{"id":3465,"date":"2011-12-29T11:19:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T16:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2011-12-29T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T16:20:01","slug":"year-end-reflections-2011-day-1-an-overview-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/29\/year-end-reflections-2011-day-1-an-overview-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Year End Reflections 2011 Day 1 An Overview of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year has been one of some serious ups and serious downs. I have been living in interesting times which has been both a blessing and a curse.<\/p>\n

This year I made some new friends and reconnected to some that I had thought lost. It is interesting to catch up on news with people after a large amount of times has past. I think a couple of folks were rather surprised to find out where I am in my life at this point and what I did getting to this point. I can\u2019t complain that I have had a dull life.<\/p>\n

There was less travel than other years but that is fine. We went to conventions and even got some vacation in. Caroline had a great adventure with her Father in California, which included a visit to the Phineas and Ferb offices and a recording session for Young Justice. I did enjoy all the people I met along the way.<\/p>\n

There were a lot of movies I saw this year. The ones that stick out in my head are X-men First Class, Captain America, Tintin, Midnight in Paris, The Smurfs (which was much better than I thought it was going to be), and Sherlock Holmes.<\/p>\n

I started Crafty Tuesday this year and I think I will continue it next year but try to be a little more consistent or maybe move it to Thursday but currently it stays on Tuesday. I did a lot more Random Thoughts Before the Coffee Kicks In than I had in the past. And I plan more Introspection for next year. My web log has taken more of a form than it had in years past.<\/p>\n

There was more exercise this year and I am better for it. Now I just have to get it to the next level for next year. Health overall has been pretty much the same. Nothing like it was in 2010 thank goodness.<\/p>\n

I worked on projects outside my comfort zone and improved my abilities in a number of disciplines. I performed at a Puppet Slam. First time in a long time that I performed before an audience of adults. I made my X-men First Class jacket that was an exercise in patience and fiddly bits. I shrank it down for two puppets. My drafting skills have much improved after that project. I did some doll making but I wanted to do more. I made angel wings for a puppet which was one heck of an exercise and I would do it very differently if I did it again. <\/p>\n

It has, overall, not been a bad year. There were a couple of things that happened that I would prefer not to happen again but I am not holding my breath.<\/p>\n

I am grateful for everything this year has been both good and bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year has been one of some serious ups and serious downs. I have been living in interesting times which has been both a blessing and a curse. This year I made some new friends and reconnected to some that I had thought lost. It is interesting to catch up on news with people after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t