The Dressage Ring

The recent discussion on warnings and triggers has gotten me to thinking a bit, and instead of contributing in a major way to the discussion at large, I thought it might be time to post my personal warnings policy.

( Introduction )
( Warning Labels )
( Kink Labels )
( Ratings Line )
( Final Notes )

-bs

So I'm a little late this year doing this, but I had a really lazy holiday, and enjoyed most of it.  As is normal, I'm taking the old list and updating it for this year, which means it won't change all that much, especially as this functions mainly as a reminder of things I need to work on. 

( Household Maintenance )


( Household Updates )

 
( Garden Plans )


( Landscaping )

 

( SCA skill sets )

 

( Read more... )

Well, I finally get to play garage tetris with all the stuff we picked up for the hurricane.  I'm not sure why, but garage tetris is so satisfying, lol.

Have someone coming over to put a belt on the lawnmower, so we can start mowing again.

Possibly will make a run to the big blue box for some garden dirt to see if i can plant winter squash and some veggies.  I feel like i'm a little late for this, but here's hoping....

-boogie, the busy

And here's the To-Do List for 2019.  Major goal this year is to start making serious efforts to replace things that need replacing.

( Maintaining the household maintenance )




( Updating the house is a never-ending project... )



( I want a garden of candy canes! )




( LANDSCAPING )



( SCA skills )

( Stitching Fever! )




( Fannish Endeavors )

( Personal Administration )

( Health Maintenance )



( Furniture Projects )

( Wishlist )

So, we got some new stuff, and got rid of some old stuff, which is about the way it's supposed to be.

-boogieshoes, the busy

So I recently, due to family interest in the event, read about the Children's Blizzard and it was an eye-opener.   And also... I'm no looking at every cold front out of the north with suspicion.  Of course, since it's getting down to 29F tonight in Mobile, AL, I'm not sure that's the wrong idea!

-boogieshoes, cuddled under some blankies

Abbie jumped up on the bed by herself last night - my bed is on stilts, so it's higher than average, and she has to get some speed up to jump that high.  And she got off of it just fine via the usual route of stepping down on the blanket chests at the end of the bed and from there to the floor.  I love my dog...

-boogie

I was idly thinking about the Magnificent 7.5 AU i started long ago, and may even finish the first story of.  Some day.

When I was a young fan-girl, and The Sentinel was still fresh and awesome and so completely fandom's little black dress, a woman named Susan created a GDP AU of the Sentinel... and I ate it up.  And it was my not-so-secret fetish for a while. And then I started to pick apart the holes, because that's what I do when I'm really fascinated and in love with an idea.  Basically, if I start picking it apart, you know I really like it.  So the GDP AU was kind of awesome, and should have really showcased how bad a Guide's life could get in the universe set-up, but I noticed some things like... Blair was the only Guide who was ever abused, despite a governmental institution ripe for abuse that was very obviously corrupt and full of corruption.  Every other Guide's relationship with their Sentinel was nearly glowingly perfect.  Yet the exposition and GDP set-up made it a point that the Guides were in a very precarious position, kept imprisoned and chained to their Sentinels in law if not in physical iron.  It was weird to see a system where you *know* power-hungry assholes would get off on abuse of power, and in fact, the in-universe history pretty explicitly detailed cases of it, but it was never shown on-screen except for with the GDP Guards....

Now there's another show at this time called Renegade.... featuring the lovely Lorenzo Lamas.  And being the young fan-girl crushing on Lamas' magnificent chest (I sh*t you not, I think the first 3 episodes never showed the man in a shirt under his vest), I *of course* was thinking it'd be cool to show someone else's life being turned upside down due to the GDP rules - a Guide for Reno Raines (played by Lamas)! heh, and guess who would have an angsty Unrequited love crush but his female Guide!  Who would be a variation of me, of course.  Because fan-girl crushes.*

Fast forward a few years, and an older-but-hopefully-wiser fan-woman is binge-watching Renegade, grinning and giggling about how cute Lamas was back in the day.  And I got to thinking... in the Mag 7.5 AU, which I've been noodling about lately, I should totally make every new Guide I introduce girl-boy-girl-boy-etc... you know, keep the cast even.  Well, I've already got Chris's Guide pegged as a girl, and I had a random thought that Reno could actually be a damn good partner with an ex-military guy... which would be an interesting story in and of itself**....

But this means I have a really good excuse to drool over a younger Lorenzo Lamas again, and brush up on my Renegade... and I have ZERO problem with watching a cute man with a nice chest! :)

-boogieshoes, contentedly drooling over Lamas


*Incidentally, it's a really, really good thing I like to build in my head before this stuff ever makes it to paper.  talk about drawer-fic...
**It also means that the Guide on Ryan Kelly's team, if I'm allowed to borrow them, is going to wind up being another female***
***It also means this post has gone from light and funny to more serious than it was ever meant to be.  I swear, I can kill a laugh at the comedy show!

i was going to work on breaking her of the habit of chasing after cars and trucks when we're in the front yard today.  unfortunately, at one point, i was concentrating on something, and she was closer to the road than i thought, and a truck came through.... and she jumped *at* it, instead of running beside it.  definitely got hurt on her paw, and ankle, and a couple nicks on her head, but she'll be fine. 

fortunately, the drivers stopped and helped me get the dog in the car - great dane girl weighs more than a 100 lbs! - and roomie drove us to the emergency vet clinic.  i was pretty upset, because i'm the one who lets her off-leash when i work outside :(. 

she is currently being held overnight for observation, and i fully expect the cone of shame tomorrow when she comes home.  and maybe some serious spoiling and petting and i'm already half-way planning to sleep on the floor with her, because she's not gonna want to jump on the bed like normal....

damned dog scared the sh*t out of me.

-boogieshoes

according to the calendar it is!  and that's... hard to believe.  I have, however, decided on a theme for this year's Mag7 prompt fest - zombies.... which may be a repeat, but i hope not.

in other news, i've moved out of my old computer and upgraded to a tablet... which has a smaller screen, but more capability.  unfortunately, i've somehow lost 1 important file in the transfer.... and 2 others seemed to have disappeared due to random M$ windows f*ckery. 

the file that got lost can be rebuilt.  the other 2 files are Heaven and Earth Design patterns, which I got so darned long ago i doubt they even have records back that far.  So I'm going to re-buy them.... and 2 more for shopping therapy. :)  the one pattern i was planning on starting this fall - i wanted to tackle my first HAED, so.  But looking at my schedule, I may have to delay that; i hope not, but...

i've also got bifocals this year.  i'm actually excited because i'll be able to see to thread the needle again without *removing* my glasses - which i then have to put back on to read the pattern, lol.

I'm trying to more actively tackle household things and etc... the list does not seem to end, but hopefully, soon... there'll be a break-point where i can just chill and stitch for a while.

i finally found the key to autumn garden this year!  it's 'dig out the top half of the container, refill with fresh dirt and potting mix, and miracle-grow the heck outta that sh*t', lol.  but I've got 4 varieties of squash - butternut, buttercup, acorn, and seminole - growing, and beets growing.  only one small carrot though.  I'm interested how this will play out.

that's all for now.

don't be a boog(i)er, and back up your files appropriately...

-bs

Well, it's that time of year where I see how things have gone last year....  note that for most of the text below, the black text is actually coded black, not 'automatic' - some weird thing about the html means when i highlight and hit 'automatic', the color isn't changing... so just an fyi.
( I feel like I did more this year... )

-boogieshoes, the busy