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a nice weekend, mostly at home
Friday morning we had booked the annual car inspection. Since we've never found the time to fix the brakes on Keldor's car (which went last spring--life has been busy), he's been commuting to work in the van. Therefore we had to pick a time that would be doable during his work day. Alas, by the time we actually went into the web page to book, the only time left at the most convenient inspection station was 07:50 on Friday, which, given that he is normally at work at 06:00 is a bit late, but he liked the idea of sleeping in, so he told work he would be late on Friday, we slept in, then drove south together for the inspection. There are two issues that need dealing with, both of which he thinks he can solve on his own, but won't know for certain till he looks. One is wear on the back brake pad, the other is the "spindelled" (I have no idea what that might be in English) on the front tires. We can change to winter tires in October, so the plan is to have a look (and possibly solve the problem?) next week. If it turns out to be beyond his automobile maintenance skills that will leave enough time to throw money at the problem before the deadline to have it done and the car re-inspected.
On the way home we saw a sign saying that it is the weekend for the Harvest Market in our town, and he was feeling tired, so he changed his status with work from "planning to be late" to "will return on Monday" and took a nap while I worked, then during lunch we went in to the market, where we got some fresh veg, some locally produced cheese, and he found a very nice pair of knit, thick felted mittens for only 140 kr. He also bought some shampoo made of tar, not because he has a problem with dandruff or psoriasis (what it is intended to help), but because he loves the smell of tar, I don't much like the smell, so he's taking that bottle to work, since his job is messy enough that he showers every day before coming home, and that should give the smell enough time to dissipate before I hug him again.
Then I resumed work, which is to say learning how to make Scrivener's automatic numbering feature work for everything I need it to do for the thesis, which takes time, but should be very helpful once it is entirely set up, while he worked on carving a scroll into a chunk of moose antler for their Highnesses to present this weekend.
On Saturday I spent the morning working, while he did more on the scroll, then we drove in to Skelleftehamn for Þórólfr's birthday, where he introduced us to the game Dixit, which is a lot of fun. I think it would be fun to make a bunch of cards from period manuscripts, to play at events (not that I will ever have time to do this). When it was time to go a couple of friends asked for a lift to Skellefteå, so, since we were in the area, we also stopped by the big grocery store to get a few things, and by the hardware store next door to pick up things he needed for house projects.
Sunday during the day we worked on home improvement projects--I got the garage door done while he made and installed the box outside the bedroom window cat door, which features two windows. The remaining side wall will be opened up to a passage to the outdoor cat enclosure, as soon as he gets that part built.
Then he wanted some ice cream, so we walked up to the local store to get him some, and I bought some whipping cream and mascarpone to continue my experiments on almond mousse, and the evening was spent relaxing (and playing in the kitchen).
This week I need to finish getting my thesis automatic numbering working, and then start writing the parts that aren't yet done. Next weekend is Höstdansen in Uma.
On the way home we saw a sign saying that it is the weekend for the Harvest Market in our town, and he was feeling tired, so he changed his status with work from "planning to be late" to "will return on Monday" and took a nap while I worked, then during lunch we went in to the market, where we got some fresh veg, some locally produced cheese, and he found a very nice pair of knit, thick felted mittens for only 140 kr. He also bought some shampoo made of tar, not because he has a problem with dandruff or psoriasis (what it is intended to help), but because he loves the smell of tar, I don't much like the smell, so he's taking that bottle to work, since his job is messy enough that he showers every day before coming home, and that should give the smell enough time to dissipate before I hug him again.
Then I resumed work, which is to say learning how to make Scrivener's automatic numbering feature work for everything I need it to do for the thesis, which takes time, but should be very helpful once it is entirely set up, while he worked on carving a scroll into a chunk of moose antler for their Highnesses to present this weekend.
On Saturday I spent the morning working, while he did more on the scroll, then we drove in to Skelleftehamn for Þórólfr's birthday, where he introduced us to the game Dixit, which is a lot of fun. I think it would be fun to make a bunch of cards from period manuscripts, to play at events (not that I will ever have time to do this). When it was time to go a couple of friends asked for a lift to Skellefteå, so, since we were in the area, we also stopped by the big grocery store to get a few things, and by the hardware store next door to pick up things he needed for house projects.
Sunday during the day we worked on home improvement projects--I got the garage door done while he made and installed the box outside the bedroom window cat door, which features two windows. The remaining side wall will be opened up to a passage to the outdoor cat enclosure, as soon as he gets that part built.
Then he wanted some ice cream, so we walked up to the local store to get him some, and I bought some whipping cream and mascarpone to continue my experiments on almond mousse, and the evening was spent relaxing (and playing in the kitchen).
This week I need to finish getting my thesis automatic numbering working, and then start writing the parts that aren't yet done. Next weekend is Höstdansen in Uma.