Sleep dep brought to you by asshats

So, to start...I really don't want to see 3 am for the 3rd night this week. Please, Loki, get a new victim thanks. Ivan and I had headed to bed late after chatting for a long while. It was good chatting and vodka was on hand too which was very nice. Fell asleep about 1130 or so. I woke up for no reason (that I knew of) at 3am to hear the weirdest noise. I woke mel up and he thought it was rain and I thought it was fire. A quick check out the blinds and the wash was on fire and very close to our fence. I called 911, mel doused the part on the other side of the wall and the fire trucks came lickety split. The fires were put out, a neighbor also came out to investigate all was well, we just got back in bed when 3 squad cars pulled up in the alley. Mel got back up and gave his statement. So, I don't think I fell asleep until after 430 or so. Sighs.


The night was good though. I did get a nap in versus a work out but I was in the so tired I couldn't speak so I knew that was better. I made a nummy dinner of spinach and steak (remember to rinse spinach, yuck). Then richard was over and we got sucked into TV. Well, the boys did, I managed to sew sleeves on the kirtle and get going on other things. I finished quite a few step on the to do list. I'm pretty sure I will be to just eyelets on my kirtle for handwork for the weekend. I'm okay with that. I will probably have to pick up more buttonhole thread while I'm at joanns today. scribe_ari what is the name of the stuff you use for stencils? I'll need to have that for the turtle and anvil stencils.

Tonight I will get my work out in, then I will run errands and have folks over to show how to rinse banners and then I have a meeting with Aasni over a commission for a pitcher. All good. The silk has been steaming well and I have Jessica's left to steam and I found paper for it yesterday. All good. Just need to get that going right away when I get home and it will be done when folks come over.

5 things Meme

These are five things that public_shaylan associates with me and what I have to say about them. If you comment, I will give you five things, and then you can pass it on.


Nagel: Patrick Nagel...that wonderful artist who captures women in a very monochrome colorset, with out blending or modern thoughts to shading...kinda art deco, kinda modern but all beautiful. I only own one of his prints. which really isn't sexy but its of a cloaked lady and a horse..very powerful and I had to have it. It was the first art I ever bought myself. There is another artist I liked when I was in ND and I need to find them again....also did really neat ladies but in a very soft style versus the start contrast in nagel.

Lots of fun family traditions for holidays: Most of these traditions are Kemp traditions which include: Pie for breakfast, 1 pie per person coming to dinner +1 equals variety, stockings of hugeness but the final one is lasagna for xmas eve and that is a my mom tradition.

joe's: What else can we say. Joe's pancake house is home. We're regulars, the know us, they miss us when we are gone and they keep the coffee flowing. Nothing fancy but hearty fair.

viking paparazzi:Yeah, that viking girl with the camera on the corner of that pennsic postcard is me. Nuff said.

US Midwestern/northern culture:I will not be comfortable if you come to my house unless I get you something to drink and/or eat. Its poor manners if I don't do it. I make mel wear his wedding ring when we go back north so the old ladies don't give him the stink eye. And I'll make Jello salad for anything...cause I lived above the jello line for too long.

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