Sami ~ Dash ~ The Sun ~ Pizza Tortellini Salad ~ Deer ~ California vs Arizona ~ Bruiser ~ Cherry Cheesecake Day

Good 34º clear sunny morning. Predictions for 80º today.  !! 

 

Happy Monday! Hang on tight, it's gonna be Sunday again before you know it!!!

 

Today Mike will be here to do "stuff".... mowing, etc. With the previous rain and now the sun, the grasses are growing faster than fast. My front lawn is hip deep to a tall Indian!

 

 

Yesterday Sami had gymnastics state finals in Salem. She won 1st in Floor and 3rd in Vault!~ YEAH SAMI!!!! ♥

 

 

Brian took Dash with them and was out and about with him....

 

 

 

If our sun suddenly shut down, we would not know about it for approximately eight minutes. 

The sun we look at is actually the sun as it was some eight minutes ago. This is because the light shining from the sun, traveling at about 186,000 miles a second, takes 500 seconds to travel across the millions of miles of space that separate us from the sun. The sunlight will sweep past Mercury in 3.22 minutes, Venus in 6.01 minutes, and reach Earth 8.32 minutes later. Neptune, the most distant planet, takes 4.16 hours for light to reach.

 

 

Pizza Tortellini Salad

 

• 1 (19 ounce) bag frozen cheese tortellini or fresh refrigerated tortellini
• 1 cucumber, cut into quarters and sliced
• 1/4 medium red onion, thinly sliced
• 16 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved
• 4 ounces cooked bacon, chopped
• 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
• 8 ounces mozzarella, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 (5 ounce) package mini pepperoni
• 1 ounce shredded Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped

Dressing

• 1/2 cup light tasting olive oil
• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

 

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook tortellini according to directions on the package.  Drain and set aside in a large serving bowl.
2. Combine dressing ingredients in a pint size mason jar. Seal and shake the living tar out of it. Pour half of the dressing over the warm pasta and toss to combine.
3. Add the remaining salad ingredients to the bowl and toss until well coated. Serve immediate or refrigerate until ready to serve.  You may like to reserve some of the basil and pepperoni to scatter on top when serving.

1. Salad is excellent the next day. This is a fantastic make ahead salad. When making ahead, use 1/2 of the dressing when preparing the salad. Reserve the remaining dressing to pour over the salad before you serve. If you use all of the dressing initially your pasta may soak up all the dressing.

 Again with such nice weather the deer were out and about...

 

 

 

Historically this date......

1945 – Adolf Hitler's designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.

1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.

 

And births this date include...

1928 – Shirley Temple, American actress and politician (d. 2014)

 

1939 – Lee Majors, American actor

 

1942 – Sandra Dee, American actress (d. 2005)

 

1943 – Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)

1949 – Joyce DeWitt, American actress

 

1960 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
I LOVE her cooking show on Food Network. She's got some great and simple recipes.

 

1967 – Melina Kanakaredes, American actress

Later I took the trash to the road for pickup and got to meet my neighbors, Frank & Cindy's new pup. I will have to get a picture of her. Name is Winnie. Sooooooo cute. She is small and a Rat Tail Terrier/Chihuahua mix. 

 

 

 

Hey, all you Arizona people....check this sign out... 😆

 

 

Then, chair, wine, and TV with Bruiser "usually" napping on my lap, but he chose Dude's couch last night instead!

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

 

There are a large variety of recipes for cherry cheesecake.  Some cherry cheesecake recipes call for the cherries to be mixed into the batter and others place the cherries on top.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Cherry cheesecake might be a nice way to end supper tonight! Try this for dessert:  Cherry Cheesecake recipe.