Sue's Daily Drivel ...: 03/18/11

Friday, March 18, 2011

~ Corned Beef ~ Roasted Asparagus ~ Oatmeal Cookies

Good 36º raining (surprise!) morning.

About 1/4" since last night.

Looks like we're in for a lot more over the next week....

Our summit isn't too friendly looking...

I'm thinking about Tom and Debbie heading back

home from Arizona.... Dicey.

Here's a funny quote I found:

"Tip the world on it's side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles." Frank Lloyd Wright

PatC called and asked me for the Garlic/Lemon Roasted Asparagus recipe... Here it is..... step by step with photos... this site is great! Beth has got a bunch of wonderful recipes and pictures!

http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/2011/03/lemon-garlic-roasted-asparagus-321.html

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This is fascinating..... I hope there are no clouds!

NASA Science News for March 16, 2011 :On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/

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Historically this date...

1925 – The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.

1937 – The New London School explosion in Texas kills three hundred, mostly children.

1944 – The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.

1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.

And births this date include....

1837 – Grover Cleveland, 22^nd and 24^th President of the United States (d. 1908)

1886 – Edward Everett Horton, American actor (d. 1970)

I wonder if he ever heard a Who?

1909 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)

1926 – Peter Graves, American actor (d. 2010)

My sister, Marion, knew him. He had a house at Tahoe and

her real estate office rented it out for him. He sat and told

her lots of Hollyweird stories. He and his wife socialized with

the likes of Liz and Burton and some of those stories are

whoppers!

1943 – Kevin Dobson, American actor

1945 – Michael Reagan, American radio host; adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman

1963 – Vanessa L. Williams, American beauty queen, actress, and singer

Yesterday Maggs and I went to town. I had to pick up her meds so we weighed her at the vets. Lost another pound. Down to 56. That makes 12 pounds! She's eating chicken twice a day and dog cookies occasionally so she getting enough nourishment.

And yes, I even had on green socks!

We handed out St. Pat's earrings to several of the gals, at Ace and the Post Office. I gave some of the guys at Ace and at the market green St. Pat buttons since they had no green on! They claimed their underwear was green. HA! At the market I picked up two small corned beefs, cabbage, mushrooms, and mashed potatoes.