Showing posts with label J.A. Jance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label J.A. Jance. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

April 6, 2010

Baptist Center. 11 am -- so far thirteen single men. At Bunkhaus they have microwaves.two family units.
The clients kept coming one at a time and I was busy.

I came home, ate lunch and took a nap Then off to the dog park. Sat and chatted during a perfect evening.

Blitzkrieg's Tale
We had a nice afternoon at the park. Sometimes we raced with Buddy. A lot of the time we just lay in the grass and enjoyed the afternoon.

Lady Chica's Tale
I stalked birds. I ran with Buddy. We had packs going on both sides of the fence. Buddy keeps trying to jump the fence. He can jump to the top but he cant get over. Then I just lay on the grace. It was pleasantly cool. Just perfect weather.

Came home all tired out.

BOOK REVIEW
J.A. Jance, *Lying In Wait* (1994)
J.P. Beaumont set in Seattle, WA. A fishing ship burns and a corpse is found inside. Beau meets two friends from high school. I had read this long ago; so I could make guesses.Interesting set of motivations for the murder.


Hugs, Dr. Liz


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Sunday, January 24, 2010

January 24, 2009

Up at 10 AM. Martha and Jeff are coming over to steam clean carpet. Thot I would wait to take dogs to park to get them out of the way.
I forgot to mention last night that John took us out to dinner at JayJays.

I had loaded dogs to go to park when M and J drove up. We stayed at the park until after three. Stiff breeze but not too cold. Blitzen played with Friday.

Blitzkrieg's Tale
We stayed for a long time at the park. I was ready to come home. Friday turned up and we did a little running around. Those little black puppies were around. I keep trying to socialize that little boy dog.

Lady Xicha's Tale
I was too tired today. We stayed at Pup's from noon till seven last night and I got worn out. And we stayed forever at the dog park.

I came home and took a nap. Fussing around putting things back in place around the house. I watched CSI-New York. Found it boring.

BOOK REVIEW
J.A. Jance, *Breach of Duty* (1999)
J.P. Beaumont police procedural. Beau is a homicide dick with Seattle PD. An elderly woman is found burned to death and Fire Dept declares arson. They find $300,000 in a refrigerator in garage. Also some old bones are found in a park and a native American lady insists they belong to a shaman and have power.


Hugs, Dr. Liz

Thursday, January 7, 2010

January 7, 2009

Chill factor is 3 degrees (actual temp is 24). Cold for Tejas. Sun has come out but temp will not rise above 28.
Diana Gabaldon watched Dr. Who. Dr Who was a cult figure for intellectuals. He traveled time in an old fashioned British phone booth. G got the name, Jamie Fraser, from a Dr. Who episode.

I am ravenously hungry but what I want to eat is a Frosty. I am making do with oatmeal. I am tired of eating the same old thing.

Doing laundry this morning. Almost time for my nap.

I have not been so cold since leaving Michigan in 1982. The chill factor that weekend was fifty below. Well, we lasted twenty minutes at the dog park. Even the dogs wanted to go home. They beat me to the gate.
Chance and Buddy were there. My dogs were more interested in a predator bird (hawk?) swooping over the adjoining field.

Blitzen's Tale
There was an interesting thing falling down and getting up, in the field next door. Then it flapped its wings. LC and I were fascinated. We did do some running with Chance andBuddy.

Lady Chica's Tale
Not many dogs at the park. It was awful cold. Mom kept walkin around. She did not sit and read. We kept watching this thing falling down and getting up in the field next door. I think it was a bird but Blitzen says I am crazy. Blitzen thinks it's an alien.

I intend to snuggle up and read Outlander. Lots of soft pornography.

BOOK REVIEW
J.A. Jance, *Exit Wounds* (2003)
Sheriff Joanne Brady series. Brady is sheriff in an Arizona county. The novel focuses on "collectors" or "hoarders". People, usually women, who collect stray pets. A woman collector was murdered and shut in a trailer, sixteen dogs died of heat exhaustion.
I rescued Lady Chica from a collector who had forty cats and dogs.




Hugs, Dr. Liz

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

December 16, 2009

Tuesday night NOVA
Nova is a documentary on NSA. Dan Brown's first novel was about this and the author of the something for Red October wrote about this. And it was supposed to be fiction.

Wednesday morning
I woke up and looked at my watch. 12:30 noon. Oh, my. Then I could not connect to the internet. So I gave up and went shopping. Got one item one: chains to put on fused glass pendents. Got em at Joanne's. They have fabulous stuff.
I had time for a brief nap. kFinally connected to internet. Now 5 PM. We are underway to spend the evning with Pup and family. I had a box of quilt blocks, lined and padded, ready to quilt and sew together. Lea and I ar working on that.



BOOK REVIEW
J.A. Jance, *Trial by Fire*
The Ali series. I prefer her sheriff series. Ali bcomes temporary spokesperson for sheriff's dept. A woman is found burned to death. ELF claims responsibility. Earth Liberation Force.





Hugs, Dr. Liz

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

November 11, 2009

For me this is always Armistice Day.

Last night I dreamed and dreamed I was sewing quilt blocks. Dogs got me up at 9 AM. They wanted breaky. My bones feels as if a front is coming in.

I did a little bit of sewing. Took a nap. 3 PM Time to go. I am dropping stuff off at Martha's on my way to Lea's for the evening, dogs to visit Pup.

Lea was sewing curtains for Erin. Erin is an artist who cant sew. She is also sewing slip covers for Erin. Evelyn loaned Lea her serger.
As usual I just watched PBS. They had a navaho code talker on there and the story of Iwo Gima. Horrible. Horrible. Horrible.
I think PBS is biased about hating war.
I know when I bcame a Pacifist. On the News Reel I saw Japanese soldiers coming out of the caves on Okinawa, all on fire.

So much for that.

Dog Tales. What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's. Last I saw Lady Chica she was eating Pup's food.

BOOK REVIEW
I am in the process of reading five books. I get bogged down in one and change to another. Found a J>A> Jance I had not read.



Hugs, Dr. Liz