So...

Our big event for our SCA shire is Quest for Camelot, which is an interkingdom border skirmish which always happens HERE on the third weekend of May.  This year we decided not to go, because our finances are, um, pretty nonexistent.

But as I said it's our big event.

So I after I swore for two days to my husband (who is generally happy for any excuse to avoid the SCA) that it was understood we weren't going in any way, shape or form, I come home today from an appointment and he says, "You never ask for much of anything except a few Christmas presents, and to go to Quest, so we're going."  So we just raided our minimal savings, and I have two days to pack for a camping trip.  

Cool!

But these last minute decisions makes packing so stressful......

I made my fangirl squee gif into an icon -- unfortunately I cannot get it down to a small enough file size to use in livejournal, but at least it is 100x100 pixels.  Actually I made three versions, but even the smallest is slightly to large a file -- but for what it's worth, this is the largest version of it:



So anyway I posted it on deviantART -- and someone favorited it!  I am in total shock!

And very, very flattered...

Why do I do these things? Just can't resist I guess...

I got this one from dragonfare

My life isn't too bad, all in all... Except financially, that is.... I'm doomed to be broke this lifetime, I guess.

Post title is from Jim Morrison's American Prayer album.

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	6.2
Mind:	6.2
Body:	5.9
Spirit:	6.8
Friends/Family:	5.6
Love:	7.3
Finance:	2.7
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You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,
beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home
decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

What Tarot Card are You?
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Well, back to the old drawing board, as they say...

I really liked the last theme I had.  I liked it better than this one, actually.  But looking at it tonight, I realized it didn't display the title of my journal.  This wasn't even an option, as least not that I could figure out.  And my journal title actually matters, because I tend to use Dark Star as a user name in a couple of different places, but that wasn't available here, so here and a few other places I became Starwefter instead.  But the people who know me as Dark Star won't recognize me as Starwefter, unless I have my journal title showing.  

So I got to sort through the available themes, and this is the one which gave me the most options that I wanted, and which I still liked the looks of.  I seem to be drawn to the dark background page themes.  

So here's the new version, in all its glory....

In other news, the cold is beginning to get better.