Good 54º clear sunny morning. Not as much smoke yesterday. At 4pm we were
at 102º. UGH. And naturally with all this heat and smoke the Josephine County
Fair started yesterday.
This year they have sea lions doing tricks at the fair.
Breakfast...
I recently ordered and received an Egg-Tastic....
I put two eggs in the Egg-Tastic, mixed them with a fork, added in a couple
pinches of bacon crumbles and some mozzarella cheese. Put in microwave for 1:10
min. You can cook 1-4 eggs at a time.
They come out fluffy and GOOD and SO FAST AND EASY!!!
Cooking just 1 egg at a time and putting it on a piece of toast or a rice
cake or cook 2 and wrap in a tortilla or spinach wrap! And, this little guy goes
in the dishwasher! LOVE it!
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Speaking of microwaves... here are 3 methods for cleaning yours...
1. Place 2 cups of water in a bowl and add 2 T. baking soda. Pot in the
microwave and cook on high about 90 seconds. Any dried food will wipe off with a
damp cloth.
2. Make a mixture that is 50% vinegar and 50% water. Heat in micro until it
boils. The steam in the micro will loosen the dried on food and a sponge dipped
in the mixture will rub off the remainder.
3. (this one is my fav) Place a tablespoon of lemon juice in a mug and top
it up with water. Heat until boiling in micro and let sit there for 10 minutes.
Gunge will wipe awayt fast the microwave will smell fantastic!
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Here is a picture of my grandson Jackson, aka Jack, Kristen's baby boy on his first day of
school Monday... Soooooo handsome!!! ♥
And today is Throw Back Thursday... here is Jack on Halloween 2000.... 18
months old:
Oregon fires update:
Isn't it weird that we here in Orygun have a Gov. Brown as well as
California!
Yesterday, Jim Stewart, the pest control guy was here. He's going to renew
my contract and said if I sell this place before the contract is up, it will
continue over with the new owners. This is for ground squirrels, the little
destructive poops! Here's one up on the tree stump in the upper pasture.
OMG, this is amazing.... an eagle vs a drone!
The word was the eagle was OK.
Sixteen years ago today my awesome friend Charline Aubin passed away. She
was only 61. She and I used to make pomegranate wine. She was a Level II
Reserve. She worked at the BC Range in the booth. We, Jerry and I, Charline
& Sid (our BC SR Capt), Rico Suave & Annette would all join Dr. Mac at
his beach house for weekends of cooking and eating. She was a GREAT gal and
friend. Missed very much!
Historically this date...
1910 – The Great Fire of
1910 (also
commonly referred to as the Big Blowup or the Big Burn) occurred in northeast
Washington, northern Idaho (the panhandle), and western Montana, burning
approximately 3 million acres.
1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ),
begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.
1920 –
The National Football League,
(NFL), is founded in the United States.
1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam – a record
that still stands.
1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then
commits suicide.
..... from
that came the term, "going postal" !
And births
this date include...
1833 – Benjamin Harrison,
23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
Ok, so they
put his face on the $1000000 bill... which is now not worth anything... these
are selling on Ebay for $1 !
Weird weird
weird
1954
– Al Roker, American
television personality
Yesterday the UPS guy arrived with my new Cuisinart. YEAH! Now I can get
back to pureéing in a bigger machine than my Bullet!
I like red appliances but they only had white. Oh well. And I was
encouraged to purchase locally, but Amazon had it $30 cheaper. Sorry.
Dinner was reruns of the eggplant, corn on the cob with creamy garlic
sauce, and some of Jennifer's awesome beans with artichoke hearts.
OMGOOOOOD!!!!
After dinner it was a Hallmark movie, My Boyfriend's Dogs..
Didn't see the buck or the fawns yesterday, but momma doe was out in the
back laying in the shade..
I'm sure she was taking a break from nursing 3 fawns!!!
All I know. Nuff said. Happy TBT. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
August 20th
Lemonade Day
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
Why purchase bottled lemonade or mixes, when it’s so easy to
make better-tasting homemade lemonade from fresh-squeezed lemons? The difference
is night and day.
This recipe makes fifteen 8-ounce glasses of fresh lemonade.
You can adjust the sweetening to your own taste.
Preparation
1. Roll lemons on the counter before squeezing, to maximize
the juice output.
2. Combine water, juice and the three-quarters of the
sweetener in a pitcher and mix thoroughly. Taste and adjust sweetness bit by
bit. The objective is to keep the lemon flavor first and foremost and not make
sugar the first thing you taste. It’s better to under-sweeten than over-sweeten:
People can always add more sweetener to suit their individual taste.
3. Regular table sugar doesn’t dissolve easily in cold
water. A better solution is superfine sugar or simple syrup (easy to make).
4. Add ice to glasses and fill with lemonade and
garnish. Ideally, chill the lemonade prior to serving so it will be cold and
require less ice (or no ice), which dilutes the flavor. You can also use one of
our favorite tips: make lemonade ice cubes.
5. To garnish: Slice an extra lemon into wheels and cut
notches so they sit on rim of glasses. You can also notch watermelon cubes. Or,
fit a straw through the larger fruit such as watermelon and
strawberries).
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