Greetings, once again, from Faerie, where time slips by so incredibly easily without either the thought or opportunity to blog …
We’ve been busy-busy-busy here in various revelry. Christmas Eve we went up to my brother-in-law’s for dinner. Yesterday, Christmas Day, we opened gifts here in the morning, went to my folks in the afternoon to open gifts there and have dinner with them and my Nona and some friends of theirs, and then up to dessert, again at the bro-in-law’s.
This is, of course, Southern California, where trotting off 60 miles for dessert is never thought of as a problem.
I’ve been having much fun with the digital camera, clicking many pictures, most (not surprising) of Katherine. Much fun indeed. And I helped my Dad with his digital camera — an Olympus, about 2-3 years old, significantly bigger (and slower), at 0.8MPixels, 2Mb memory, and, when purchased, the same price as the one I just got.
This afternoon we went to a couple of game shops, as I searched for a mini-fig for Doyce’s Star Wars campaign, and some new d8’s and d4’s. We started at the Game Castle in Fullerton, where we’ve gone for many years. Good luck on the latter, not on the former (they were, typically, out of stock). GC has gotten progressively less and less … alive over time. They still have plenty of stock, but it’s gotten quiet and lifeless.
Brookstone Hobbies in Garden Grove, on the other hand, is full of gaming stuff, wargaming stuff (both “paper” wargaming and miniature), not to mention models and all sorts of other keen, geeky stuff. We found the fig that was out of stock, a package of FUDGE dice (since I think I’ll be doing my campaign in FUDGE), and some keen quasi-cylindrical d4’s. Oh, and a special GM gift …
It’s been very busy here since we arrived — something going on every night. That’s true tonight, too, as we celebrate Boxing Day at the Barrishes. Good wine to be expected, of course, and good left-overs, but another night out, and when we return everyone hies themselves to bed, which impacts the on-line stuff mightily.
Tomorrow, Nicholas and Alexander, the 5- and 2-year-old nephews, come down for a visit, including a trip to the Santa Ana Zoo and an overnight. Katherine should have much fun with them, given how she acted with them the other evening.
Friday is Late Christmas with my brother, as he and his went to his mother-in-law’s in St George, Utah, since she’s having serious health problems.
Saturday is the Kleerup’s Christmas party.
Monday is New Year’s Eve.
Tuesday we start packing to leave.
Wednesday we’re on the road to Colorado.
Busy times here in Faerie. Which means I better get this next blog out of the way before I burst.