1.  I'm getting ready for it to be a ghost town around here shortly with nearly everyone I know either going to or already at Pennsic.  Just so it's out there:  it's likely that I won't be going to Pennsic again for at least the next few years.  I only have 2 weeks' vacation time, and if I have to choose between Pennsic and an overseas trip, ( Read more... )

In "thanks for that brief bout of stressing me out" news:

When I dropped my car off at the dealer at 8 this morning, the service guy I always deal with looked at me and said, "did you call back later and tell us to order the parts for this repair?"  I looked at him and replied, "well, you didn't tell me I would need to do that, so that would be a " ( Read more... )

AAA was able to jump-start the Silver Streak this morning with their industrial-strength battery pack.  I drove it immediately to the dealer since the AAA guy seemed to think the battery might be dead.  Lo and behold, when I turned the car off there, I couldn't turn it back on!  So yeah.  They confirmed what we'd all suspected, put a new battery in ( Read more... )

I learned yesterday that my nephew's ankle is not broken.  I chalk this up to the fact that my evil SIL has a tendency to overreact.   She said that as soon as she'd paid her copay at Urgent Care, he started climbing around the waiting room furniture and running around the room.  They think now that he probably just bruised it somehow while he was ( Read more... )

Got an e-mail from the OE yesterday.  Carlin, one of our former shared cats, died the other day.  She'd been diagnosed with cancer about a month ago, apparently, and it was quick.  I was surprised to hear it because she wasn't very old, but there you go.  I hope it wasn't tremendously painful.  The OE has already gotten another cat (personally, I ( Read more... )

I've just spent 4 hours surfing medieval music on the web!  OMGOMGI'msotired!  I had planned to fall asleep at say, 7.  Or 8.  Or 9.  It was a very long day at work and I was on my feet all day.  I knew it would be a mistake to turn my computer on ( Read more... )

When one could be sifting through one's entire sheet music collection searching for all of her medieval favorites?

Not me, obviously.  :-)

However, I am at the point now where I DO need sleep, which is somewhat frustrating since I have yet to lay my hands on the bulk of the music (either that, or I've lost all of my favorite songs and just have ( Read more... )

1. to hlinspjalda's double-face samples, which are now in
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A phone conversation 5 weeks ago:

Me:  It's too bad the DCs never all get together in the same place to share our ideas.
David S. (the DC in Tennessee):  I know exactly what you mean!  A conference call once a month is never enough, especially since no one except David Boss really talks much in those.

A dinner conversation last month while DB and I ( Read more... )

In travel/family news:

Shortly before I left for Twa Corbies Tavern yesterday, I got a phone call from my dad.  It seems that he's given due consideration to the whole Spain-Portugal trip idea and he wants (I quote) "for us to move it up to the front burner".  Yay, travel with Dad!  So, the tentative plan is for this trip to take place in early ( Read more... )