Slept in until noon and about to take another nap. Lady Chica is feisty today, trying to entice Blitzen or me into playing. She danced all around me in bed. (She was on the bed.) I had a long dream about being in that play I saw yesterday. My unconscious was dancing!!!!
Before I can take a nap I have to get a sheet on the bed.
Brenda called and I agreed to meet at the dog park at 3 PM. I did not know that time had changed. I just thot my computer had gone crazy. I took another nap. Then we arrived at the dog park at 3. Brenda was just leaving Her watch read 4. She agreed to stay another hour and we chatted away. The day was almost too warm. Lady Chica got tired and came over to lie down beside me. So I captured her.
I managed to get clean sheets on the bed. I found my shorts, just where I remembered. Hallelujah!!!!!! I have lost somehow a pair of white jeans. I am doing a laundry.
Time always feels funny after the time change. It is 9:40 which should be 8:40 and it feels like the middle of the night. I have been reading. Air drying my tee shirts which are shrinking.
21 points to this point. Weight Watcher Points. I am allowed twenty. deliver me from a midnight binge.
BOOK REVIEW
Sue Henry, *Murder a Five Finger Light*
I found a Sue Henry I had not read. I have read the Iditarod Trail about three times. In this book, Jessie has a bad knee and cannot run her dogs. She goes to visit some friends who are restoring an old light house. The light houses are automatic run on solar power. So the Coast Guard is selling them to private owners.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
March 7
Sort of overcast. Up at 9 AM. Jake is coming over to get fouton and take away. This aft I go to a play with John and Lea then an Indian pow wow. I doubt if I have energy to go to Sunday school tomorrow, all you guys.
Sat. 8:37 PM and I have turned off the alarm for tomorrow.
Jake and I had a good visit this morning. Jake is graduating with a BA in sociology and we discussed how sociologists view the world differently from most folks. We discussed nature and nurture. jake is taking a class in "Sex and Gender Roles". I told him I taught that in the seventies, and he explained how roles are changing. he is going to bring me his text when his class is over.
Took a nap and made it over to Lea's house by two. John and I took the truck over to campus. We saw a Threatre production of "Robber Bridegroom". Sort of a sureal Applachian folk tale loosely based on the Bros Grim. I think it was Beauty and the Beast. The set was incredible. It was a musical, song and dance.
Then we went over to the Indian pow wow, held indoors in some ballroom on campus. we stayed there an hour or so. Opening ceremonies. I had stew and fry bread. Afterwards we went to Braums and I had a milk shake. Alas.
No time for reading today. No book review.
Sat. 8:37 PM and I have turned off the alarm for tomorrow.
Jake and I had a good visit this morning. Jake is graduating with a BA in sociology and we discussed how sociologists view the world differently from most folks. We discussed nature and nurture. jake is taking a class in "Sex and Gender Roles". I told him I taught that in the seventies, and he explained how roles are changing. he is going to bring me his text when his class is over.
Took a nap and made it over to Lea's house by two. John and I took the truck over to campus. We saw a Threatre production of "Robber Bridegroom". Sort of a sureal Applachian folk tale loosely based on the Bros Grim. I think it was Beauty and the Beast. The set was incredible. It was a musical, song and dance.
Then we went over to the Indian pow wow, held indoors in some ballroom on campus. we stayed there an hour or so. Opening ceremonies. I had stew and fry bread. Afterwards we went to Braums and I had a milk shake. Alas.
No time for reading today. No book review.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
March 5
I was up for breakfast at 4 am and the dogs did not get up. Lands sakes, what is the world coming to? I am up again at 9 AM but am going back to bed. No errands to run today. I am going to start back working on quilts.
I didn't do much. Got down a box of archived photos. What a mess. And it is only one of several. First I need to label the photos. Took a couple naps. We went to Northfield Park dog park this aft. to miss the motorsicles. More people there than a year or two ago. Lady Chica treed a squirrel. I asked some kid to help me catch her.
Landscapers trimmed a couple of our trees. I never can remember their name. They are beautifully ornamental at a distance. First they shed blossoms. Then they shed berries. Then they shed leaves.
Took another nap. Then I watched CSI. I somehow pulled a muscle in my upper back. I am fragile.
BOOK REVIEW
William Tapply, *Nervous Water*
Another Brady Coyne novel. Nervous water is when a school of fish is right close to the surface. After thirty years, Brady's Uncle Moz calls him. Moz is estranged from his daughter and wants Brady to find her. It turns out that the drs have told him he has an aneurysm that will burst. Three bodies later, Brady finds her.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
I didn't do much. Got down a box of archived photos. What a mess. And it is only one of several. First I need to label the photos. Took a couple naps. We went to Northfield Park dog park this aft. to miss the motorsicles. More people there than a year or two ago. Lady Chica treed a squirrel. I asked some kid to help me catch her.
Landscapers trimmed a couple of our trees. I never can remember their name. They are beautifully ornamental at a distance. First they shed blossoms. Then they shed berries. Then they shed leaves.
Took another nap. Then I watched CSI. I somehow pulled a muscle in my upper back. I am fragile.
BOOK REVIEW
William Tapply, *Nervous Water*
Another Brady Coyne novel. Nervous water is when a school of fish is right close to the surface. After thirty years, Brady's Uncle Moz calls him. Moz is estranged from his daughter and wants Brady to find her. It turns out that the drs have told him he has an aneurysm that will burst. Three bodies later, Brady finds her.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
March4
I am fascinated by genetics. Since the use of DNA, categorization has changed. Wolves, dogs , coyotes and dingos are now considered each a sub species. Experts can distinguish wolf skull from dog skull. I think it is those OFF and ON genes again. Dingos may become extinct bc of mixing with domestic dogs. In the eastern US wolves and coyotes have mixed to become a new breed, grey wolves.
A prof at Wayne State wants to throw chimps and bonobos into the genus, homo. It would mess up the fossils, however.
CALL THE DO NOT CALL NUMBER. I guess those five years have expired and we need to call a number on our cell phone in order to prevent telemarketing calls.
1-888-382-1222
This is not a joke. I have called the number and registered my cell phone.
Made a library run, stopped at Senior Center to read a cartoon in the paper and keep up my membership, picked up Puerto Vallarta pics. Exhausted by all that activity, I took a nap and suddenly it was 4:30. PPQS is being taken out to dinner tonight.
Asked what I wanted to eat, I replied that i craved a hamburger. So we went to JayJay's. I had a hamburger and rhubarb pie. I didn't know that rhubarb is a northern delicacy.
Home early and to bed.
BOOK REVIEW
Philip Craig, *Vineyard Stalker*
A man came back from Vietnam, where he had been a sniper, built a litle hut and lived a monastic life, presumably in penance for killing people in Nam. His aunt gave him a life time lease, but when she died his cousin wanted to sell the property. So she had to get rid of him. J.W. was hired to find the vandals who were hassling the Monk.
I took three books back to library unread. I could not finish *EyeStroke*, could not start a jeffry Deaver book, had already read twice *Murder One*. I have figured out I like mysteries where the murder occurs off stage, as it were. I get scared reading about the murder itself.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
A prof at Wayne State wants to throw chimps and bonobos into the genus, homo. It would mess up the fossils, however.
CALL THE DO NOT CALL NUMBER. I guess those five years have expired and we need to call a number on our cell phone in order to prevent telemarketing calls.
1-888-382-1222
This is not a joke. I have called the number and registered my cell phone.
Made a library run, stopped at Senior Center to read a cartoon in the paper and keep up my membership, picked up Puerto Vallarta pics. Exhausted by all that activity, I took a nap and suddenly it was 4:30. PPQS is being taken out to dinner tonight.
Asked what I wanted to eat, I replied that i craved a hamburger. So we went to JayJay's. I had a hamburger and rhubarb pie. I didn't know that rhubarb is a northern delicacy.
Home early and to bed.
BOOK REVIEW
Philip Craig, *Vineyard Stalker*
A man came back from Vietnam, where he had been a sniper, built a litle hut and lived a monastic life, presumably in penance for killing people in Nam. His aunt gave him a life time lease, but when she died his cousin wanted to sell the property. So she had to get rid of him. J.W. was hired to find the vandals who were hassling the Monk.
I took three books back to library unread. I could not finish *EyeStroke*, could not start a jeffry Deaver book, had already read twice *Murder One*. I have figured out I like mysteries where the murder occurs off stage, as it were. I get scared reading about the murder itself.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
March 3
I was on my fifth and last, honest, I promise, snooze button when the old blue heeler began to nag. I wonder if the Dog Whisperer has dealt with blue heelers. Personally I do not classify them as canus domestica. They prowl like a cat.
They really do have structural differences. Their ankles and wrists are flexible.
And I just realized I am walking normally this morning. off to Baptist Center.
My task as a volunteer at the Baptist Center is to screen applicants for the food pantry. The food pantry is divided into areas by zip code. I have to see ID and address verification, like a bill or something. Then I look them up in the computer to see if they have been within 30 days. We had about twenty families today. I was busy steadily all morning.
Came home and slept for almost three hours. Got to the dog park at 4:30 and the sickles left at 5. Meanwhile I had Blitzen on time out. Tomorrow we got to Lea's house. Then I think for the rest of the week I go to the other park.
I am craving another nap. Dealing with Blitzen is hard work.
BOOK REVIEW
Philip Craig, *A Deadly Vineyard Holiday*
The prez comes for a vacation on the Vineyard. His daughter is threatened and stays with J>W> Unlikely villain.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
They really do have structural differences. Their ankles and wrists are flexible.
And I just realized I am walking normally this morning. off to Baptist Center.
My task as a volunteer at the Baptist Center is to screen applicants for the food pantry. The food pantry is divided into areas by zip code. I have to see ID and address verification, like a bill or something. Then I look them up in the computer to see if they have been within 30 days. We had about twenty families today. I was busy steadily all morning.
Came home and slept for almost three hours. Got to the dog park at 4:30 and the sickles left at 5. Meanwhile I had Blitzen on time out. Tomorrow we got to Lea's house. Then I think for the rest of the week I go to the other park.
I am craving another nap. Dealing with Blitzen is hard work.
BOOK REVIEW
Philip Craig, *A Deadly Vineyard Holiday*
The prez comes for a vacation on the Vineyard. His daughter is threatened and stays with J>W> Unlikely villain.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Monday, March 2, 2009
March 2
Up at 10:30. Had a nice sleep in after dogs stopped barking at the trash pickup. My hips are steadily feeling better day by day.
I managed to iron my last two shirts. Then I had to lie down. I managed to get to Walgreen to order the pics from Puerto Vallarta. And then off to the dog park where I met Judy. Yeah. Blitzen was impossible bc the motorsickles were practicing. he kept digging under the fence and I kept putting him on time out. Finally, just as I was ready to go home, he suceeded in getting under the fence. A nice lady volunteered to catch him and he came quietly. Hallelujah. A Miracle. Now for a nap at 5 PM. Lady Chica and Blitzen keep squabbling. The other day I saw one tiny moment of rapport. At the park they run in tandem.
Well, that nap lasted almost three hours. I woke rested, with my back in better shape. Trying to answer all the emails from Ruth on genealogy. She has found the treasure trove.
BOOK REVIEW
Abraham Verghese, *The Tennis Partner*
Another autobiography. In 1991 Abe took a job teaching in the dept of internal medicine at Texas Tech in ElPaso, TX. There he met a senior medical student who had once been a tennis pro. Tennis had always been a fantasy of Abe's. So David and Abe began playing tennis regularly. David had once been a cocaine addict. Now he is a recovering addict. He has been admitted back into med school under strict provisions.
Eventually David has a relapse. After several months at a rehab hospital for physicians, David returns to El Paso. Eventually he has another relapse and shoots himself.
This book presents the idea that drug addicts have a gene defect. I know that brain scans are showing brain differences. One of the characters in the book suggests that Abe go to AlAnon.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
I managed to iron my last two shirts. Then I had to lie down. I managed to get to Walgreen to order the pics from Puerto Vallarta. And then off to the dog park where I met Judy. Yeah. Blitzen was impossible bc the motorsickles were practicing. he kept digging under the fence and I kept putting him on time out. Finally, just as I was ready to go home, he suceeded in getting under the fence. A nice lady volunteered to catch him and he came quietly. Hallelujah. A Miracle. Now for a nap at 5 PM. Lady Chica and Blitzen keep squabbling. The other day I saw one tiny moment of rapport. At the park they run in tandem.
Well, that nap lasted almost three hours. I woke rested, with my back in better shape. Trying to answer all the emails from Ruth on genealogy. She has found the treasure trove.
BOOK REVIEW
Abraham Verghese, *The Tennis Partner*
Another autobiography. In 1991 Abe took a job teaching in the dept of internal medicine at Texas Tech in ElPaso, TX. There he met a senior medical student who had once been a tennis pro. Tennis had always been a fantasy of Abe's. So David and Abe began playing tennis regularly. David had once been a cocaine addict. Now he is a recovering addict. He has been admitted back into med school under strict provisions.
Eventually David has a relapse. After several months at a rehab hospital for physicians, David returns to El Paso. Eventually he has another relapse and shoots himself.
This book presents the idea that drug addicts have a gene defect. I know that brain scans are showing brain differences. One of the characters in the book suggests that Abe go to AlAnon.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Sunday, March 1, 2009
March 1
I forgot to turn on the alarm but got up anyhow. I woke up from a nightmare. I was trying to make a phone call. I couldn't hear over the noise. I seemed to be in the waiting room of a hospital. I tried three phones and each had impossible keyboards.
Went to SS and church, had lunch at church. We missed Farmer. Now for a nap.
Went to dog park 4 PM to 5 PM. Wind not blowing. So it was not too bad. Temp was 49. This week each day will be warmer than the day before. High eighties by the end of the week.
BOOK REVIEW
No review today. I have not had time to catch up on my reading. I have been watching tv.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Went to SS and church, had lunch at church. We missed Farmer. Now for a nap.
Went to dog park 4 PM to 5 PM. Wind not blowing. So it was not too bad. Temp was 49. This week each day will be warmer than the day before. High eighties by the end of the week.
BOOK REVIEW
No review today. I have not had time to catch up on my reading. I have been watching tv.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
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