Gas Station Safety ~ TBT ~ Meatballs & Veggie Stew

Good 30º frozen foggy morning.

This is interesting... especially if you live in California or any other state where you have to pump your own gasoline (not here in Oregon).... This video demonstrates what "sliders" do.. how they steal your purse and/or valuables you leave in your car when you are pumping gas... (Thanks Ellen Naugle Pantalone... Wilson S'62, for this good information)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3txI0goxrI

Happy Throw Back Thursday! Me and my neighbor Roger Schafer, playing cowboys.. 1954

PICTURE of the day..... from my tour of NY by Joan.... the NY subway...

Historically this date...............

1556 – The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxiprovince, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. HOLY COW!

1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.

1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College ofGeneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor

1968 – North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying.

1973 – President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached inVietnam.

1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

2002 – Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequentlymurdered .

.... a very sad story ... his baby boy and only child was born 3 months after his death.

And births this date include....

1898 – Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987)

1919 – Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (d. 1962)

1951 – Chesley Sullenberger, Captain of US Airways Flight 1549, a flight that successfully ditched into the Hudson River

1964 – Mariska Hargitay, American actress

Remember the other day the PICTURE of the day was canned Road Kill. Well, I wrote the company asking them if they still make it... and got this hilarious response back:

"Sue-
We still cook up some now and then... it's my Granny's secret recipe so i can't tell you what's in it but we do put the ingredients on the label....
We ship it but the cost of shipping gets pricey. One can costs $2 plus shipping and we have two other flavors; Fish Assholes and Pickled Porcupine Peckers. We do have a 4 can min.
Have a nice day!!!
Bet-c
BlackSheep"

Dinner last night was a concoction .... some of Costco's chicken/garlic/mozzarella meatballs... sauteéd in olive oil and then put in the crockpot on 'warm'.

Then I cooked some garlic fettuccine in very sea salty and garlicky water...

Next I chopped up some mini squash, mushrooms, and little haricot verts (green beans)...

I sauteéd the mushrooms and squash in olive oil with garlic seasoning, added in the green beans and some broccoli slaw... cooked til slightly tender, added in the fettuccine....

I put all in the crockpot with the meatballs.... and added in Progresso cooking starter.. creamy Parmesan basil...

Absolutely DELISH!!!!

... and all the while I was cooking, Mr. Bruise was keeping an eye on me!

Good news is that my computer is done. Turk worked miracles ... again! Bad news is I have to wait for the plumber to unclog my sink. Hopefully I can pick up Hal (computer)later.

All I know. Happy TBT. Nuff Said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 23rd

National Pie Day (drool)