Good 53º clear morning. Again going to be hot. Yesterday was
icky hot. Last year on this date and in 2011 on this date we had rain and
thunder storms. High temp was 72º. Don't know how everyone is doing at the
fair.. they all must have melted!
This does not make me happy:
Yesterday I puttered around the house.... I put up the
"breakfast clock" Becky & Greg Lundell gave me... got it to work... duh, now
on the little motor thingy it has an "on" and "off" switch! Works
perfectly! Thanks G&B !!! xo
Then I put together the soft serve ice cream maker. Couldn't make any
because the bowl has to be in the freezer for a minimum of 12 hours
beforehand.....
Top left it holds toppings...like sprinkles or M&Ms. Bottom left you
can stack cones. Today, my friends, today!!! It comes with recipes and I think
I'll make the frozen yogurt one first...instead of making the ice cream with
"heavy cream" and milk, etc....
I also did exciting stuff like laundry and watering. Today is vacuuming and
dusting. Oh joy. Bruiser left yesterday morning on one of his treaks... and
hasn't returned as of yet.
:o( .... worry worry worry....
PICTURE of the day... two "cool" sisters (Marion and I) on a road trip....
This came from Patty.... hilarious!
"Got home late from my golf game last night and missed dinner
again. Wife left me a message in the kitchen.."
Historically this date...
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15
to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding
an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight
under international convention.
1964 – Vietnam War: at a rally in
Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for
expanding the war into North Vietnam.
1981 – In a private meeting with
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French
Prime Minister François
Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a
collection of documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American
technological research and development.
And births this date include...
1814 – Samuel Colt, American
inventor and industrialist, founded the Colt's
Manufacturing Company (d. 1862)
Dinner last night was my macaroni & cheese (see the recipe on my blog
on July 15th) .... and Jeannie and Bill had given me this humongous
zucchini....
So I made the mac & cheese....
...and I sliced the zucchini, put on a cookie sheet,drizzled on olive oil
(some garlic/onion infused). sprinkled garlic powder, topped with tomato slices,
salt and pepper, and baked for 30 minutes with the mac & cheese...
REALLY GOOD!!!!!
All I know. TGIF. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
July 19th
National Daiquiri Day
Nothing says summer like an ice cold cocktail made with good rum and fresh
limes! Enter the daiquiri. No, not the the frozen strawberry daiquiri that
seems to be everyone’s first cocktail. The original daiquiri was believed to be
invented by an American working in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Since
then, many variations of the daiquiri have come about by adding other
ingredients like bananas, coconut, strawberries, mango, etc.
1½ oz light rum
juice of ½ lime
1 t. powdered sugar
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into cocktail glass, serve.
.....or dissolve the sugar in the rum and lime juice by stirring in a high
ball glass. When dissolved, add crushed ice and stir until the glass begins to
frost over. Enjoy the deliciousness!
