8:38 am I was having a dream that was confusing when I was dreaming. I seemed to be chief executive in a coutry which had two cultures. kind of a muslim culture. When I went to sleep I was wondering if one could make haj (that pilgrimage to mecca) only during this time or could one go any time.I plan to ask Nadia at dog park.
I am feeling better but have this terrible cough where I am coughing up mucus from deep in my lungs.
10 am Getting up and dressing. I dont ache but I feel depressed about the state of the house. Or maybe this is the post-flue depression.
I washed dishes and cleaned up kitchen counter. Step One. I feel much better.
Seminar at Wendy's. Judy and I each feel despondent over Afghanistan, health care reform, and other political ventures.
Came home, but could not get to sleep for a nap. So we packed up and went to dog park. It was sunny but sort of cool.
Blitzen's Tale
I got into it with a sharpei coming into the park. He went next door and I barked at him through the fence. Then I was trying to socialize another little dog and mom put me on time out.
Lady Chica's Tale
Not much to say today. Not many dogs to race. I try to pretend I dont know Blitzen when we are at the dog park.
BOOK REVIEW
Ian Rankin, *Blood Hunt*
This is a unique novel. Gordon Reeve is retired SAS (British special forces) who runs weekend survival courses. His brother, Jim, is a journalist who supposedly commits suicide. Gordon does not believe this and sets forth. He discovers that his bro was working on a story about herbicides. Interesting that after discovering the story, Gordon has problems eating. He thinks about the pesticides in his food.
I was intrigued with his covert operations. At one point, he dug a hole, disguised it and waited ten hours for the bad guys to come. He really scared them!
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
November 29, 2009
11 AM Woke up feeling better. I can breath. Vicks does a great job of cough suppressant. Will be going to dog park as soon as I contact Uncle Mark.
Blitzen was such a pest that we went to dog park and told Uncle Mark we would wait for him. it mizzled for a little while and then stopped. Blitzen loves Uncle Mark bc Mark pets him. Now 3 PM I am going to take a nap.
Blitzen's Tale
Uncle Mark came to dog park. He gives me a great rubbing.
Lady Chica
First it was mizzling. So all the dogs went home. Mom had a book and was reading. She is always reading.
5 PM I took a long nap. My nose is clear but my shoulders ache.
I dont feel too bad but I dont feel good. I can breath. I can breath.
Thanksgiving has come and gone. I looked forward to it and now it is gone. Alas.
BOOK REVIEW
John Lutz , *Night Kills*
Police procedural. Retired NYPD homicide dick, Frank Quinn, is contracted back to find serial killer. We know who the killer is. A dating service provides special service. They kill a person and substitute their special client, a person who wants to change identities.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Blitzen was such a pest that we went to dog park and told Uncle Mark we would wait for him. it mizzled for a little while and then stopped. Blitzen loves Uncle Mark bc Mark pets him. Now 3 PM I am going to take a nap.
Blitzen's Tale
Uncle Mark came to dog park. He gives me a great rubbing.
Lady Chica
First it was mizzling. So all the dogs went home. Mom had a book and was reading. She is always reading.
5 PM I took a long nap. My nose is clear but my shoulders ache.
I dont feel too bad but I dont feel good. I can breath. I can breath.
Thanksgiving has come and gone. I looked forward to it and now it is gone. Alas.
BOOK REVIEW
John Lutz , *Night Kills*
Police procedural. Retired NYPD homicide dick, Frank Quinn, is contracted back to find serial killer. We know who the killer is. A dating service provides special service. They kill a person and substitute their special client, a person who wants to change identities.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Saturday, November 28, 2009
November 28, 2009
11 AM. Sun is shining. I have a cough and sore throat. Going to dog park then I may stay in bed. I dont even feel like reading. Fortunately I have plenty of food cooked etc.
Trivia:
I keep thinking about Ellis Island. The Irish and Germans did not go thru Ellis Island. They got here first.
My Kroger Instant Coffee is a product of Germany. That blows my mind.
I am eating brie cheese made in Holland, Michigan. Wow.
2 PM Wind at dog park did not help my sinus. Wind is 14 mph.
The dogs raced and raced. Cassie and her mom turned up, Ray was there, the woman who owns Kevin the bulldog. Packs of dogs raced on either side of the fence.
Blitzen's Tale
That old bulldog was on the other side of the fence. I really gave him what for.
Lady Chica's tale
I love the wind. I was racing the wind. Blitzen and that bulldog said a lot of things they wouldn't have said if they were on the same side of the fence.
Took a three hour nap. I got up and am cooking a cabbage recipe. Substituting ingredients. Creative cookery. I found I do not have any vinegar in the house.
Now I have a stuffed up nose.
BOOK REVIEW
Michael Pollan, *botany of Desire*
Chapter Two -- tulip
Once more we are dealing with a plant which does not breed true from seed. The tulip originated in Turkey. At one point it was highly favored by royalty there. A Dutch minister brought some bulbs back to the Netherlands.
I am beginning to read about the tulip something.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Trivia:
I keep thinking about Ellis Island. The Irish and Germans did not go thru Ellis Island. They got here first.
My Kroger Instant Coffee is a product of Germany. That blows my mind.
I am eating brie cheese made in Holland, Michigan. Wow.
2 PM Wind at dog park did not help my sinus. Wind is 14 mph.
The dogs raced and raced. Cassie and her mom turned up, Ray was there, the woman who owns Kevin the bulldog. Packs of dogs raced on either side of the fence.
Blitzen's Tale
That old bulldog was on the other side of the fence. I really gave him what for.
Lady Chica's tale
I love the wind. I was racing the wind. Blitzen and that bulldog said a lot of things they wouldn't have said if they were on the same side of the fence.
Took a three hour nap. I got up and am cooking a cabbage recipe. Substituting ingredients. Creative cookery. I found I do not have any vinegar in the house.
Now I have a stuffed up nose.
BOOK REVIEW
Michael Pollan, *botany of Desire*
Chapter Two -- tulip
Once more we are dealing with a plant which does not breed true from seed. The tulip originated in Turkey. At one point it was highly favored by royalty there. A Dutch minister brought some bulbs back to the Netherlands.
I am beginning to read about the tulip something.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Friday, November 27, 2009
November 27, 2009
For midnight snack I had a piece of pumpkin pie and one of pecan. yeah.
3 AM Up for a pit stop.
Yesterday we watched two football games. First was GreenBay in Detroit. Green Bay is Jeff's hometown. Then we watched the cowboys, playing locally in Arlington TX.
Martha called at 9 am to make sure I am OK. I got up at 10. I need to go over to get cell phone fixed. Debating on what is most efficient way to go.
I managed to find the AT&T device store where I was given a new phone. Then I got lost on the way home. The difficulty is the 820 flyover 183 where various roads converge. I never know how to get where I want to go.
Gave the dogs a local walk. Now for a nap.
3:40 PM Feeling refreshed.
Went over to meet Lea. After we ate, Lea and I went shopping at Joanne's fabric and craft store. Black Friday. Huge discounts. We shopped for beads to string. Then Lea bought a serger and some cloth for Xmas presents.
Bliten's Tale
Lady Chica's Tale
What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.
BOOK REVIEW
Michael Pollan *The Botany of Desire*
Recommended. The author presents a different perspective on the relation of humans to plants and animals, which he terms coevolution. The goal of plants and animals is to reproduce. By adapting themselves to human desires, plants and animals survive. An example is the wolf. There are 50,000,000 dogs in the US but only a few thousand wolves. (It's the same DNA).
Chapter One -- the apple
The author traces the footsteps of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed. Apples do not grow true from seed. Eating apples come from grafts. People on the frontier used the apples to make cider (hard cider). Apple cider ferments easily, as anyone knows who had hidden a gallon of cider in her dorm room. So frontiersmen did not care what apples looked and tasted like. But every now and then a tree came up which had wonderful apples, like the Golden Delicious and red Delicious. With rise of Temperance Movement, apples were sold for eating. At the turn of the century the Stark Seed company had rewards and contests for a good eating apple.
Author has usual caution about commercial growing of only one kind. (Dole used only one banana which is dying bc of some kind of parasite.)
genetic diversity. Corporate farms use more and more genetic engineering, destroying genetic diversity. These cloned plants are subject to pests and parasites.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
3 AM Up for a pit stop.
Yesterday we watched two football games. First was GreenBay in Detroit. Green Bay is Jeff's hometown. Then we watched the cowboys, playing locally in Arlington TX.
Martha called at 9 am to make sure I am OK. I got up at 10. I need to go over to get cell phone fixed. Debating on what is most efficient way to go.
I managed to find the AT&T device store where I was given a new phone. Then I got lost on the way home. The difficulty is the 820 flyover 183 where various roads converge. I never know how to get where I want to go.
Gave the dogs a local walk. Now for a nap.
3:40 PM Feeling refreshed.
Went over to meet Lea. After we ate, Lea and I went shopping at Joanne's fabric and craft store. Black Friday. Huge discounts. We shopped for beads to string. Then Lea bought a serger and some cloth for Xmas presents.
Bliten's Tale
Lady Chica's Tale
What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.
BOOK REVIEW
Michael Pollan *The Botany of Desire*
Recommended. The author presents a different perspective on the relation of humans to plants and animals, which he terms coevolution. The goal of plants and animals is to reproduce. By adapting themselves to human desires, plants and animals survive. An example is the wolf. There are 50,000,000 dogs in the US but only a few thousand wolves. (It's the same DNA).
Chapter One -- the apple
The author traces the footsteps of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed. Apples do not grow true from seed. Eating apples come from grafts. People on the frontier used the apples to make cider (hard cider). Apple cider ferments easily, as anyone knows who had hidden a gallon of cider in her dorm room. So frontiersmen did not care what apples looked and tasted like. But every now and then a tree came up which had wonderful apples, like the Golden Delicious and red Delicious. With rise of Temperance Movement, apples were sold for eating. At the turn of the century the Stark Seed company had rewards and contests for a good eating apple.
Author has usual caution about commercial growing of only one kind. (Dole used only one banana which is dying bc of some kind of parasite.)
genetic diversity. Corporate farms use more and more genetic engineering, destroying genetic diversity. These cloned plants are subject to pests and parasites.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving 2009
Listening to NPR about Ellis Island. I am one of the 60% of Americans who did not have an ancestor going thru Ellis Island.
9:30 AM off to dog park.
The afternoon has wafted away. Nobody was at the dog park. Lady Chica stalked birds. I enjoy watchig this.
Josh picked me up at noon and I sat around sipping wine all afternoon. Martha was cookign. We were all watchig Cowboys.
The food was delicious. Jeff and Martha drove me home. I am bounteously blessed.
Happy thanksgiving
Blitzins' Tale
Mom was gone all day. I crawled in the closet and sletp.
Lady Chica's tale
I slept all day.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
9:30 AM off to dog park.
The afternoon has wafted away. Nobody was at the dog park. Lady Chica stalked birds. I enjoy watchig this.
Josh picked me up at noon and I sat around sipping wine all afternoon. Martha was cookign. We were all watchig Cowboys.
The food was delicious. Jeff and Martha drove me home. I am bounteously blessed.
Happy thanksgiving
Blitzins' Tale
Mom was gone all day. I crawled in the closet and sletp.
Lady Chica's tale
I slept all day.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
November 25, 2009
Tuesday night I watched NOVA on dreams. The research is beginning to get somewhere. I have some ideas the next time I dream. Supposedly REM dreams are sort of rehearsals. The rat was running a maze.
Wednesday morning
I love mornings when I can sleep in. 10 AM. The dogs are pawing to get out to pee. I need to run errands this morning and I have 3 books on hold at library. By now library is open.
Blitzen was barking to get out to eat grass. His tummy was upset last night. I was complaining to Martha that I have to do something about fridge to store leftovers tomorrow. She said isn't that a nice problem to have? not knowing where to put all the bounty!
Made a library run, post office, and boughta phone at Office Depot. Now for a nap. PPQS tonight.
Blitzen's Tale
Lady Chica's Tale
What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.
Lea and I worked on the quilt blocks. I had enough to make four lap quilts. Lea is quilting by machine. I am handsewing blocks together.
BOOK REVIEW
Keith Ablow, *Denial*
Wow. Forensic psychiatrist who is a coke addict. This is the first Frank Clevenger book. crime novel. Clevenger is called to evaluate a paranoid schizophrenic who has confessed to a gruesome murder. Clevenger is convinced the schiz just found a corpse and had sex with her. Really, really surprise ending.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Wednesday morning
I love mornings when I can sleep in. 10 AM. The dogs are pawing to get out to pee. I need to run errands this morning and I have 3 books on hold at library. By now library is open.
Blitzen was barking to get out to eat grass. His tummy was upset last night. I was complaining to Martha that I have to do something about fridge to store leftovers tomorrow. She said isn't that a nice problem to have? not knowing where to put all the bounty!
Made a library run, post office, and boughta phone at Office Depot. Now for a nap. PPQS tonight.
Blitzen's Tale
Lady Chica's Tale
What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.
Lea and I worked on the quilt blocks. I had enough to make four lap quilts. Lea is quilting by machine. I am handsewing blocks together.
BOOK REVIEW
Keith Ablow, *Denial*
Wow. Forensic psychiatrist who is a coke addict. This is the first Frank Clevenger book. crime novel. Clevenger is called to evaluate a paranoid schizophrenic who has confessed to a gruesome murder. Clevenger is convinced the schiz just found a corpse and had sex with her. Really, really surprise ending.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
November 24, 2009
Baptist Center. We had a request for groceries as soon as we opened. I am still asleep.
10 AM Steady stream of people. twenty family units. Two disgruntled. People have this entitlement syndrome.
Other volunteers said people were resentful and disgruntled.
My Tuesday routine is to come home and take a nap. So then we went to dog park. My dogs didn't even try to run. Blitzen was on "time out" most of the hour and Lady Chica was smelling scents on the far side.
Blitzen's Tale
There was that old bulldog dressed up like a bumble bee. Mom put me on time out. then I was trying to socialize that great dane puppy. Mom put me on time out. Both those dogs went on the other side.
Lady Chica's Tale
We stayed until everybody else went home and I felt free to run around the park. I smelled a squirrel trail over there.
The traffice was terrible going home. A 12 minute drive took me 45 minutes. That commuter train always comes past at five and holds up traffic,
No book review. I never have time to read.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
10 AM Steady stream of people. twenty family units. Two disgruntled. People have this entitlement syndrome.
Other volunteers said people were resentful and disgruntled.
My Tuesday routine is to come home and take a nap. So then we went to dog park. My dogs didn't even try to run. Blitzen was on "time out" most of the hour and Lady Chica was smelling scents on the far side.
Blitzen's Tale
There was that old bulldog dressed up like a bumble bee. Mom put me on time out. then I was trying to socialize that great dane puppy. Mom put me on time out. Both those dogs went on the other side.
Lady Chica's Tale
We stayed until everybody else went home and I felt free to run around the park. I smelled a squirrel trail over there.
The traffice was terrible going home. A 12 minute drive took me 45 minutes. That commuter train always comes past at five and holds up traffic,
No book review. I never have time to read.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
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