New beagle

Feb. 27th, 2005 08:37 pm
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So it's decided, we're getting a new beagle girl on Thursday. We have to drive to Calgary to get her though. Hoping I can get the day off work and I don't know what will happen if I can't. Today we went and bought a new, larger cage for them, and a nice, soft bed to put inside it. Lizzy has already licked her approval on the new digs. We also got a new collar, more food and all the other things I figure we'll need. We were unable to get a car harness as every store in the city seems to be out of the right size - drat. And we still need to get a second leash but we're going to get it at Wal-mart and it just isn't worth going to Wal-mart on a weekend, horrible zoo that it is. Other than that, we're all ready for our new addition.

And no, we haven't completely decided on a name yet. Jason likes Anna, and I like that name too, but we're still considering Mary. I think we'll wait until we meet her to see what name really fits.

I'm all headachy and tired today. Yesterday was investiture down in Calgary. It was an early morning (we left at 6 am) and a long drive with one of my brother vikings. I really like the guy but his car is kinda dodgy (he's been modifying it and I can't say it's for the better) and his driving was kinda scary (one lane, you need to drive in one lane, drifting is not good). He hadn't had any sleep at all, so I'll credit lack of sleep to the horrible driving, instead of just thinking he sucks. His "tweaking" on the clutch however was rotten, as was the rotating shifter knob and the stereo that kept skipping. I'll keep to my factory cars thankyouverymuch. I ended up doing the last leg of the trip from Red Deer to Edmonton and I have to admit, even I was in poor shape to drive. If I'd been in my own car I would have pulled over and done a couple of jumping jacks and breathed in some cold, winter air at least once to wake myself up, but I just didn't want to stop in his car and have to shift it back up to 5th again. We won't tell mother how fast I was driving (same reason I didn't stop, wanted my task of driving it over as fast as possible). We finally got back around 1am and I fell asleep on the couch lying on my dog because I was too tired to go upstairs and she was all soft and warm... so I didn't sleep great last night, which is probably why I feel awful right now.

So how was investiture? Really, really nice. Got some work done on the blackwork, and I might even do a little more before bed tonight. I'm hoping to have that done this weekend so I can send it off. Got to sit with Rectangularcat both during the afternoon when I was blackworking and for feast, and I have to say, she was just as nice and charming in person as on livejournal. I hope we see her at more events in the future. Also managed to get my new apron dress done and worn. Tablet woven straps and trim, applied by hand, no visible machine stitching, hand done hem, I was quite pleased with it. Colour probably not documentable, but pretty (screaming royal purple with green and cream trim). I even had all the accessories so it was complete with beads (including some REALLY nice hand made beads by Inga), tools hung by fingerloop braids, and brooches by Kes_zone. I bought those brooches at Murder Melee two years ago and FINALLY got the dress done so I could wear them. That feels great I'll tell ya. I'm all about finishing projects right now it's sweet!

Feast was spectacular too. Apparently that area has a reputation for inedible feasts (not just bad, inedible) but this one counted among my 5 best in the 10 years I've been in the SCA. I think that says something for it. Need to get the recipe for that salad dressing...

Date: 2005-03-01 05:28 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rectangularcat
I was great to finally meet you!

Your dress was fab even if it was Norse...

I even started to work on my red kirtle.. (embroidery just isn't tempting for some reason and I think I can finish the kirtle by next weekend's event!). You are inspiring!

We definitely have to hang out together more...! I'm starting to like Avacal!

Ok, I think I used my exclamation point quota for today...

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