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Posted By Kathleen David on June 20, 2013

And other chores.

Caroline has a half day at school today. Which translates as a very short time between the time she gets on the bus and off the bus. We are going to go see Monsters University this evening at a reasonable time.

Somewhere in there I have to restock both the human and the cat larders, laundry, and a number of other chores that need to be done.

Tomorrow is rinse and repeat.

Saturday Peter will be at Fourth World Comics from 12 to 3. Caroline and I will be there with him. Come on by and say Hi.

Time to cull the magazines. I usually do it once a month but I got behind.

We let Fig stay out last night when we locked up the cats for the night. She slept with Caroline and enjoyed have most of the house to herself I think. I do know she was sleeping with Caroline when I went to check on her.

I need to take a picture of Caroline tomorrow for the last day of school since I got a picture from the first day of school.

Stomach is still recovering from the Flu. So far, knock on wood, everyone else seems fine.

I am reading a good book on the history of the Ninja. The real history is more interesting than the film version of the job.

I have had Dragons and Imps on my mind. Might have to bring those images in my head to this reality.

I am so happy that Caroline thinks that reading a book is a good thing to do in her spare time. She is quite the reader.

I am blessed to have so many good friends. Just saying.

Peter has finished with PT. They say that his legs are back to pretty much where they were before the stroke. He is continuing with OT for his shoulder. His typing continues to improve.

Yeah normally this would be a RTBTCKI but I have had a cup and a half and can feel it coursing through my veins.

I am working out Caroline schedule for the summer. She has various activities that she will continue for the summer and there are other things that she will be scheduled for. She will also be visiting her sister Shana.

I will be at San Diego Comic Con with Peter. We already are starting to fill our dance card. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

I am grateful for the continued recovery of my husband.

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Posted By Kathleen David on June 19, 2013

Monday I was tired all day just so tired. I slept most of the day unless I had to get up and do something like take Caroline to her flute lesson and the like.

Tuesday I was feeling less tired but off. Peter and I went to see “This is the End.” Bloody brilliant. If you don’t have an aversion to drug and potty humor then I suggest you see it. Yes, there is a scope to it that needs to be seen on a large screen. We went out to lunch. I had a salad but still felt off. Got home and took a nap. Woke up with a fever of 101 and lost my lunch, breakfast and part of last nights dinner, I think, to the porcelain throne. That was a miserable afternoon and evening.

About 4 AM this morning the fever broke and this morning I am feeling drained but much better than I have in a couple of days. So with any luck I am over this and none of my family members will pick it up.

So this morning I got all the cat boxes clean before the day starts to heat up and now onto the next thing.

I have been re-watching Sherlock starting with Season 1. It is interesting to go back and see how they seeded what happened at the end of Season 2 back in the first season.

The cats are in a huge catpile today on the couch. No fighting. They are nose to tail in the sunshine. Happy content cats.

And that was an exciting game 6 for the NBA finals. So now we get a game 7 and the question is can the Spurs get over the shock of what they almost had in their hands.

I am grateful for short illnesses.

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Posted By Kathleen David on June 18, 2013

Caroline has declared that this is the summer that she will learn to use the sewing machine so she can start designing clothing for her dolls and stuffed animals. I am also going to teach her about hand sewing as well. She should be able to put a button back on or darn a sock.

Next week, I think, I am going to be taking her into the city with me to shop the fabric shops for a couple of projects I want to do. We have most of the day already planned. She is looking forward to some Mommy/Daughter time.

She, like me, has a million of ideas of things she would like to do. Most of what is stopping her is lack of practical knowledge to do these things. So among her other activities we are going to work on her sewing skills and her drafting skills.

I have also decided that she is going to learn cursive this summer and work on her handwriting (At this point I know my mother is probably laughing really hard now considering my lack of penmanship and that I went back to print as soon as I could). I think it is important for her to learn that. And now science is backing me up on this What learning Cursive does for your brain. I am also going to introduce her to calligraphy, which I think she will like. That and we are going to continue on multiplication and division. Can’t let the math brain stay dormant.

She is also practicing her flute. She is taking lessons this summer and will continue her practice of the instrument. She is getting serious about her flute playing because she can see how far she has come in nine short months.

I am grateful that my daughter wants to learn skills from me.

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Posted By Kathleen David on June 17, 2013

We went in to the city on Saturday and saw Pippin and Cinderella. We stayed over night in the city. Then Sunday we went to the Mets game and watched them win in the bottom of the ninth inning. Caroline got to run the bases, which she loved. All in all a rather spectacular weekend.

Pippin was incredible. The use of the circus motif just added to the play rather than distracted from it. Andrea Martin stole the first act with her rendition of “No Time At All”. Terrance Mann is, well, Terrance Mann. I have a new version of an old meme I have seen Terrance Mann right a unicycle, your argument is irrelevant. Patina Miller did a splendid job of Leading Player. The Fosse choreography was used vey well and I bet Mr. Fosse would have loved working with the performers to see how far they could push it since he would have had acrobats and contortionists to work with that could also dance. Matthew James Thomas was an excellent Pippin and was very giving of the stage to others. It is one of those productions that will still be talked about 10 years down the road. It is the Pippin that all other Pippins to come will be measured against. And for those who know the show, they used the alternate ending very well.

Cinderella was Caroline’s favorite of the two musicals. She enjoyed Pippin a lot but Cinderella was more her speed. It was done the way that a classic Broadway musical would have been done if Rogers and Hammerstein had taken it to Broadway at the time of the first TV version. The cast was solid. Laura Osnes has a lovely voice and that wistful expression one must have to play Ella. Victoria Clark did a wonderful job as the Fairy Godmother. We saw the Broadway debut of Andy Jones in the role of Topher (the Prince) and both Peter and I think we saw the start of a long Broadway career. This kid was really good and he has that presence that cannot be taught but is innate in an actor.

We spent the night in the city because it seemed a little silly to drive back home and then get up very early and drive out to Citi Field. We had a nice breakfast at Ellen Stardust Diner. Ariel joined us afterwards and we trekked out to Citi Field to meet up with Gwen and her fiancé. The seats we got were under the overhang just enough that we were never in direct sunlight which was nice since the breeze kept us cool and we didn’t have to worry about sunburn. And the Mets won. Bottom of the ninth and a homer had to do it but it was worth the disappointment of all the other innings because they won. Afterwards they had run the bases for the kids, which Caroline did and almost took Mr. Met’s hand off with a serious high five. We were glad we were driving east going home because the west side of the LI was a disaster from Queens to the Suffolk line.

Peter was very happy with his Father’s Day weekend. Caroline gave him a big hug and told him that she was glad that she could celebrate Father’s Day with him and he was getting better. The implication being that the stroke could have made that day very sad for her. Rather heavy thoughts for a 10 year old.

I am grateful that we could celebrate Father’s Day with Peter.

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Posted By Kathleen David on June 14, 2013

Today is my sister Sheila’s birthday which is also Flag Day.

I have an amazing sister who is a creative soul.

She is a poet who is working on a project that she created called 10,000 flowers where she is giving away art work. More details can be found here. Feel free to participate.

She creates cool word art. Ask Neil Gaiman about the word art about his dog she did and he owns.

She has a book on the creative method entitled “Catbooks and other methods” which can be found here. I love the subtitle to the piece.

She is one of a kind and I am proud to have her as a sister.

Happy Birthday Sheila! Hope the day is extra special nice to you.

I am grateful that my sister is my sister.

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