Erebus

Well last week sucked arse, Mary was sick and is finally feeling better, so I stayed home to help her out. Then at the end of the week we got Erebus, out new 9 week old brindle bull mastiff pup. He is well mannered (for a puppy) and actually fairly quit, although we he does bark to try and get Aeron (our bulldog) to play with him it is a deep rumbling puppy bark.

He is taking to his crate training very well and is doing OK on this house training and chewing. Got him a variety of chew toys and that seemed to help a lot, he really likes his binkey buddy (got buckwheat in it you can heat up) and a plush/hard chew snake.....ohh and he really like furniture and bedding......we are working on that one.

Hoping to get started fighting again, my shield is up and running and my legs should be done soon, need to buff up a few more pieces and then put everything together and get the strapped and hung.

Shield

Well got my curved birch plywood heater done finally and I really like it, and I learned a whole lot of little things I will do differently next time. The edging is just rope and cloth covered with rawhide sew to the shield, so going to see how that holds up and add the thin metal edging over the next one.

For the first time in a long time I am excited about fighting again and going to have Zach reteach me how to use a strapped shield, it has been a very long time since I used one. Also working on finish up my an larger aluminum heater shield to have too.

Got World of Warcraft: Wraith of the Lich King Thursday, stood in line for 45 minutes and picked it up at midnight after armouring Wednesday so it was bonus. Haven't played much with work and all, but so far having fun.

My legs are almost done and hoping to start on my greaves next week.