New Laptop!!!!

So, as the title might suggest, my Christmas present from Greg is a beautiful, shiny, new laptop...with a webcam and undoubtedly lots of other magic I have yet to find! If I can figure out how to make a myself look anything other than really tired on a webcam, I might consider video blogs now and then, but it remains to be seen.

Busted Computer Blues

My computer died last week. It was sudden and rather unexpected. I was working on it downstairs in the family room, turned it off, brought it upstairs, and boom, it was dead. Fortunately, my fiance, Greg (yay, he is allowed to be himself online now!) had an extra laptop lying around and I have computer access again.

Everything is Coming Up Roses!

I hope, Readers, my absence of blogging did not cause you to fear the worst for Banjo. He is doing ever so much better! That is just the tip of my good news iceberg. I'm really quite busy and am about to head out the door, so I will sum up all the good news with a Photo Blog!

Update on the Chaos

Take some consolation in my absence readers, my Nanowrimo count is still a lovely zero. In addition to all the craziness I had been dealing with, my baby, Banjo has been having some severe medical issues. The poor guy had been losing weight (he's been skinny ever since we found him as a stray last March, but it's ridiculous now) and lately has been pacing, drooling, staggering about walking into walls, and being completely unresponsive to us.

History Teachers on YouTube

Things have been a bit crazy these past (and upcoming) few weeks, so expect a few quicker blogs during the next few weeks. A few weeks back while I was finding videos for the Ten Historically Accurate Songs blog on YouTube, I came across this creative genius's page.

Ten Historically Accurate Songs

I am a big, big fan of ballads. Not surprisingly, a fair number of ballads are written about historic events and historical people. You may have noticed that I sometimes pepper my posts with links to such songs including "Maryland, My Maryland" and "Comanche the Brave Horse". Today, I bring you ten of the most historically accurate songs about historic events. As always, there is no particular order to the list and videos have been provided for your toetapping (occassionally) convenience.

Crunch Time to Cedar Creek

I am super excited to be getting ready for the 147th Cedar Creek Reenactment in Middletown, Virginia this week. I have not participated in this event since 2006 and it is my absolute favorite reenactment. Originally, Boyfriend and I thought he would be working on Friday and, therefore, not getting to the site until way after dark, so I am not preparing food for Friday. As luck would have it, Boyfriend in off, so we will be leaving Jersey on Friday morning and arriving in Virginia in the early afternoon...if we leave as planned.