Sunday Night Thoughts.

.....On one hand I am regretting that TBT and I didn't stay over on Saturday for NORWESCON. But on the other hand I got to sleep in a little this morning, get a few things done today and get ready for work tomorrow without feeling rushed or like I was behind the ball. Maybe next year we go early on Thursday instead and just plan on taking Monday off from work. We'll see.

.....Caught the tail end of the Baronial banner making workshop yesterday. Made sure to pay for our silk so that it didn't get sold off to someone else. :-) The stuff they were making was really cool. Made me really want to get with TBT and get some designs going. Most everyone there was doing something along the lines of two yards in length. They had the Or and Argent chequey pattern at the base, with elements of their personal devices going from there down to the point of the guidon.

.....For mine I'd start with the Or and Argent pattern. But I would really like to incorporate something from the Barony next, before including elements from my personal devices and badges. Just not sure what. I could just use a divided gules and sable field, with maybe the two-headed populace badge on top of that. But it looks really a little busy in my mind's eye.

.....What to include from there could be interesting as well. I have a large number of elements that I could use from my various registered device and badges. I have Or pithons, winged cats, money bags with winged sheep on them, bordures with sable tails on them. There are a large number of choices.

.....TBT was also talking of a combined charge that could be rather interesting as well. She was suggesting something along the lines of a jessant-de-lys, which is a creature's head intersected by a Fleur-de-lys. The pictures I reviewed in Fox-Davies looked quite interesting.

.....This could be difficult, but fun. :-)

.....Managed to get a few chores done today. Caught up with the Crier books. Am ready to deposit checks tomorrow after work. Found our proof-of-purchase for June Faire insurance and sent a letter to the Corporate Office to follow up and ensure that Port Gamble gets their FAX. Straightened out the date for Last Chance Tourney, which will be on the weekend after September Crown. I'm a little hesitant about scheduling so close to September Crown, but all other weekends that month have several conflicts, so that really is the only weekend available. I worked on getting Yule Feast moving. Heck, I even cleaned out the garage and took stuff to the Baronial Storage Unit and Lobelia. As far as the day went, I did pretty good. :-)

.....This week will be about getting ready for Crown Council and getting circlets done. But things are starting to get easier. Fewer obligations means less stress means more sleep. I like that and could really get used to that. :-)

.....Sigh! Now if I could only get that to be a success approach for work. :-)

.....Time to go and get some sleep and get myself ready for the work week. :-)

.....Arontius / Aaron.

What Does One Do With A Hat Collection?

.....So, for a goodly handful of years I've had a stack of ball caps and hats hanging on the walls of the bedroom and hall in the house. They certainly do not fit the style that TBT and I would like to see and really just don't belong on the walls any more.

.....I don't wear a lot of hats normally, but a lot of the hats still carry sentimental value. I carry some regrets about giving away my twenty-five year collection of Playboy magazines, but it's not like I miss them a great deal. But the hats carry a lot of memories connected to them. A couple came from trips to the Hard Rock Cafe in San Francisco and Tijuana. I have several from various Submarines. Several come from contractors with whom I've worked over the years. A couple of them come from Matt when he was in the National Guard and in the Marines.

.....I pulled them all down from the walls this evening and am not exactly sure what to do with them. A few I wouldn't miss if they went to the Goodwill. But a goodly bunch of them I want to keep. It seems kind of a shame to just put them in a box and place them in storage. But on the other hand they just don't belong on the wall any more.

.....So I've got two stacks of hats sitting in the computer room and I don't know what to do with them. Anyone have any suggestions? Maybe an idea will come up after I've thought about it a while.

.....Aaron / Arontius.