Day 12 little things

Weekends are to be enjoyed even more so than every other busy minute so hopefully I will be too busy to post at weekends.

This Saturday is a new adventure thats started only recently. I've been helping run a dungeons and dragons (d&d) game for a kids group for those on the Autism spectrum. I didn't care what they 'had' they just wanted to learn d&d. 

As the assistant I help create the story and maps, nudged players in the right direction, helped find things on character sheets even come up with names and help decide which door to go through etc. The first game was fantastic! Defeating a many headed hydra and a terrible maze to find the emblem of heroes. So fun was the game this time we had 10 players!!!! usually a game is around 5 players ideally 4 and a dm... dungeon master.

a map I made, to find out whats going on you'd have to join the game (if we run it again)

It was still a good if chaotic adventure. Congratulations to Tom the DM. 

Then Sunday was a day spent chilling together... mostly watching anime another new passtime. The latest which has kept my attention for 4 season is Hunter X Hunter. A great starter anime too. Take a look here for details. Another new thing, watching things through a console on netflix. Even paying for netflix is new. For anyone wondering if its worth it I say if you find yourself browsing nonsense tv for something to watch while you eat or chill with you're partner or family it is well worth it. My own personal view having tried Amazon too is that netflix is much more on the ball and amazons catalogue seems mostly z listed movies. Though the ydo have their own shows...

This weekend: New things include running d&d games for teens, map making, a new anime, and new technology use. I also tried a chocolate truffle but nothing exciting to write about for that. 

I am still wondering if these 99 days will uncover a properly themed blog....

Day 9 photos

A trip to the hospital in photos

 Amazingly odd walking over this word

 In the older parts of the hospital they have some really nice floor... like they used to make an effort...like it was a craft...

 Bodge job on the way to a bus

 Even in the concrete city centre 'green' survives and creeps in. can you spot it?

The new floor in the centre. Big squares of different colours...no idea why.

Day 8 New grub

Good evening readers. Today has been a day of new tastes.

First off I tried banana in my cereal. I may have done it before but couldnt remember. The conclusion... I'd rather eat a normal banana on its own. 

But thats about it. For new experiences and unwasted time I don't like this day though chore wise lots got done...

Day 7 not so new

So we start the day with my clubs newsletter. Its looking nice and neat with everything you need in there. We recently started tweaking it and have a new design but that started before this new 99 days so I'm not counting it. Click here to check it out...

By 9am I've fixed a wobbly toilet seat and I'm heading out. 

A good day mostly with the bonus £5 off the first Christmas presents brought (diary.... Tip: get them early before they've gone), it pays to be nice sometimes.

The only rage was again at ill mannered people on the bus. Children sat in elderly and disabled seating area when those older or more broken than even me stood. Old (usually but not always large) men taking up two seats... Its enough to make anyone screams for etiquette lessons. 

But forget that! You're not here to rage, right? the best bit and a new 'craft' I've discovered is tshirt design. on sites like Redbubble you can design and sell your own designs. They take care of everything like pritning and postage and you set the profit margin you want. There is nothing like getting an email that says "you've made a sale!" The first one wasnt too long ago and though todays sale of stickers only made me 6p who cares! I was still smiling.  

Day 6 planning

 Hi everyone, ((apologies for the not quite daily updates, life sometimes creeps in the way))

But as you may know when I am not a library assistant I'm captain of StarBase Leicester possibly the longest running scifi and fantasy group in the whole city!  This itself creates lots of to do lists and often leads to new and exciting activities.

Today I was planning Octobers event, a trip to Megazone where we take over the entire arena and I was pleased to discover its a brand new arena! Gave me the urge to decorate the house with glow in the dark paint.

Next up was the newest thing possible... thanks to Interact Labs here in Leicester we're arranging to have the Oculus Rift at our birthday event! The brand new virtual reality gizmo every gamer wants. 

In fact if you like making things, robots, etc these are the guys to check out at Interact labs

So today we had planning for new SBL activities and meeting someone new (from interact labs)   Lets see if we can do better.... send in suggestions!

Day 5, thinking time

hello again on this Sunday evening.


today was lots of tidying and I tried building a shelving unit from scraps... Didn't work need actual wooden shelves;














 another project to wait on the list.


this reminds me a blog should have pictures. So more to come of what will hopefully be some interesting activities.


a few new things this week. An ok start but I can do better!

Day 4 magic and movies

Today I watched a magic tournament while looking for cards. For those that dont know magic is Magic the Gathering a card game with many strategies and cards.


I didn't enter the tournament but knew two of the players. Afterwards I tried table tennis doubles... And chaos was created. That one will take some practice.


then on to SBL's movie night where we watched some cool and some odd stuff. (www.starbaseleicester.co.uk)


but my rant for the day is about sizes! Why is it we can not have universal sizes? I ordered a shirt from Redbubble for a friend even buying one larger than be usually wears. When it arrives its tiny! Even worse they want me to send it back at my own expense when the last time something similar happened they just sent the replacement. Grrr why isn't the world straight forward.


today has been... Exhausting.

Day 3

hi again.


disappointingly I only made it to day three before I did nothing new worth remembering. Had a meeting, checked a charity shop (great things can be found in these) and that was about it...


New realisation: Have finally admitted I am a bit of a casual gamer. You wont catch me playing the likes of candy crush . Its negative connotations are too much. But the very occasional bejeweled type games are good on the bus. But the new word discovered is dailies. I play dragonvale, a park simulator type game. Similar to the old theme park game (much missed) but with dragons. Each day there is stuff you do... Dailies.


a good way to wind down but I just realised I may be a form of easy gratification. Getting something done or an achievement is bound to make you feel better. Right?


anyway off to feed some dragons. Today was...ok. But dull on the new things front.

DAY 2 New word and .... stuff

day two and a day of work. For those that don't know I'm a library assistant in all the city libraries. Very cool job and my favourite so far. Hopefully my last too.


rant: Why can 'they' not put legal age restrictions on graphic novels at least? Some are soooooo not for kids


new word: dearth

/dərTH/

noun
noun: dearth; plural noun: dearth

a scarcity or lack of something.
"there is a dearth of evidence"

absence
"a dearth of trained specialists"


new food: Well drink really. Home made milkshake. Mint for me (none of those hairy strawberries!) two scoops of value vanilla icecream, some peppermint flavouring and milk. Very nice but I do need to find a fruit flavour I like.


new activity: First time ever writing a post from my phone. This will make posting more often so much easier


today was a good day


right one bus stop to go. Catch you tomorrow

Day 1 again ...

Wow again...

Its another 9 months gone by. Shameful I know but the not so fun side of life tends to get in the way right? You don't want hear about my health, bills, work etc right... thats another blog entirely. 

The geek library assistant with arthritis and fibromyalgia, a desire to save the planet with solar and upcycling who also happens to be a bit of a crafter. Not to mention freebie hunter and budgeter

anyway...

Since the last post not a lot has changed. So I feel another 99 day challenge coming on. 99 days makes it OH WOW!!! thats a creepy coincidence! It's today!!! 99 days until the end of 2014. 

To day is Day 1 its only just started so there is plenty of time to try something new, find a project etc.

Wow!

Wow... its 2014 and I'd totally forgot about this blog! 

• Lets see, since the last post
• I've had a total of three hip operations, hopefully all sorted and I'll resist posting pics of the scars :P 
• I still work in the libraries of leicester and loving it
• Still catain the longest running Scifi and Fantasy club of Leicester
• my 2nd batch of spring onions didnt work so well even though I built a raised bed for them
• remember the one that flowered? I shook off the seeds but with them came a load of bugs!!!! Gross little things. tub remains in garden shed. 

So it seems google is in charge of blogger now and lots of other things. It's all getting a bit muddled. 

Back again soon I hope