Life and Stuff
Sep. 7th, 2007 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jadecatHeh, heh, opps, forgot to do an actual weekend wrap up sort of thing... Which I meant to do because stuff actually happened!
Kinda- Saturday and Sunday were kind of 'bleah' days because the hubby had to work from 7am-3:00pm. He was getting orientated at his new job. And Sunday he actually was there almost an hour and a half over because the RN he was working with was used to 12 hour shifts, not 8 hours, and didn't think anything about keeping him late. The only reason he was able to leave when he did was because he asked her if he would get in trouble for working OT during orientation. She was quite quick to let him go at that point...
However! Monday was different. For once we both actually had a holiday off! So we headed to the Renaissance Festival in Holly Mi. There we met up with the wonderful![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
devoosha, her hubby and a couple of their friends. That was really cool. (by the by, devoosha and her hubby looked very good in their garb, and made me terribly jealous that hubby and I didn't have any.) Prior to meeting up with them hubby and I procured the requested item for dagoski, though a phone call was needed to make sure we actually got the right thing. (by the by, they're not making them anymore after this year, dagoski as the designer is retiring. But on future trips I'll keep an eye out for you. :) ).
At the Ren Fest we saw part of Zoltan the Adequate's show- much fun. But we had to scurry to meet up with the folks at the Ded Bob Sho. As always, it was really funny. One of the Bob-Zombies really got into it, that was cool. And there was a Joust!! We were sitting on the 'England' side, the others being Spain (the King of Spain was Queen Elizabeth Gloriana's guest and sponsor of the joust), Bavaria and Scotland. The Knight from Bavaria did have the most amazing hat, Scotland was quite funny, England had the best personality, and Spain had the prettiest horse (and apparently won the draw on 'who gets to win today?'). After the joust there was a conversation with the English Knigh, and he revealed that he'd actually rescued his pretty mare- she was being badly abused. It took him quite some time to bring her back to the light side, but now she's been working with him at the joust for 6 years and seems to really enjoy it. And she was perfectly fine with all these strangers coming up to her and petting her nose and cheeks. I was quite impressed with the man's efforts.
Hubby also dragged me into one of the garb shops because there was this doublet he really liked! We ended up looking for a minute, and then heading on, and then coming back. Actually got him to try it on- and oh my! The entire outfit was over $500, and we couldn't really justify spending that. But! We may start a 'savings fund' to buy garb. :) I did find a beautiful belly dancer skirt/top. However, it was WAY too expensive for what it was. The quality just wasn't there- not like with the place selling the doublet hubby liked. So I gave that a pass.
We also saw a lovely Raptor exhibition. Woman has three Harris Hawks and a falcon (though I now forget the specific breed- Peregrine I think...) and was explaining their history and showing how they maneuver and so on. Was really cool to watch. I had to laugh when I found out her boss Harris Hawk's name is Isabeau. (If you don't get that, why are we friends again? ;) I keed, I keed.)
Hubby had never been to the Faire, but enjoyed it and wants to go back. :) Yay!
edited to add: The whole garb thing did remind me how much I missjiffjenn, and the fun we had getting all garbed up to go to the Faire several years ago. 'Cause jiffjenn rocks when it comes to the making of the garb!
On a lesser note, I was also reminded how annoyed I am with an ex-roommate who 'borrowed' the garb Jenn made and then only returned the outer dress, keeping the under shirt and skirt for herself. *growls* They were a perfect shade of cream to go with the dress (which is still in fabulous condition!) and I've not been able to replace them.
So yeah, that was the weekend- posted just in time for a new weekend to start. Oh, and to everyone who responded to my poll- thank you!
Kinda- Saturday and Sunday were kind of 'bleah' days because the hubby had to work from 7am-3:00pm. He was getting orientated at his new job. And Sunday he actually was there almost an hour and a half over because the RN he was working with was used to 12 hour shifts, not 8 hours, and didn't think anything about keeping him late. The only reason he was able to leave when he did was because he asked her if he would get in trouble for working OT during orientation. She was quite quick to let him go at that point...
However! Monday was different. For once we both actually had a holiday off! So we headed to the Renaissance Festival in Holly Mi. There we met up with the wonderful
devoosha, her hubby and a couple of their friends. That was really cool. (by the by, devoosha and her hubby looked very good in their garb, and made me terribly jealous that hubby and I didn't have any.) Prior to meeting up with them hubby and I procured the requested item for dagoski, though a phone call was needed to make sure we actually got the right thing. (by the by, they're not making them anymore after this year, dagoski as the designer is retiring. But on future trips I'll keep an eye out for you. :) ).At the Ren Fest we saw part of Zoltan the Adequate's show- much fun. But we had to scurry to meet up with the folks at the Ded Bob Sho. As always, it was really funny. One of the Bob-Zombies really got into it, that was cool. And there was a Joust!! We were sitting on the 'England' side, the others being Spain (the King of Spain was Queen Elizabeth Gloriana's guest and sponsor of the joust), Bavaria and Scotland. The Knight from Bavaria did have the most amazing hat, Scotland was quite funny, England had the best personality, and Spain had the prettiest horse (and apparently won the draw on 'who gets to win today?'). After the joust there was a conversation with the English Knigh, and he revealed that he'd actually rescued his pretty mare- she was being badly abused. It took him quite some time to bring her back to the light side, but now she's been working with him at the joust for 6 years and seems to really enjoy it. And she was perfectly fine with all these strangers coming up to her and petting her nose and cheeks. I was quite impressed with the man's efforts.
Hubby also dragged me into one of the garb shops because there was this doublet he really liked! We ended up looking for a minute, and then heading on, and then coming back. Actually got him to try it on- and oh my! The entire outfit was over $500, and we couldn't really justify spending that. But! We may start a 'savings fund' to buy garb. :) I did find a beautiful belly dancer skirt/top. However, it was WAY too expensive for what it was. The quality just wasn't there- not like with the place selling the doublet hubby liked. So I gave that a pass.
We also saw a lovely Raptor exhibition. Woman has three Harris Hawks and a falcon (though I now forget the specific breed- Peregrine I think...) and was explaining their history and showing how they maneuver and so on. Was really cool to watch. I had to laugh when I found out her boss Harris Hawk's name is Isabeau. (If you don't get that, why are we friends again? ;) I keed, I keed.)
Hubby had never been to the Faire, but enjoyed it and wants to go back. :) Yay!
edited to add: The whole garb thing did remind me how much I miss
jiffjenn, and the fun we had getting all garbed up to go to the Faire several years ago. 'Cause jiffjenn rocks when it comes to the making of the garb! On a lesser note, I was also reminded how annoyed I am with an ex-roommate who 'borrowed' the garb Jenn made and then only returned the outer dress, keeping the under shirt and skirt for herself. *growls* They were a perfect shade of cream to go with the dress (which is still in fabulous condition!) and I've not been able to replace them.
So yeah, that was the weekend- posted just in time for a new weekend to start. Oh, and to everyone who responded to my poll- thank you!
