2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

Happy things from today: This morning the new peerage information in the SCA was made public.  Peerages are the highest level awards that a person can get.  Sort of like becoming an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts.  Keziah recently became a peer when she received her Laurel for excelling in arts and sciences.  I have a Pelican for years of service.  There are others.  There were five peerages, this new one will be number six.  They plan to name the peerage Esperaunce (spelling?) which means hope.   This is what the badge of the new peerage will look like. Keziah and me. I finally made it to the archery field.  At Pennsic War the East Realm and Midrealm compete with each other, earning points and bragging rights until the next war.  On the archery range we are allowed to shoot 30 arrows at each of three different types of targets.  These are the clout (100 yard distance), the Advancing Man (distance to the targets vary as does the...

Happy Pride Month! What I wanted to do today was to attend all of a gathering of Foresters.  I was not there by 10 AM when they started. Here are happy things from my day: What I did first was sort through some of the boxes. My goal of going through them at least a little on non-work and non-event days is important.  Yesterday I went through a box and pulled out three sweaters that will be donated.  What I didn't do was put away the other things in that box.  One of the things I need to remember as I go through the boxes is that everything needs a place.  Today I went through some more boxes and sorted them into some piles.  Some items went near boxes of paper to sort (old bills, cards, etc), some were for the studio, and even a few went into the box I made for donations.  So I'd like to think I made some progress.  Progress is good. After that, I remembered that it is the first of the month and I paid my mortgage.  Yay! Then I had a short ch...