sorry for the gaps

Wow, it's been far too long since I've used this space... A little catching up is required. The company I work for was bought by a competitor and that forced a stock purge that gave me enough to put down on a house in another state - so I moved... I was put in a different department, doing different stuff, but it allowed me to work from home - the nearest office is two hours away. My GF moved with me and had trouble finding a job, but then landed a good position - then her diabetes went haywire and she had to resign; we got married because having her on my insurance otherwise was WAY expensive. I got re-involved in the SCA and things have been going swimmingly! I'm now a court Baron, I have three AOA level awards (combat, service and art) from the local Kingdom (AEthelmearc) and a GOA level art award (Fluer). I'm squired to an old friend who is a Knight and Duke. I've been giving classes in brocaded tablet weaving and that is where much of my focus has been for the past 5 or so years and likely what at least half of my posts will be about going forward. I haven't been doing any model building or painting in a while, just haven't had the itch since I moved from NY to PA. I still have boat loads of unused stuff and will likely sell some on ebay; I gave a couple pounds of pewter figures (all dark ages stuff) and a plastic viking longship model to an SCA friend because he's more likely to get to painting them long before I will... I now have a bunch of chickens, a couple of ducks and a great dog in addition to the conure we had in NY. I'm hoping to post more regularly, I hope you all enjoy it.