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Jan. 8th, 2018 02:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stitchwhichDay four of the caging snow. It is actually more dangerous on the roads right now than it was yesterday. Most of the roads are coated with snow packed down to ice, with high-edged ruts or piled snow along the edges blocking access to the drains. We ventured out to make a grocery run and saw quite a few accidents during our 12-mile round trip. Most dangerous are the drivers in trucks with empty beds or lightweight top-heavy SUVs who were travelling on partially-cleared 4-laned roads while driving in excess of 50mph - those were city roads with random stop lights and lanes suddenly covered in white ice. Idiots.
Also idiotic is the mindset which causes men (it seems to always be men) to insist on backing into a clear driveway from an ice-packed road with three cars parked at the curb across the street... luckily one of the neighbors my husband blocked from reaching his home had about ten pounds of road salt in the back of his SUV, which he shared with Bossman so between that and the backing/forwarding rocking of the truck the hubster finally got our extra long truck away from being a total roadblock. I was scared to death he was going to hit one of our neighbor's cars - the truck was skewing (!) sideways in the road and getting its self more horizontal to the road than before. I have never seen my man take such a risk just to have the nose of the truck pointed toward the street in our driveway. We rarely put the truck in the driveway as it requires our across-the-street neighbor to have an empty curb in order for us to even pull out. Having his vehicle stuck at the curb and all that rutted icepack on the road - - I have no idea what my guy was thinking. We have a Ford 250 with a six foot bed. It isn't short from bumper to bumper, nearly as long as the road is wide.. Neither is it lightweight. There was burning rubber involved and a lot of adrenaline as he spun the tires, burning through the ice to the bare pavement. I jumped back about five feet (and nearly landed on my hinny) when the truck slid sideways towards me the first time - and then he did it repeatedly afterwards until he got traction. Good gravy that was alarming.
Schools are out tomorrow, still. And likely the next day. The city is basically paralyzed until the snow melts more, with the road crews unable to even plow our main roads much less the vast tracks of neighborhood ones.
There is going to be a heck of a lot of potholes to repair this spring. But we've four days of daytime temps being above freezing and rain coming on the warmest days so hopefully by the end of the week we'll see mostly-clear roads.
The end of the week is when our local area is hosting Kingdom 12thNight. The organizer has pulled out all stops in getting everyone she knows to do her a favor in running something for the event. We are filling every available room in the convention areas, which take up two floors of the building. There is one restaurant on the bottom floor. We've just learned this is important, because she held back on the information that non-staying guests will not be allowed to bring in any foods, beverages, or alcohols, so luncheon cannot be a sideboard. We must eat in their restaurant or leave the hotel for a meal. Those of us who are on specialized diets (us diabetics are livid) are scrambling to find workable solutions. Mine is an age-old one. We'll bring a cooler to keep in the car and smuggle our munchies inside. Jerks. I sure as heck am not giving Pat Robinson's foundation $15-20 (or more) for a hotel lunch. And I've publically asked how this policy will affect those of us who are giving food items as gifts.
My Khanate (a small unit of members of the Dark Horde) is running a gaming room for the event. We'll offer period games - board, dice, and cards - during the day and open the room for both modern and period ones once court starts. I have no difficulties keeping the game room open during court as I, as are many Atlantians, are attempting to have the least amount of contact with Atlantia's current monarchs as we can. This way we will provide a comfortable space for those who would otherwise feel that they might as well leave the event at that point. We were going to keep the gaming open for the duration of the event since there is dancing after feast, but with the news about the food/drink situation, we'll likely fold up when feast begins.
And before that, I need to get a muslin cut out and tailored into a decent del and then make the del, or I'll be the only member of my Khanate who is not dressed in a Mongolian style. And I'm the Tarkhan, the head of the khanate! Dels have been a running sore spot for me since I joined the Horde years ago, as big bosoms and bathrobe-lapping tunics are not friendly. There is always some sort of gap to flash a bra at others no matter how I cut it in a period-correct manner. My co-sufferers just pin theirs to keep the gap closed but it looks like crud that way and I refuse to do it. I had one del that worked but it only did that because I sewed the flaps to each other from the inside and had to take it on and off by pulling it over my head. The side ties were just for show. I really need to experiment and get one draped correctly.
Also idiotic is the mindset which causes men (it seems to always be men) to insist on backing into a clear driveway from an ice-packed road with three cars parked at the curb across the street... luckily one of the neighbors my husband blocked from reaching his home had about ten pounds of road salt in the back of his SUV, which he shared with Bossman so between that and the backing/forwarding rocking of the truck the hubster finally got our extra long truck away from being a total roadblock. I was scared to death he was going to hit one of our neighbor's cars - the truck was skewing (!) sideways in the road and getting its self more horizontal to the road than before. I have never seen my man take such a risk just to have the nose of the truck pointed toward the street in our driveway. We rarely put the truck in the driveway as it requires our across-the-street neighbor to have an empty curb in order for us to even pull out. Having his vehicle stuck at the curb and all that rutted icepack on the road - - I have no idea what my guy was thinking. We have a Ford 250 with a six foot bed. It isn't short from bumper to bumper, nearly as long as the road is wide.. Neither is it lightweight. There was burning rubber involved and a lot of adrenaline as he spun the tires, burning through the ice to the bare pavement. I jumped back about five feet (and nearly landed on my hinny) when the truck slid sideways towards me the first time - and then he did it repeatedly afterwards until he got traction. Good gravy that was alarming.
Schools are out tomorrow, still. And likely the next day. The city is basically paralyzed until the snow melts more, with the road crews unable to even plow our main roads much less the vast tracks of neighborhood ones.
There is going to be a heck of a lot of potholes to repair this spring. But we've four days of daytime temps being above freezing and rain coming on the warmest days so hopefully by the end of the week we'll see mostly-clear roads.
The end of the week is when our local area is hosting Kingdom 12thNight. The organizer has pulled out all stops in getting everyone she knows to do her a favor in running something for the event. We are filling every available room in the convention areas, which take up two floors of the building. There is one restaurant on the bottom floor. We've just learned this is important, because she held back on the information that non-staying guests will not be allowed to bring in any foods, beverages, or alcohols, so luncheon cannot be a sideboard. We must eat in their restaurant or leave the hotel for a meal. Those of us who are on specialized diets (us diabetics are livid) are scrambling to find workable solutions. Mine is an age-old one. We'll bring a cooler to keep in the car and smuggle our munchies inside. Jerks. I sure as heck am not giving Pat Robinson's foundation $15-20 (or more) for a hotel lunch. And I've publically asked how this policy will affect those of us who are giving food items as gifts.
My Khanate (a small unit of members of the Dark Horde) is running a gaming room for the event. We'll offer period games - board, dice, and cards - during the day and open the room for both modern and period ones once court starts. I have no difficulties keeping the game room open during court as I, as are many Atlantians, are attempting to have the least amount of contact with Atlantia's current monarchs as we can. This way we will provide a comfortable space for those who would otherwise feel that they might as well leave the event at that point. We were going to keep the gaming open for the duration of the event since there is dancing after feast, but with the news about the food/drink situation, we'll likely fold up when feast begins.
And before that, I need to get a muslin cut out and tailored into a decent del and then make the del, or I'll be the only member of my Khanate who is not dressed in a Mongolian style. And I'm the Tarkhan, the head of the khanate! Dels have been a running sore spot for me since I joined the Horde years ago, as big bosoms and bathrobe-lapping tunics are not friendly. There is always some sort of gap to flash a bra at others no matter how I cut it in a period-correct manner. My co-sufferers just pin theirs to keep the gap closed but it looks like crud that way and I refuse to do it. I had one del that worked but it only did that because I sewed the flaps to each other from the inside and had to take it on and off by pulling it over my head. The side ties were just for show. I really need to experiment and get one draped correctly.
