aliya

Anyone watching tonight?

Bye, folks. I'll try to watch the right show the next time.

I was recently a participant in a research project where you read a book (you get one via amazon), fill out a short survey after each chapter, and then a lengthy survey when you've finished the whole thing. I got to keep the book, and a $15 amazon certificate after I did the final survey. I was kind of excited, because they assigned a famous western to me. I've never read a western before (I was the girl who took Old English so she could read Beowulf in the original), but it was awful. The language was dated, I've seen so many westerns that the description in the book did nothing for me, and the author was anti-Mormon, which was a big part of the story line. I didn't want to read about the book or author before finishing, but I got so frustrated and angry while reading, I did do a little background. I know how to separate my feelings from the task at hand. I'm familiar with anti-Mormon sentiment, but boy, this was hard to get through. But, I spent my amazon money on some Asian sauces, so that worked out. 😁

I read the first two books after seeing Wolf Hall, but I think seeing the show first, took away some of the pleasure. The books are actually pretty close to the show, so I kept seeing the actors and hearing the lines. Maybe I should read this one, since I haven't seen the new series yet and don't know when it will be available in the States.

I stopped watching and switched right after she got weighed. No nurse-blaming yet. Maybe that comes later. Meanwhile - I vaguely remember a brother/sister team - is that Shantal and Carlton?

Well, I'm too far into it now. Karen is who showed up when I did a search. I think I found the right one. This is what happens when you don't start at the begining.

Who is Shantel - I'm watching a woman named Karen, who can't leave the house.

Who's pregnant?

I got into a bunch of crafts. I retired a few months before covid, which really messed up my plans to travel, take classes, etc. I do some felted wool and made a nativity scene for this past Christmas. Don't mind the dead sheep. I didn't realize it was upside down when I took the picture. I ended up making a few more shepherds and sheep. They're fun to do and don't take long, but I'm nowhere near the level where I want to be.

Am I in the right place? Are we watching some chick who can't leave the house or talking about retirement cleaning?

It took me a couple of years to do that. It was really hard to get rid of the texts and resource books I used. I also had tons of printed out journal papers as most of my classes didn't have texts (grad school), so my students read articles. I also had a problem not writing - I wanted to keep everything so I could write another article. Laugh if you must, but I asked God to let me get one more publication and then I would feel better about letting go - and I did! I wanted to do my home office in a kind of dark academia. My sister retired from retail, where she did a lot of department displays. She helped me with my shelving - taking away some of the books and papers so I could put decor on the shelves. When I realized I could move some of the books out of the room, that helped a lot. I wasn't going to burst into flames without all my academic stuff. I got into doing doll house room vignettes in pretty cardboard suitcases. This is my dark academia room. The papers in the typewriter and on the floor are the 1st chapter of my dissertation, in 4 pt font. I try to make what I can, or alter plain piece, but I also buy furniture and accessories.

Man, I almost forgot! Hey, y'all! My eating habit was some Italian sausage w/peppers, onions, and sauce over a half cup of rice (an amount which is on the diabetic diet, Dr Now, so shut up).

That's 3 Hail Marys and 1 Our Father for you!

Well, good night, folks. See you next week. I'm going to go off de diet with some brownies made with applesauce. See Dr Now? That makes them low fat and low calorie. Surely dey is on de diet?

I am reduced to refilling my liquid soap containers. If this garbage doesn't pick up, I'm going to have to make some brownies.