Books

I like to read. Maybe not as much as watching tv but I still really like to read.

Unfortunately, I run into two problems. 1) I don't like going to the library and 2) I don't like spending money. Let me explain.

The library here is closed Monday which is typically my day off. So it's inconvenient. Also, you only have books out for two weeks. I can not read all the books that I want to/check out in two weeks! I see books at the library the same way I see something I like at a store. If I really want it, I should get it now because it might not be there later. Silly I know. But that's how I end up with five books and late fees. I also owe like $5 in late fees which wouldn't be a big deal except the last time I owed money the librarian looked at me like I murdered a kitten. Or a child. Not that I was just a few days late on returning some romantic Amish fiction.

As far as not liking to spend money, I have had my Nook for about four years making it about four years outdated. I've been burned twice on buying books. I bought full price best sellers and absolutely hated them. So now I stick to books I know I'll like (Beverly Lewis Amish novels and Irish Doctor books by Patrick Taylor) or really cheap ones (less than $2.99).

In reading my cheap novels, I've discovered a new 'genre' cooking romances. Most of these come out of Britain and involve a single woman getting dumped, starting to cook, maybe quitting a job or being fired, maybe opening a bakery and ultimately finding love.
Unfortunately, these books make me wonder if I shouldn't take a clue from them and quit my job to open a bakery. I'm a very good baker. Maybe I could also have homemade dog and cat treats. Everyone likes those, right?

TV

I know its been a long time. Sorry. I was going to post a huge rant about work and my hatred of 'rescues' and so on but alas, I got over it.
Instead, I'm going to discuss the various TV shows which are my current obsessions.

I watch a lot of TV and if I'm not watching TV, I'm probably on my phone on Facebook. I'm honestly probably doing both. Also, Netflix.
If I was honest about it, if I had eliminated TV watching in vet school, I probably could have graduated towards the top of my class instead of the bottom. Would I be a better vet? Probably not. I have concluded that it was watching TV that kept me sane.
Often, I'm watching nothing in particular. I like Golden Girls and Chopped for mindless viewing. Crime shows like Bones is another favorite. I finished up the series on Netflix a month or two ago.

Recently, one of my coworkers (JH) and I have been sharing shows to watch on Netflix. We are both Downton Abbey fans and in our mutual love of period dramas, we have found several more shows we both enjoy.
These include:
Call The Midwife -Set in the late 1950s in a poor area of London, it focuses on a group of midwives/nurses and the midwives/nuns that serve the area. There is always some dramatic patient or medical issue at hand. The midwifes and nuns are all very endearing. I think Chummy is every viewer's favorite!
Bomb Girls -Unlike many of our favorite shows, this is a Canadian import. (The other favorites are all British shows.) This show focuses on a group of women working in a munitions factory in the 1940s during WWII. The main character is a rich girl that tries to support her country and show her family that money isn't everything. There is always some romantic drama as well as someone being accused of something unpatriotic. There are only two seasons and we were very disappointed when attempts to find the made-for-tv movie online resulted in only unwanted media players and possibly viruses.
While, I've barely started it, the next British invasion show is called Land Girls. Its about women moved from the city to the country side to help with farming in WWII. Its okay so far. It jumped right into excitement in the second episode. I'm three or four in.

I've been watching Bates Motel on A&E. Its good but I'm easily distracted by other things while watching it. The Walking Dead is rapidly losing my interest. Rick is consistently getting his ass handed to him. Its sort of like that in the comics but not nearly so often!
Finally, I watched all of the four episodes available of a show on Netflix called A Young Doctor's Notebook. (Apparently, four more episodes exist.) Anyway, its about a Russian doctor in 1917 that has just graduated from school and sent to the Russian tundra where he must learn about practicing medicine on his own. (NO MENTOR!) He is however mentored by his future self reflecting back on his mistakes in a morphine induced haze as he is being arrested. It stars oddly enough Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliff. Its good but sometimes difficult to watch.

See my obsession with TV.
   This is a sample of a project I am working on. An apron from a well worn pillowcase. The sheets were donated to the office and I cut up the pillowcases for an interesting apron. I got my ruffle attachment working on my machine and am making a very girly cowboy apron. Adding plenty of lace and trim to it, hence the pink bucking bronco.
Also did I mention, I got a hair cut?