Not Broken, Just Bent.

In the spirit of being a good big sister, I'm going to help LittleBrother out with the purchase of his next car.

He wants to test out a Fit, so we are likely going to hit a number of dealerships and test out:
Honda Fit
Honda Civic
Mazda 2
Mazda 3
Toyota Matrix
Ford Focus
and
Subaru Impreza.

I think that about covers the spectrum of the size/type he's looking for. Any thing else out there you think should be in this list?

- K.

On the Motorcycle front:
Painfully little. Meta slapped the "new" tank on, (I believe to get it out of his way). I got her a new battery that has yet to be installed.
This year will see her get new tires, and hopefully she'll run again. She'll need an oil change too, but I've got all the stuff for that - just never got did. Then I have to decide what I'm going to do with her.
If I get the time I might attack her with a rattle can, just so she looks less like she's made out of two different bikes, (though she's not nearly as bad as some franken-bikes I've seen.)

Firearms:
Never got around to the FID course. Maybe this year.

Personal health:
Made and got to each Dr app't. Teeth are fixed, feeties are better, just an ongoing thing. Must keep calves stretched.

Personal Promo:
Redesigned website. Also designed a business card that I'm in love with. Going to rely on word of mouth for a while rather than hammer the self promo - I don't want more work than I have time for, but the little supplimental projects funds will go directly into the "property" savings account.

SCA/Events:
(And here we will see where all my time went.)
Hit:
12th Night,
Birka,
Winter Gather (Clann),
Winter War,
Barlfar's,
Coronation,
Mudthaw,
EKU,
(There was a Crown Tourney in here somewhere up in CA,)
War of the Roses,
Vineland Raids,
Highland War,
Summer Gather (Clann),
Sommer Draw,
Northern Region War Camp,
GNEW,
Pennsic,
Baronial Investiture (Quebec),
Decoronation,
Fall Crown,
and Yule.

Taking a break until Birka '11. (I miiiiiight go out to K&Q Rapier for the day, only because it's only an hour from my house, and I'll know people there.)

Got a partial loaner/partial owned heavy kit together and have my qual's in polearm and spear.

Got... baronessed? boronialed? coro-netted? They got me.

That's it, really. A stupid busy year, but it was highly targeted. I visited every state in New England, NY, NJ, PA and Canada (twice).

**-**

On the docket for this year is:
Fewer events. Love ya'll, but Sweet Mercy.
Goal: 1 or 2 events a month.

Start augmenting the loaner armor with owned armor.
Goal: give all the loaner back by the end of the year.

Get Bike running, no-really-i-mean-it-this-time. The Red Albatross will rise again. Perhaps make her matte.
Goal: Make her run this year. Decide if I'm going to keep her or not.

Take FID Course.
Goal: Get FID/licenses

Save for property hunting. Which might mean seeing less of me - it's a sad fact that every time I leave the house, I'm burning monies unless I'm going to work. Must be good about sending in pre-reg to events I know I'm going to hit so I can save a few bucks.
Goal: Augment property savings account.

Bake more. I need to get more kitchen zen on.
Goal: Bread. And Pie.
Because Pie makes many things better.