At 7 am I fed dogs and we all went back to sleep. Finally got up at 9 to feed myself. I intend to spend the day resting after I check on cell phone. I charged cell phone and it died. My dogs know at least three words: walk, pup, park, eat (not sure this is distinguishable from treat - reaction is the same). They also watch me put on shoes or jeans.
Do you know what is wrong with my phone? I did not know how to turn it on. The EXIT button turns it both off and on. When it finished charging it turned itself off.
After getting my phone turned on we went to Lake Woof. (the dog park). We were the only mammals there. Knightly was there and went home. Drops began to fall and we returned.
Ft. Worth has shut down all schools for a week. They are washing everything down with clorox. one case of swine flu in FW. Mayfest has been cancelled. I suspect the thought has to do with the large percentage of Latinos in the population.
Took a rest. Watched CSI. I think I am bored with tv programs.
Lady Chica's Tale
Mom had some sense this morning. She got up and fed us. We drove all over and waited in the car and finally got to the dog park. I am still fatigued from yesterday at Pup's. We were outdoors for a long time.
Blitzen's Tale
Well, I warned that old Knightly off and he left us alone and went home.
BOOK REVIEW:
P.D. James, *Private Patient*
The author is now 95 years old. She marries off Adam Dalgleish in this book. So this may be her last one. A woman is having an old scar removed. She stays at a manor run by the plastic surgeon where she is strangled. After the surgery. It is rather a long, dull book.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
April 29
Addendum to Tuesday:
My wound is healing. Not even raw any more.
Nancy and I looked up the duck story on Snopes, about the man catching ducks being shoved out of the nest in a high rise bldg. Snopes had the pictures.
And Wed morning. Woke at 10. Listening to NPR. Bill Gates Sr. is promoting his book. He runs the bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is talking about education in the US. A mother of a teacher called in about the discipline problem. Gates thinks a good teacher can get the kids interested.
Ha. I quit subbing in 1992 bc I had a seventh grade math class. Not one of those kids was interested in anything. I am the genius Gates is talking about, but I could not interest those kids. They were apathetic.
In Dickinson where Libby taught 3rd grade, the school built a padded room to restrain one student.
The answer is not the school system. First, the economic system. Second, the mental health system. Libby had an autistic kid in her room.
Happily I got home tonight before the rain came. Another day of forced marching. Around UTA campus. We parked in a faculty lot, of course. I drove over to Lea's and deposited the dogs. Then we went on campus. We walked over to the library Special Collections. The exhibit was wider than I knew. It was a sample of Special Collections. Wonderful exhibit. Letters from the Civil War. Pics of the centennial celebration.
Then we walked over to faculty club to find that they had closed early. So back to the car across campus.
We had soup at Corner Bakery. Lea had an implant yesterday. So she had the day off. We went back to Lea's house and watched the news. Mstly it was about swine flu.
Lea had cooked soup for dinner. So we ate and I came home.
I had all day to rant and rave. Lea always has something to add.
Listened to Pres Obama's News Conference. I know everybody will have something to criticize. Now to unwind and get to bed. No nap today. Did not read a book.
Lady Chica's Tale
We went over to visit Pup for a long long time. It was fun but what happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.
Blitzen's Tale
Old Chica said it all. What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's. He is a good ol boy.
Lady Chica is prowling into the bag of paper to be recycled. How does she have the energy?
Hugs, Dr. Liz
My wound is healing. Not even raw any more.
Nancy and I looked up the duck story on Snopes, about the man catching ducks being shoved out of the nest in a high rise bldg. Snopes had the pictures.
And Wed morning. Woke at 10. Listening to NPR. Bill Gates Sr. is promoting his book. He runs the bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is talking about education in the US. A mother of a teacher called in about the discipline problem. Gates thinks a good teacher can get the kids interested.
Ha. I quit subbing in 1992 bc I had a seventh grade math class. Not one of those kids was interested in anything. I am the genius Gates is talking about, but I could not interest those kids. They were apathetic.
In Dickinson where Libby taught 3rd grade, the school built a padded room to restrain one student.
The answer is not the school system. First, the economic system. Second, the mental health system. Libby had an autistic kid in her room.
Happily I got home tonight before the rain came. Another day of forced marching. Around UTA campus. We parked in a faculty lot, of course. I drove over to Lea's and deposited the dogs. Then we went on campus. We walked over to the library Special Collections. The exhibit was wider than I knew. It was a sample of Special Collections. Wonderful exhibit. Letters from the Civil War. Pics of the centennial celebration.
Then we walked over to faculty club to find that they had closed early. So back to the car across campus.
We had soup at Corner Bakery. Lea had an implant yesterday. So she had the day off. We went back to Lea's house and watched the news. Mstly it was about swine flu.
Lea had cooked soup for dinner. So we ate and I came home.
I had all day to rant and rave. Lea always has something to add.
Listened to Pres Obama's News Conference. I know everybody will have something to criticize. Now to unwind and get to bed. No nap today. Did not read a book.
Lady Chica's Tale
We went over to visit Pup for a long long time. It was fun but what happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.
Blitzen's Tale
Old Chica said it all. What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's. He is a good ol boy.
Lady Chica is prowling into the bag of paper to be recycled. How does she have the energy?
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
April 28
Baptist Center and the place is crazy. Loco. We've had a woman claiming assault. People wanting groceries who live everywhere. Last week of the month.
A woman was out of her mind. Claimed this man touched her and told her dirty names. Goodness. Many new people every week. They dont know the routine. We did service 17 families.
Came home and took a nap. Then off to dog park. Talked with Ray. He is a bigoted racist, but he went over and picked up after Blitzen, went to the fence to see where Blitzen dug. I have trouble walking. Weather.
This evening I watched Nova, about the Hobbit. A hominid never before discovered was found on an island off Java. Anthropology controversy over find.
Lady Chica's Tale
Boring day at the park. Blitzen was being naughty. Mom was picking up after me at one side of the field, and Ray put Blitzen on time out for humping a little dog. Then Blitzen tried to dig out under the fence. He is so naughty.
Blitzen's Tale
What can I say? Old Chica has given you all the news. It takes a village to raise a child. What is this about a dog park?
BOOK REVIEW
James Patterson, *Lifeguard*
Not in a series. Nice and simple to read. Three paintings are stolen. several people are murdered. The hero winds up marrying the FBI agent.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
A woman was out of her mind. Claimed this man touched her and told her dirty names. Goodness. Many new people every week. They dont know the routine. We did service 17 families.
Came home and took a nap. Then off to dog park. Talked with Ray. He is a bigoted racist, but he went over and picked up after Blitzen, went to the fence to see where Blitzen dug. I have trouble walking. Weather.
This evening I watched Nova, about the Hobbit. A hominid never before discovered was found on an island off Java. Anthropology controversy over find.
Lady Chica's Tale
Boring day at the park. Blitzen was being naughty. Mom was picking up after me at one side of the field, and Ray put Blitzen on time out for humping a little dog. Then Blitzen tried to dig out under the fence. He is so naughty.
Blitzen's Tale
What can I say? Old Chica has given you all the news. It takes a village to raise a child. What is this about a dog park?
BOOK REVIEW
James Patterson, *Lifeguard*
Not in a series. Nice and simple to read. Three paintings are stolen. several people are murdered. The hero winds up marrying the FBI agent.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Monday, April 27, 2009
April 27
The storm arrived about 6 AM. The sky was lightened up and flickering. lady Chica is afraid of the lightning. She snuggled up in bed and I explained to her about counting between lightning and thunder. The lightning was far away. Later we got heavy thunder and Blitzen growls and barks at it.
2 PM. I didn't even feel my tooth going out. The dentist started poking around with needles and then the tooth was gone. Decided to indulge myself with ice cream, being told that I needed a soft diet.
Pat: Made a thrift store run. Nothing called out to me.
Took a nap and then to the dog park. The Big Dog side was a series of lakes. The First Dog would have had fun. An open invitation has been extended to the First Dog to visit Fort Woof. Few dogs there today. The wind was not blowing, which is unusual at the dog park.
I dont know if I can deal with The Trail of Tears, tonight's program on KERA. I do have a different perspective on one aspect of our treatment of native Americans. I was looking up the difference between pandemic and epidemic. The story in Wikipedia traced various epidemics during history. Every epidemic experienced by the native Americans had been experienced centuries earlier by Europeans, one as early as 500 AD. Similarly,Caucasians have some immunity to HIV, the thinking being that the Black Plague granted immunity to the survivors. Those of us here now descended from survivors.
The depiction of the actual trail of tears lasted only five minutes. I learned about that bc we lived near where the Cherokees had crossed southern Illinois. They crossed the Ohio and then were stuck by the Mississippi.
Lady Chica's Tale
I get so scared when the sky is all light. I snuggled in bed with Mom. She kept murmuring and I felt so snug and safe.
Not much happened at the dog park. Only one pesky little puppy named Pepper.
Blitzen's Tale
Those flying saucers were back again today. And they took Marilyn away with them. We may never see her again.
[Marilyn's daughter took her away in a wheel chair. I think it was bc it was raining and marilyn needs a walker.]
Nobody much at the dog park today. A pesky little puppy named Pepper who kept following me around.
BOOK REVIEW
Janet Langhart Cohen, *From Rage to Reason*
My Life in Two Americas. Janet is a black woman who was a model and a tv personality. She is currently married to Bill Cohen, SecDef under Clinton. She discusses racism and mixed marriage. I read about her in the Acknowledgments of Richard North Patterson in *Race*.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
2 PM. I didn't even feel my tooth going out. The dentist started poking around with needles and then the tooth was gone. Decided to indulge myself with ice cream, being told that I needed a soft diet.
Pat: Made a thrift store run. Nothing called out to me.
Took a nap and then to the dog park. The Big Dog side was a series of lakes. The First Dog would have had fun. An open invitation has been extended to the First Dog to visit Fort Woof. Few dogs there today. The wind was not blowing, which is unusual at the dog park.
I dont know if I can deal with The Trail of Tears, tonight's program on KERA. I do have a different perspective on one aspect of our treatment of native Americans. I was looking up the difference between pandemic and epidemic. The story in Wikipedia traced various epidemics during history. Every epidemic experienced by the native Americans had been experienced centuries earlier by Europeans, one as early as 500 AD. Similarly,Caucasians have some immunity to HIV, the thinking being that the Black Plague granted immunity to the survivors. Those of us here now descended from survivors.
The depiction of the actual trail of tears lasted only five minutes. I learned about that bc we lived near where the Cherokees had crossed southern Illinois. They crossed the Ohio and then were stuck by the Mississippi.
Lady Chica's Tale
I get so scared when the sky is all light. I snuggled in bed with Mom. She kept murmuring and I felt so snug and safe.
Not much happened at the dog park. Only one pesky little puppy named Pepper.
Blitzen's Tale
Those flying saucers were back again today. And they took Marilyn away with them. We may never see her again.
[Marilyn's daughter took her away in a wheel chair. I think it was bc it was raining and marilyn needs a walker.]
Nobody much at the dog park today. A pesky little puppy named Pepper who kept following me around.
BOOK REVIEW
Janet Langhart Cohen, *From Rage to Reason*
My Life in Two Americas. Janet is a black woman who was a model and a tv personality. She is currently married to Bill Cohen, SecDef under Clinton. She discusses racism and mixed marriage. I read about her in the Acknowledgments of Richard North Patterson in *Race*.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Sunday, April 26, 2009
April 26, Sunday
Got up and made Sunday School. Today was Apple for the Teacher Day. I brought a can of applesauce, saying that at my age that is how we eat apples. Margie Threadgill had the same thot. I thot the sermon was boring, about the Good Shepherd.
Ate lunch with Margie and Bette. We had to listen to the Youth choir. bc they were raising money. I wanted to chat. 2:27 and I am about to take a nap.
The dogs allowed me one hour to sleep. Then Lady Chica started licking my face. Impossible to get away. She went up above the pillows and lay across the bed. Blitzen started pestering me. I finally got up and went to the dog park where the dogs ran and ran and got tired out. Yeah. Came home and am sitting around reading *Rage to Reason*, a book by a black woman who was married to clinton's Secy of Defense.
Lady Chica's Tale
Exhausted tonight. Really ran hard at the park. we really had to work hard to get Mom up and out of bed.
Blitzen's Tale
Ran and ran and ran. Really tired tonight.
BOOK REVIEW
David Baldacci, *The Simple Truth*
I don't know if I can finish this bc reading it frightens me. I think bc some of the police are the bad guys. Rufus has been in prison for 30 years for killing a child. Turns out he was forcibly given PCP. Now the Army is doing a follow up and Rufus finds out that he was on PCP. Mayhem all over the place. My favorite character is killed.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Ate lunch with Margie and Bette. We had to listen to the Youth choir. bc they were raising money. I wanted to chat. 2:27 and I am about to take a nap.
The dogs allowed me one hour to sleep. Then Lady Chica started licking my face. Impossible to get away. She went up above the pillows and lay across the bed. Blitzen started pestering me. I finally got up and went to the dog park where the dogs ran and ran and got tired out. Yeah. Came home and am sitting around reading *Rage to Reason*, a book by a black woman who was married to clinton's Secy of Defense.
Lady Chica's Tale
Exhausted tonight. Really ran hard at the park. we really had to work hard to get Mom up and out of bed.
Blitzen's Tale
Ran and ran and ran. Really tired tonight.
BOOK REVIEW
David Baldacci, *The Simple Truth*
I don't know if I can finish this bc reading it frightens me. I think bc some of the police are the bad guys. Rufus has been in prison for 30 years for killing a child. Turns out he was forcibly given PCP. Now the Army is doing a follow up and Rufus finds out that he was on PCP. Mayhem all over the place. My favorite character is killed.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
April 26, Sunday
Got up and made Sunday School. Today was Apple for the Teacher Day. I brought a can of applesauce, saying that at my age that is how we eat apples. Margie Threadgill had the same thot. I thot the sermon was boring, about the Good Shepherd.
Ate lunch with Margie and Bette. We had to listen to the Youth choir. bc they were raising money. I wanted to chat. 2:27 and I am about to take a nap.
The dogs allowed me one hour to sleep. Then Lady Chica started licking my face. Impossible to get away. She went up above the pillows and lay across the bed. Blitzen started pestering me. I finally got up and went to the dog park where the dogs ran and ran and got tired out. Yeah. Came home and am sitting around reading *Rage to Reason*, a book by a black woman who was married to clinton's Secy of Defense.
Lady Chica's Tale
Exhausted tonight. Really ran hard at the park. we really had to work hard to get Mom up and out of bed.
Blitzen's Tale
Ran and ran and ran. Really tired tonight.
BOOK REVIEW
David Baldacci, *The Simple Truth*
I don't know if I can finish this bc reading it frightens me. I think bc some of the police are the bad guys. Rufus has been in prison for 30 years for killing a child. Turns out he was forcibly given PCP. Now the Army is doing a follow up and Rufus finds out that he was on PCP. Mayhem all over the place. My favorite character is killed.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Ate lunch with Margie and Bette. We had to listen to the Youth choir. bc they were raising money. I wanted to chat. 2:27 and I am about to take a nap.
The dogs allowed me one hour to sleep. Then Lady Chica started licking my face. Impossible to get away. She went up above the pillows and lay across the bed. Blitzen started pestering me. I finally got up and went to the dog park where the dogs ran and ran and got tired out. Yeah. Came home and am sitting around reading *Rage to Reason*, a book by a black woman who was married to clinton's Secy of Defense.
Lady Chica's Tale
Exhausted tonight. Really ran hard at the park. we really had to work hard to get Mom up and out of bed.
Blitzen's Tale
Ran and ran and ran. Really tired tonight.
BOOK REVIEW
David Baldacci, *The Simple Truth*
I don't know if I can finish this bc reading it frightens me. I think bc some of the police are the bad guys. Rufus has been in prison for 30 years for killing a child. Turns out he was forcibly given PCP. Now the Army is doing a follow up and Rufus finds out that he was on PCP. Mayhem all over the place. My favorite character is killed.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Saturday, April 25, 2009
April 25, 2009
We went to the dog park. Just another day. The park is a deangerous place. A woman got hit on the head with a ball. A man was using that lever thing to throw a ball and it hit a woman.
Finally a shooter who is not a sociology major. Georgia prof is in dept of marketing. I wonder why he shot three people. Interesting story.
Complaint: The stories about octomom are always in video. Why cant somebody print a story?
Lady Chica's Tale
We got a pack of big dogs running. That was fun. They were leapfrogging over each other. Mom gave me a great bone. She says it is an occo something. I think means bone. She ate out the marrow.
Blitzen's Tale
We got them busters running this morning. Piles of them, falling all over each other. Mom always gives Chica the best of everything. She got a bone and I didn't.
[Editor's note. I give Chica messy things bc she eats in her cage. Blitzen takes anything out to the living room rug.]
I vote two thumbs down on the play tonight. The production was superb, both acting and sets. The play was by Stephen Shephard. I read his biography and this was autobiographical. There was no conclusion, just insanity. A man beats up his wife, causing brain damage. He disociates. everybody else in the play is crazy. And so it goes.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Finally a shooter who is not a sociology major. Georgia prof is in dept of marketing. I wonder why he shot three people. Interesting story.
Complaint: The stories about octomom are always in video. Why cant somebody print a story?
Lady Chica's Tale
We got a pack of big dogs running. That was fun. They were leapfrogging over each other. Mom gave me a great bone. She says it is an occo something. I think means bone. She ate out the marrow.
Blitzen's Tale
We got them busters running this morning. Piles of them, falling all over each other. Mom always gives Chica the best of everything. She got a bone and I didn't.
[Editor's note. I give Chica messy things bc she eats in her cage. Blitzen takes anything out to the living room rug.]
I vote two thumbs down on the play tonight. The production was superb, both acting and sets. The play was by Stephen Shephard. I read his biography and this was autobiographical. There was no conclusion, just insanity. A man beats up his wife, causing brain damage. He disociates. everybody else in the play is crazy. And so it goes.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
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