Sue's Daily Drivel ...: 03/15/11

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

~ 3-15 ~ Happy Birthday Maggie ~ Wind Damage in GP ~

(written early this morning..and added to later this afternoon...)

HAPPY 12TH BIRTHDAY MAGGIE!!!!!

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Here is the link to the card Jake sent Maggie....

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=2799796187072&source=jl999

Good morning/afternoon. 45º at 8:30am and raining.
1/3" since yesterday afternoon.

This morning we had an inch. We'll see what this storm that

is raging now (4pm Tuesday afternoon) has to show....

9am... UPS just confirmed the delivery of my modem will be sometime today. Sigh....4 days without internet makes for a cranky Sue!

Ok, so Dave my UPS guy delivered the modem at noon. Thank goodness! All that "overnight" crap was just that... crap. It wasn't even picked up by UPS until Monday in Bolder Colorado so it was "overnight" from then! Sigh...... I gave Dave a "Eat Drink be Irish" button to wear on St. Patty's Day, Thursday. I'm sure everyone on his route will want to pinch him thinking he has no green on, just UPS brown! HA! He will be wearin' green. Besides he's Irish!

Maggie and I have been snacking on a chicken I cooked last night in the crockpot. It's so juicy and tender. Making some gravy now to go on chicken and some biscuits. We did go to town yesterday, after Shiloh's 'mom' came and got her! Interestingly enough, she hasn't showed up today! I keep looking. In town I bought the chicken and some peppermint coffee creamer to go in my Harry and David 'Moose Munch and Peanut Butter' flavored coffee. OH MY, good!!!!

I received a card in the mail from Linda down in Woodland...

inside it says..."Sometimes I just sit and ponder
on how you're doin' way off yonder." Put a smile
on this old face!!! Thanks Linda!

Brian and Jen's power was off from Sunday afternoon until 7pm Monday night. In Riverside Park in Grants Pass the wind knocked down 4 over 100' tall trees. One crashed through the gazebo where a birthday party was going on at the time. Nobody was hurt, thankfully. Here are a few pictures of local damage...

When the ground is a soaked as it is then the 35-55mph

gusts of wind come along.... 'stuff' happens. 7 homes were destroyed in Grants Pass. I hope Brian didn't have the insurance

on them!!!! (smile)

Historically this date....

44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.

1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

1916 – President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.

1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).

And births this date include....

1767 – Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)

I like these. Would love a box of them!!!!

1882 – Jim Lightbody, American runner (d. 1953)

OMG, with a name like that, he HAD to be a runner!

In the cardiology unit there is a Dr. Lightheart. Fate via a name!

1899 – George Brent, American film actor (d. 1979)

1913 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)

1935 – Judd Hirsch, American actor

1941 – Mike Love, American musician (The Beach Boys)

1970 – Derek Parra, American speed skater

1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress

with and without

So, the rains have come down hard and easy. The turkeys stood

out in the front yard most of the day. Sometimes the smart ones

would get under the trampoline. It's windy and cold. More rain on the way. Gotta go get some wood so we can have a fire.

Happy Tuesday, what is left of it!

Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

March 15th

National Pears Helene Day

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/pears-belle-helene-recipe/index.html

~ 3-14 ~ Geese Ducks ~ Sami's Birthday Party ~ Shiloh .. yet again. ~

Good 36º morning. Yesterday we got .64" of rain. Most of it in about an hour. This morning it's foggy. More rain expected through the week and we were told upwards to 8" of rain will fall.

Today is day 3 without internet for me. The phone company said they would "overnight" my modem. Well, it never came yesterday! So I wait.

The second pair of geese and the one single goose have returned now, making 5 total. And Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are here too....

Four in the pasture and one on the barn roof.

Opened the gate early yesterday in anticipation of the modem arriving. Noticed one of the hinges is broken. Swell. One more thing. Waited until 12:30 to leave for Sami's birthday party at her other grandmother's house. Got to the gate and there was Shiloh! Couldn't leave her, as she would follow me and get hit by a car on the road! So, in the car she goes. Muddy feet and all.

Took her home and was upset with Gerard and Maria. They both acted like.... 'sigh, this is a nuisance'. YES IT IS! I explained again about the collar and the perimeter wire. "But we have 20 acres." No dummy, you don't wire the entire 20 acres, just an area you want to contain Shiloh in.. include the patio so she can get in the shade, etc. "What do we do when we want to take her for a walk?" TAKE OFF THE COLLAR DUMMY! Oh boy, I was upset.

Sami's party was so fun. Jen and Jean had decorated for a Princess Party! All the little girls in fancy princess dresses and Sami was the prettiest!