Good 39º too dark to see yet morning.
Looks like weather that's not too bad for Christmas, but cold!
A good thing... I just saw my electric bill. Since I
don't have "city water" and my well pump is run with electricity... so when the
power goes out, we don't have water. Anyway, the pump ran for 8 days while the
pipe in the pasture was broken. I thought I'd have to take out a loan to pay
Pacific Power. Not. It's only $283!!! OMG. I am soooooo happy.
On a more dire note....
If you think Kwanza is an African holiday, think twice! Invented by a black activist, felon. This is but another who is trying to take down anything American. He's a PROFESSOR ???? After being convicted and spending time in Ca prison for false imprisonment and assault on two females???? 'They' let him teach?????
If you think Kwanza is an African holiday, think twice! Invented by a black activist, felon. This is but another who is trying to take down anything American. He's a PROFESSOR ???? After being convicted and spending time in Ca prison for false imprisonment and assault on two females???? 'They' let him teach?????
“The victims said they were living at Karenga’s home when Karenga accused
them of trying to [poison] him. . . . When they denied it, allegedly they were
beaten with an electrical cord and a hot soldering iron was put in [one
victim’s] mouth and against her face. Police were told that one of [the other
victim’s] toes was placed in a small vise which was allegedly tightened by one
of the defendants. The following day . . . Karenga, holding a gun, threatened to
shoot both of them.”
Convicted of felonious assault and false imprisonment, Mr. Karenga was
sentenced in 1971 to up to 10 years in prison. “A brief account of the
sentencing ran in several newspapers the following day,” Mr. Mulshine writes.
“That was apparently the last newspaper article to mention Karenga’s unfortunate
habit of doing unspeakable things to black people. After that, the only coverage
came from the hundreds of news accounts that depict him as the wonderful man who
invented Kwanzaa.”
PICTURE of the day...
a sunset photographed through a glass of some kind of liquid...
The sun came out yesterday. YIPPPEEEEEEE. And the turkeys were sitting atop
the bridge out back and basking...
Here's something interesting:
(Reuters) Hands down, no word grates on Americans more than "whatever", a
public opinion survey says.
The casual "whatever" was rated the most annoying word by 38% of 1,173
adults surveyed in early December by Marist College Institute for Public
Opinion, based in NY. that is up from 32% a year earlier. What's more,
"whatever" has topped the annoying word charts for five straight years."The word
can be very dismissive and rude" said the media director for Marist. "It's a
put-down to some extent and it can signal to the other person that wheat they
are saying is not important." And... with apologies to Facebook, Americans also
do not like the word "like", which ranked second in the survey of most annoying
words at 22%. The term "you know" pulled 18%, "just sayin" 14%, and "obviously"
6%.
My personal opinion, whatever. I like that word! The ones I dislike are,
"like" when a sentence is started with it. I hate it when someone says "thank
you" and the response is "no problem". ALSO, a big gripe phrase is "my bad". OMG
I HATE THAT! So if you say "my bad" to me, I'm going to respond with
'whatever'. (and really surly too!)
Lunch yesterday was the leftover quinoa mixture (good hot or cold!). I put
it on top of some "spring mix" lettuce and made a dressing of mayonnaise and
lemon juice (one of my favorites).... OMGOOD!!!!! (filling too!)
This is what I wrote a year ago today..
I was
invited to two Christmas parties for today and both canceled because Tom and
Debbie and Bill and Jeannie have no power since two nights ago! Severe power
outages in Josephine County with over 13,000 in the dark and the Search and
Rescue has been mobilized to evacuate people who may need to go to "warming
shelters" in the possibility of an extended power outage. Jen's mom Jean is also
without power, but went to Brian and Jen's to spend the night.
Historically a lot of stuff happened.
Births
this date include....
I made some
yummy-beyond-words pretzel/Rolo/pecan bites yesterday...
You put the
pretzels on a cookie sheet, top each with a Rolo, bake 4 minutes at 250º, take
out of oven and press a pecan half into each. Let cool.
Delish!
All I know. Happy
Sunday. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
December 22nd
National Date
Nut Bread Day is today. Enjoy a tasty bread for the holidays. It's the
perfect bread for the season. It contains nuts and sugar, but is not heavy on
the sugar. Date nut bread is quite popular. You can make it yourself, or buy
some at the bakery. We suggest a couple of loafs. In our house, a single loaf
does not last
long.
