Bad dogs and a good day

[norsegirl]

I started writing this entry Sunday, Sept 20th, but private posted it until I could get back to it and finish. Uuuugh for being busy.

Had a lovely day Saturday visiting with everyone. I was delighted that almost everyone I know in the SCA in Ealdormere made it out to this event. Special thanks to utsi, hel_ana and much_ado for going out of their way to make an appearance since I know you guys don't come out to many events lately. And sorry to sionnach_sidhe and duir_sidhe for not telling you I was going to be there. I could have sworn I'd mentioned it to you, but with the baby brain and all I probably just thought about it and never followed through with actually doing it.

It was a great, relaxing afternoon in perfect weather with all my friends and some wonderful food (thanks again for the buns Utsi), and was just the recharge I needed this trip. No demands or obligations, and many people to take turns holding the baby. Lots of thanks to real_jayde who held her for most of the day. How are your arms recovering babe?

I did get my dress finished in time, hemmed and everything, so while there was a little pressure to make that deadline (I didn't bring a back-up dress so if it wasn't done I'd have nothing to wear) it was good to have the motivation to make something new. I haven't made myself a new dress since I made the apron dress in 2005. Still not entirely pleased with the pattern, I think I'd like it to be narrower at the wrist, and the front slit was deeper than it needed to be, but it's close, and certainly good enough to wear. I'll just modify the pattern for the next one I make. This is the first thing I've ever made for myself out of linen, so that's cool too. God knows I've bought enough of it over the years, so it was nice to finally use some of the stash. I'm hoping to have enough of them made and a new apron for Pennsic of next year. It's definitely time to retire the old wardrobe.

I did throw together a quick dress for Georgia, out of a scrap of crappy fabric and I wasn't too happy with the end result. It did let me see how it would fit and what I'd need to modify to be happy with it. Fitting infants is weird because their proportions are very different. Georgia was also a bit rashy. Maybe because of the cat exposure she's suffered this week, or maybe because infant skin is finicky like that so she didn't look her best. On the other hand eliskimo's baby looked perfect. He was absolutely beautiful, with these gorgeous big long eyelashes and flawless porcelain skin and the most wonderful little costume. Anyway, I've got some leftover linen from my dress, so I might make something for her when I get home to Texas and my sewing machine. Or not. She's growing rather quickly right now, so I'll have to see when the next event is that I'd like to attend and produce costumes accordingly.

I made it in time to see the last sentence of Tangwystl's speech for Odette and to hear her scroll read and see her receive all the symbols of her order. It would have been nice if I'd made it in time to see the entire ceremony, but that simply wasn't to be. We were all packed up and ready to go with Georgia in the car seat all strapped in when she had a massive poop that made her very upset. Then she had to be changed, fed and settled and it took another half hour to get out the door. Life's like that with a baby unfortunately.

In stark contrast, Sunday morning was a huge amount of suck. My Dad left the gate open ever so slightly so when my Mum let the beagles out she didn't notice that it was open. Beagles played unusually smart and though they checked the gate while she was watching from the door, they didn't escape through it until she was back in the house and they were out of sight. Not sure how long they were gone before someone noticed. Anna was easily found as she'd only made it two doors down where she was happily playing with some neighbourhood kids. Lizzy on the other hand made it to the other end of the subdivision. Jason was able to find her by following the "arooo"s as she'd treed at least one squirrel.

Got both beagles back safe and sound, but it so wasn't worth the stress and panic. The gate has since been tied shut and Dad has been informed that for the duration of our stay he is to use the front door.

Comments

[utsi.livejournal.com]

:) glad you enjoyed the buns
i know i had fun getting them. the taro was fun with the purple colour

hoping life is settling down to normal again

[eve-the-just.livejournal.com]

I thought of you all the way home to Texas as we ate the buns instead of stopping for fast food. (we froze them when we got home from coronation so we'd have them for the long trip) Jason took the last two buns to work today, so that's my fix for this year :)

I think I liked the chicken best. I loved that there were mushrooms in it. I have a thing for fungus.