Steampunking with Oscar…
Oh I’ve been so busy…. first of all we went to the First Annual STEAMPUNK World’s Fair this weekend. We took tons of Pictures that you can see here.
We spent tons of money that we should not have…. and had a BLAST… well I had a blast and Brian and Gidget had a good time most of the time (although Gidget did get Wonky on him once or twice)… but OSCAR was a GROUCH most of the weekend… OSCAR has been a grouch a LOT lately. Given the option I’d drink all my food… OSCAR just does not like what I like… although he is getting better…
We drove up Friday night and stopped at Starbucks along the way (Maryland House or Chesapeake House I can’t remember which). I finally made Gold Card status this weekend! Took me nearly 5 months! Unlike Brian I dont’ get Starbucks Daily… Maybe I should…. Anyway we got to the hotel (which was VERY NICE) a little after 6 and got checked in… A suite. Walk in and there is the table the couch the chair a small fridge and a microwave and coffee pot. Then the door and a bathroom, and the bedroom with a second sink… and a king bed. two tvs… it was a nice suite and we enjoyed it tremendously. it’s nice to have the air at 65 when you don’t have to pay for it on the monthly bill (yes I know I pay for it in higher rates later on)….
We got settled and walked over to the other hotel which was where the fair was supposed to be but it grew so much it got way out of hand…. we grabbed some food then set off to explore… we found Pendragon Costumes and spent a TON of money… Brian got a hat, a shirt and a hat topper/wrapper with them. He looks SO handsome in a top hat… He added brick red goggles that match the topper/wrapper and dang…
I got a very cool Jacket… brown leather nice lining, buckles.. big pouffy sleeves and it fits and will continue to fit no matter what as I can push the sleeves up.. and tighten the beltings… I also got a bronze skirt that ties for the waist so it will ALWAYS fit me.
Spent a ton… but we love the stuff…
WE died early friday and saturday nights because we are old decrepit people but we also know we could not have gone as long and as hard as we did friday saturday AND sunday had we not had WLS.
Saturday we got up and while I had EVERY INTENTION of exercising that just DID NOT HAPPEN. IN fact, Saturday was the FIRST day since I’ve had the GOWEAR FIT that I did not make all my goals. I did not get my moderate activity of ONE hour done. I was close however. The GOWEAR FIT has really impacted how I live my life even after just under 3 weeks… I walk more, I move more. Since April 29th I have lost 3.6 pounds, that’s over a pound a week!) I have developed the habit of parking farther out so I make my 7500 steps a day. I work HARDER in the gym…. I go to the gym MORE…. I want to BEAT my old personal bests… go figure.
Anyway…. I didn’t exercise this weekend (unless you count the Victorian Rave on Sunday)…. but I walked and I lifted and I moved… I also TRIED to eat EGGS yet again…
Let’s talk about Nessa, Oscar and Eggs.
Nessa loves ALL eggs. Nessa and OSCAR love hard boiled eggs. OSCAR hates scrambled eggs and omelets. Nessa cries from this. I ate TWO hard boiled eggs on the road on the way up to con… NO PROBLEMO!
Saturday morning I tried a bit of scrambled egg… PAIN… OH THE PAIN… even with hot sauce Sunday morning I tried OMELET… MORE PAIN… even with salsa…cry cry cry… I miss eggs for breakfast esp since I can’t have pancakes, waffles or french toast. BREAKFAST was my favorite meal of the day…
pretty much ANYTHING in the morning makes Oscar cranky. I had half of a half of an english muffin with fat free cream cheese… and some fruit.. nope it hurts.
VERY VERY VERY well done bacon works… but how much of that can I eat????
Oscar does not like to be away from home. He’s one GROUCHY pouch… I lived on Trader Joes Pita Puffs most of the weekend… and roasted edamame…
but I digress… Anyway Saturday was the steampunk persona workshop… very very very cool… Saturday night was the murder mystery dinner…. we had fun and made friends but we absolutely were not happy about how it was handled. we thought we’d be given clues and then have to solve the mystery… naw… but it was fun.
Sunday we went to the Evil Laugh Competition and the Tesla Vs. Watt game show… we also went to see Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band. They are my new fav band.. LOL… shortly after that I drove us home. we made good time and we will do it again…
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