Hubbyfink's gifts are wrapped and have been placed under the tabletop tree with care. I've ordered our Honeybaked Ham and will pick it up Wednesday (mmmm... ham). I'm going to pick up ingredients for Christmas dinner side dishes tonight ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink's playing Assassin's Creed 2 which is set in 1480s Florence and Venice, and I'm critiquing the clothes of the NPCs in the background. There have been some decent outfits, but I've spotted an Elizabethan-era tall hat and the Florentine whores are wearing the 16th century pointy Venetian hairstyle (did they wear that style in Florence?). ( Read more... )

Yesterday was yucky and drizzly, and Hubbyfink and I decided to take off for some out-of-beach-house couple time. We drove up to Timbuck II to have an old timey photo of us taken at Miss Kitty's Olde Time Photography. It's adorable! I'll scan it and share when we get home. We continued up the coast until we got to the four-wheel-drive area and ( Read more... )

Last night I attended my first choir practice after our summer hiatus. We had one soprano, three altos and two tenors so I wound up joining psalite on the soprano line. My high Fs weren't too awful; they didn't make anyone wince, anyway. Singing that high isn't necessarily comfortable, but it wasn't hurting my throat. I always forget how much fun it is to ( Read more... )

Last night Hubbyfink asked if I was feeling okay. No, I replied after a pause to consider the question, and it wasn't just because of the stomach-churning headache I'd developed from staring at a computer screen all day. No, I was terribly discontent with our house. Hubbyfink frowned and asked what was wrong with the house. I began a list: the ants ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink was disappointed that I took woodworking fun away from him, but I think he appreciated my sweeter mood when he got home from fighter practice ( Read more... )

The uprights for my clothes rack are sanded and all holes are drilled. I can't think of a better way to have spent a couple of coolish evening hours in the backyard after a hard and angry-making day of work. I need to get some more stain, slap it on those puppies, and call the project done ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink and I retired at a scandalous 9:45 last night. He read parts of a couple of books and I slogged through The Dogaressa of Venice, 1200-1500: Wife and Icon. There are some absolute gems of information in there, but man is the going slow. I find myself daydreaming and drifting into la-la land and then I have to reread an entire page. After ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink had the audacity to call me an addict for firing up "Fallout 3" after last night's conference call. I raised my eyebrow at him. He, who played his video game throughout my conference call and my post-work cooling-off period in the craft room in addition to several nights this week, had the nerve to call me an addict ( Read more... )

Another good choir practice last night. We were down one tenor, but up one alto and a bass. There was some sluggishness at the beginning but we eventually remembered how the songs are supposed to sound.

Hubbyfink stayed from his Tuesday night practice to play his new video game. He was practically glowing with happiness when I got home and spent ( Read more... )