Thursday Musings.

[arontius]

.....Good Morning All,

.....Just catching up on LJ before the day starts.

.....It is a pretty typical Thursday morning here at work, the inbox of EMERGENCY go-dos is approximately seven inches in height. Which, in reality, is pretty good. The folder stack was doubled at about six inches in height each last Friday. So we're making some progress. Only 4,518 days to go until retirement. Woo! Hoo! Seems like tomorrow! :-)

.....But only 189 days until the beloved Tamm and I are married! Eek! Gads! Now THAT seems like forever!

.....I'm almost afraid to stick my head out on LJ at the moment. Dame Fearga's post on An Tir - West really stirred some internal angst. But it is a good thing to get the situation out in a more public forum. We in Dragon's Laire could learn a thing or two from the outcome. Especially true if we push for Principality status in the future. With June Faire being as massive as it is and probably hosting at least one, if not more, Principality events every year, Dragon's Laire could really burn itself out completely in a hurry if we're not careful. To all those who roll their eyes at me whenever I bring up the Principality question, believe me when I say that I'm taking careful notes on the ongoing conversation. :-)

.....It's been a year and a half since the surgery and that was the final big milestone about which the doctor warned me. And just like clockwork the body switched gears on me. It is retaining far more in the way of everything than it did just six months ago, which means that I can gain weight again. I actually have gone up into the 240's again. Time to get serious on the dieting machine again. Sigh! I was enjoying myself there for a while. :-) Oh, well, dieting will be difficult, but if I can get down to below 220 I'll be happy and can add a little bit of interest back into the diet again.

.....Pretty productive week actually. Submitted my state sales tax return for Ingasbo. Completed my roundup of bills. Did all my preps for IRS submittal. Found out that the Turbotax version that I need to use (which includes the small business paperwork) costs only about $30 less than taking everything to the local tax prep. service and having them do it for me. I think that I'll spend the extra $30. Finished my Financial Reports for 'The Crier' for 2006. YEAH! It almost kicked my butt. There were two entry errors on the Spread Sheet, which of course affected all the resulting numbers. Took me several hours to figure it out. Ouch! I will not be unhappy to unload this on to my successor. :-)

.....Orders have picked up slightly from Ingasbo. Averaging about 3-4 circlet orders a month now. Which is definitely nice for pocket change. Keep thinking that I'd like to offer enameling and staining for the circlets again, as well as the raft of new designs. But know that at this time I couldn't handle any real increase in that workload. Maybe next year. I'd also like to be able to put up the pendants and serving wear as well. But that'll take a little work as well. Some nice designs there. Sigh! Only I get to see the finished results for a while. :-)

.....Stuff is starting to leave the basement. Gotta get it cleared to make room for Tamm. :-) Gave notice to THL Angharad that I need to move the copier out of there. Also let her know that it was my intention to give up the Baronial Library here soon. It takes up more space than I realized. Also need to start dumping furniture big time. Some of my bachelor chic has been a part of my life for well over two decades now and it is definitely showing its age. :-) I was making the bed this morning and realized that the threadbare bedspread was purchased by my parents in 1977 and here I am still using it. :-) Time to upgrade.

.....Gotta run. See a lot of you at Kingdom A&S this weekend. Tamm, Rhys and I will not be in until late. But if you think you'll be up until midnight or so, drop me a line, I think I'll be in the mood to hang out. :-)

.....Have a good day all, Aaron / Arontius.

Comments

[hrollaug.livejournal.com]

Only 4,518 days to go until retirement. Woo! Hoo! Seems like tomorrow! :-)

Try

659 days

(missive evil grin)

[brighidross.livejournal.com]

Hey,give our room a call....if we have gone to bed we will just tell you to buzz off! But will most likely be up talking...and talking...and talking....

[renartthefox.livejournal.com]

You all can pop in and see us also. Give the room a ring if you wish.



Hey Ralg! Nah .. nevermind :)

[slysidonia.livejournal.com]

We will be up late sewing! :)

[mrq-laurellen.livejournal.com]

What's your room number? I want to drop the dress and undies off and do a final fitting if possible so that if there is any fussing, I can get it out of the way before the event the next day.

[slysidonia.livejournal.com]

Don't know! All I know is we are on the third floor. We will find some way to post it when we get there. :)

[gwen-the-potter.livejournal.com]

Your room will be near ours, so if we are awake, the door will be ajar. Come and say hi when you get there.

Gwen