Sue's Daily Drivel ...: 12/24/12

Monday, December 24, 2012

Power On ~ Sunday Football ~ Waffle Grilled Cheese ~ Driving to Town

Good 33º snow still on the ground morning.

YIPPEEEEE.... all my family & friends electricity has been restored. 4 days is a long time! Now life will go back to what has been planned. Things you take for granted... turning on the coffee pot, watching TV, games and FB on your computer, showers, and flushing the toilet. City folks don't understand this, but in the boonies when your electricity goes off your electrical powered well pump doesn't work! Having a standby supply of water is good, or you can melt the snow on your wood stove to use to flush. Makes life interesting! Glad that tense time for all involved is over. Welcome back to the world Jeannie & Bill!!

Sunday Football:

Patriots 23 Jaguars 16 (WHOOT WHOOT!)

Colts 20 Chiefs 13 (YEAH for Brian's team!)

Dolphins 24 Bills 10 (YEAH for Alex's team!) (Sorry Billy!)

:o( sorry Kristen re your Jets .... Chargers 27 Jets 17

Seahawks 42 49ers 13 (Sorry Jeannie)

Ravens 33 NY Giants (LOL) 14 !!!

Bears 28 Cardinals 13

Broncos 34 Browns 12

Panthers 17 Raiders (LOL) 6

Packers 55 (wow) Titans 7

Saints 34 Cowboys 31

Lunch yesterday was a grilled cheese sandwich, cooked in the waffle iron. Mmmmmmmmmmm !!! Butter both sides of the bread as you would for grilling in a pan. I use I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray. (Or as the daily drivel gals call it.. "ICBINB") You have to make sure the cheese is tucked inside the edges of the bread or it tends to run out. Just take the waffle iron apart, let it sit under cold running water, and the cheese lifts right off.

Historically this date...

1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.

1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.

1851 – Library of Congress burns.

1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed.

1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander.

1968 – Apollo Program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.

2000 – The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.

And births this date include...

1809 – Kit Carson, American frontiersman (d. 1868)

....boy, he looks like a cranky old man!

1905 – Howard Hughes, American film producer and inventor (d. 1976)

1922 – Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990)

1923 – George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)

1971 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer

1974 – Ryan Seacrest, American television host

Made it out yesterday and got mail from the mailbox and then went into town to drop mail at the PO, pick up kindling at Ace, and some groceries at Ray's Market. My driveway on the way out....