http://www.themacenroes.com Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:26:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it's been two months of non-posting but there's a LOT of news to catch up on. I'm also over on Facebook so you can catch me there as well. Gardening: A mixed bag. Because of health issues, our "garden on the corner" is somewhat behind on all crops but tomatoes. ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=256 I hope this weekend is as much fun as it's shaping up to be! To start with, the laundry/bath room has been christened! The cabinets are in, stuff has been put in them, and I used the funky transporter shower this morning. It was niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.... Why did ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=252 A girl's gotta have some, right? Guild Wars is my latest time-waster. Les helped me out a bit, but then again, he knows it pretty well. I'm (Shailya Varal, E/Mo) to Level 10 now but I'm in a bit a of rut, trying to find quests & ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=250 I was out with my buddy Les the other night when he told me a story I had never heard before!  Now, we've known each other about - get ready for this - 20 years now, so you'd think I'd have heard them all.  But not this one!  And, it ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=231 A BIG thank you to Mary Fanette for emailing them to me!  Turns out my little Canon S30's battery was dead and the charger MIA. http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=227 The HOT pepper seeds I ordered from Pepper Joe's arrived in the mail today.  I realize I'm a little behind with starting them, but we'll baby the seedlings and keep them plenty warm to move them along nicely. Scotch Bonnet Thai Sun Pepper Golden Habanero Pepper and some freebies that were sent along I'll be ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=224 Another season of promise is upon us.  A promise of a wonderful garden, with home-grown and -started tomatoes, peppers, annuals and perennials.  A promise that I will actually get rid of my pack-rat tendencies and really clean up the house for spring.  A promise that I will have help during ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=214 This was by far, my most successful curling season ever.  Now the pessimist in me says, "and may well be for a long time," but I hope not.  Upon reflection, I won (or was in) a final each month of the season.  There was some burnout in January, but I ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=209 Just got back from the Plainfield CC's "Bonsqueal" bonspiel, and holy cow!  What a party!  I haven't seen anything like that since my college days.  It's more like a party where the curling is incidental.  And this year, PCC had some bad luck within the last few weeks which rendered ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=202 I had an interesting epiphany yesterday.  I was thinking back on the superhero fiction I wrote while in college (see it in the Fine Arts -> Prose section) and an obvious question popped to the surface:  How would Medea and Enchantress ever meet up in the first place?  Why would ... http://www.themacenroes.com/?p=199