Lily Alexander

Welcome aboard lad. Here's a drink to ye and hope you enjoy your stay.

Every year people try to give us money at our haunt. We don't ask for it, accept it nor do we have any kind of donation box set up. I'm thinking of including one this year and donating the money to help Syren. What do you think? That sword is gorgeous. I would love to bid on it as a Christmas gift for my hubby. Sorry Tom, I have no idea how to set something like that up.

Here's an update on jumps. I just got off the phone with Kass and she had some good insight on the matter. (Please take into account that I am NOT quoting Kass merely passing on info from a conversation. In other words, I'm passing along second hand information and hopefully getting it right). First of all, there are no clear answers to what jumps truely are. They were generally found in the mid 18th century. Although few examples were found earlier in the period. They were primarily worn for warmth, or while pregnant, sick and in the home. Similar to a weskit. They were often made from quilted material (hence for warmth), lightly boned and tied with ribbons. There just isn't enough documented information to say if they were commonly worn for our time period. Second, my apologies to Kass for butchering our conversation. I hope I got it somewhat right.

So many favorites to choose from. I love the smell of autumn. The cool, crisp air blowing thru the trees, leaves and pumpkins. Just to name a few. Candles, lately it's black rasberry or eucalyptus. Reminds me of walking thru Golden Gate Park. Perfume, Chanel 19.

Jenny, I know what you mean. The only days I don't have candles burning is if I have a headache. I would love to have stock in Yankee Candle. When I walk in the local store I swear they do a happy dance. lol

Bump

Thank you kindly BriarRose. Mmm... bacon. What a fine meal this is on a cold and damp day.

Thank you Rose. It's been 2 hours and the pounding seems to have subsided. Yay. I'll just close my eyes and pretend to be getting that massage. Oh I wish. One more hour till med time.

Good Evenin' William n BriarRose. How very nice to see you again. Mind if I join you?

Like someone beat me in the head with a baseball bat. At least the migraine meds have me at a functioning level once again. Huzzah for drugs.

Clue (My favorite Tim Curry movie)

Well, I'm getting a little closer to answering my question on jumps. At least I found the thread that had the picture of them. http://pyracy.com/forums/index.php?showtop...ic=5138&st=1065 (In case I didn't post the link right, it was in Rabble Rousing, You in your garb, p. 72 posted by Captain Sterling, half way down the page) A little further up the page Black Syren posted a link to some offered by The Quartermaster General. http://www.thequartermastergeneral.com/?ca...ics=true&id=627 It's a start.

Saltypots, I'm looking at the pattern and the recommendation is "silk or fine linen for lining" and "5 oz linen for interlining". So, imho, the answer would be yes. I also believe both bodices are correcct for GAOP. There is nothing in the notes that says they aren't. I'm hoping to have enough time to make a set of each. Hope that helps some. Lily

Anytime BriarRose.. I started drinking coffee with my grandmother. A little bit o'coffee and lots of milk. She was such a sweet little ole Italian woman, barely spoke English, but we had fun dunking our graham crackers in our coffee. "Eh" (gotta do it with the hand jesture though).

I ran across this today in my long lost saved pile of stuff. Pirate epitaphs. Some are wordy but funny. http://www.ganotherapyusa.com/extras/cemet...te_cemetery.htm

Must have coffee. The stronger the better. (Although I do put cream and sugar in it). I don't function as a human being without it. It's not a pretty sight. My favorite Christmas gift last year was a gift card from Starbucks. I occasionally drink hot tea if I don't feel well or ice tea in the summer. Coffee, coffee, coffee.....

Nah.. I kinda sorta know guys stuff... so I look at the threads here to figure out how to get my boss kinda sort semi period,,,,,,,,, heck.. i'm as stuck as you are for womons garb...... I kinda know what men wore..... but I don't know what the women wore..... That's why I keep looking here.............. sorrry.... No need to be sorry Patrick. I'm not really stuck as far as women's garb goes, I think I have a basic handle on that (I hope). What I'm stuck on is "Jumps". Are they a vest? Short sleeveless jacket? Ladies waistcoat? See what I mean. What the heck are those things? LOL. Believe me, I've been through all the old threads, tried the search feature and various places on line. It could very well be that I missed something, maybe I'm not looking in the right place or maybe they go by another name. If there is a book, web site, link that someone could refer me to, I'd be happy to do my own research and post results of my finds. Maybe I'm just taking this way too seriously?

While searching for Halloween items, I came across these today. http://www.ghostride.com/products/candles/

Shampooing a portion of my carpet. My 11 yr old dog isn't feeling very well.

With a smile like a cheshire cat, Lily gets up from the table and begins dancing with William. "You're too modest William, you're a fine dancer indeed. Thank you for the dance. I've enjoyed meself immensly."

"I have a feeling you've done much dancing here at the Kate. I hope I can keep up with ya."

I've seen jumps being mentioned as an alternative to stays in several places around the pub. There was a beautiful picture of embroidered jumps in one thread, but I'll be damned if I can find it again. What would be very helpful to me is more information. For example, what were they made from? I'm assuming linen or wool. Is there a pattern? Patrick, you were making some for your boss, do you have any secrets to share? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Getting ready for Halloween. The time has come to start repairing props from last year and hopefully have time to make some new stuff. Lots of ideas so little time.

Your more than welcome. I could spend days searching through all the great link on there.

I enjoy sharing recipes.