Napa Earthquake ~ 360º Paris View ~ Slow Cooker Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta ~ Edda GloW John ~ Cat Wants In

Good 52º morning. Got to the high 80ºs yesterday.

 

Around 3am a 6.0 quake struck north of San Francisco.

http://abc7.com/news/60-magnitude-earthquake-hits-n-california/278694/

Here are pictures of damage to buildings in Napa...

My friend Linda's son and family live there so have an email in to her to find out how they are. If the email doesn't work, a phone call a little later this morning. Apparently the hospital in Napa is treating 70 people for injuries. 36 after-shocks...... Power outages throughout the whole area...

 

Here is a really neat 360º view of Paris France from the top of the Eiffel Tower.... sent to me from George Collins (LASD ret) Thanks George!

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/paris.htm

Betty Crocker has again tested the limits of my drool button! This sound sooooooooooooo good I can't wait to try it.

Slow-Cooker Bacon-Ranch Chicken and Pasta

1 lb chicken breasts

6 slices bacon cooked and diced

2-3 cloves garlic finely chopped

1 pkg (1 oz) ranch dressing and seasoning mix

1 can (10.75 oz) condensed cream of chicken soup

1 cup sour cream

1/2 t. pepper

1/2 cup water

8 oz spaghetti, cooked*

Spray 4 qt slow cooker with cooking spray. Place chicken in cooker.

In medium bowl mix remaining ingredients except spaghetti. Pour over top of chicken.

Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours or on High for 3-4 hours.

15 minutes before end of cooking time, cook and drain spaghetti.

Just before serving, shred chicken with two forks and toss creamy chicken mixture with cooked spaghetti.

*Or any pasta of your choice.

Yesterday Edda, GloW, and John visited for a couple hours to get the "cook's tour". We had a good chat. Dude is always happy to have company visit.... GloW and John have a dog and so Dude enjoyed a "sniff fest" on John!  

 

Historically this date and births this date:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_24

 

1814 – British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washingtonthe White House is set ablaze, though not burned to the ground; as well as several other buildings.

1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).

1981 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murderingJohn Lennon.

1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling byCommissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.

And births this date include....

1955 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate

1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor

1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player

1976 – Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor

Mmmmmmm..... Hawaii Five-O

OMG this cat is a riot (you can get rid of the ad by clicking the X in the top right corner of it) Thanks PattyK for sharing this!!

http://www.flixxy.com/chat-with-a-cat.htm?utm_source=nl

Yesterday early Edda, GloW, and John came over. Edda wanted to see my place.

PICTURE OF THE DAY... (can you figure it out?)

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

August 24th

Mt. Vesuvius Day

http://wonderfulworldreview.blogspot.com/2011/08/mount-vesuvius.html

Vesuvius Day marks the date in 79 A.D. that Mount Vesuvius exploded.

August 24, 79 A.D. was an historic date for the world. This was the day that Mount Vesuvius erupted in a huge explosion. It was one of the largest volcanic explosions in recorded history.

This deadly volcano destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae. They were buried by volcanic ash and pumice. An estimated 3,360 people died in the volcano's eruption.

Mount Vesuvius also exploded a second time in 1631. At that time, it killed approximately 3,500 people.