So, I have officially failed at meeting the due date of two months on the craft-swap meme with folks. I've started, and have great ideas, and already got a lovely pink glass pendant from isenglass , but I haven't completed any of the pincushions. Perhaps by 4/23? I have started tracking my time at embroidery so I'll have a better idea of how long things take. Thanks for your patience ladies.

Sadly I really need to whip up some Ewok hats and really really need to get cracking on my Star Wars costume. I've received and washed all the fabric, but haven't cut or sewn a thing. And I still have no idea exactly how to do the hat. Engineer I am not. (Nor will Yoda my costume be.) I think I need a trip to a JoAnn's for some fur for the Ewok ears and hats, in addition to materials for the possible hat for my outfit. I should have saved the torn up monkey fur from Ladybug's Rope-Monkey remnants for the Ewok ears instead. Oh well.

Perhaps after this weekend I can return to the embroidered pincushions.

Today was my Manic Monday.

I overslept far too late, wasn't feeling well- achy at the knees and hips and a full head, had to give the pup a shortened walk, was late to work for assisting with a training session that required rovers, then the internets was spotty and mostly down at work, and I still wasn't feeling well so I boogied on home early to Mucinex, Flexeril, pup playing, and a nap. Mmmm, nap.

Then Ladybug and I walked over to Theo's to help her choose the right shade of green for her new addition, and chat and visit, before she gave us a ride home. Ladybug didn't get to meet the cats, but was very interested in the smells around their home, and thought their food was nummy.

 

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Okay, inspired by laruse  and caemfind .  (I'm also giving you two ladies the right of first refusal on this.)

This sounds like fun. The first 5 people who respond to this will receive an embroidered little pin-cushion, kind of like my first embroidered project. The design will be simpler, and I'll try to tailor it to you, but it will be along those lines.

To play you must post in your journal a similar offer using your own skills.

You will receive your pin-cushion within two months.

Any takers??

From nq3x 
1. Stop talking about politics for a moment or two.
2. Post a reasonably-sized picture in your LJ, NOT under a cut tag, of something pleasant, such as an adorable kitten, or a fluffy white cloud, or a bottle of booze. Something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS.
3. Include these instructions, and share the love.

My contribution:

sircorby 's meme, of who would I put in the cabinet.

United States Cabinet - a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet

US Cabinet
AoD's Bob- Attorney General of the United States
theodorad - Secretary of Agriculture, cause they are of her tribe
kass_rants - Secretary of Commerce
davew1775 - Secretary of Defense
duchesspadr - Education Secretary
nicolosa - Energy Secretary
das_uber - Secretary of Health and Human Services
theblueleader - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
alesia027 - Labor Secretary
rolanddem - Secretary of State, one of the levelest heads I know
sircorby - Secretary of the Interior
terrshee - Secretary of the Treasury
vom_schwarzwald - Secretary of Transportation, please please flying cars, or transporters
attack_laurel - Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with colin_g  as a minion

hee hee

( 41 odd things... )

 

( Taste in Art test )

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

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Only the bored read these...

stolen from baskervylle :
When you see this, post a BlackAdder quote in your lj.

"First I'm gonna have a little drinkie, and then I'm gonna execute the whole bloody lot of you!"

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I sent Alan off to Mousehole by himself, and he should be at theblueleader 's by now, or soon.

After a long tedious sniffly coughy fairly exhausting day, not to mention the unexplainable intestinal distress at 3am, and a short nap, I decided to stay home, keep my germs away from my friends, keep myself inside and out of the weather, and away from the fire smoke. I know I could probably sleep in and come to the site late, could retreat inside if needed, and I know I'd have fun visiting with friends, but I'm not very good at taking care of myself in social situations. And I still haven't worn my finished hand-sewn shift. *pout* but I think I'm doing the responsible thing by staying home, sleeping in, and trying to take care of myself.

*yawn* Chicken soup in belly, bed is calling...

You preferred McCain's statements 11% of the time You preferred Obama's statements 89% of the time Voting purely on the issues you should vote Obama Who would you vote for if you voted on the issues? Find out now!

Somehow quite comforting...

Book Meme
* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

"Apparently alarmed at the deadly efficiency of Saviolo's method, Silver astutely complained, "These Italian fencers teach us offence not defense" (Castle 130)."

No books near my comfy chair, just string projects, so the closest book is the top of Alan's pile on Elizabethan Swordplay.

Apparently,
( You are a Doris... )

Take Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz at HelloQuizzy

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Yeah, I could buy that.

Besides, there's serious love for the Doris Day bust in Tank Girl...

~after DR and RX visits, a day at home sleeping has been nice.

When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As You Wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech.

"I'm not a witch, I'm your wife! But after what you just said, I'm not even sure I want to be that any more. "

Carol Kane is awesome!


Though Alan's is no doubt:
"And remember, this is for posterity so be honest. How do you feel? "

following kass_rants like a lemming:

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it gave me stuff to ponder....
( answers, but no questions... )

The Photo meme that some others have done:
1. Take a picture of yourself right now.
2. Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with NO editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.


Hair in ponytail- check
Scarf for cold office- check
Happy words on metal filing cabinet for spontaneous poetry- check
wry grin- check

Time to go home?- check

Thanks to nq3x :

Buffy: "Things used to be pretty simple. A hundred years, just hanging out, feeling guilty. Really honed my brooding skills." -- Angel

Serenity (Firefly): "Well, what you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar."- Jayne

Stealing from nq3x:
Wikipedia   4 events 3 births 2 deaths Meme

November 22

Events:

• 1718 - Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
• 1922 - Egyptology: Howard Carter, assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opens the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• 1943 - Lebanon gained independence from France.
• 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.

Births:

• 1515 - Marie of Guise, Queen consort of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (d. 1560)
• 1819 - George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
• 1940 - Terry Gilliam, American-born British comedian

Deaths:

• 1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
• 1963 - C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898)

Also, the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of Musicians.
But I'm guessing she gets lost in the Thanksgiving shuffle too.

The Questions:
1) What is one of your favorite things to do alone at Pennsic?
Nap. Assuming it is not too hot, and sometimes when it is, I like to sleep in late or catch an afternoon nap. Pennsic is so busy that a precious nap is nice every now and then.

2) What is one of your favorite things to do with a group at Pennsic?
Breakfast in the common tent. No matter what time you rise, there is usually a small group of folks there, some are beyond breakfast and working on projects, some are just hanging out, but it is a friendly informal time in camp to watch the people walking by on Battle Rd. If you hear giggling coming from our common tent, I assure you, it's not aimed at you. :)

3) What is one of your best Pennsic Memories?
One of the times Alan and I were both able to go for two weeks we took a nice stroll around the lake close to dusk. It was light enough to see things, but dusky enough to have a bit of magic before nighttime mayhem set in, and romantic to be hand in hand with my sweetie.

4) What is one of your weirdest Pennsic Memories?
At one of Seonaid's Long Island Ice Tea parties, Countess Brigit was painting faces of anyone who would sit still, so I got something blue and sparkly painted on my face fairly early on. After some hanging with Theo and folks, Brighid (Big Hats) wanted to go into the bog, so I went with her and we had a grand time traipsing about visiting the Kinder Fodder camp, etc. (I remember hushing her when she started to use my title...) I finally walked her extremely inebriated self to her camp and made sure she was okay, and then I hiked my way out of the bog alone that night, swinging back by the Tea Party to see if anyone was still up and then home to crawl into bed. (Do not recommend this anymore, the alone out of the bog part.) I woke up the next morning, stumbled to the portajohns and puck_eater said something about having toothpaste on my face. I wanted to hit him, might have, and went to wash my face and continue on with the rest of the war.

5) What was your first Pennsic?
Pennsic 25 was my first War. I've been disappointed in the following medallions ever since.

6) How many/which Pennsics have you attended?
12 Pennsics so far- 25 (first), 26 (Bera's reign), 27 (the dreaded NATO encampment), 28 (Niobe's reign, Alan seneschal), 29 (joined Vair and Ermine), 30 (Princess Aryanna), 31 (Pelican Princess Padraigin), 32 (Cursed Trailer), 33 (the original Bunk Haus), 34 (Roman wear, Dred's vigil), 35 (last minute camp mom), and 36 (Arielle's reign).

7) What keeps you going back to Pennsic?
Friends, shopping, experiences. I keep saying that I'll take a year off, but haven't yet. Sometimes it is obligation to go and work the various areas I promised, which do always end up being fun and giving me excellent stories, and learning experiences. I like our camp, the people we surround ourselves with, the way we run things, the many opportunities to relax, serve and grow, all rolled into one (or two) intense weeks.

8) Are you going to Pennsic this year?
Totally, I'm Vair and Ermine's camp mom this year.

9) What group/block do you usually camp in?
Since Pennsic 29, we've been with Vair and Ermine in N18.

10) What three words would you use to describe Pennsic?
Theater, not drama.