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Posted By Kathleen David on April 24, 2017

This weekend was a quiet weekend at home with a visit to a local convention. Caroline had an active social life with her friends. Visit to the gym and other weekend activities were achieved.

This week is a little more complicated with Caroline’s 8th grade trip, Peter’s obligations, and various other things that need attention.

We have some conventions coming up that need to be sorted out.

But right now I would say that it is a bit of a pause that gives me some time to write down the order of next then start down the list.

A lot going on in my head but that’s my problem that I have to work through.

Spring has sprung and the trees are at that odd shade of new green.

I am going to walk to the gym today then deal with some stuff around the house.

I am grateful for forward movement in life.

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Posted By Kathleen David on April 22, 2017

This is the 47th Earth Day and the shape of our planet is both better and worse than it was on the first one.

I like our planet. It’s a good planet. I was taught from the time I was a child that I had to help my planet by doing things that would reduce the amount of abuse we heap upon this planet.

My parents were recycling before recycling was cool. It is easier for Caroline than it was for me. As a society we recognize that we have to do something even if it is a little thing to help sustain the planet we live on. Most trash cans in public areas now have a waste side and a recycling side.

Caroline’s school has installed water fountains that have a function where you can refill your water bottle rather than buying another one. I am seeing those more and more, which makes me happy. The one at her school has a counter of how many water bottles were saved by re-use.

Our village has banned plastic bags and seriously encouraged people to use re-usable bags by charging the customer for each paper bag that they use. Paper, unlike plastic, does degrade however, unless made of totally recycled materials, the bags are made of trees. So it is a balance.

Our local YMCA has replaced paper towels with small cloth towels for wiping down the machines. Again saving trees but each towel has to be laundered using electricity and water so it is a trade off.

And that is true of most of what we can do for the planet. Light bulbs that last longer so we have less in our landfills. Composting what we can, which we need a permit from the village to do. I used tote bags we get at conventions and the like to carry things that I buy rather than having another plastic bag in the house. We plant trees to replace the ones that we have lost. We plant flowers that bees like to help the local population. Our library even has a seed bank. Our cat litter is bio-degradable.

We have one planet and we as a global community need to find ways to help it so it can sustain us. So on this day, hug a tree and promise to do what you can to make sure that the next generation has a planet to live on.

I am grateful for bags made of recycled materials like plastic.

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Posted By Kathleen David on April 21, 2017

I can usually tell by the time I get out of bed what sort of day my ability to grip something is. If I put my hands together and the tremor is severe then I know that things will be carefully picked up with two hands and typing is going to be a real PITA with lots of unexpected typos that will have to be corrected.

The past two mornings I knew it was not going to be my best day ever due to opening my eyes and my eyelids were vibrating which is more annoying than anything else.

I know that stress can make this worse and I will admit that we have been under a lot of it recently. We are so close to being able to put the IRS debt behind us and actually be on firm financial footing for the first time in our marriage. It’s that last amount that is a hard slog. I am sure you are tired of hearing about this but it is want is on my mind and this is my blog so I am writing about it.

I haven’t been good company lately. I have been feeling like a total failure because I have three projects that I MUST GET MOVING FORWARD and not one has moved an iota from my mind to the physical realm. I have been thinking a lot but I need to get cracking on it.

Spring has come to Long Island. The trees are budding and the landscape is taking that shade of green that only Spring can bring. I am hoping we are not going to just jump into summer temperatures within the next week giving us some time to enjoy this weather.

I am going to try to work out what’s next and hope that I can get things done in a more timely fashion. I have a number of countdowns/ticking clocks that need to be addressed.

I have tried being nice to myself but I think at this point I am just going to have to kick myself into motion and do rather than feel. Done this before and can do it again.

I am grateful for things that don’t break when I drop them except when the bowling ball goes into the gutter because my hand spasm cost me my grip. Don’t feel particularly grateful for that at all.

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Posted By Kathleen David on April 19, 2017

The rest of the convention was pretty much like the beginning of the convention. We had fun and spent some time with friends old and new. The trip back was not a bad one over all. A little bit of waiting but they made up the time in the air.

I know I said I would do a New Who Review for The Pilot and the first episode of Class, which I will do before the next episodes air on Saturday.

Yesterday was a lot of sorting things out from travel along with the Go Fund Me that we can still use help on and some other irons we have in the fire. We are closer to getting this monkey off our backs then we have been our entire marriage. So continue to think good thoughts and spread the word.

We are working on the Patreon idea and figuring out what we can do to make it interesting for people. I need to sit down with the ideas we have so far and figure out what we might be able to do to make people want to support us and our work. I am wondering if offering actual puppets as part of it might entice people to join.

I need to get back into my gym routine but not today due to my right knee being in pain because of the airplane, some gum, and someone who wanted their seat in my lap. Tomorrow I will get back into my usual routine and go from there.

It is taking me some time to work my way back from the chaos of the past couple of week for a variety of reasons including my (lack of) mental health. I realized the other day that I need to do some things for me to get myself back in order so I can help my family.

I am grateful for people who gave us suggestions on how to get out of this mess.

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Posted By Kathleen David on April 18, 2017

Today is my eldest step-daughter’s birthday and I hope she is having a good day.

She and her husband have built their movie theater, Sun Ray Cinema in Jacksonville, from the ground up.

She is a lovely singer and talented piano teacher.

She has a wicked sense of humor.

Caroline adores her and she adores Caroline.

She gave Caroline her first job so Caroline has something to put on her resume.

I am grateful for Shana in my life.

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