Pink Fox: its Raining...IN MY HOUSE! :/

[pinkfox]

thanks for the hugs and good words guys.
feelign a little better this morning cause ash called me and told me shed been practicing sit and stay with her doxie puppy snickers (whos been giving them issues so i gave them some new methods) and she seems to have gotten it! yay!

its nice to be recognized for helping, especially when others kept telling her "it cant be done, the dogs stupid"

nope, just needed to find the right method

i also got up this monring and just cleaned my butt off, beein cleaning for almost 3 hours, and ive still got some bits (like dishes and topping off the fish tank) left, but i always feel just a little more at ease when my place is at least somewhat clean lol.

i think were supposed to be cleaning out the garage this afternoon too, dad wants to rearrange everything in there...again...and im out tomorrow and mum cant exactly lift with her shoulder incapacitated...

ive also got 1 more plant to plant and a couple of bags of mulch to put out before i can call the flower beds "done", oh and a little weeding, and i need to do a little back trimmiing on the wysteria...
dad hates my wysteria vine (i love it) so when i move im going to have to see if i can dig it up without destroying it or the plants around it.

got to try on my garb too, see what fits, i tried it on about 3 months ago but ive dropped another 20lbs or so since then..., luckily i got everythign slightly smaller than i needed so i think ive got enough play on the lacing points that i should get this season out of it...

but yeah, nothienr realy special goign on here, i just wanted to say thank you all for the hugs and i am feeling a little less sorry for myself this morning.

 

[pinkfox]

noones claimed the faire ticket

oh well...
busy day today, got my room cleaned and fettled and tried on my garb...

the good news is the 3 bodiced i have still fit...
the bad news is...they wont for long.

my leather bodice by pendragon (my first "fancy bodice) has 3 points of lacing...
for those not in the loop theres 2 types of lacing that can be done on a bodice, a normal lacing pattern like you would use to tie your shoes, this can be as loose or tight as youd like but at the end of the day itll only go tight enough that the edges meet...this is the NORMAL way of lacing...
then theres ladder lacing...also called infinity lacing, this method involes weving back and forth through the holes so that the 2 points are actually directly over eachother...
ladder lacing gets you about an inch tighter...
well my pendragon...i had to ladderlace at one of the lacing points...
i still have 2 lacing points at the front which are normlaly laced, but i have a feeling by the end of summer ill be at that point, which means by NEXT fair season, itll be too big for me...
this is both a happy and sad realization.

my 2 other bodices by oddbodkin can now be fastend at their tightest in a normal lacing method...which means they MIGHT last me through the end of NEXT year...

right nwo it looks like ill need to buy at least a couple of new bodices in 2013

all my undergarments though, chemise, skirts and bloomers still fit though the bloomers are a little beyond the point of baggy...i should get at least the end of this season with my boomers and my skirts and chemise's should be good untill i wear them out...

i did make myself a new pair of shortie bloomers today though to go with tomorrows outfit, all my bloomers are knee length...
so i made myself some "shorts" for tomorrow

i made up my lunch for tomorrow too

got Roasted Pepper Hummus, and some pretzel chips and some baby carrots to go with that...
deli sliced roast beef and turkey, cubes of moz cheese
watermellon
canned peaches
and im going to boil up a couple of eggs too
that should keep me going for the day.
oh and some sugar free iced tea (2 bottles, 1 of which is frozen) ill probbaly leave that one in the car and put an ice pack in my pouch because its only sooo big lol.

will have a protein smoothie first thing, and some greek yogurt before i leave...and ill save one of the eggs and the canned peaches for before i come home.

but yeah i think im all prepped, planning on not spending ANY money, which is incredibly hard at a ren faire...lol. but yeah.
itll be a good day...it has no choice but to be a good day...

 

[dragonlaurel]

Have a great time!
I would have grabbed that ticket for my first faire, but I'm a little too far away (Ar) . I've been needing a break from the mundane world It's time to start sewing, cause I have an event coming up. Not a great seamstress, but I can do the basic stuff. Gonna try making my first bodice too. :bun Wish me luck.

 

[pinkfox]

*fights to keep eyes open*

had a good day today overall...

got there and frined with extra tickets but no clue who she was giinvg them too sees me, goes nuts and tells me shes so glad i made it because the people shed given the tickets too had their own lives at faire and she didnt have anyone to hang out with...

so we ended up wandering around together...

first stop was with larry and leenie at lusty to hug them for the free ticket and ask larry to put more holes in my belt, i bought it from them 5 years ago and their work is lovely it still looks brand new, larry looks at me and i go "larry...i needs new holes in mah belt..." his responce..."oh my goodness you look faboulous...yes, yes you do" so he poked some new holes in me and i chatted with them for a bit, they realy are awesome people and if any of you rennies are looking for leather wear for faire i realy do suggest Lusty Leather, right now i have 2 belts a small pouch and amug strap from them, once i reach my goal weight and hold it i will be commissioning a custom bodice from them too not to mention they are wonderfull people who realy do anything for their friends, even if there only aquaintences!

then off to see some other frineds at their booth and get hugs, i dont see them often, but thre the ones that work full plus lots of OT, lots of hugs there, then it was a general wander around and say hi to folks...

i have to admit everyones comments made me grin ear to ear, they all commented on how amazing im looking...
i mean at 120lbs lost i hope so, but i dont see it and have low self esteem so for people to tell you...well it makes ya feel incredible!

then i bumped into one of my ex's (the most reacent one) his face was an absolute picture, he stammered for words and i swear he drooled a little...
then i bumped into my other ex...(i only have 2 lol) and omg i didnt recognize him at first, but he couldnt belive the transofmation and swore blind i couldnt be the person i sad i was LMAO!

gaught some of the acts, the singing group the limey birds were hillarious on the r-rated show, joust was good...
and i saw lots of things i wanted to buy but didnt

it was comfortable and chilly alternating all day, and reay overcast, but i still managed to get...from the stinging in my shoulders right now that wasnt there when i left faire lol...a good ole sunburn...

i burn bad normally, and put sunscreen on this morning...
but todays weather i decded i didnt need to reapply...
yes, deceptivve overcasst chillyness!

the worste thing is you dont realize untill after the fact, you take off the bodice and suddenly everythings hot pink and tingling...yup yup.

i also think i managed to get a chill this evening...the temps dropped REALY quickly as the sun whent down some and i didnt realize i was cold untill i was REALY cold...
so heat whent on in the car on the way home but im still chilly and a little shivvery right now, and since my nekkid dog isnt shivvering...i know its just me lol.

all in all a good day, but im SOOOOOOO tired now.
so its time to let the dogs out then climb into bed and go night night.

 

[pinkfox]

ugh.

so its now been 5 days since my bid was accepted for my house...
according to HUD i have 10 days to get everything inspected in order for it to stand as a purchase condition...(ie 10 days to back out ect wihtout loosing my earnest money...)
whether this is 10 days from the contract being sent out, or 10 days from the contract being signed on my day is kind of unclear, but either way were running out of time, and the asset company still hasnt gotten back to me with a confo that the contract was recived, has been checked and how to ge the utilities turned on so i can get my damned inspections done...i need to get the nessicary folks to the house to turn everything on before the inspection can be done...so
folks need to get off thier butts and get thigns moving so we can do this...*gah*

never ever again am i working with HUD, this process is ridiculous!
even if i lived in tn, i dont think its actually possible to do everything properly given such ridiculous standards. *sigh*

this better not fal through, there will be some serious attackage form me if they try and keep my earnest money based on them not getting back to me ontime!
i figured id probbaly not hear anything untill today, but now its lunch time and ive still not heard anything.

 

[pinkfox]

side note...does anyone know where the cats mute button is...
tampi is beyond talkative today, she woke me at 5:30 this morning with her mewing (i ignored her and she mewed for an hour straight before i said screw it and let her out)
then she came home for breakfast, and wanted to go back out...then sat at the door screaming ebcause she wanted willow to go out too...willow doesnt have flea/tick prevention on yet and i think shes still too young to be running around outside...

and then it started raining...so she wanted in...
and now its still raining but she wants out and she wants out now...(and has for about an hour lol.

gah, i need a kitty mute button...

 

[glenolam]

Glad the fair was great!!

I thought of you yesterday when I went to my mother-in-laws...apparantly a cat her "other son" (ie, the dark child) brought home was never fixed....you get the idea.

5 kittens born under her headboard! 2 white and 2 calico looking ones..wicked cute.

 

[dragonlaurel]

Glad you had a great time!
Making ex-boyfriends drool probably was an ego boost. You deserve it. You needed to see the difference through fresh eyes, so you're self image could match the new you easier.
Since you're going to be meeting new people that didn't know what the body used to look like, here's a tip -
Make sure you take a outfit that fit you at a few different stage of your weight loss with you when you move. That way you can see how much progress you really made if you need a reminder.

I gotta finish a chemise and redo a couple pieces of my SCA garb so I'll be ready for summer events. Got one coming soon.

 

[pinkfox]

well i do side by side pictures every month and thats been a HUGE help, but still its nice to have someon tell you you look awesome lol.

i cant wait for faire season to get into full swing, i just wish it wasnt so expensive to get involved...
if i work faire i spend a fortune on gas getting back and forth to rehersals, if i dont work faire i have to pay to get through the gate *grumbles*

in other news, spoke to someone at the office handling the house and they said they recived the contract on time on friday, and are currently reveiwing everything, should hear something in the next few days.

 

[Denim Deb]

Hope everything falls into place for you.

Just curious, when you move, what are you going to do about the faire?