July 25th, 2011
Next SCA list: Feastbox
The feastbox is a wooden box about the size of a smallish cooler. My husband made it. It’s virtually indestructible and a pain in butt to carry.
Standard:
- 4 plates
- 4 maple bowls spare wooden bowls
- drinking vessels
- period utensils – spoons, knives (forks not period, optional)
- cutting knives
- matches, butane lighter
- salt & pepper
- paper towels
- napkins
- table cover
- carrier bags, trash bags
- foil & glad-tainers
For court events:
- Table runner
- Chargers
- Candles & holders
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July 25th, 2011
After all that angsting about which notebook to use for my lists…I’ve decided to keep the original. I mean, everything’s already written out, why go to all the hassle? There’s still plenty of room in the spiral, too. I can save the other one for a different project.
So. To keep up with putting the lists here, I give you the staples list:
- Salt, pepper, spices and herbs*:
- Marjoram
- Basil
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Ginger
- Curry powder
- Coriander
- Sugar, creamer
- Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate mix
- Oatmeal, cream of rice
- Bisquick, flour
- Syrup, honey
- Emergency can-goods:
- Tuna
- Beans
- Chunky soups
- Ravioli
- ETA beef stew
- kippers
- mac’n'cheese
*Need small spice containers
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July 22nd, 2011
I’ve decided on the Stuart Hall Executive Project Planner.
Okay, so, this shows how long I’ve had this notebook…a) there’s no web address on the back and b) apparently after having been purchased by Pen-Tab in 1998, Stuart Hall Co., Inc., was closed down in 2001.
O.O
And…I think Pen Tab Industries might have gone defunct, too. So, I guess this is a collector’s item now. ROFL. Best make good use of it.
This is the closest I can find on Amazon.
Or this
This is very close
Oooh..this one’s nice
Anyway…harrumph. On to organizing the lists. I need sections.
- SCA
- House
- Non-SCA sewing
- Non-SCA projects
These might end up being transferred to a loose-leaf binder, but for now, I’ll keep them in the spiral…or maybe an individual notebook for each. It’s not like I don’t have any spare notebooks. *kitty giggles*
Gah! You see, this is why I never get my act together, so many decisions!
Okay, so first list, subject to change, of course:
- 1. Kitchen Box (Rubbermaid ® Roughneck™) – Permanent items:
- Make cover
- ETA: Frying pan
- 2 pans/pots-get kind without the long handles, like this set right here
- Basin
- Drainer
- Bowls
- Spatula, spoons, knives, cutting board (wood), fork
- Colander
- Measuring cup
- Stove
- Grill for fire
- Dishcloth & brush
- Can opener
- Hotpads
- Hand towels, dish towels
- Lantern and/or flashlight
- Fly control (bonus: everything you never wanted to know about flies )
- Scent traps
- Tents for food
- 2. Kitchen Box – consumables
- Make cover
- Dish soap
- Bleach
- Matches/butane lighter
- Foil
- Trash bags
- Wipes
- Scrubbies
- Zip bags
- Glad-tainers
- Propane
- Paper towels/rags
- Sharpie
- Cadles
- Carrier bags
- Small laundry soap, baggie of dryer sheets, roll of quarters
- Lysol
- Fly strips
- Bug repellant
- Vinegar
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July 21st, 2011
OT for a sec..I could have sworn I made another post after the one about automatic updates. Weird. Anyway.
Some of my vast readership (bwahahahah) might know that I belong to a group called the Society for Creative Anachronism, or SCA. It’s been an on-again, off-again relationship for a long time (1988 to be exact). I’ve made tons of friends, a few enemies, and a lot of memories. I met my husband in the SCA.
There were times I was totally involved and on a fast-track for big things (awards, etc.), then we had our son and played a bit, then not..then some more, then was out, then came back, blah-de-boop as my daughter says.
Recently, I introduced a pair of friends of mine, Ms Pushing Furniture and her hot boyfriend, to the SCA and damned if they didn’t take to it like ducks to water. Really active; she’s being her OCD self and turning out costumes and doing all sorts of things, including helping another relative newbie learn to sew.
And I’ve managed to get myself appointed as Chronicler (I do the baronial newsletter), which is the first ever office I held in the SCA nearly 23 years ago. *arched eyebrow of confusion* But back then we did it the hard way, cut and paste on blue-line boards, now I just use Adobe InDesign the same as I do for the newsletter I do at work. Easy peasy, as they say. That is if I could get people to submit articles and things. I think people just don’t care anymore. It kind of went to pot over the last couple of years because the woman doing it didn’t have time..or something, not sure what, so I think people just kind of gave up. The newsletter is a requirement of being a barony, so we have to turn one out, but I think unless we start getting submissions, it’s really a redundancy: everything you need to know is on the website.
So, anyway…we’re “active” again…sort of. I’ve gained so much weight that none of my costumes fit anymore. And I had made some pretty nice ones, too. And my husband’s stuff doesn’t really fit, and my son has none…and the whole barony seems to be on this EVERYTHING MUST BE LINEN kick. Yes, linen was period, cotton wasn’t, at least not how we use it. But not everything was linen, either, and I see a lot of clothing being made out of linen that should really be wool or even silk. BUT. It’s Texas, so I’m totally willing to give them that one.
Linen is much more available than it was 20 years ago, but most of what you can get locally in Austin is all in trendy colors or is a linen/cotton blend. The blend is sorta-kinda okay for certain things. It is cooler and doesn’t wrinkle as much…but then that signature wrinkling is part of the linen “mystique,” if you will. The other nice thing is that if you order online, you can get a number of different weights of linen in white and then dye it if needed.
The point of this post originally was to lay out all that I need to do to even go to an event. List making ftw! We shall move apace in the next post.
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March 31st, 2011
At least one of my friends likes to post a “things I like” list every now and then. She’ll post different themes of “ten things.” I must admit, I’m not nearly so ambitious, but then Dianne’s written four books now (three are published, the fourth is being published), and is writing a fifth, she blogs constantly and writes “other fiction” on a regular basis. To be completely honest, when it comes to writing, she is what I wish I were. Ha! I always have been a dreamer.
But, as they say, I digress.
This is just a general, “here are things found on the intarwebs I love plus” list.
1. I love planners. I never keep them up like I should, but the idea of organizing my life on little lined pages just enthralls me. As I said, I always have been a dreamer.
2. Like Dianne, I love sticky notes; my planners have a plethora of sticky notes in them (which is a problem with digital planners: where the hell do you put the sticky notes??). But I also love paperclips and binder clamps. Once again, I think it’s the whole organizational thing….I picture all my papers and to-dos neatly clippered and clamped with nifty clips and I’ll be able to look at a stack and presto! I’m saved.
3. I love boxes. Of any kind. Boxes. And more boxes. And even MORE boxes. See above. My family believes I secretly know if I get enough boxes, my problems will all be solved. Heh…yeah…I’ll get back with you on tht. (OMG….that search sets my heart to fluttering…BOXES!!) Oh…and these, too.
4. Let’s face it, I love office/school/art supplies. Period. Different colored pens, markers, sticky notes, notebooks, paper, blank books, rulers, sketch pads, pastels, brushes, you name it. *sighs*
5. I love this room.
6. I love these bookshelves.
7. I love my new washer and dryer. After all the hassle of getting the washer to work and a part replaced, they work great. (Maytag Centennial series).
8. I love my boss. Not that way. He rocks. He might be a colonel, but he checked his ego at the door. He’s still intense, demanding, and a control freak, but once you understand that he’s all about the mission, you get it. There are still days when I could cheerfully boot him in his flightsuited arse, but then I can also TELL him when he annoys me. The other colonels I’ve worked for? Oh, hell no. He’s PCSing this summer and I’m gonna miss him.
9. I love April and October. which just happen to be my and my son’s birth month (April) and my mother’s and three of my best friends’ birth months and my anniversary month (October).
10. Kismet. Via Facebook I just found this. I love it. What amazing advice from such a youngster 
.
Now, if you’re paying attention (and actually have taken a look at Dianne’s lists), you’ll notice a big difference. She actually writes about each item, discusses it, tells you why she likes it, irrationally or not. I suppose that’s telling. It tells me why she’s a writer and I’m not. But it also tells me I can’t always tell you why I like something. Or, conversely, why I hate something. (Although I can easily tell you why I hate some of the ignorant stupidity surfacing these days. [Again, I digress.])
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