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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Rain & Hail ~ Dizzy Blonde ~ Adelle ~ Pecan Cake & Pie


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Good 38º morning. The predicted rain yesterday manifested itself in a couple of ways. First as I left for my doc appointment it was just misty. Got some winds. Then it rained on and off... then hail. Then sun. Then rain. Then hail. Then sun..... all day. Weird. 
 
 
The day yesterday was spent running from pillar to post. I had a yearly (ick) doc appointment at 9am. Been having dizziness (a dizzy blonde, ohhhh nooooo!) and doc thinks it could be inner ear, since I have tinnitus.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus   He's put me on a diuretic to see if the fluid in the inner ear dissipates. And, he's setting up an appointment with an ENT (Ear Nose Throat) doc. I got a pneumonia shot and he has me signed up for a shingles shot. If you had chicken pox you are susceptible to shingles. I had chicken pox horrible! And my mom had shingles once, in her right arm. Best to be safe then sorry. Doc said when the shots became available he and his wife were first in line.
 
I stopped at the Rogue Creamery in Central Point on the way home...
 
 
 
 
 
It was built in 1935. They make such wonderful Blue Cheese! Really, all their cheese is wonderful! I picked up some cheese curds (jalapeño, pesto, and garlic), my favorite pasta Anellini, some sharp cheddar bread, fresh gnocchi, and olive oil infused with lemon (OHHHHH sooooo good!).  
 

 
 
Looked like this on at 1pm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Then on my second trip into Medford I took Maggie.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This was for a follow up mammo. Something seen in the first one, so took a second.
 
We did the pharmacy stop and grocery stop on the way home. Stopped and chatted with Dave and PJ, came home and made a fire. It got so windy, but never did rain even with the threatening clouds moving in. Patty said at the coast they got 1½" of rain. Always amazes me, you'd think the whole coastline would just slide into the ocean!
 
I am so sorry, my cute friend Adelle
(and her cute hubby, Tom) had a birthday yesterday and I did
not put it on my blog.... but we did chat on the phone and I sang Happy Birthday to her (yikes, and I can't carry a tune!) She's a friend from our days at Wilson High.
♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥HAPPY♥BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUU♥¸¸.•*¨♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♫♪ ♪♫•♥♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥ ♥♪♫•*•♫♪ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥♥†♥†♥ ♥HAPPY♥♪♫•♥BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUU†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥ ¨*•♫♪♥HAPPY♥♪♫•♥BIRTHDAY DEAR DELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL♥*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ ~ ♥ ♥;)♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥♥†♥¨*•♫♪♥HAPPY♥♪♫•♥BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUU♥*¨†♥ ♥†♥†♥
♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ AND MANY MOOOORRRR.....
 
 
 
Historically this date:
My father, Leslie Laney, died in 1991. He was 90.  Here's Mother and Daddy at their 50th wedding anniversary in 1976...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I miss them both soooooo much!  :o( 
1846 – The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
1935 – "Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl.
1939The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
1969 – At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
2010 – Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China.
 
 
 
And births this date include....
1925 – Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002)
 
 
 
 
1930 – Bradford Dillman, American actor
 
 
 
1932Loretta Lynn, American country musician/singer    
 
 
 
1936 – Frank Serpico, American policeman
 
 
 
 
 
 
1941Julie Christie, British actress
 
 
 
1941 – Pete Rose, American baseball player
 
 
 
1996Abigail Breslin, American actress
 
 
 
 
 
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Ciao.
xo Mom-Soupy-Sue
April 14th
National Pecan Day
 

Be still my heart... pecan pie and pecan cake! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
 
Name the only nut tree native to North America. ... You guessed it........ Pecan trees.