Who is it?

After watching Doctor Who on PBS last week Austin City Limits came on. I was preparing for bed, but left the TV on. I wasn't paying much attention and heard the announcer say Jacob Somebody was on. Then I glanced up and saw Bob Dylan. Only it was Bob Dylan circa 1963. Hat and all. Then he sang. My God! He sounded like Bob Dylan. The voice was a bit more musical, but the inflection was the same. It couldn't be Bob Dylan, but... I was so confused...and amazed. It turns out it was Jakob Dylan-sure enough, Bob Dylan's son!

GI Bug

I went to the doctor today. Apparently, I have the GI bug that's going around. He said I was the 4th person he saw today with it. The virus decided to settle behind my eardrum-thus the dizziness and nausea. He told me to take Tylenol for the chills and fever (the nurse said my temp was normal, but he thought I felt warm), eat bland foods, and get plenty of sleep. I'll probably take tomorrow off of work and well and go back Wednesday for a class. Hopefully, I'll be well soon.

Raw

This entry may sound disgusting, but it's the truth. I like to eat meat. It's true. I am an animal and lots of animals eat meat. Like a lot of my fellow animals, I like my meat rare-the bloodier the better. In fact, I would love to try steak tartar, if I could find a reputable chef who could make it. At any rate, I bought some beef flank steak that I was going to prepare for lunch. A simple meal-I cut up the beef into bite size pieces, pour on some garlic powder and diced onion, I add a little soy sauce, then I fry it up and serve over rice. I was cutting the meat and it looked so good. I mean ready to eat good. It almost seemed as if I could eat it right like that! I'm not pregnant and I'm fairly certain I'm not possessed by the devil, but I wanted to eat a piece of that meat right then and there. I didn't and right now it's cooking on the stove top. I wonder if it's because I'm sick. Weird.

Wine Fridge

I need a bigger wine fridge. I met up with my Ohio friends in Pennsylvania for our yearly Christmas present swap (and we wait until Christmas to open them), lunch, and winery tastings, or should I say sippings. All wineries combined I bought over a case of wine! I generally can only get these wines once a year-so I have to make them last! I believe Mazza makes the best Concord, I love Penn Shore's Kir, then we stopped at 2 wineries where we usually don't stop-Arrowhead and Heritage Cellars and I picked up a bunch at each. Then on my way home I stopped at Sparkling Ponds for their Woman Pleaser. I also hit The Sugar Shack and a dog bakery. Lots of good stuff.

Photo Phriday - Pizza & Wings

The quintessential Western New York Meal!

Sick

I have had too much sickness this year. Two days ago at work I started getting chills. Then I was fine. Then I got congested, but not too bad. However, soon the stomach issues began. I went to work yesterday, but felt progressively worse with nausea and lightheadedness. I feel a bit better now. We'll see what happens when I wake up. I may call in sick to work. Everyone there is sick too. The timing just sucks. I have a ton to do Friday and I'm going out of town...heck, out of state, Saturday. Let me be sick Sunday, or preferably, not at all!

Christmas Trees?!?

While Monday was a glorious autumn day, crisp and sunny, Tuesday was a blustery fall day, rainy and cold. After work I went to the grocery store. I pulled up in the dark almost midnight hour and to my amazement in the front display window I saw Christmas trees. Lit Christmas trees. On display. More than a week before Halloween. True, it was cold and we were expecting snow flurries, but, come on!

Litter

People who litter really piss me off. The scenery is lovely, then you see all the trash alongside the road. The worst bit is the jerks who toss their refuse on your property. Empty bottles, candy wrappers, fast food bags, paper cups, papers, and cigarette butts are thrown on my lawn by passersby. It takes a lot of work to make my property look nice and these idiots just destroy it with their litter. Why should I have to clean up after you? Find a trash can or put your garbage in your pocket til you get home. Keep the environment, especially my yard, clean!

Books

I keep track of all of the books I read. Unfortunately, I've misplaced some of these notebooks and slips of paper. Now, in addition to writing them in a notebook, I keep track of them on www.goodreads.com . I wish I had them all in on place though. Oh well, perhaps from this point on...?

House Prices

I just don't get it. How can people afford to pay so much for a house? I watch some of those shows on HGTV, like My House is Worth What?, House Hunters, and so on. I can't believe some of these houses. They are nightmares and, often due to their location, asking for half a million dollars. Then there are the nice houses, but again the asking price is $300,000 or more. What gets me are the young, first time buyers. "We have a budget of $275,000." How? How can people afford that? I made a good profit from the sale of my first house, but I still couldn't afford more than $100,000 on my second. I make a decent salary, but I couldn't pay a $1,000 month mortgage. It was frustrating as in this area I could have found almost a dream home for under $200,000. At any rate, I'm happy with my home and I'll just continue to shake my head at the prices other people pay. Maybe this is why there's such a housing crisis.

Autumnal Pleasures

What a glorious fall day. There was a chill in the air early this morning...well, there was a chill in the air all day, but especially in the morning. The sun was shining though as I drove my folks out to the Finger Lakes. What a beautiful drive at this time of year. It's always nice, but the leaves were in all their autumnal splendor and it was especially gorgeous. There's not much out there-just fields, grapes, and trees. We went to a few wineries and had a lunch with the most fantastic grape pie. If you've never been to central New York you've probably never had it, but it sure is a treat. I grew up in Western New York and it's not known there-it's one of the best parts of living in this area in the fall. At any rate, the pie here was the best I've ever had. They sold whole pies too and my mom and I were each going to buy one. Unfortunately, they only had one left. Mom got it-but I got a slice from it. Better than nothing! Autumn is my favorite time of year and it's nice to be in this area where I can fully enjoy it.

Photo Phriday - Library

Friday is library day. I like to go on the same day, and a day off, so I'll know when books are due and be able to return them. There are 3 libraries nearby that I frequent, but my favorite is across town. They have a great mystery section. I ran out of time today and just went to a close by branch. I was able to find several good books, some new series, as well as some from mystery series with which I need to catch up. I'm just grateful that we have a good library system here-I can't afford to buy all the books I read!

Hugs

I read an interesting article. Unfortunately, I don't have it here to give better details. The article was about hugs. It said when you hug someone, you increase a certain hormone that has to do with bonding. Therefore the more you hug someone, the more attached and more "together" you become. I thought that was very interesting. I'm not a very touchy feely person and don't often like to hug others. I guess hugging is very beneficial, maybe I should try it more often. Who have you hugged today?

New One

Just before leaving work a patient got mad at me and had a bit of a temper tantrum. He jumped on his bed and managed to pry his locker from it's bolt on the wall and tried to push it on me. That's a new one. He missed me; just knocked over his dresser and damaged the key box on the wall. What an idiot.