...brenda333 !!!

So, we are doing the final packing.  Well, OK the man is doing most of it.  I need to go take that last shower before we leave.  I had hoped to temped you all with my magnet-y goodness, but that will have to wait until Monday...Unless, you are at the Faire then you can see them there.  I took countess_e 's advice about the needle minders and bought some really cool Pilgrim Badge's and you will just have to wait and see them...

Other than that, I wish I was feeling better.  I am not fittzwm 's worse nightmare...Nope, I am every woman's nightmare when camping. So I will go take that last lovely shower and hope for the best. 

For those going to June Faire, see you there!  For those staying home, feel free to come to my house and weed the front yard and if you are really ambitious, the back could use a good machete chopping...Just kidding...well, maybe not... OK mostly Kidding.  Have a great weekend, whatever you is doing.

So, my husband taped a bio of ABBA...Ya gotta love;-)

...In the last few weeks.  Rather proud of myself... The photos aren't great.  They are from my cell phone. 

( Cuz I know that not everyone is interested.  )
Well, that is this installment of Krazyfiberkat can finish some stuff...  Now, back to your regularly scheduled rants, snarks and angst;-)

Hey all,

Any who want to come by the shop tonight, we are doing a newcomer's night discussing garb. 

...Maybe a slate frame?   Well, we got them at our on-line store!   http://store.krazykatfiberhaus.com/

I am so thrilled that we have an on-line store...  And we are getting more stuff add to the mix.

Teh hubby got the on-line catalog working!!!  Woohoo!!!  SQUEEEEEE!!!

It is still pretty rough and we only have the Threads on it.  But it is a catalog that people can purchase from!  Spread the joyous noise all over the universe.  Krazy Kat Fiberhaus is really in the 21st century!!!

Now to head to bed....

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This situation has become just too much for us.  Bernerd is a 5 year old Boxer/Lab.  She is fun loving and active.  She is currently living in a large dog crate, because we do not have the time and energy to give to her.  She is a very active dog and our lifestyle doesn't allow the time needed to spend with her and train her.   We need to find a new home for Miss Bernerd this week or we will need to take her to the Humane Society.  We have tried several venues to find her a new home, but we have had no success.  Rescues won't even talk to us.  If she is going to have a chance at the Humane Society, we can't wait much longer.  So, this is going out for one last chance to find her a new home.  

Here are some of her particulars:

Loves children...Heck, loves everyone but the grumpy ol' postman
Good with cats (we have three)... OK, she will chase if they run, but Spot has been known to sleep on top of Bernerd, so it just depends on the cat's reaction to her.
Brindle coat that is short and easy to maintain.  Heck, I haven't had to give her a bath in a while.  Oh, and She hates water, so baths may not be a good idea;-) 
Loves to play and play and play and play.

 

She is the queen of the dog park and loves playing with other dogs

She loves taking walks and behaves on leash very well. 

Please If you know of anyone who would love a great dog and has the space and time to devote to her, please let us know.

...help stitch Kissing Pillows!  The Evergreen Chapter of the Embroiderer's Guild of America has been stitching Kissing Pillows for several of the units deploying out of Fort Lewis...they have only refused to stitch for the Stykar Brigades because the demand would be too heavy for the 30-50 stitchers that have been participating.

What is a Kissing Pillow.  A Kissing Pillow is a small pillow that is given to active duty personnel as they get ready for deployment.  Two things can happen with the pillow.  One, the service member can kiss the pillow and give it to his/her children and/or spouse to keep with them during the deployment.  Or the family can kiss the pillow and the service member will keep it as a small reminder of how much he/she is appreciated and what they have at home.   While it is a simple little thing it can mean a lot for the morale of our troupes. 

These pillows are very simple to stitch, just a little red heart with "I love you" in the middle.  However, the EGA is in desperate need of stitchers to help with a critical need: 

Stitchers  - 
 
We ( I ) need your help ! A new unit - C co 1-23 infantry has requested our
pillows. They are being deployed in June and so by the end of May we will
need 800 pillows and that is just for the soldiers not the families. If
everyone of us in March and April would stitch at least 10 tops we would be
able to fulfill their request.  I CAN NOT DO THIS ALONE - I need everyone's
help. I have found out that they call them the  " I Love You " pillows.
 
After our meeting on 3/21 there will be a work session. Please plan to stay
and stitch and help. I will have all the supplies. If you need a pattern
please call or email me and I will get one to you.WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER
!!!!!    Thank you all !!!
 
Nancy B. 

If you would like to help with this project, let me know, because there will be more units being deployed and if you commit to stitching a few of these tops...They are extremely easy...that will really help this project be successful!  

Also, if you are interested in attending the EGA meeting with me on the 21st, just let me know!!!

OK, it is 6:15 am and I will be leaving in a few minutes for Fallon, NV with the kid and P3H.  I don't know if I will be able to log in while I am down there, so nobody have too exciting a weekend. 

Oh, one last thing, BAO's Candlemas has been Cancelled for this weekend.  The hall booked us on the wrong date and put a Revival on that evening.  That is OK, cuz everyone has been getting sick, including my poor, wonderful back-up autocrat, courtierka...get well soon, sweets!  Anyway, we...Her Excellency and I...decided to just move the event to March 21st.  Elspeth made sure that they wrote the correct date!  We will be having a Tournament of Daffodils and will be strongly encouraging Bards to come and perform, because while Celtic Bardic appears dead for the moment, there is nothing to say that we can't encourage Bards with an event that is very Bardic Friendly!

Anywho, better go wake the kid, throw the last minute accroutrements in the car and take off.  See you all later.

This is the Homework Assignment I could have used in College!

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Meeeeeeeaaaaaatttttt....noooooommmmmmm;-)

Travel Writer- I really do like to travel.  It is just time and money seem to get in the way!  I would love to travel all over the world.  Especially, if I could do most of it on a cruise ship!  Nothing like being catered to day and night while you travel from port to port. Writing descriptions of all the ports o' call so the poor slobs at home can have more vivid dreams of places far away.  It just sounds really nice. Except if I had to take a bus into the Andes...Nope, never want to do that.

I have been in a fog all day, except when I started crying while a customer was looking around the shop.  Luckily, she didn't see me and I was able to escape to the backroom to get a little kleenex and get myself back together...

I couldn't wait much longer so I called my mom to see if there was any news.  She and my aunt were waiting for the doctor.  Mom did say that Grandma wasn't in a coma.  That she was coming in and out of consciousness,but that she doesn't appear to recognize anyone nor is she responding to the nurses.   So, I have a little hope that she will get better.  I was pretty mopey this morning when I felt that there was no hope.  

However, I do recognise that Grandma may never get her cognitive functions back, which may cause issues with my mom and her sister.  Mom is a firm believer in the quality of life school, but I am not sure if Aunt Johnetta is.  I know that Aunt Johnnie was the Pollyanna when Grandma had all those complications after her heart surgery.  Yet she is very practical and has spent a lot more time with Grandma in the past few years than Mom, so tends to know Grandma's signals better, so it is merely a small possiblity that there would issues.  Besides conditions were a lot different after the surgery.  Grandma was cognizant, she just didn't want to do what the nurses and therapists were asking of her.  She is a bit of a stubborn old woman:-) 

I hate holding patterns. 

OK, just so I can catalog some of this stuff, these are my current projects: 

( I warn you...lots o pictures )



That's it for my current SCA...sorta... related projects. We won't talk about my models for the shop;-)...  Top Chef has named the winner for this week and it is time for bed.

Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember. Don't send a message, leave a comment here. Next, re-post this in your notes/LJ and see how many people leave a memory about you.

So, yesterday we had a great time at DL's Candlemas.  I was able to pull out my st. Cecilia and get a little more work done on it.  Her face is coming together, now that I am at a place where I can start putting some hair around it.   Since I had her in the car with me this afternoon, I dropped her off at the shop, so I can try doing some work at the store...In all my copious amounts of spare time...Hah!!

Did a little judging, which was fun.  It was nice to hang with tsuruko  and Mattuesz.  I am just hoping the person we judged doesn't blow off what I talked to him about.  Unfortunately, I have been told by others that he probably won't. 

ayeshadream  did an awesome job on the feast, just need to work the communication issue.  Her idea of serving the removes like they were described in Scappi, was thwarted by a well-meaning Herald that didn't know to end his Italian resitation with "line up for your food folks!!!" 

Cate got to play and play and run and play and run some more and play...She was wound up when we got home, but within a few minutes of putting her to bed with me, she was out.  she slept until 10 this morning when we transferred to the crib then slept some more until noon.  She woke up and hung out with Dad until I got home at 4:30pm, when she fell back asleep again.  Even with the mutts barking she is dead to the world:-))) 

I got up today and went in to the store on a special request fromcountess_e , who wanted to bring a couple of her apprentii down to see the shop.  Thanks, Liz, it was a great start to my retail week and it is always fun to play with fiber people!!   And I really like that idea of pilgrim badge needle minders...  Maybe for June Faire.  Which we got notification that we are in for merchanting.  Now, we just have to figure out how we are gonna get fed, as our demensions are based solely on our marquis pavilion and 2/3 of that will be shop space, the rest will be taken up with our bed and stuff.  So, we need to find some one who is willing to let us buy into their kitchen, so that we only need to bring drinks and snacks. 

I am going to go rest now...