rustmon

Bussed in this morning for a meeting that didn't happen. but while on campus, I printed my favourite image of St. George and the dragon to use as a reference image when decorating my Camping loo in progress (However, this is the first time I have considered drawing the dragon, and not just the bliaut, so I never noticed before that there are two dragons in this image!). Then I caught the next bus home, because I could

Posting this from the bus, because I can. Know that even though I haven't posted here often lately, I have been continuing to write at least short posts in Obsidian on my phone, but not finding time to copy them here.
Today I managed to use the computer to push the last handful to my blog. So, rather than doing lots of post-dated posts (like I did last time I needed to catch up), I will just post a bunch of links, and you who are curious about what I have been up to can click through:

2026-02-12 starting the road trip to Nordmark Coronet
2026-02-13 road trip to Nordmark Coronet, day two
2026-02-14 vivat Baron Þórólfr!
2026-02-15 hem resan
2026-02-16 grateful I took today off
2026-02-17 selmor!
2026-02-18 it was a good bowl
2026-02-19 quiet day
2026-02-20 new knife blades, old photos (with links to photos of how bad this house was when we bought it)
2026-02-21 a Saturday at home
2026-02-22 unplanned errands
2026-02-23 a wool flower to start the day
2026-02-24 plumbing progress

If you do click through, and you feel inspired to comment, be welcome back here for that part. If there is a way to have comments in GitHub pages, I haven't learned it yet.

madbaker

This week's Resolution Recipe: Chickpea Masala Tomato Soup.
"This soup is homey and comforting, with flavors of Indian-inspired masala."
( This is less work than its length seems )

Current Mood: contemplative

madbaker

I habe a code. I consciously convalesced over the weekend, and have been taking it easy the last couple days -- I worked from home yesterday so I didn't stress my body with a commute (as well as plague ratting on Muni). I planned to go in today, but decided last-minute to stay home another day. This was assisted by my alarm not going off.

Current Mood: sneezy

madbaker

This week's Resolution Recipe: Counterfeit Cream.
( Medieval cookery manuscripts have many recipes for food that looks like other food. That was part of the entertainment. )

Current Mood: sneezy

kareina

I got only 4 hours sleep, but woke in a good mood and headed in to work. This morning was a special uni breakfast panel discussion thing they are starting up, with regular conversations on topics connecting academia and society. When I saw the announcement for it a month ago (before we decided to head down to Coronet) I saw that it was right before the Archaeology department meeting, and so I signed up for it--free breakfast and an additional excuse to be on campus that day. Win. Breakfast was bread roll halves topped with cheese and vegetables, and mango lassi, so I was quite happy with it, and found the discussion interesting and made good progress making a belt from the Marron dragons tablet woven band I bouhht at 12th night, backed with Soft black wool twill.

The Archaeology department meeting was also interesting, and I have volunteered to help out with at least one of the long overdue reports on archaeological excavation (as in the people who didn't the excavations are retired, but the uni is still legally obliged to submit the report, since they were responsible for the dig). It sounds like a fun way to get some real archaeology experience.

I got the bill from the carpenter today for the work he's done to create the attic toilet room, and I am please to note that the cost is low enough that after paying it I still have more in house savings than existed in that account in October. Not that it is cheap mind you, just that I have been able to throw a fair bit into savings lately.

After paying the bills I had enough time to make more Garden mousse and also some blueberry mousse with the other half package of tofu, and packed it in the ice chest for food to eat tomorrow, and made some popcorn and was packing it for tomorrow as well when Keldor got home from work. He rested a bit while I cleaned the kitchen.

Then we loaded the car and took out compost and emptied the cat sand.

I was doing my yoga for the day when Þórólfr arrived, and we left as soon as I finished.

Regular edits:

18:46 depart Lövånger
20:05 depart Umeå after a short toilet pause.
21:35 depart Örnsköldsvik after a short toilet pause
22:48 cross Högakustenbrön
00:55 Toilet and refuel car at Hudiksvall
01:40 Tönnebro toilet pause

kareina

Just now I saw a friend doing pistol squats, and I was impressed. So I tried it, and it worked, even getting back up, and I was surprised. Then Keldor woke me, and now I understand why it felt so easy. Everything is so much easier to do with my dream body! My first clue should have been the part where it has been more than 20 years since last I saw Marguerite..

That wake up was a little disorienting, as I truly had no idea I was asleep till he woke me, but I managed to get out the door on time nonetheless.

The fact thst my first meeting of the day was fika with my colleagues at the library, who had baked a roll cake filled with strawberries and whipped cream may had helped with motivation for that.

The second meeting of the day was only an hour, when it had been scheduled for two, so I managed to take an early bus home, and made time to shovel a little snow at Bryan's house on the way home (in part to make it look occasionally occupied, in part to make certain the postie can get to the mailbox, and in part because we may need the space for people to sleep there during our event next month, so it is good to keep the path cleared).

I even managed to get a half hour nap after I got home before getting up and doing our shovelling, finishing clearing the parking area just before Keldor got home with the car.

Then we cleaned away all of the various supplies for the renovations in progress out of the main floor of the house, so it won't be in the way when our housekeeper comes this weekend.

Then Keldor checked his armour and retaped his sword for the weekend while I ironed the Silk bliaut short tunic I finished on the trip to Stockholm (and fixed two problem seams) and started a load of laundry and also started packing everything else I need for this weekend.

Just before 20:00 I realised that I wasn't going to get as far as dealing with my armour and sword, and was feeling stressed about it. The armour is packed in its chest where it lives, and I am certain it is fine, but after the sixth time Keldor said that I really need to actually check it, I decided that no, this is for fun, and I don't need that stress, so I wrote their Highnesses to explain that I won't be fighting after all this weekend, and my stress levels felt instantly better.

Now the car is as loaded as it can be tonight, I have done my yoga, and most of the clutter is out of the way. In the morning we both head to work, then home, toss in the last of the stuff, meet Þórólfr, and start on the long drive south. We need only go as far as the Realm of Krake tomorrow night, so Friday will be an easy day.

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