Cabinets and steam sale antics...

The dragons have their new cabinet. I set it up... ish... today. Have been waiting on replacement doors for the bottom half for awhile, and I finally got them today. Cost $94 and 3 days of "Hey, you said pick them up today, what happened?"

And when I got them home, I found out they had been cut 1/8 of an inch too long.

Rather than take them back, have the guy fix it, and spend half of next week chasing him around to get them back, I 'modified' the cabinet to make them fit. I had to carve down parts of the track guard enough to let the glass pane in, but not so much that it couldn't still keep the glass in the frame.

It worked.

Smaug has the top cabinet to himself, and the girls get to share the bottom. I still need to put in the wood bits and some better decorations, but for now, it looks pretty good.

On another note, this totally happened tonight:

Yea. Steam does that. I still don't remember buying Fallout III or New Vegas.

...Not that I am complaining  :)

Reptiles are an addiction

Hi, my name is Katie, and I am a reptile addict...


Seriously, I just got 2 more. Not beardies this time though. This time, I ended up with a pair of leopard geckos.

It was their eyes. Their eyes burned into my soul and haunted me. A few weeks ago, I was at a PetCo, it was night time, and the geckos were awake. I looked into the tank, and a little gecko looked back at me.

I wanted to take it home, but I already had the 3 beardies

Yesterday, I was at PetSmart. I was entertaining the dragons by taking them out into public to meet people - they love that. I asked the girl who works in the reptile and fish department what the geckos feel like, and she opened up the tank and told me to feel for myself. One of the bigger ones in the tank climbed right into my hand. She was almost velvety... I was done. She climbed up onto my shoulder and I put my hand into the tank again. A second one climbed up onto my hand as well, but I put it back.

I took the first one home.

within an hour, I had decided I didn't want her to be lonely, so I went back for the other one too. The girl was still there, and when I put my hand back in, the same little gecko hopped up. She said "Look, it remembers you!" 

I took that little one home too.

Now I have to come up with some names...

Pirates and sabers and... dragons? Oh my!

My church had a murder mystery dinner a few weeks ago. Pirate themed.

I took the dragons. Smaug is no stranger to the people at my church, he has been there several times - but it was Tiamat's first time.






She handled it quite well








She had a great time meeting all the new people, and had to explore EVERYTHING. At the end of the night, though, she was completely worn out.


She really did like my hat  :)







On another, not entirely related note, the dragons ALL seem to be fans of World of Warcraft...

Smaug wants to play

The girls like to watch

Here there be DRAGONS!

New dragon. We named her Kaida.

...well, actually, KEVIN named her Kaida. I just approved the name. He said it is Japanese for "Little Dragon". Good enough reason for me.









She gets along with the others QUITE well.

Dragon Harem

Picked up two more dragons. Both female, both Italian Leatherbacks.

Kaida. Female Citrus Tiger Italian Leatherback, Approximately 1 month old.

One is barely a month old,

Tiamat. Female red Italian Leatherback. Approximately 3 months old.

while the other is probably about 3 months.

Tiamat has developed a taste for piggyback rides from Smaug, and for SOME odd reason, he tolerates it.

The Antics of Dragons

Took Smaug for a ride yesterday (not unusual)

While we were sitting out in the truck waiting for Kevin, Smaug saw a squirrel across the street.

...A SQUIRREL.

As in, rodent as big as, if not BIGGER than himself.

He was a bit on the hungry side, as he had not yet eaten at the time (One of our planned stops was food for the dragon) and for SOME reason, he had decided that squirrels look tasty.

Smaug LAUNCHED himself toward the window where he was able to see the squirrel, and commenced a ten minute wrestling match with me, as I tried to convince him that no, he was not going to have squirrel for lunch. During the entire ...situation... the squirrel was just bouncing around on the lawn across the street, as if taunting him.

The squirrel FINALLY went away and I was able to calm him down, but not before a small contingent of neighborhood children (and a few parents) saw.

Way to cause drama, dude.

Overdue Update

The brightest stars burn the fastest.

Our band was doing really well. We had gigs at most of the smaller faires in Southern California, were sold out on CDs, had a great sound and enough songs for multiple sets. Not bad for a first year band. Then stuff happened and we lost one of our sopranos. We have not been able to find a replacement, and that has kind of killed the band, unfortunately.

I have been trying to work on getting another band together with a couple friends (Brain-child of one of those friends) It is slow going, but it has potential.

Clan Darksail:  Great Western War, 2012

I went to my first SCA event last October - Great Western War at Lake Evans. I played with the pirates of Clan Darksail, but I still wore my Gallows Guild gypsy costume. I got a pair of really cool, handmade curly-toed shoes for my costume too, but I need to make myself a legit, non-hollywood-ish pirate costume. 

Galloween: Aces of Hearts and Spades

I met the most AWESOME guy at the war, and we have been dating ever since. He still amazes me with his awesomeness.

He likes to go out and meet new people.

I also acquired a Bearded dragon around the end of October. His name is Smaug.

Southern Faire is in full swing at Irwindale Dam, and I have switched groups this year. Most of my Faire "career" I have been playing with Clan Maccolin/St. Andrews guild,  but this year I am playing with the border reivers. It's a lot of fun.

I am taking 2 weeks off from Irwindale faire to go play with Gallows Humor at Escondido Faire. I will be back at Irwindale for closing weekend.