Decisions, decisions...
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callistotoniSeems to be a theme this week.
-- Turns out West Kingdom 12th Night and An Tir 12th Night 2010 are on the same weekend. It *had* been the plan to go to both, just like this year. Now J/S and I have to choose. We just talked about it, and there are pluses and minuses on both sides. Still making up our minds.
-- Decided that the most cost effective thing to do regarding the upcoming Disneyland trip (for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
misagillian's birthday) would be to fly down that Thursday night (so as to only have to take one day off work), and drive back with either misagillian or nightbocce that Sunday. Looking forward to D-Land with fabulous people, getting to see D-land through 3 y.o. Noah's eyes, and getting to show J/S D-land since he's never been. But, oh, this is *so* going to be the budget trip...
-- Dithering about what I want to do with my riding in the SCA. The following is really just a bunch of ideas that are running in my head; thinking online, if you will: Maybe it's because I foresee a crazy-busy next 12 months, maybe it's because I now don't have a deadline, but now I'm dithering about what I want to do with barding, costumes, and performance rides. Do I go ahead with the Concordia idea? If so, do I go ahead and modify my existing goddess costume, or do I start from scratch and make something a lot more authentic? Do I focus more on making 16th C riding clothes (i.e. boy clothes)? Do I go practical, or do I focus on performance costume? Do I make new barding? Do I come up with something to honor my sweetie and go for a Stallarifannsk look?
What about the performance itself: Do I go with my original music, which is 90 sec, which is very short when you ride to it. Do I pick something else, of do a mix? I can think of silly presentation things to do if I have helpers, but I don't know what I would do (i.e. choreography) to show Brandee off to her best advantage, as Pluvinel says.
I will say, though, that between seeing my problems in the photos from the WK EQ Championship, and having a couple of break-through lessons lately, I've taken a step up in my riding -- yay!
Oh, and on the Brandee front, my little girl is apparently a Chia Pet. In the last 2 weeks she has gotten a coat like a Stieff animal. She *did not* get a coat like this last year! If it's like this now I can't imagine what it will be like when we clip her in November. I'm guessing it's going to be a hard winter, folks. :-0 Other than that, she managed to scrape all the hair off a spot on her front left leg while I was up north. Healing nicely, but still sub-optimal that it happened at all. Other than that she's doing fine, I'm happy to say. Chiropractor appointment tomorrow.
-- Sewing is happening, but I need to prioritize the projects that follow this current dress. This weekendnightbocce spent the weekend and we got a lot done. I got all of the buttons of my black wool overcotehardie done and most of the hem as well. Nightboccee used J/S's Norlund No. 63-thingie pattern and got one of those mostly put together for her sweetie in hopes of finishing it for GWW. I should be able to finish my dress for Mists Coronet and the 14th C playday, but whether or not I finish the rabbit tippets that go with it is questionable. I had hoped to wear my "I'm J/S's Girl" cotehardie combo at An Tir 12th Night, but now we'll have to see. ;-)
Nightbocce also bought some of the new Tudor Tailor patterns, and I need to trace off the sizes I want this week from them. Hey, normally I would support them and buy my own, but I just can't afford a $60 pattern these days. :-/ Nightboccee and I both think that the early Henrician outfits would be great Estrella wear for both us and out sweeties. :-) Then again, I need to start J/S's Charles the Bold pourpoint pattern, both for a new gamboson and one for general wear. Then there's bunches of 14th C dresses I have fabric for, as well and a need and desire to get back to my 16th C roots. Like I said, I need to get my priorities in order. Of course, if someone I know wins Mists Coronet it will be all about court sewing, and that would effect priorities greatly, obviously.
-- Work is busy. Since the days are shorter and colder now I've switched my schedual so that I ride in the morning and just stay at work late. It's a good thing that I can do that.
-- Yay for the arrival of Jocelyn R. Keish! Yay for Conrad getting bigger and bigger!
-- I get to see J/S in 9 days -- Yay! We'll daytrip Coronet; I hope he likes all the 14th C stuff :-) . I'm guessing he'll enjoy that fighting stuff that happens at coronet as well (although he won't fly down with his armor). ;-) And I hope to get him a riding lesson while he's here that weekend. :-) He can't ride Brandee, but we have Cowboy Shawn who trains at my barn and at Ed Levin Park and he has lesson horses. (That's who J/S rode with the last time he was here. :-) ). I have no idea where the money will come from, but I have dreams of J/S having a horse to ride and do SCA stuff with so that horse stuff is something we can do together. This is important to me because of how much of my time I spend at the barn and with Brandee.
Well, that's all I can think of for now! Be good to each other, everybody!
-- Turns out West Kingdom 12th Night and An Tir 12th Night 2010 are on the same weekend. It *had* been the plan to go to both, just like this year. Now J/S and I have to choose. We just talked about it, and there are pluses and minuses on both sides. Still making up our minds.
-- Decided that the most cost effective thing to do regarding the upcoming Disneyland trip (for
misagillian's birthday) would be to fly down that Thursday night (so as to only have to take one day off work), and drive back with either misagillian or nightbocce that Sunday. Looking forward to D-Land with fabulous people, getting to see D-land through 3 y.o. Noah's eyes, and getting to show J/S D-land since he's never been. But, oh, this is *so* going to be the budget trip... -- Dithering about what I want to do with my riding in the SCA. The following is really just a bunch of ideas that are running in my head; thinking online, if you will: Maybe it's because I foresee a crazy-busy next 12 months, maybe it's because I now don't have a deadline, but now I'm dithering about what I want to do with barding, costumes, and performance rides. Do I go ahead with the Concordia idea? If so, do I go ahead and modify my existing goddess costume, or do I start from scratch and make something a lot more authentic? Do I focus more on making 16th C riding clothes (i.e. boy clothes)? Do I go practical, or do I focus on performance costume? Do I make new barding? Do I come up with something to honor my sweetie and go for a Stallarifannsk look?
What about the performance itself: Do I go with my original music, which is 90 sec, which is very short when you ride to it. Do I pick something else, of do a mix? I can think of silly presentation things to do if I have helpers, but I don't know what I would do (i.e. choreography) to show Brandee off to her best advantage, as Pluvinel says.
I will say, though, that between seeing my problems in the photos from the WK EQ Championship, and having a couple of break-through lessons lately, I've taken a step up in my riding -- yay!
Oh, and on the Brandee front, my little girl is apparently a Chia Pet. In the last 2 weeks she has gotten a coat like a Stieff animal. She *did not* get a coat like this last year! If it's like this now I can't imagine what it will be like when we clip her in November. I'm guessing it's going to be a hard winter, folks. :-0 Other than that, she managed to scrape all the hair off a spot on her front left leg while I was up north. Healing nicely, but still sub-optimal that it happened at all. Other than that she's doing fine, I'm happy to say. Chiropractor appointment tomorrow.
-- Sewing is happening, but I need to prioritize the projects that follow this current dress. This weekend
nightbocce spent the weekend and we got a lot done. I got all of the buttons of my black wool overcotehardie done and most of the hem as well. Nightboccee used J/S's Norlund No. 63-thingie pattern and got one of those mostly put together for her sweetie in hopes of finishing it for GWW. I should be able to finish my dress for Mists Coronet and the 14th C playday, but whether or not I finish the rabbit tippets that go with it is questionable. I had hoped to wear my "I'm J/S's Girl" cotehardie combo at An Tir 12th Night, but now we'll have to see. ;-)Nightbocce also bought some of the new Tudor Tailor patterns, and I need to trace off the sizes I want this week from them. Hey, normally I would support them and buy my own, but I just can't afford a $60 pattern these days. :-/ Nightboccee and I both think that the early Henrician outfits would be great Estrella wear for both us and out sweeties. :-) Then again, I need to start J/S's Charles the Bold pourpoint pattern, both for a new gamboson and one for general wear. Then there's bunches of 14th C dresses I have fabric for, as well and a need and desire to get back to my 16th C roots. Like I said, I need to get my priorities in order. Of course, if someone I know wins Mists Coronet it will be all about court sewing, and that would effect priorities greatly, obviously.
-- Work is busy. Since the days are shorter and colder now I've switched my schedual so that I ride in the morning and just stay at work late. It's a good thing that I can do that.
-- Yay for the arrival of Jocelyn R. Keish! Yay for Conrad getting bigger and bigger!
-- I get to see J/S in 9 days -- Yay! We'll daytrip Coronet; I hope he likes all the 14th C stuff :-) . I'm guessing he'll enjoy that fighting stuff that happens at coronet as well (although he won't fly down with his armor). ;-) And I hope to get him a riding lesson while he's here that weekend. :-) He can't ride Brandee, but we have Cowboy Shawn who trains at my barn and at Ed Levin Park and he has lesson horses. (That's who J/S rode with the last time he was here. :-) ). I have no idea where the money will come from, but I have dreams of J/S having a horse to ride and do SCA stuff with so that horse stuff is something we can do together. This is important to me because of how much of my time I spend at the barn and with Brandee.
Well, that's all I can think of for now! Be good to each other, everybody!
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