Panteria Weekend
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felis_lupusThis is the only photo I took at Panteria. At least it's pretty. The clouds were beautiful on Friday evening when I got to the site... So happy to have gone. A truly wonderful weekend, if cut rather short.
Arrived onsite on Friday evening, after stopping at the King Arthur Flour baker's store in Norwich, VT. Oh. My. Goodness. So much wonderful wonderful stuff. Everything you could ever hope for in a kitchen. Bought a couple scone mixes, jam, honey, and Fiori di Sicilia, an apparently absolutely delectable flavoring. Can't wait to try it. :) I think Pizzelle are in order, soonish.
Max and Mickel had arrived much earlier, and the Taj was mostly set up. Unloaded stuff, set about to doing some serious relaxing. Did a quick store run with Mickel, came back, had dinner, and relaxed around a wonderful fire, after setting up two more pavilions. Roasted giant marshmallows. Was fantastic.
Saturday centered around Not Doing Much. Wonderful, and mostly successful at it. Max and I carried the writing box to the A&S competition, I sat in a rocking chair and relaxed on the front porch for a while, wandered down to the fencing field to see what was going on there, wandered back to camp, relaxed some more... Went off with Mickel to assist in teaching a dance class, and we eventually did get enough folks to dance. Even managed to drag![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lanome in for a few dances. :) Fencing tourney was fun. Court was a delight. Post-court was dragging a bunch of my stuff to my car so I could flee the ball and not have to pack absolutely everything when I wasn't awake... Hung out in Canada, down by the lake, for a while after dinner and before the ball. Had a wonderful wander in the woods.
Arriving back at the feast hall when I thought would be late for the ball, turned out to be early. I was tossed a baldric, and told Max and I had won the A&S competition. Eh? Oh... ok... umm... eep. Played music on the deck while feast was finishing, until it started raining. The ball was a delight, once we finally got going. Had about 20 dancers, all who were happy and smiling.
Left much later than I'd planned on... didn't plan on getting home at 3:30 AM, but wouldn't have traded the extra hour I stayed for anything in the world. The clouds and rain had cleared off, the fire was warm, and I was sitting around it with several of my most favorite people in the whole wide world. Life is good.
Getting to the site, however... I attempted to gas up at the bottom of the hill, and my card wouldn't work. Hrm. Bank is probably having issues... No matter, I'll try again in a half hour or so. Half hour later, same deal. Bah. Paid cash. Glad I took out some extra. Drove to VT, stopped at King Arthur Store, found wonderful things. Attempted to pay. Error message on the cashier's screen said "LOST/STOLEN CARD. PLEASE CALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION." Ah, crud... my other one worked, at least. Arrived home, checked email Sunday morning. 10 minutes after I left the house on Friday, my bank had contacted me, telling me my card had been compromised. Crud. Checked bank account. Had heart attack. Of course, holiday weekend, can't call till Tuesday morning...
Called bank Tuesday morning. Told them I was definitely not in Michigan this weekend. They said they figured not... Money would be returned. Talked to the police this morning to report it, since it was WELL over $200 that was charged. Getting stuff straightened out now. My money is (provisionally, apparently) back in my account. Now just waiting for my new card...
Hopefully that's the end. Who knows how it happened initially... What I really want to know, is, what on earth can one spend nearly $500 on at FAMILY DOLLAR?!?
Arrived onsite on Friday evening, after stopping at the King Arthur Flour baker's store in Norwich, VT. Oh. My. Goodness. So much wonderful wonderful stuff. Everything you could ever hope for in a kitchen. Bought a couple scone mixes, jam, honey, and Fiori di Sicilia, an apparently absolutely delectable flavoring. Can't wait to try it. :) I think Pizzelle are in order, soonish.
Max and Mickel had arrived much earlier, and the Taj was mostly set up. Unloaded stuff, set about to doing some serious relaxing. Did a quick store run with Mickel, came back, had dinner, and relaxed around a wonderful fire, after setting up two more pavilions. Roasted giant marshmallows. Was fantastic.
Saturday centered around Not Doing Much. Wonderful, and mostly successful at it. Max and I carried the writing box to the A&S competition, I sat in a rocking chair and relaxed on the front porch for a while, wandered down to the fencing field to see what was going on there, wandered back to camp, relaxed some more... Went off with Mickel to assist in teaching a dance class, and we eventually did get enough folks to dance. Even managed to drag
lanome in for a few dances. :) Fencing tourney was fun. Court was a delight. Post-court was dragging a bunch of my stuff to my car so I could flee the ball and not have to pack absolutely everything when I wasn't awake... Hung out in Canada, down by the lake, for a while after dinner and before the ball. Had a wonderful wander in the woods.Arriving back at the feast hall when I thought would be late for the ball, turned out to be early. I was tossed a baldric, and told Max and I had won the A&S competition. Eh? Oh... ok... umm... eep. Played music on the deck while feast was finishing, until it started raining. The ball was a delight, once we finally got going. Had about 20 dancers, all who were happy and smiling.
Left much later than I'd planned on... didn't plan on getting home at 3:30 AM, but wouldn't have traded the extra hour I stayed for anything in the world. The clouds and rain had cleared off, the fire was warm, and I was sitting around it with several of my most favorite people in the whole wide world. Life is good.
Getting to the site, however... I attempted to gas up at the bottom of the hill, and my card wouldn't work. Hrm. Bank is probably having issues... No matter, I'll try again in a half hour or so. Half hour later, same deal. Bah. Paid cash. Glad I took out some extra. Drove to VT, stopped at King Arthur Store, found wonderful things. Attempted to pay. Error message on the cashier's screen said "LOST/STOLEN CARD. PLEASE CALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION." Ah, crud... my other one worked, at least. Arrived home, checked email Sunday morning. 10 minutes after I left the house on Friday, my bank had contacted me, telling me my card had been compromised. Crud. Checked bank account. Had heart attack. Of course, holiday weekend, can't call till Tuesday morning...
Called bank Tuesday morning. Told them I was definitely not in Michigan this weekend. They said they figured not... Money would be returned. Talked to the police this morning to report it, since it was WELL over $200 that was charged. Getting stuff straightened out now. My money is (provisionally, apparently) back in my account. Now just waiting for my new card...
Hopefully that's the end. Who knows how it happened initially... What I really want to know, is, what on earth can one spend nearly $500 on at FAMILY DOLLAR?!?
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