No Strings Attached

Posted By Kathleen David on January 4, 2011

And I need to slow down and breath.

I keep finding myself not breathing or catching my breath and I have to remind myself not to hold onto my breath so long.

If you have been watching Caprica (which I think is a splendid series), know that SyFy is dumping the last 5 episodes today (6-11). If you have been using your DVR to record the episodes, you are about to lose 5 hours of space on it. I have a sad feeling that some people aren’t going to get the end because a lot of us have a lot on our DVRs.

We just got 12 pieces of mail in our mailbox. Out of that, only two were things that could not be classified as junk mail. Paper recycling isn’t until next week and this is starting to stack up.

Listening to the local sports radio channel has been interesting. A lot of end of the season talk about the Giants and playoff talk about the Jets. Some baseball and a little basketball with hockey thrown in for good measure because they air hockey games.

Fig has been getting into trouble. This is what usual happens when a kitten grows to not be small enough to get into spaces she use to be able to get into but insists on trying to get into it. This has also involved the destruction of many towns that Caroline has created with her blocks and several towers made of Lincoln Logs as well. She also got stuck trying to get under a bookshelf that she could when she was much smaller. Best had to be when she got into a box and then managed to tip the box over so she was sealing in.

Caroline is fine being back in school. In fact I think she is glad that vacation is over and things are back to normal.

Gwen stopped by yesterday with her boyfriend. We had a nice lunch and conversation. Caroline got to see Gwen after she was done with school. It was a nice visit.

Today I think I am going to do what I have needed to do for a while. That is tear out all the devices that go to the TV and rework the wires for our new gaming platforms. This is probably going to take most of the day to do and I might have to get a new switcher box if I can’t get this one behave.

I have to figure out how I am going to get the X-Box motion sensor and the Wii motion sensor to be within what we need without having to move them every time we want to use the other device.

I am grateful for electronics that behave.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 3, 2011

I guess broken (lost screw) is better than all out lost which I though had happened outside of Washington DC when I went from the interior of the car to the trunk and they dropped out of my pocket. So I need to go visit my friendly neighborhood eye store and get them fixed.

The loss of the glasses made it hard to do a whole bunch of detailed stuff and reading was not in the cards because it gives me headaches if I try to read for too long without the glasses.

Kitty politics has reached pretty much a status quo. Fig is now being locked up with the big boys when I need to and there is not a whole lot of yowling going on. Also she has found her place in the cat pile so I know that on some level either she has been accepted or the boys now don’t remember a time she was not around.

Ah Giants. You can’t leave your fate in the hands of others. I know that the fans are going to be speculating and second guessing your season until you start to play next year and then they will either have something to cheer about or complain about and honestly I don’t know which they like better.

Dear Jets, good luck. You have drawn the Colts and they are pretty determined. You made it in by some good luck and the skin of your teeth not your stellar record (which was pretty doggone good this year). So don’t get cocky and remember it is one and done at this point.

Unless something unusual happens, I see the Pats going all the way this year. Brady seems to be unstoppable unless someone seriously stops him so hard he has to leave the game.

I am of two minds about something I want to do today. I figure that I’ll make my decision based on what other people need/want to do. The only thing I must do is get my glasses fixed which I can’t really do until they open at 11.

I am grateful that one New York team made it into the playoff mix.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 2, 2011

Carl Sandberg wrote this wonderful poem that I love to this day. I think I was 8 when I first read it.

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

Right now we are in a cloud. The fog is rather thick and mysterious. However the snow is melting rather nicely. It stayed above freezing all night so that the piles of snow are no longer as massive as they were a day or so ago.

Yesterday was rather productive. I finished two projects left over from 2010 that I plan to get out into the mail Monday. So today I begin on projects for 2011. Go me.

In terms of reading 52 books in a year, do manuscripts of untitled novels count? If so I read an untitled Peter David novel yesterday that was quite good. Ah the advantages of being married to a writer.

Tomorrow Caroline goes back to school. We have been getting her back on her sleep schedule with the exception of New Years Eve. So tonight is regular bedtime in hopes that she gets up at the usual time. We also go back to our regular schedule with a few activities added to the mix.

Hope that the New Year has been good so far to you. Yeah I know we are only two days into it and it is a weekend but go with the flow.

I am grateful for poems that stick with me.

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Posted By Kathleen David on January 1, 2011

I woke up on my own this morning. The rest of the household is asleep right now. Caroline made it to 11:37 this year so she keeps getting closer to Midnight each year. The cats are either sacked out or hiding so the only sound I have is the hum of my laptop.

It is a nice start to the year.

I could do a list of things I hope to accomplish in 2011 but I am not really feeling it.

What do I hope for the year? That the family stays healthy or gets even healthier. That we can keep a roof over our heads (both physically and metaphorically) and pay our debts. That we have time to create. That we have time to love. That we have time to have fun. That we have time to spend time with friends and family. That this year new doors will open for us and lead us to interesting places.

A lot to ask of a year at the beginning but I don’t think I am too out of line.

I am grateful that we made it through last year relatively intact.

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Posted By Kathleen David on December 31, 2010

Like most years 2010 had its ups and downs.

In terms of my writing 2010, I co-wrote my first comic book for IDW. It was a Ghostbusters comic for Halloween. Peter and I had a short story in the Masked anthology. I worked on some other things but didn’t get any much further into the real world other than my computer. In 2011, I would like to find more anthologies I can submit my work to and get at least a novella done.

In terms of my art 2010, I kept working at it. I did win an award at LunaCon for my piece entitled the Sage. I sold a number of things at DragonCon in the art show. I sold a piece at New York Comic Con (Reid, they are goggles but more for show that for fit but I am betting you figured that out). I took Wendy Froud’s new course and enjoyed it very much. I learned some new puppet techniques and that I am better at pattern making than I thought I was.

In terms of family 2010, it was kind of settled. Ariel was at college for a chunk of the year. Caroline went from the first to the second grade and continues her education. Caroline got taller and more inquisitive about the world around her. Peter’s back surgery was unexpected but he came through it with flying colors. We all had our bumps and bruises but on the whole, we came out pretty well.

We added a kitten to the mix this year. Figaro joined our merry band rather unexpectedly. But as they say, cats happen. She is fitting in rather nicely now. The cats accept her for the most part. Kitty détente has been re-established.

We went to the usual conventions along with going to Chicago for the first C2E2 and to Madison for the last MadCon and spend sometime with Harlan and Susan. Conventions were fun as usual. The ones we go to every year are like homes away from home. We know what to expect and who to talk to if they aren’t what we expect. I-con moved back to Stony Brook which was wonderful.

Other travel was mostly Peter for work but I did go to Disney World for a couple of days to spend sometime with friends and see Ariel perform.

We lost some friends this year and had some real scares with dire health problems in others.

There was some serious suckage about 2010 but over all it wasn’t too bad. Yes, there are things that I wished had gone our way but we had other things happen that made up for many of the disappointments.

We are 10 years into the 2000s and I am amazed at how much my life has changed. Since 2000, I got married and had a child, gained and lost my dream job due to the economy, made many new friends and stayed in touch with my old friends, learned new skills, and been pretty happy with my life. I am at a pretty good place going into the next 10 years.

I am grateful for all the adventures we had this past year and in the past 10.

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