 11:30ish). It was wonderful to have time to chat with Merideth who we ( Read more... )

7:00 - Dog got me up to let him out. Not the best way to wake up, but not unexpected.

7:05 - Fell back asleep

9:30 - Hubby called and woke me up. Love him! After that phone call, started reading Blood of Flowers by Alica Amirrezvani. It's very good and evokative about a young lady growing up in Safavid Persia. Once I finish it, I'll write a ( Read more... )

We have some friends up from Madison visiting us for the FIRST TIME EVER! :) We visit them every time we visit my parents, and the hubby insisted them come and visit us before we visit them again. So they are here! Not sure what we're going to do today & tomorrow yet, but I'm sure we'll have fun ( Read more... )

Persian garb is started to be sewn together. I need to cut out a bit of facing for the neckline, or else line the whole thing. I need to decide this pretty quickly, as it will matter for putting together the body with the sleeves & side gores. Any input is welcome. It's a v lightweight linen blend, and will basically just for summer camping. I ( Read more... )

Last night I got one of my Persian garb's layers cut out. :) Today I will be putting it together. Hopefully it'll go smoothly ( Read more... )

I had a very good weekend. It started Friday evening with a gathering of folks here - actually it was a good excuse to get Liz out of her house for the evening since Jas arrived in Kuwate Thursday. I think it's finally sunk in that he is bound for Iraq - and not just to her. But we had a good time having dinner and watching Top Secret and some ( Read more... )

I had a wonderful weekend. It started Thursday night with Liz's bachelor party at Whistle Binkies here in Rochester. It was a VERY good time with 8 of us ladies celebrating Liz's last night of singlehood. We stayed out until 10:00ish and then returned to Liz's house where the men were all hanging out. I didn't get home until about midnight, ( Read more... )

I had a very good weekend. The hubby & I went with another couple to their family's from Thursday evening-Sunday morning, & we had a great time. The cabin is in Garrison, MN, on the NW shore of Mille Lacs Lake. We played lots of Settlers of Catan & also watched quite a few movies. The nicest thing of the weekend was that we didn't have to do ( Read more... )