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Posted By Kathleen David on January 3, 2017

Not an idea that I care to share or a picture of something that is progressed further unless you count the photos I used for my Christmas Card project.

This was the card I did for my Sherlock Seattle Card Exchange. I have done the Halloween one for a couple of years. This was my first Holiday card exchange. I got back some great cards in return.

(For the VI: This is my John Watson puppet on the right and my Sherlock Holmes puppet on the left both wearing Santa hats and wrapped in fairy lights)

For my friends and family (OK most of the family I will be sending the others out in the next day or so) I did this card

(For the VI: This is my movie version Doctor Strange puppet on right and the movie version of Baron Mordo on the left wearing santa hats and wrapped in fairy lights)

Since then I have cut a couple of puppets and other things out but having sewed nada.

Of course we did have some upheaval in the David household with Peter being in the hospital and all but things have pretty much gone back to normal.

I am a little frustrated with myself right now but I will be OK in the long run.

Here’s to getting a couple of projects done this week.

I am grateful for this blog so I can really check up on my progress and keep myself honest.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 2, 2017

Well at least this year all teams going into the Super Bowl mess have winning records. The only game that was really for all the marbles was the Packers/Lions game as to which would be a wild card and which would be the divisional winner. Have some interesting teams in the mix so the games will be worth watching.

My theme for me this year is ‘get it done’ as in get all these past projects that are looming over me done so I can start thinking about new projects that I am already thinking about. Last night going over the list, I discovered two that I had totally forgotten about until I went over the list.

Part of ‘get it done’ is staying off the Internet or rather staying off the time sinks that I tend to get sucked into. Yesterday was not my best day at that. I got interested in a topic and went down that rabbithole with lead to me looking back at some other things I had bookmarked and so on. I plan to do better today.

I declare today to be a pick-up day as in I am going to pick up the house and get it back in order to be able to go onto project #1 without having to deal with digging through a mess to find something.

Today is Caroline’s last day of winter break. It was very short this year due to the holidays it is built around both being on a Sunday. She has been working hard on her homework and other things that she needed to work on. She got a short break to go see her sisters in Florida. And now she is gearing up for the next part of school.

Let’s see what the day brings because I have consumed my coffee and am ready to roll.

I am grateful that Caroline worked on her homework all during the break not just today.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 1, 2017

And happy birthday to middle step-daughter Gwen who is celebrating it with her husband and 4 month old baby boy down in Jacksonville with other members of her family.

We had a very quiet night at home last night. Caroline and I played a couple of games of Exploding Kittens and Uno. Peter worked on some writing projects. We watched Ðìçk Clark’s Rocking New Years Eve and toasted the New Year with sparkling apple cider. Right now we can use peaceful for a bit.

Today is going to be mostly home-based. I have one errand to run but other than that we have agreed to spend the time with each other here.

My resolution as stated yesterday boils down to get things done. Get all the projects already on my plate off before embarking on the next set of creative endeavors. And I have a rather long list that needs to be taken care of including a couple that have been on my plate for more than a year.

I also do plan to make it a year of being creative rather than a year of talking about being creative. Doesn’t mean I will stop doing Crafty Tuesday but I hope to have more substance to show than last year.

I also am going to try not to go down the rabbit hole that the Internet has become. I feel like I spend entirely too much time researching things that I find interesting and not enough using the knowledge that I have gained. Let’s see how long that one lasts.

I am also going to try to keep the house in better order especially when I am in the middle of a project and the fabric is flying everywhere. Dishes must be done in a timely fashion. Cat boxes scooped. And other things to keep hearth and home looking at least neat.

So there it is, my personal plan for the year.

Happy New Year Y’all

I am grateful for friends who have my back.

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Posted By Kathleen David on December 31, 2016

Ok, this is the last day of 2016 and the final meeting of that year of Kath’s Brain. So let’s settle down and figure out what we are going to do next year….Yes?

I thought there was going to be cake.

No, just coffee. It’s too early for cake.

OK, how about donuts?

We don’t have donuts just coffee.

Bagels?

NO BAGELS! No toast, no muffins, no baked goods of any kind.

OK, ok you don’t have to be such a grouch about it.

As I was saying, we need to figure out this next year so let’s start with suggestions from the floor. You.

Can we just take a year off? Ya know take a year long nap or something?

No we cannot.

Oooo! Ooo! I know let’s start a very big project that is really cool and has lots of small parts to make and then spend just enough time planning it that we have to rush to get the thing done.

We did that last year and the year before. I would like to propose we do something new this year.

Web site?

OK can we drop the web site idea? It’s been on the list for about 20 years now.

But people keep asking us if we have a website.

* sigh * OK website is moving from the 2016 list to the 2017 list along with making new business cards. Next.

Finish the novel or finished any novel or short story, just finish a writing project.

That one is at the top of the list for 2017 and we are well on our way to getting that one done.

A cheer is heard through out the skull.

What about the gym? We still going to exercise?

Yes, and, like last year, it is a priority since that has really become our ‘me’ time and it makes us feel better. And before anyone asks, we will just deal with everyone who is trying to make their lives better too. Just have to sort of the schedule and know that in a month’s time, there will be fewer people or we will be back to the regulars.

We gonna try to write an entry a day this year? We got pretty far with it last year.

No, I am going to take that one off the table. We will write in our blog when we have something to say but will continue Crafty Tuesday because it has become its own thing.

OOOOooooo let’s go watch the new trailer for Sherlock.

NO! We are going to try to spend less time noodling around the internet this year and more time working on various projects.

How do you put that as a resolution?

I think she did. But I still wanna see the Sherlock trailer.

No trailers! The first episode will be on tomorrow night.

EeeeeeEeeeeeeeee.

OK, calm down. Remember what happened last time.

OK….(quietly in the background) eeeeeee.

So Puppets this year, what shall we do?

Finished last year’s projects first comes to mind.

OK, after that?

There is no after that. Do you know how many puppets we have parts for but no finished product?

Um, a few?

I am figuring about a years worth of work so let’s do that before going onto other things.

OK….but that’s boring! Let’s come up with 20 new projects to try to do!

NO! Get things done is the theme for 2017. Got it?

You don’t have to be so grouchy about it.

So are we in agreement? Finish previous projects including writing projects, less time wasted on the Internet, continue the Gym thing, Website and business cards.

Yep.

OK.

Well what if….never mind. I’ll bring that up at the next meeting.

We are adjourned.

Are we sure there is no cake?

I am grateful for my brain’s random ways of sorting itself out.

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Posted By Kathleen David on December 30, 2016

Right now as I peruse the net I am seeing more and more social media ways of looking back at 2016. Facebook is desperately trying to get me to sum up my year by their nifty algorithm. Other places have people using their media feeds to show what the year did for them and to them.

There are things about 2016 that I do like. There are things I did that will remain as fond memories. Meeting Peter Capaldi was one. Peter celebrating his 60th birthday and what I did to help him celebrate is another along with all the people who helped me create his birthday album. Caroline’s confirmation was a highlight given that she has been working towards this since her first communion. San Diego Comic Con had a lot of highlights including Caroline’s first panel and my first tattoo.

There were a lot of things I didn’t like about 2016. People I know personally passing away. Friends of friends dying. The election and the aftermath. Friends find their personal identity questioned. Fans seriously over stepping both their bounds and their welcome. It is quite a long list of things that happened that didn’t agree with me and some of it is going to continue to do so for the time to come.

2016 is where I think I talked more about mental health than I had before. Due to some other idiocy on the Internet, I decided that staying silent was not something I could do any more. And now with the passing of Carrie Fisher, I know it is something I have to talk about in hopes that what I say will help someone down the road.

On the positives, 2016 saw me stick to my gym schedule better than I had in years. I plan on continuing that in 2017 since the health benefits of exercise are myriad. I have had some physical set backs including the broken shoe which led to the knee problems but I have worked through those.

I got puppets done in record time and still have some puppets on my table half done. I would like to get out of a year with all my projects done. The puppets I did build led to some interesting places and let me meet interesting people a number of which I now can call friend.

I went to a number of conventions. There were those that I go to pretty regularly and those that I attended for the first time or first time in a long time. I met Internet buddies in real life. I met a lot of Peter’s fans. I met some people that I admire very much. I got to hang with old friends and catch up on things that you don’t put on the Internet.

I am ready to put this year in the books and move on to next year.

Today we are going to the airport to pick Caroline up from her adventure in Jacksonville. Tomorrow we get ready for the beginning of a new year.

I am grateful that Peter is home to celebrate the New Year.

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