My 3 Day Weekend
Had a good few days this past weekend. I took off of work on Friday and was able to take Savanah to school which was nice. She was super excited about Daddy taking her. I was also able to pick her up from school which again, made her very excited. We then went to BJ's to pick up food for dinner (Bill, Annie Ann and Tony all came over and we grilled some chicken). Savanah loves going to our BJ's because they have the greatest play area for the kids. While there I picked up a new cell phone. Mine was getting pretty beat up and the volume wasn't all that great anymore. I think I dropped it a few too many times. It lasted over two years, which was a lot better than the phone I had before that. This time I paid a bit extra and got the Chocolate with the 2GB card for music. So far I love the phone. I'll review it later (maybe it's something Ron would want on his new site, I'll have to ask him about that).
Anyway, like I said, I cooked dinner for Bill, Annie Ann, and Tony, as well as myself, Savanah and Kathy. Not your typical Rosh Hashanah dinner, but with the parents in Spain and Lita's family down in VA. It was the best I could do on a Friday night. It was nice to host a group of close friends and family and cook dinner for them. Might not have been what I was used to on the New Year, but it was nice. After dinner, Bill took Savanah for a Pop Pop / Granddaughter weekend (Mom Mom is in Canada). Apparently they had a great time, although Savanah claims not to remember what they did (which is her typical answer to both Kathy and I when we ask her what she did in school, with Bubbie and Zadie, with Mom Mom and Pop Pop, etc). Bill even took her fishing, and while they didn't catch anything (Savanah says it's cause all the fish were up at the Nature Center) they did have a great time.
Saturday was a me day. Kathy had to work and Savanah was with Pop Pop so that left me most of the day on my own. I spent most of the day playing on the computer and organizing my photos with Photoshop Elements 4.0 (which again, if Ron would like, I'd be happy to review for him). It's a great program for organizing your digital photos. I haven't done much more with it than tag my photos (well most of em.....I'm almost back to Savanah's birth photos, so I've got almost 5 years worth of digital photos organized). I've used it to e-mail some photos, but now with Flickr, don't see much of a need for that anymore. I find it much easier to just send a link rather than zipping up 4 or 5 pictures and e-mailing off in small groups.
Annie Ann came over in the afternoon and the plan was to get to work on my Ren Fest costume, but after clearing off a work space and tidying up the house a bit, neither one of us felt like doing anything else, so we ordered pizza and watched CSI from Thursday. I did manage to build a sewing station for myself out of some cardboard boxes. Not a permanent solution, but a lot neater than how I had been keeping my stuff. I'll eventually either build something more permanent for the basement when it's cleaned up or buy something when I'm ready. I'll post a pic of my little creation on Flickr tonight when I get home.
Sunday, the plan had been to go to the Ren Fest, but unfortunately, the weather was not on our side. According to Tony most of the day down there wasn't too bad, but when he heard thunder, he hit the road. I didn't want to waste the gas and tickets to get down there and only stay for an hour and then get poured on (and had I gone, the storms of the day would have been much more severe....that's just the way it goes). Kathy decided to use the quiet morning sans Savanah to catch up on some sleep and I did a bit more photo organizing. Later that day I started in on the piles of laundry that have been haunting my dreams and managed to put a huge dent in that. Annie Ann came over a bit later and we got to work on the pants for my costume. We now have two pant patterns cut out, one of which is almost complete. We should finish them up on Tuesday. I'll post some progress pictures of that later on. After that, it's on to the shirt and then finally the Jerkin. I've been delaying the Jerkin because it's going to be leather and I'm still working on my leather crafting skills and with leather costing what it does, I don't want to mess anything up. It tends to be less forgiving than other materials. We have a base pattern for it, I just need to cut out the Muslin for it and then we can start making the adjustments needed. While Annie Ann was doing her cutting I puttered around the house doing a little cleaning here and there. All in all a pretty productive day, especially for me on a Sunday.
Anyway, like I said, I cooked dinner for Bill, Annie Ann, and Tony, as well as myself, Savanah and Kathy. Not your typical Rosh Hashanah dinner, but with the parents in Spain and Lita's family down in VA. It was the best I could do on a Friday night. It was nice to host a group of close friends and family and cook dinner for them. Might not have been what I was used to on the New Year, but it was nice. After dinner, Bill took Savanah for a Pop Pop / Granddaughter weekend (Mom Mom is in Canada). Apparently they had a great time, although Savanah claims not to remember what they did (which is her typical answer to both Kathy and I when we ask her what she did in school, with Bubbie and Zadie, with Mom Mom and Pop Pop, etc). Bill even took her fishing, and while they didn't catch anything (Savanah says it's cause all the fish were up at the Nature Center) they did have a great time.
Saturday was a me day. Kathy had to work and Savanah was with Pop Pop so that left me most of the day on my own. I spent most of the day playing on the computer and organizing my photos with Photoshop Elements 4.0 (which again, if Ron would like, I'd be happy to review for him). It's a great program for organizing your digital photos. I haven't done much more with it than tag my photos (well most of em.....I'm almost back to Savanah's birth photos, so I've got almost 5 years worth of digital photos organized). I've used it to e-mail some photos, but now with Flickr, don't see much of a need for that anymore. I find it much easier to just send a link rather than zipping up 4 or 5 pictures and e-mailing off in small groups.
Annie Ann came over in the afternoon and the plan was to get to work on my Ren Fest costume, but after clearing off a work space and tidying up the house a bit, neither one of us felt like doing anything else, so we ordered pizza and watched CSI from Thursday. I did manage to build a sewing station for myself out of some cardboard boxes. Not a permanent solution, but a lot neater than how I had been keeping my stuff. I'll eventually either build something more permanent for the basement when it's cleaned up or buy something when I'm ready. I'll post a pic of my little creation on Flickr tonight when I get home.
Sunday, the plan had been to go to the Ren Fest, but unfortunately, the weather was not on our side. According to Tony most of the day down there wasn't too bad, but when he heard thunder, he hit the road. I didn't want to waste the gas and tickets to get down there and only stay for an hour and then get poured on (and had I gone, the storms of the day would have been much more severe....that's just the way it goes). Kathy decided to use the quiet morning sans Savanah to catch up on some sleep and I did a bit more photo organizing. Later that day I started in on the piles of laundry that have been haunting my dreams and managed to put a huge dent in that. Annie Ann came over a bit later and we got to work on the pants for my costume. We now have two pant patterns cut out, one of which is almost complete. We should finish them up on Tuesday. I'll post some progress pictures of that later on. After that, it's on to the shirt and then finally the Jerkin. I've been delaying the Jerkin because it's going to be leather and I'm still working on my leather crafting skills and with leather costing what it does, I don't want to mess anything up. It tends to be less forgiving than other materials. We have a base pattern for it, I just need to cut out the Muslin for it and then we can start making the adjustments needed. While Annie Ann was doing her cutting I puttered around the house doing a little cleaning here and there. All in all a pretty productive day, especially for me on a Sunday.
Labels: cell phone, cooking, costume, elf, family, fishing, phone, photos, savanah
posted by Cayusa at
10:13 AM
5 Comments:
I see to type o's
OK Mr. Smarty Ass, I've fixed the ones you pointed out.
Gawd, some folks just cant take any criticism. hehe
Are you kidding me?! The ONLY item on your Froogle wish list is a hard drive?! You dweeb. If I didn't love ya, I'd bitch slap you.
Just checked out your blog for the first time. Nice!
Actually, I did that as a test and never went back. My amazon.com wish list is much more extensive. If you are out there shopping for me though......Add a Canon Rebel Digital xti (not the xt) to the list (The new Sony Alpha is an acceptable substitute) LOLOLOLOL. They don't call it a wish list for nothing!
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