Frozen ~ Sunday Football ~ James ~ Mousse Day

Good 27º EVERYTHING frozen morning! Yikes.

 

What a difference in one day by 20 degrees. Slam bam!

Sunset last night.........

 

I have been working on photos for the calendars I am making this year. I have to pull teeth to get family and certain other people to send me the pictures. It is time consuming to put these together and some photos need "touching up".  So, I worked on those and paid bills yesterday. Whooppeeeee.... excitement.

 

 

Football today.....

My friends Olga and Jimmy Duran (LASD Sgt) are celebrating with their son James today his 24th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES! James and Amanda were engaged this past August...

James is now a Deputy Sheriff with LASD.

 

Historically this date...

1858 John Landis Mason patented the Mason Jar.

1902 – American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.

1940 – Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.

1993 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.

.... that was the first step!

1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creatingExxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.

2004 – Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.

And births this date include...

1810 – Oliver Winchester, American gunsmith (d. 1880)

 

 

1835 – Mark Twain, American writer (d. 1910)

 

1874 – Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)

 

1918 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (d.2014)

Oh how I loved '77 Sunset Strip' TV show!

 

1926 – Richard Crenna, American actor (d. 2003)

I so liked him. A good guy. Born in Los Angeles, Belmont High, USC, US Army! One wife, Penni, from 1959 until his death!

 

1927 – Robert Guillaume, American actor

1929 – Dick Clark, American television host (d.2012)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1952 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer

 

1965 – Ben Stiller, American actor

Him I like, it's his father that turns my stomach!~

 

All I know. Happy Football Sunday. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

November 30th

National Mousse Day

Some good recipes here:

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/desserts/mousse/

Celebrate National Mousse Day! Mousse is a divine dessert made from egg whites and cream. Did you know that “mousse” is the French word for “foam”? It’s a fitting name for this light, fluffy, and decadent confection!

Chocolate mousse was a specialty in French restaurants during the 1800s, but now it can be found in restaurants and households worldwide. Popular variations include different kinds of chocolate, nut, and fruit flavors.

Here are today’s five thing to know about Mousse:

1. The word mousse is French and translates as “froth” or “foam.”
2. Cold dessert mousses are often poured into decorative glasses and garnished with fruit, sweet sauces, or whipped cream.
3. Savory mousses can be made from fish, shellfish, meat, foie gras, etc.
4. There are three key constituents to a mousse: base, binder, and aerator.
5. They may be hot or cold and are often squeezed through a piping bag onto some kind of platform to be used as hors d’oeuvres.

Cards for Soldiers ~ Tzatziki Dip ~ Christmas Lights Up ~ Micol

Good 45º cloudy morning. So far with this storm we've gotten 1" of rain. No more predicted until Tuesday.

Yesterday morning 7am...

 

and... then 2pm.... raining hard!

 

 

If someone sends you an email to send Christmas cards to wounded soldiers in care of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC it's false. That hospital closed in 2011. You can send cards through your local Red Cross. I am going to do some investigation as to where cards can be sent. Will get back to you on this.

 

Here is the recipe for the Greek Tzatziki Dip:

1 hothouse cucumber, cut ends off, scrape out seeds, and grate with box grater. Squeeze out most of the moisture.

Mix in 14 oz of Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup sour cream, 2 T. lemon juice, 1 T. white wine vinegar (I used honey balsamic), 1 T. minced fresh dill (I used dried), 1½ t. minced garlic, 2 t. Kosher salt and ½ t. fresh ground black pepper. Mix well. Serve room temp or cold. Store in sealed container for up to 1 week. Makes 3 cups. YUMMMMY!!!!

 

I got my Christmas lights up yesterday (in the rain!) .....................

 

Today is a birthday of a sweet friend, Micol Klamm.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FUNNY GIRL!!!! xoxo

 

Historically this date.....

1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

1881 – Spokan Falls (today the city of Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.

1890 – At West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first Army–Navy football game.

1915 – Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.

1934 – The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first nationally broadcast game.

1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico

And births this date include...

1832 – Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)

 

1896 – Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)

 

1927 – Vin Scully, American baseball announcer

His son Mike was a friend of ours. He and Jerry and I would go to dinner often. He died in 1994 in a helicopter crash, something his dad has never gotten over. Mike was a great kid! He was 33 at the time of his death.

1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian

He could lose the chin hair thing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Saturday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

November 29th

National Square Dance Day

Here's a chance to get out and "Dosey Do" with your partner. It's Square Dance Day!

English, Irish, and Scottish settlers brought square dancing to the U.S. As it evolved in the U.S., a caller was added, to help dancers stay in step. It remains popular among southern and western rural areas, and with senior citizens.

Couples square dance in circles or square formations. It's lively and quick, and lots of fun.

Square Dancing is both fun, and great exercise. Medical sites and journals speaks to its health benefits for people of all ages.