A very happy birthday to the maker of the wonderful Tiny Bag End, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
obeliamedusa!!! Saki salutes you festively from her good ship, The Plum Hork, with Bilbo in Bag End behind her-- a pic I took earlier this month. (-:
I'm so glad we mooted 2 weeks ago and I'm grateful to all who made it. I was sunk in an early winter depression since Hurricane Sandy came through the end of October, and hanging with ya'll really helped pull me out of it and get my equilibrium back. So thank you, you guys! <3
So I should do a little report, though I probably won't add much to Tree's report.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mews1945, lovethosehobbit, ancalime8301, and I met for a quick dinner Friday night, after some really yucky traffic getting there and then went to see The Hobbit in 3D. The theater advertised that it was in HRF 48, but I'm pretty sure now it wasn't. Mews was the happiest with it. The rest of us had more mixed reactions. I will say, having had a sinus headache that day and then slogging through some bad traffic that lead to the 3D making my eyes really sore colored my reaction a lot.
Saturday, I took it easy at home and then went back to join the crew, with the addition of today's birthday grrl for dinner at Libertore's for a nice meal, with a rather over zealous waiter who amused us. I took Mews home after dinner, then went back to the hotel to join Tree, Obelia, and Cali. We had a really nice low key companionable evening chatting as Tree and Obelia assembled a Hobbit Lego set, Cali did her needlework, and I played on my laptop, reporting on what reviews of TH were up and I subjected them to a TH/Star Trek crossover crackfic I did an outline for that I haven't dumped on all of you yet. They let me stay in the room that night anyway.
Sunday, Tree accompanied me on the ride back home to feed the kitties, and we got her checked in to her motel by the airport on the way, then we drove back to Westminster. Obelia andelanor1013 joined our original 4 to see The Hobbit in 2D this time. I think we all enjoyed it much more on second viewing. I promise a full review soon--I just saw it my third time--this time definitely in HFR 48, and in IMAX 3D, and I loved it--3rd times the charm. I mean, it's not FotR, but it's a lot of fun and beauty. We then went to Denny's for their Hobbit themed fare and Elanor and I established that we had met before at the DC LotR meet-up group and caught up on an acquaintance. I got the Gandalf Gobbler sandwich again because it was most excellent. And for dessert, Tree got what we're calling Radagast's Red Balls--whut? They're red velvet fried dough balls with a bowl of icing dip and she magnanimously shared them with all of us--and they were very yummy. Then I drove Mews home for our sad good byes and Cali took Tree, and we all went our several ways home from there. And that's my short and sweet moot report for a short and sweet little moot.
And here's my menorah at full display below from earlier this month. Along side it is a great little orchid I got a couple of months ago that's been blooming its little heart out. My orchid next to it, that I've had for 3 years when I finally learned how to not drown orchids, is sending up 3 spikes this year, so I'm looking forward to a long late winter/spring display from it.
obeliamedusa!!! Saki salutes you festively from her good ship, The Plum Hork, with Bilbo in Bag End behind her-- a pic I took earlier this month. (-:I'm so glad we mooted 2 weeks ago and I'm grateful to all who made it. I was sunk in an early winter depression since Hurricane Sandy came through the end of October, and hanging with ya'll really helped pull me out of it and get my equilibrium back. So thank you, you guys! <3
So I should do a little report, though I probably won't add much to Tree's report.
mews1945, lovethosehobbit, ancalime8301, and I met for a quick dinner Friday night, after some really yucky traffic getting there and then went to see The Hobbit in 3D. The theater advertised that it was in HRF 48, but I'm pretty sure now it wasn't. Mews was the happiest with it. The rest of us had more mixed reactions. I will say, having had a sinus headache that day and then slogging through some bad traffic that lead to the 3D making my eyes really sore colored my reaction a lot. Saturday, I took it easy at home and then went back to join the crew, with the addition of today's birthday grrl for dinner at Libertore's for a nice meal, with a rather over zealous waiter who amused us. I took Mews home after dinner, then went back to the hotel to join Tree, Obelia, and Cali. We had a really nice low key companionable evening chatting as Tree and Obelia assembled a Hobbit Lego set, Cali did her needlework, and I played on my laptop, reporting on what reviews of TH were up and I subjected them to a TH/Star Trek crossover crackfic I did an outline for that I haven't dumped on all of you yet. They let me stay in the room that night anyway.
Sunday, Tree accompanied me on the ride back home to feed the kitties, and we got her checked in to her motel by the airport on the way, then we drove back to Westminster. Obelia and
elanor1013 joined our original 4 to see The Hobbit in 2D this time. I think we all enjoyed it much more on second viewing. I promise a full review soon--I just saw it my third time--this time definitely in HFR 48, and in IMAX 3D, and I loved it--3rd times the charm. I mean, it's not FotR, but it's a lot of fun and beauty. We then went to Denny's for their Hobbit themed fare and Elanor and I established that we had met before at the DC LotR meet-up group and caught up on an acquaintance. I got the Gandalf Gobbler sandwich again because it was most excellent. And for dessert, Tree got what we're calling Radagast's Red Balls--whut? They're red velvet fried dough balls with a bowl of icing dip and she magnanimously shared them with all of us--and they were very yummy. Then I drove Mews home for our sad good byes and Cali took Tree, and we all went our several ways home from there. And that's my short and sweet moot report for a short and sweet little moot. And here's my menorah at full display below from earlier this month. Along side it is a great little orchid I got a couple of months ago that's been blooming its little heart out. My orchid next to it, that I've had for 3 years when I finally learned how to not drown orchids, is sending up 3 spikes this year, so I'm looking forward to a long late winter/spring display from it.
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