Category: Historical reenactment

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I blog therefore I am

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When we were driving all those hours on Thursday and Friday I found myself thinking about what I would post if only I had managed to get around to setting up blogging from my mobile. So I picked up a pad of paper and a pencil and began doing it the old-fashioned way. Adam laughed at me. Thursday, January 10, 2008I have wheels We began the day with a trip out to Glenorie with 2 yowling cats in the back of the car. Tom apparently found this hysterically funny greeting each mournful “Merrrowwwwl” with loud giggling. This got old very … Continue reading I blog therefore I am

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We’re all going on a summer holiday…

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*no more working for a week day or two* My mum used to sing that as we headed off on our many camping holidays way back when. It just popped into my head now as I was playing around with the phrase “we’re off on a holiday” trying to make it sound vaguely interesting. I shall have to remember to annoy the kids with it tomorrow afternoon on our way south. They find it disturbing when I start serenading them with the songs my parents used to sing. There’s “Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow” (obvious application here), “It’s … Continue reading We’re all going on a summer holiday…

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We’ve been busy

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Saturday’s project was the gingerbread house, I baked the gingerbread on Friday night, then assembled it and let the kids loose on it in the morning. They were very thorough… My mum had come over to spend some time with us and she got quite caught up in the creative process too, I think those rows of smarties along the edge of the roof are down to her 🙂 After doing some cooking for the next day’s picnic we headed into the city to meet up with Jenni (ChingTing) and Kat (Ninox), SOz members who were up from Canberra. We … Continue reading We’ve been busy

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Left-overs? What left-overs?!

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I’d been telling people all week that I was expecting around 50 people to come to our Christmas party last night and that half of them would be kids. I’m pretty sure that those figures were right back at the beginning of the week. But then I kept telling other people “Hey, we’re having a party! You should come along!” And they all did. I’d catered based on my original numbers so it’s a bloody good thing that I and all my fellow Browncoats are chronic over- caterers because according to my calculations this morning we in fact had 75 … Continue reading Left-overs? What left-overs?!

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Pottery and politics

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Today we voted then drove for 40 minutes to the leather supplies place where we spent more money than planned because there’s no point going that far if you’re not going to make it worth your while. Then it was back home grabbing lunch on the way, we picked up some stuff and headed up to Gosford to the Huscarls meet. Today was a craft day rather than training, we had 12kg of clay to play with. People were making oil burning lamps, bowls, jugs and cups. Adam and I managed a very nice ewer (him) and 5 cups (2 … Continue reading Pottery and politics

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Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest.

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Adam got back from Amsterdam this morning so the day started early with the distribution of loot among the kids. The boys got mini remote control helicopters, no I don’t know what that has to do with Holland either, and Caitlin scored a very pretty Swarovski crystal pendant. I got tea from the British Museum and there was also a haul of books on various things medieval – anglo saxon crafts, celtic and norse designs, and saxon and viking artefacts – and a set of dvds titled Masterpieces of the British Museum. Breakfast followed, eventually. Tom had been promised maccas … Continue reading Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest.

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Fans4writers

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Fellow Browncoat JenskiJen is on holidays in the US…sort of. While she was in LA, the Writers Guild of America went on strike. And Jen, being Jen, volunteered to help out the fandom support campaign. The full story is on her LJ but to save you the trouble of an extra click you can read it all here 😉 Writers on Strike – Fans4Writers CampaignYou would think that when I travel all the way from Australia to the US to go on a holiday, I’d just relax and have fun, right? Um… well, see… while I was in LA, the … Continue reading Fans4writers

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Public holiday = BBQ party!

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Friday was a no-blog day because I spent the morning frantically cleaning up and shopping, as one does, in preparation for having close on 20 people, mostly Browncoats, over for a BBQ in the afternoon and evening. Everyone who came brought with them vast quantities of gorgeous and for the most part healthy food and despite my original intentions to track points come hell or high water, I caved and just stopped worrying about it. There were vegan cupcakes cooked by Susan, vegan slices, salads and NOT-meatballs invented and cooked by the very talented ZB, Crusty Meatloaf & Lecso (capsicum … Continue reading Public holiday = BBQ party!

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Funny feet!

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Adam finished sewing the shoes mentioned in my previous post. This photo doesn’t do them justice, they look much funnier in real life especially paired with his suit pants. He’s reading over my shoulder saying “They’re not supposed to be funny, they’re supposed to be intimidating! They’re for pillaging in!” Somehow I don’t think it was their footware that made Vikings so feared way back when… They still need to be stained, sealed and have lacing put in to keep them on at the ankle so not quite properly finished but the sewing and turning right side out is the … Continue reading Funny feet!

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WWC Wk1 Day2

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BreakfastLarge skinny cappuccino – 2ptsLunchGreek salad, pasta & sundried tomato salad and fruit salad – 12.5ptsDinnerChicken and vegetable mango curry with rice, 1 pappadum, mango chutney, yoghurt for dessert – 12ptsSnacksmilk for tea – 0.5ptsWater4x750mlExerciseNil Total for the day: 26 Bit of a lop-sided day, I’m in the very bad habit of going to my meeting on an empty tummy which tends to do weird things to my eating for the rest of the day. The pasta salad I bought for lunch turned out to be much oilier than it seemed in the display and my points guesstimation had me … Continue reading WWC Wk1 Day2