Pictures!!

My sister is putting me to shame on the pictures! So here are some from the Maryland Rennaissance Festival. I've been twice this year, once with my real camera, once with my iPhone (well, it was there both times, but when you have a real camera, you use it). So obviously I only have the pictures from the day I took them with my iPhone. I went on Sept 17, by my lonesome, but was far from it. Puss in Boots was there!! I even got a poster, and I'm so going to see that movie when it comes out!My friend from the APL Drama Club was there, performing with her madrigal group (Camerata Musica). They even did a song I remember doing in high school!

This is Lynn. She's fabulous.

While wandering about I heard screaming, and the next thing I know this crazy woman all dressed in purple was hugging me!!! Lady Ravenwolves, my good friend, who actually just retired from the Navy the day before and was there celebrating with her family.

Later that day her daughter Armanda did the exact same thing. Didn't get a picture with her, though. Or Goldilocks, a woman from VA who stayed with me several years ago when she was working at the RenFest and needed a place to stay. Ran into her too. Didn't get a picture of her either. Drat!

Did all my shopping that day, picking up my favorite honey (Killer Bee), a new dress from Wolfstone Kilt company. No picture, but I will be taking it with me in November to my nieces' wedding. I'm sure there will be pictures from that.

It was a fun day. I may go again this year, if I can find some friends to go with. It's always better with friends.

Things that come in threes...

Who knew disasters also follow the 'rule of three'? We had an earthquake, a hurricane, and now flooding. Lots and lots of flooding. Not where I live--I'm on the top of a little hill, so my house doesn't get flooded and the nearest stream is at the bottom of the street about 1/4 of a mile away. I haven't lost power, and I haven't had any other major issues either, so I'm quite blessed. The roads I take to work are high and, well, mostly dry. Just rained on, not covered like my friends' roads. My cats have been particularly ornery this week, but that could be put down to the weather too, right? After all the thunder and lightening, I'd be a wreck too if I was small and completely dependent on my human.

Speaking of cats, my orange kitty is bucking to get herself made into chili. Yeah, you heard me. Cat chili. She's been attacking me regularly this week, so last night I clipped her claws. How did she get me back? She clawed me in the face. Only one scratch drew blood, I suppose I should be grateful for that, the little brat. One of my home teachers keeps referring to her as Chili, because he says he'd be happy to put her in a pot. She keeps this up and I just might take him up on it. She wouldn't be adoptable since she scratches people, so I can't take her to a shelter, and a rescue, well, she'd just be placed somewhere with other cats, whom she HATES. So I'm thinking the chili pot is the place for her. Ok, I'm only kidding. Mostly. Stupid cat anyway.

Speaking of ornery cats, Ani has been regressing. He was coming out for a bit, but now he just hides. He comes out to eat, but last night with all the thunder and lightening he hid in the laundry room. I tried to get him to sniff my hand, but he just hissed at me. Maybe I should give him back to his rescue. At least there he'd have other cats to play with. Or maybe I should bring a little friend home with me tomorrow from the cat show...

Yes, going to the cat show tomorrow with a few friends. That should be a lot of fun.

Last weekend went to the Renaissance Festival with friends. That was a lot of fun. I also went to the Maroon 5/Train concert with a friend. That was a lot of fun too. I do have pictures, but they're still in my camera. This has been a busy summer. And every weekend for the next month or so is busy too.

Lazy, lazy weekend...

Had all these plans for this weekend. Was going to go shopping, go to the movies, go to the Renaissance Festival...

I did mow my back yard, mostly. My friend came over and we worked on Quiet books for a while. I even managed to get prepared for my SA Committee meeting tonight. For the most part, though, I read. I read one book. It was an 800+ page book. And it was quite good. "Outlander", I forget the author's name. I stayed up late Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night reading. Spent most of Saturday reading, forbade myself to read on Sunday so I'd get something else done. Spent most of Monday reading too, and finished it. Stayed up that night too, but not quite so late, and on to the 2nd book in the series by that time. You see, this poor woman had stepped through two standing stones in Scotland, in 1945, and came out, still in Scotland, but in 1743. I had to see if she got back to her century before I could put it down. Didn't actually find that out until the second book, though. Course, the love story, which was the main part of the whole story, was very intense. I got a little tired of her doing silly, 20th century things like walking off by herself, getting in trouble, and having her 18th century husband (initially a marriage of convenience) rescue her. The last time she was able to rescue her husband, though, so that was good. She was married in 1945 and had a lot of anxiety about the propriety of her being married in two centuries--she didn't want to get married but that was the only way to protect herself from the evil 6xgreat-grandfather of her 20th century husband (who was a verra nice man, but his ancestor wasn't). So yeah, I'd have to recommend this book, and thank my sister for lending it to me. whew! Luckily she leant me the second one as well, so I'm set for a little while. And speaking with a Scottish accent. Does anyone else do that? Get so involved in a book you end up talking like the characters?

Someone at church asked me how I was doing, and I said "I'm here". Given the late nights, it was a bit touch-and-go when I hadn't even gotten up at 11:30am on Sunday morning. Good thing it was Fast Sunday--didn't have to worry about eating. Kinda the same sleeping-in problem on Monday, which is why I missed out on the Renaissance Festival. Oh well. I have a few more weeks before it disappears for the winter... They're going to take away my 'rennie membership', though, if I don't stop sleeping through the festival!