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Posted By Kathleen David on November 2, 2020

I have found that I have fifteen-minutes that are used for a number of things depending on the day of the week before I have to go to work.

Today I am spending it on a quick blog entry before launching into the day.

Mental health is a bit shaky today as I am thinking about tomorrow and what will follow that. I am anxious and Caroline is even more so.

But this morning I got called into work, so my mind is in work mode.

On the plus side, I can go the most direct route now since they FINALLY finished the construction of a new round-a-bout which had kept that route closed since March. It will be interesting to see how long it takes now.

I am also drinking my one cup of coffee for the day.

This may become how I handle blogging after Tuesday.

Yesterday morning I got all my outdoor stuff done before the wind and rain started. I am very proud of that.

Everyone stay safe and be good to each other. And if you can and you haven’t, vote. Let your voice be heard.

I am grateful for amusing cat tricks.

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Posted By Kathleen David on November 1, 2020

We did give out comics at a social distance. The numbers were down but those that came by were very happy that they did.

It was a little piece of normal with precautions amongst the chaos.

Today I am going to pack up the graveyard and go to a fall motif until the last week of November where I will put up the holiday lights. 

I am declaring it a cleaning day around the house. I have a number of things that need to be done before the next wave of rain and I plan to do that today.

Tomorrow I plan to get on some projects I have wanted to finish.

Tuesday is Election Day. Your vote does count so vote. If you have already cast your ballot, thank you.

We have voted.

I am grateful for the energy to get things done.

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Posted By Kathleen David on October 30, 2020

I awoke to a pounding headache this morning. Not a migraine, thank goodness. 

Don’t think it is dehydration but the pressure changes and my fall allergies. 

We have wind and rain for most of the day. Right now we are under a gale warning and the wind outside is living up to the warning. I am hoping that my display will hold up.

Here are the decorations I made this year for our Halloween display. 

The Monster over the door

(For the VI: This is placed above the front door. It is a monster of lime green fur with white pointy teeth, googly eyes and black eyebrows. There are hands on either side.)

This is version one of this idea. I have a revised concept I want to do before next Halloween. 

Our mail carrier says he gets a chuckle every day from it.

Ghooooost

(For the VI: This is a white ghost with white hands and black eyes and smile)

I cribbed this one form one of my favorite episodes of the Muppet Show which was the one with Vincent Price. One of the musical numbers is a catchy tune entitled “I’m looking through you” by the Beatles with the Muppet ghost trio.

Today I am working on Peter’s costume. More on that next week.

Things I learned this week. The Elf on the Shelf has couture clothing to wear along with playsets and sidekicks. Caroline comment was, “I thought you were not supposed to touch it.” I think she is right, but that little elf is now its own industry. And those items sell fast.

It is nice to have a job again. It gives me a sense of self-worth that has been missing since I was let go by Del Rey eighteen years ago. I would love to have a job like that again, but it is hard to find those and get people to take a chance on me. I think my managers are happy that they took a chance on me and I am happy they did.

We have voted. I am glad to see that so many have already voted, and we still have four days until the elections. I want the people’s voices to be heard rather than the party machines or private interests. Power to the people.

I am grateful for clarity.

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Posted By Kathleen David on October 26, 2020

And I am feeling good.

I have felt very even the last week, which is a nice change of pace.

I have been mostly offline. I think that helped a lot. 

Work has been helpful to keep me away from that which raises my blood pressure. It keeps me engaged and thinking with mental muscles I haven’t used in a while along with a few physical ones.

I have had more clarity about things in my life and things that seemed overwhelming are not as much at this point.

I have no idea if this is going to last but I am enjoying it right now.

Today I have a couple of projects that need to get done and started depending on the project.

If I get everything done, I plan to post a crafty Tuesday about it.

I am grateful for evenness. 

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Posted By Kathleen David on October 25, 2020

Henry V by Shakespeare is probably one of my favorites of the Histories, but Richard II holds the place closest to my heart.

I did get out the graveyard and secure it with these stakes I found that are making me feel much better about the winds we get. The lights are up. The things I want to add this year are probably a day’s worth of work depending on how it goes.

We went pumpkin picking on Friday to the same pumpkin patch that Caroline has been going to for eighteen years.

This is Caroline eighteen years ago. She chose a pumpkin and we carved it up for her.

(For the VI: This is baby Caroline. She is wearing white sneakers, red pants and a pink jacket. She has her hand on a pumpkin.)

Eighteen years later.

(This is Caroline now. She is holding a pumpkin. She is wearing a mask, a green t-shirt, black pants and sneakers. Behind her are a lot of pumpkins.)

How time flies.

Then her life consisted of exploring the world and figuring out how her body works.

Now she is filling out her FASA forms and college applications getting ready for the next chapter in her life.

I have another baker’s cyst behind my right knee. I am just waiting for it to pop and reabsorb into my body. When I feel my knee stiffen up, I get up and walk around and it eases.

I am grateful for all the adventures Caroline has experienced in her life.

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