I don't know been busy and unable to blog but not really feeling the need to... oh well...

Well today was the dreaded and yet much needed day! Greg's SSDI hearing was this morning and after many years of no he finally got a yes!. They are making him a step 5 disabled person. In the end what does this mean? it means income that he is responsible for and an easing on me. For which I am eternally grateful for. I love him very much but there are times when being the only income in the house is more than I can handle. Now I can go back to school and finish up.
Rose

So I missed the display last night, darn it... connected with some old friends on Myspace last night. I feel old today... But then so are they...

The new computer arrived today! sill waiting for the monitor but it will get here...

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The Queen's Champion
You scored 66% hardcore SCA!

You are really involved in the SCA. You probably have some really cool garb. You put a lot of work into playing the game and making sure its fun for others too. For a lot of folks an event wouldn't be the same without you. You probably have a tendancy to over do it sometimes. You may need help knowing when to say "No" or when to stop sewing and go to bed.

There are moments in our lives that can be very interesting. Right now due to a flood on Sunday we have had to have a wall removed from our working space. They have a major hepa filter going full blast (not as loud as a jet engine but more like a constant driving wind with no ebe and flow...)

Yesterday they finally got down to the majority of the mold (which was in between the walls and they didn't believe us when we said it was there...) and they pour disinfectant all over it before they cleaned it up. It stank in here worse from the Pine Sol type cleaner than the mold...

But joys:

Today I was able to get out of bed.
Greg has to have a colonoscopy and then they will reverse his ostomy.
Gabrielle is doing well at Grandma's and learning about vegitables and fruits from the ground up.
I finished the second Dragon face and am onto the larger scales down the neck.
Ob greated me with a wagging tail this morning.
The office is cold...

As some know my family is very much into farming and ranching... The county fair is this week and my mom took 1st place with her succulent display and my sisters took first place with their scare crow and mom got second with hers. But the best news I just copy from her email....

More fun – Tim Mulvey brought me a baby duck he found wandering on the street in front of his house When Leona and I checked the duck who was setting, expecting to give it to her – she had 17 more babies!!!! So we hurriedly gathered them up and put them in a pen where the dogs and Scamper can’t get them. We had just found her nest three days ago – thank goodness we knew where to look, or she would have had them off up the hill where varmints could get them.

More love

mom

I love it when she finds nests and stuff because it is always a surprise where they are and they are so much fun to play with. I miss that part of my life but know it is too much for me to do... At least Gabrielle will have great fun when she is up there.

mee

Morning to myself. It is thursday and a while since I noted anything... Went to Kingdom Colligium and got sick. It was either the orange juice at the hotel or the eggs I haven't decided which. Of course I was run down before I went so what else is new... Gabrielle's play is Friday, Saturday is Fabric war and then Sunday we send her off on a plane to my parents for a while... hmmm I miss her now it will be a long summer....

I cannot believe it, I forgot to wish my husband a happy anniversary as I left this morning... How selfish of me. silly self we have made 21 years today.... Wow...

So I arrive at work on a Friday morning and find the system is down... So I run the fix it program and it creates an error... I have extra help this morning and we cannot access the system... Oh well. I have finally got the vendor to reply but now an hour and a half has been wasted...

Oh well not my money, It is friday there is a wonderful turkey cooked and cooling in the fridge for dinner tonight. I stuffed it with oranges and sprinkled it with melted butter, salt, pepper, a bit of sage, a bit of onion and garlic powder on the skin only. And so it goes...

When I went to get dressed this morning Ob climbed up in the bed with Greg and layed on my pillows... I wish I was a dog....

For once this morning I have reached work before everyone else. I am grateful for the few minutes of quiet before the storm. The drive in was cool and nice and the day I hope will continue to be so. Greg's doctor yesterday told him in front of me that I had to stop being his mother. He needed to care care of himself. It was an interesting discussion believe me...

Here I sit, trying to work
When all around there are jerks
Today will be a trying time
I wonder how I will survive
when all around they think they are sublime.

So I finally am trying to get my account going again. It took an hour to get the log on done and my computer is being so slow it is not even funny. wish I could chuck it into the river and get a new one... oh yeah there is no river around here deep enough...

http://fcmx.net/vec/get.swf?i=003702

wow...

1. What is your SCA name?
Nastas'ia Volkovicha

2. What is your home kingdom?

Atenveldt, now

3. Have you ever lived in another kingdom?

West..

4. Do you remember your first SCA event? When/what was it?

Yes a feast in Allysia the guy who asked me was in a word "HOT" I thought it was fun but a little weird...

5. Do you have any awards? (You don't have to list them if you don't want)

Yes.

6. Do you list them after your name in communications like e-mail?

Occasionally when it is something that is needed but 99% of the time I don't.

7. Do you have a device?

Yes………..got it on the first try (me too but then it took me 20 years to design and submit)

8. Do you use it? On what?

Not yet but I will.


9. Are you on all the kingdom/society lists available to you, or do you avoid them?
yes

10. Do you keep your Pennsic/Estrella/Gulf Wars/etc. site tokens?

Yes

11. Do you keep the favors you've been given by royalty/friends/SOs, etc.? Do you wear them all?

Keep them all with love in my heart for each one, don't wear them all because well never mind it would take all night...

12. Do you call your friends by their SCA names even when you're not at an event?

Yes, infact even my husband and kids get me calling them by their SCA names... In the west I hardly ever knew anyone's Mundane name.

3. Do you go out to dinner in garb after an event?

Yep

14. Do you have all kinds of garb, or do you generally stick to one period?

All Kinds

15. How many interests do you have within the SCA? What's your favorite?

Lots of interests fiber arts, bardic, music (still haven't gotten the nerve up to play yet), dance court and tribal, rapier, watching the fighting, cooking, beads, lace I could go on forever I think...

16. Do you have an SCA-oriented web site (to show off projects, keep dress diaries, etc.)?

No.

17. Do you maintain a hairstyle that is more period style than modern? How about any other part of your appearance?

Yes and no... I tend to braid my hair anyway which is how the russians wore it.

18. Do you tell "No $###, there I was" stories? (Admit it.)

Yes

19. Authenticity is Fun. Yes or no?

Yes.

20. Is there one modern thing at events that really bugs you?

Sometimes, mostly in those moments when I am really into it... and suddenly they just pop out at me...

Bonus Question! 21. Everyone has a shameful garb/accessory mistake hidden somewhere in their past. What's yours? (We're all friends here, we promise not to laugh. Much.)

Let me see... yes... the time my abundant chest made it's way out of my court dress when we were presenting the charter for the shire we were a part of, or the time (same dress don't you know) I was asked to either cover up or get off the phones for the PBS because I was showing a bit too much for the comfort of the viewing public...