Nov 2009 b

Fri 20 Nov 2009
Jen was limping on Sunday and Monday with a sore ankle caused by sleeping in a strange way on the uncomfy sleeping cot last weekend (in Germany).
From Tuesday onwards, due to favouring the ankle, she was limping worse with a strained groin muscle, but the ankle's now just fine.

Sat 21 Nov 2009
Tonight we had a lovely dinner party for Kev and Nick, who each brought and introduced their girlfriends to us. Loads of ale was drunk and a good time was had. Steve cooked salmon-steak baked in lime juice, served with honeyed rice and salad. Yum!
By the time we'd all finished chatting merrily, it was about 1am, and the tube was closed for the night. So Kev and Tasha slept on our comfy fold-out sofa.

Sun 22 Nov 2009
This morning Steve cooked us all bacon eggs and toast, and after farewelling Kev and Tasha we drove off to the movies and saw the second 'Twilight' film. Steve enjoyed this one much more than the first.... but that said, its still really a chic flick.

Mon 23 Nov 2009
Jen's finally not limping anymore. Hooray for resting over the weekend.
Jen skipped oil painting tonight, as she stayed back at work to meet a deadline.

Fri 27 Nov 2009
After work we met at the train station, travelled to Stansted airport, and got our flight to Belfast city airport. Pol picked us up and took us to site about half an hours' drive away. We even had our own room at the scout camp; nice one.

Sat 28 Nov 2009
So today Steve taught three classes at this Yuletide University event in northern Ireland. Two classes on fighting, and one on roman cookery (Apicius).
Jen was tres excited to see Steve wearing both his new helm and his new purpoint (padded jacket) at the same time!

You can even see the collar of his embroidered shirt, nice stitch work there Edith!

Jen taught a class on advanced illumination, and one on basic costuming. The evening feast was warm and hospitable. 


Sun 29 Nov 2009
We had a very relaxed time coming home, unpacking, getting laundry going and such.

Mon 30 Nov 2009
Oil painting. Jen was glad to have not gone last week, as she had time to think and plan about what to do... 'add texture and detail' was the thought. At right is a test piece for how the oil paint would handle painting over silver enamel paint. Works fine.

 










  



Tue 1 Dec 2009
Tonight we hosted a special dinner party for Robert (Dan) to celebrate his recent elevation to Pelican.
Thankfully Terry and Dan were on hand early in the night to get dinner on track as Steve had been delayed due to bad traffic. The evening was good fun - especially teasing Edith about her new boyfriend... Terry! Isn't it nice when long term friends hook up.
The food consisted of .. entree: devils on horseback (prunes stuffed with mango chutney and wrapped in bacon). dinner: duck in cherry sauce. dessert: baked apples with fruit mince and cream. Perfect winter fare, and overall a successful night with rosy cheeks all round.