It's Official!!!!

Aaron is now officially licensed with the State of Oregon.

Now he can finally start practicing!!! Yeah!!!

That just about captures the feeling!

A Feast For The Eyes....

I found an incredible blog called, Treasure Hunt, today. It contains images of the UK National Trusts' Acquisitions. The interiors and artifacts are beyond words. Enjoy!

Just Beautiful Eye Candy!

1795 Doodles

I found this on Wikipedia while reading about Luise Princess of Mecklenburg. This was a series of doodles she drew around 1795. I just love bits of history like this. I wonder if she knew her random doodling would end up in a museum one day.  It reminds me of my college notebooks, I would doodle while taking notes to help stay focused.

Bastille Day 2010

We had a wonderful Bastille Day Celebration this year. It was a little on the warm side, but not nearly as hot as it had been earlier in the week. We had wonderful food, libations, and games. The games consisted of Historical Combat and a live action game of Guillotine, a card game.

Setting up for the event, flags, guillotine, and arms.

The Guillotine, beautifully built by Aaron, aka Lord Thomas Francis Sully, Bt.

Tara, aka Theodosia Rowan de Valois, our lovely Hostess

Xian, aka Colonel le Chevalier Etienne de Valois, our Host and Maitre d'Armes

We even had an appearance of Mme Defarge, is she really Mme Defarge or a cunning spy in disguise… (Guy went all out)

Lord Thomas Sully, Bt., shortly before his “execution”

The Committee of Public Safety, Theodosia Rowan de Valois, Lady Georgiana Sully, and Lady Abigail Cartwright, looking stern and unmerciful. (Tara, Me, and Angel)

Our “executioner” Brad, aka Captain Edmund Cartwright at his post.

Ahhh, the poor victims awaiting their fate.

 

Our Hero of the People doesn’t seem to mind so much.

Aaron, with the help of some officers, (Xian and Sean)  illustrates King Louis XVI’s execution. The King was forced to be executed on his back to he could see the blade fall.

Pas d’Armes, Challenges in Historical Combat

Preparing for the next round of Combat.

The last execution of the day, the final member of the Committee of Public Safety looses her head.

Me and my stiletto, actually I borrowed it from Xian. I wanted to pay homage to Charlotte Corday.

Here we are! It was a hot day, and since the men were going to be executed, we let them take their coats off.

Well, that’s all I have for now. I will be offline for a little while, probably through the end of the week. Furniture moving day is this Saturday. God Bless!

Love Lauren

Bastille Day Preview

Things have been CRAZY in Portland House, well both Portland Houses, lately. We are moving and I feel like today is the first day I have actually sat down for any stretch of time. Anywhoo, we had a lovely time at our Bastille Day Party. Here's a sneak peak with more to come, I promise....

Yes, we had a working Guillotine that hubby built for the occasion.

Our New House…

Today we went over to the new house with the pups and birdy boy in tow. We moved some smaller boxes and my costume supplies in too. It was a lovely day.  I also had a nice chance to snap some pictures before we move all of our stuff in. Enjoy!

Birdy Boy in the back yard enjoying the outdoors. He made a number of friends today. He and the birds in the neighborhood were chatting up a storm.

Doggies love their new yard. They had so much fun exploring and running around.

My sewing room. It’s much larger than it looks in the picture, but because of the layout, it’s hard to get a good picture.

This will become Aaron’s office and the dog’s room because it has the sliding glass door leading to the yard.

Downstairs bath.

The living room. I absolutely adore the large leaded window.

The dining room.

The kitchen, viewed from the breakfast nook.

The breakfast nook.

Master bedroom. Again, the looks of the picture are deceiving. It’s a nice large space.

Master bathroom.

This is the bonus room/ basement.

Guest bedroom, also in the basement.

Basement bathroom.

And one of my favorite things about the house… All of the doorknobs on the main floors are original.

Well, hopefully the next pictures I post of the house will have furnishings. God Bless!

Love Lauren

Happy Independence Day!!!

Dear Friends and Readers,  I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. We combined our 4th of July with a party for Aaron’s graduation. Our dear friends, Brand and Angel, kindly hosted and a great time was had by all. We did a 1940’s theme complete with Glenn Miller, BBQ, legal fireworks. Here are the pictures. God Bless!!!!

Here we are, well, part of the gang. Aaron took this from inside. From top Left corner we have… Tim, Baby James, Cheryl, Me, Brad, and Angel.

Angel in her flight suit.

Feeding the munchkin. He loves his veggies ;-)

Hubby and me! I think he looks so dashing in this style.

Dancing to Glenn Miller!

 

Tara and Christian.

Aaron received a Tooth Key for his 18th century impression. It was a lovely gift from the gang.

Playing with sparklers. I had to put my sweater on, it was the coldest 4th that we have had since we moved here.

Aaron imitating the Statue of Liberty

Angel, Tara, and Me on the roof watching fireworks.

 

Have a great week everyone! Love Lauren

That Just About Sums it Up...

1-2-3 Grrrrr

Yup, that's me today. I'm grumpy and tired of dealing with annoying people. 

Thank goodness for up coming three day weekends and a massage tonight. 

Our New Coach...

We purchased our first vehicle as a married couple and without outside help last night. It was quite the milestone and we are very happy with our new wheels. We are now a two-car family :-D Here is the Lord in front of his new carriage :-D