Good 19º (!) colder than yesterday morning by 3º. Sheeeesh....
I keep singing the song from Frozen!
Interesting:
Imagine, tonight is New Year's Eve! Where did this year go so
fast?? I received this from Lynn Helbing (LASD ret) and am sharing it with all
of you. My Scottish blood gets all goofy hearing the pipes!
The new year, 2015, has already been celebrated in New Zealand and
Australia and parts of Russia.
PICTURE OF THE DAY:
Just heard last night from my pal Linda (Nantz) that she and Andy have two rescued Siamese kittens... a boy and a girl. (Can't remember their names!) She said they are sooooooooo sweet and loving.
Yesterday I made a quick (sans makeup!) run to the pharmacy
for some special shampoo and skin cream my dermatologist recommended. Old age!
Almost 70! Falling apart!!!! UGH. Back home after the 'run' and made cards for
upcoming birthdays. Organized my Christmas cards. Looked at the bills, but
decided to do those today.
Speaking of cats.... I posted this in 2011 on this date..
At one point the rain started coming
down really hard and I saw the feral kitty run like mad towards the barn and the
opening under one stall to get out of the rain. Then a little later the rain
subsided and out came kitty .... on the hunt...
Here he is, yesterday morning, on top of my computer! At first he's kinda
nosey...
Then he gets comfy and keeps an eye on everything I do. If he lays down on
my desk on my arm (!) I turn on a youtube video of cats and he is mesmerized!
Historically this date...
1862 – American Civil
War: Abraham
Lincoln signs an act that admits West
Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
1879 – Thomas
Edison demonstrates incandescent
lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park,
NJ.
1907 – The first New Year's
Eve celebration is held in Times
Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York
City, New
York.
1909 – Manhattan
Bridge opens.
1960 – The farthing
coin ceases to be legal
tender in the United
Kingdom.
................OMG,
I first thought this said "farting" coin!
1983 – The AT&T Bell
System is broken up by the United States
Government.
1999 – Boris
Yeltsin, the first president
of Russia, resigns as President of
Russia, leaving Prime
MinisterVladimir
Putin as the acting President.
And births this date
include...
1930 – Jaime
Escalante, American teacher
(d. 2010)
1943 – John
Denver, American singer and
songwriter (d. 1997)
1943 – Sir Ben
Kingsley, English
actor
1947 – Tim
Matheson, American
actor
1958 – Bebe
Neuwirth, American
actress
1959 – Val
Kilmer, American
actor
1965 – Nicholas
Sparks, American
author
1974 – Tony
Kanaan, Brazilian racing
driver
Dinner was those yummmmy reruns! May make up something for tonight.
Speaking of tonight... my usual New Year's routine is a snuggy fire, the east
coast channel at 8:30pm to watch the ball drop in NY here at 9pm! Then a nap in
my chair. Tomorrow morning will be coffee, cherry cake, and the Rose Parade! May
2015 be good to us all. May the New Year bring rest and peace and good health.
My wish for not only my family and friends but for the whole world.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy last day of 2014. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
December 31st
National Champagne Day
The
rule of thumb: If it’s
imported from France and it says Champagne, it’s Champagne. Otherwise, it’s
another type of sparkling wine. Champagne can only be made in Champagne region
of France.
Champagne
varies in sweetness. The sweetness of the dosage that is added before corking creates
the level of sweetness (or dryness) of a Champagne. The word brut on the label means dry. Brut, Extra Brut and Brut Nature (little or no dosage) are the driest styles.
Sweet Champagnes are hard to find, but they can be identified by the words Extra Sec (Extra Dry) Sec, Demi Sec and Doux. They go well not just with
dessert, but with courses like foie gras that are traditionally paired with
sweeter wines. By the same token, a very dry Champagne is not a good match for a
sweet dessert. It would pair with anything a dry white wine would go
with.
