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Be it known to all who should read this missive that Baroness Sylvie la chardonnière, a matron of the West Kingdom, woman-at-arts to Master Leo Diogenese, having been invited to become a Laurel of the realm by the late King Miles and Queen Ariela will sit vigil on Friday night, April 29, the feast day of Saint Catherine of Siena. With all humility ( Read more... )

What? I was busy.

1. Work
Work is going really well. I’m neck deep in learning all about AMP (it’s what HTML wanted to be before it became bloated and slow). This should keep me busy for a while.

My boss informed me yesterday that our merit increases which normally happen in April will now be happening in October. She says that TPTB mote it so ( Read more... )

Hannah Brown worsted wool sleeveless waisted kirtle started January 17, 2016. Not yet finished.

I lost 10 lbs, gained 60 lbs, had a baby, lost 60 lbs and refit my bodice. I’ve had time since the last time I made a fitted kirtle to consider my construction methods and design choices and to make some new choices based on new information.**
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At West Kingdom October Crown, on October 3, 2015 directly after my apprenticing to Master Leo Diogenese, while the ink was still wet on our fealty contract, Their Majesties of the West, Miles Fitzraulf and Ariela Bar Leila invited me to join the Order of the Laurel. By the gracious permission of Their Majesties and Their Highnesses I will be ( Read more... )

1. Work
Out with the new boss in with an old boss… or something like that. After a long while of reporting directly to the CTO (which was interesting in being able to give feedback directly to the upper management.. but boring in that he really didn’t have any tasks for me or know well enough what I was doing to give me solid direction) I have now ( Read more... )

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I’m on a kick.. and for once it’s a cooking kick, not a sewing kick. So bear with me.

The most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released in January 2011, recommend that all adults eat at least half their grains as whole grains - that’s at least 3 to 5 servings of whole grains. Even children need 2 to 3 servings or more.
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