Of Couches and Swords...Author: jawapro
Date: Sat 21/03/2009 12:08 PM
Once again - I find that I haven’t been posting very often. I’ve been busy - honest!
First up - I’ve finally got friends in Devonport now (Tim, Tom, James, etc) which is great - but I kept running out of seating space when people came to visit. Especially after the camping chair I had been using broke (three times).
So I needed to get some more seats - but my grand plan of shopping on the long weekend Monday was laid to waste by the fact that second hand shops are all shut. I would have thought it would be a busy time for that sort of shopping - but I was wrong.
Thankfully, Stuart Coles and family came to the rescue. They were planning to come over anyway to see photos from my trip and check out my house (the boys loved it - toys and things everywhere). I mentioned that I was going to try and buy some more seats, and they said they had a spare couch they didn’t need.
As you can see - Neptune approves of it.
My spare room has been a storage room ever since I moved in. I’ve had a pile of boxes against the far wall. Before I tidied them up, it wasn’t so tall, but spread across half the room instead. This photo was taken while Tim was living in the spare room - so it’s not quite normal, but it’s close.
I decided that I wanted to clean it up - so I could see if the Hockey Table would fit in that room, giving me room for at least one more seat in the lounge room (as well as making the Hockey Table more useful - currently you have to move it before you can use it).
So for the last week I’ve been going through boxes and relocating things, throwing things out - and generally reorganizing.
It takes a while. That's my excuse for not blogging more often.
Now - my sword.
I promised earlier I’d post about my sword.
You see - when I wanted to go to church camp as a Viking, I was prepared to spend a little bit and get some decent stuff, because I’ve wanted a Viking costume for a while.
Tim had built himself an awesome sword. It’s solid steel - and although it’s not very sharp, it’s solid enough you could easily run someone through with it. And it’s extra cool because he made it himself. Tim doesn’t do things by half - scroll down a bit and check out the Viking helmet we made if you haven’t already seen it.
Anyway - Tim’s sword was brilliant, but I wanted one I could keep, so I hit ebay. I’m not skilled enough to build it myself.
So here’s my sword. It’s not great quality and would probably shatter if you actually tried to dual with it - but it looks darn impressive, and is quite deadly. Unlike Tim’s, mine is sharp.
It’s not sharp enough to shave with, but it’s well and truly sharp enough to cut stuff. The end’s a pretty sharp point too.
I was very careful at Church camp. This is not a sword to be swung around and played with. It needs to be handled with respect.
I was quite surprised. This sword only cost me $35 plus $30 for overnight courier. That's pretty cheap for a sword, and it actually did arrive the next morning (pretty amazing for someone who lives in Tassie).
There - now you’ve seen my sword - don’t try and rob me.
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