Strange to have a weekend free at this time of year. But the weather has been cold and the winds high, so part of me is quite happy that the Jhereg Event at Candleston LARP site cancelled due to lack of numbers.
Had in mind to pop on down there anyway with a few crates of Mead and a keg - just for "old time's sake" for Lord Jhereg and the Boys and girls - but the Glastonbury Medieval Fayre of the Easter wiped us out of all our mead... so it has been a weekend of admin and repairs.
Looking at the list from Friday - achieved most of items.
- De-Wax the Tablecloths - done
- Wash Tablecloths - done
- Sort all wall hangings and dry where required - done
- Pack Bedding and store - done
- Sort living room so that the canvass can be stretched and repaired - done
- Finish emptying Van - done
- Re-stack Trailer - oops
- Sort receipts and invoices / bills from Easter weekend - sorted into piles !!
- Update Website - done
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| Cleared room |
Managed to find enough used cooking oil from local restaurants and friends to fill the unit - 60 litres and put it onto heat for an hour. Will let it cool over night ready for processing.
Computers are getting slower and slower. Really need to re-format and rebuild the machines - I said that last year at about January - and thought about it again this year in the "down-time". The lap-top has been running at 100% CPU capacity for no known reason - and just hangs - really annoying when we really need it on events to chase up breweries or supplies. Tried installing Kaspersky 2012 from the disk rather than just renewing via the validation code - it found newer versions on the "cloud" and installed that.
Seems to be a little quicker now. Full session of Spybot Search and Destroy, full system scan and fingers crossed for the next reboot. I hate Vista !!
Main Office machine still works on sensible old XP. Enquired in Curry's to see what it would cost to put latest Windows operating system on it - will cost me just under £200. Can get an equivalent powered machine for about a £100 more - so will stick with this one for the moment. really needs a reformat!!
Annoying Firefox gets "Script Errors" and hangs. Tried loading Chrome as I like it on the Laptop. Crashes XP every time ...
Managed to sort all the paperwork into piles. That was a step forward. Should have cleared the year end accounts really this weekend - but the machines were all doing virus checks - so missed out on the opportunity.
Plans for the week.
Still need to sort out the trailer for the next event. Birthday Party in Sussex.
Should get that done tomorrow.
Considering a 3 Master for this event. We will be setting the van up for sleeping over - as it is a one night event really - so will have sufficient room with 40ft by 20ft.
Bar area will be in the last 10ft section rather than living quarters - so we can put 6 tables with benches and 3 outside - with the fire pit. Fully enough for up to 50 people.
Need to order T Shirts tomorrow - picked up 3 orders over the Glastonbury Weekend and email after the event. Also need to put the new Crimson Moon Baseball Caps onto the "Shameless Marketing" web pages.
Need to order Meads for the Weekend - have enough country wines.
Need to order Beer and Cider. Will not justify a full keg - but will need to provide fresh beer -so will be looking for a good deal with the local brewery.
Have most of the soft drinks required - having watched for good deals on coke and diet coke at the local supermarkets over the last three months.
Small event - up to 50 - so will have to take more stock than we will ever use. But it is a Birthday Party - so we will have to ensure that everyone has a good time.
Websites:
Updated the main Crimson Moon Pages to reflect the current events.
http://www.crimson-moon.co.uk/
Updated the Vollsanger Song Book - added Tales of Thorvald and video links
http://www.songs.crimson-moon.co.uk/
Updated youtube links - added videos for "Music in the Crimson Moon" from the Glastonbury Weekend
http://www.youtube.com/user/vollsanger
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