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Posted By Kathleen David on January 26, 2015

A week ago I was checking the forecast and I saw that we had some snow predicted for Monday (>1 inch) and Wednesday (1-3 inches). Some how that has turned into 24-36 inches from Monday into Wednesday as some things moved around in terms of high and low weather patterns giving us a potential Nor’easter with lots of snow. I think Boston is going to get slammed like it hasn’t been slammed since the late 60s.

Yesterday I went to the grocery store and picked up what I needed for my French toast kit (Bread, Milk, eggs). The store was pretty busy with people doing their regular Sunday shop. I talked to a manager I know and she said it was slightly busier but she was expecting that Monday morning was going to be the insane time and she was glad they were getting one more milk delivery before the storm hit.

Normally when we have this sort of dire weather news I take it with a grain of salt. The weather people love to hype the storms. However this time I have my neighbor who works for the National Weather Service who told me that he is not feeling good about this one and we might get more than predicted if the system does what he thinks it is going to do.

Today I plan to walk the property and secure anything that can get blown around. Then we are going to hunker down and wait this storm out.

I have plans for power or no power depending on the storm. Flashlights have batteries. We have lots of blankets and fuzzy socks.

Caroline went to school this morning for the first time since last Wednesday. She is gathering up her assignments and bring things home to work on for the next day or so to catch up on what she missed. She is happy to be going back to school and is, except a serious case of the sniffles, feeling pretty much herself again.

I’ll blog if I can. If not, I am sure I will have a tale or two to tell afterwards.

I am grateful for things that will make waiting out this storm easier.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 24, 2015

It snowed last night and started raining this morning giving us a lovely slushy mixture across the landscape. So I am going to let Mother Nature take care of the mess for me. I am hoping that we don’t get a hard freeze before most of this is gone. Currently it looks like Tuesday is French Toast day. I am probably going to do a short shop for things we need on Monday so Tuesday will be a day of nothing.

Caroline is no longer running a fever and she is down to the sniffles for symptoms. She is tired of blowing her nose and her eyes watering.

So life is slowly returning to normal. Last night we were all able to sleep in our own beds. The cats are back in their normal sleeping areas.

Today is going to be indoor activities. I am going to give Caroline another sewing lesson.

Well that and laundry.

So it is the Seahawks vs. the Patriots. That the pundits are still on the deflated balls is rather tired. It really didn’t affect the outcome of the game. That was a blow out no matter which way you look at it.

Also I am getting tired of the –gate thing. It was called Watergate because that was the name of the building but it has morphed into anything that is scandalous turns into (fill in the blank)-gate.

I am grateful for not having to shovel slush this morning.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 23, 2015

Caroline received her flu shot with her wellness visit this year. She is not overly fond of needles but she took it to prevent the flu.

Wednesday I was getting ready to make her lunch. Caroline was feeling and sounding very congested. She gave me a hug and I could feel the heat radiating off her skin. I took her temperature and it was 101.2.

So no school and we set her up on the couch for the day.

In the afternoon she spiked 104 and throwing up. At that point we took her to the Doctor.

They did some tests and came back with the verdict, which was that she has the flu. They prescribed Tamuflu to shorten the symptoms and said she could not go back to school until Monday at the earliest.

Caroline was not happy about this at all. She had taken the shot but apparently they missed a strain this year so the flu shot is great except for what she has.

She got home and continued to throwing up for a good part of the evening.

Eventually she fell asleep and was able to get more than 20 minutes at a clip.

Peter stayed up and worked on various projects and I went to sleep. We tag teamed at 7 and he went to sleep while I took care of Caroline.

She spent most of the day resting but by the evening except for the fever, she was pretty much back to normal. Since she had slept most of the day, she had a hard time falling asleep but once she did she was out for the night.

This morning she has the sniffies and a bit of a fever but she is definitely on the mend.

So far, knock on wood, Peter and I are symptom free but there has been a lot of hand washing going on and germ prevention. The cats have been hovering around her and taking turns sleeping with her. I think they have a rotation figured out.

She is concerned about getting behind in her schoolwork but her teachers assured her they would work with her to get her caught up.

So that’s what has been going on around here. Hoping that is it for us the only visit of the flu monster.

I am grateful that Caroline is getting better.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 21, 2015

Peter receives a lot of invites to attend conventions. If he wanted to, he could pretty much go to a convention a weekend. We have limits on the number of conventions we go to just for the sanity of the family.

We enjoy going to conventions but for us it is part of the job rather than a leisure time activity or a vacation.

Don’t get me wrong, we have a lot of fun at conventions and we still enjoy it. Caroline loves them.

There are certain conventions that we go to every year. These are the ones that we know people and they know us. Caroline can wander around because she grew up at these conventions.

She knows the rules are different at conventions that we are attending for the first time.

We get the lay of the land when we arrive. Knowing where the bathrooms are is important and what food is available at convention centers. Also for the first day watching the flow of traffic and when things are crowded is important. By the end of the convention we have a good feel for it and whether we will be recommending it to our friends.

Getting home always seems almost more of an adventure than getting there.

I am grateful for all the good conventions we have been to.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 20, 2015

Which is also the beginning of the slow trek to Dragon Con.

Which means it is a mix of puppets already done and new stuff.

So Sherlock and Watson are going to get another go. I basically have to make Sherlock’s beloved Belstaff in puppet size. There are one or two things I want to fix on Watson.

May be the Winchester Brothers. Possibly another Caz and a Bobby.

I am going to make a couple of Phluzzies because I haven’t and it is always good to have a simple puppet to sell.

Then I am thinking Hand puppets. Not quite worked out the what but I do think that I have a screwy idea that if I fleshed it out more would be pretty cool.

And one marionette just because I can or think I can. I do think critter rather than person.

And maaay be one Monster Puppet.

So that’s the Farpoint list. Let’s see what I get done.

I am grateful for people who share information rather than hoard it.

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