Miscellaneous Stuff

[helwen]

nq3x posted this cool thing:
Roman 20-sided die



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LJarchived my journal today. Hopefully SUP can manage LJ fine from Russia and we won't have to move. Meantime, I find my old posts are easier for me to look through on LJarchive, so I'm happy with having done this anyway.

If I do have to move, I will probably just add another account on blogger to the one I already have there. Some folks are going with something called InsaneJournal, and there are others out there as well, but until something actually happens I'm not going to bother.

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We had lunch at Frontier Pizza in Sunderland. Very tasty manicotti there; I brought half of it home as well as the salad, probably for lunch tomorrow. Then we went to the antique shop in Amherst and found many nice woodworking tools as well as a few other things. L got a man-yoke too, and it's a very nice one indeed. It should make an excellent model for making future ones. One of the planes has a piece of ivory on it, next to the blade, so we even got something "appropriate" for our 14th anniversary ;)


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Went for a good walk this evening when we got back. Cold, but if we get ice tonight I won't be going out tomorrow. Go me!


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Choir practice this past Sunday went well. We learned two new songs -- not perfectly of course, but it's a nice change from the long battle we had with Palestrina.

Also received a lovely ornament from harpnfiddle, who is doing some lovely lacemaking these days.

It's been a good year for gifts this year. Generally speaking it isn't a big thing for me, but I do like the mistletoe from harpnfiddle in its handy little gauze pouch so I won't lose any of the bits and the little porcelain plate from Jeni and gwynt_y_storm with the two pelicans on it -- very SCA-appropriate for us. No, we don't collect pelicans, but the plate is perfect. And of course the necklace, tea, woodworking tools and other things from last month. Nothing I have to wonder about how it ended up here and what I'm going to do with it -- no scented candles or cutesy Christmas sweatshirts, for which I am exceedingly grateful.

Good times with good friends is all I really ask for; the rest is icing on the cake.


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We'll be going to EK 12th Night this coming weekend. Anyone else?

Comments

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

I'll be at 12th Night. With Anssem and Safiya.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Cool :)

[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

I won't be there =/
I'll check as to who local to me is going, for hostage exchange purposes.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Okay, I will start packing for the weekend, so I don't forget. There will be a scarf too... did I tell you I got it off the loom?

[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

I asked someone who lives near me, if I get a positive ping, there will be a parcel for you as well ( small. )

[embermwe.livejournal.com]

I expect to be there.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Cool. Looks like quite a few people I know will be there.

[rising-moon.livejournal.com]

Hey, pretty picture!

Do you know if those carvings are of planetary symbols? Zodiacal signs? I can't tell.

Have fun at 12th Night! We'll miss you.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

I don't know if that is a known thing. Although I can see the symbol for the sun on one face (circle with dot).

We'll do our best at 12th Night to have fun :) Maybe see you at Novice Schola? (Feb. 28)