Good 43º clear gonna be hot again today morning. Was 81º here
yesterday. Weather folks say 91º today. HAVE to get some grass cut. All this sun
is making it grow faster and faster. Sigh.....
Happy Hump Day Y'all
Yesterday was a trip into Medford. Yearly appointment with my
cardiologist, Brian Morrison (cutie). From my fasting blood test on Monday he
said my cholesterol is PERFECT and my blood pressure (which normally has been
high) was PERFECT! Said everything (heart, aorta) sounded great. YIPPEE.... I'm
sure losing that little weight (so far) has a bearing on my blood
pressure.
Took this on the way into Medford. Clear skies. Sun. Still a bit of snow on
Mt. Mcloughlin. (sorry crooked... one hand on camera and one on steering wheel!
camera is VERY heavy!)
After the doc's a stop at Costco. They didn't have any
artichokes! OMG. This is the first time ever! Got some of this...
Sounds like a great little healthy snack!
Then to Grants Pass not to drop off the artichokes Jennifer wanted... but
gave her the earrings I made of her cat Bridey...
The black ones that look like Bruiser I made for me...
I've got to find some beads that look like Dude!!!!
Dinner was a rerun of the meatball tomatoes and I stir-fried some asparagus
Nancy and Dave gave me. They grow their own and it is soooooooooooo good. Fresh
and so crunchy! Cut off bottom end, cut into bite sized pieces, add olive oil to
pan, the asparagus, and drizzle on some balsamic vinegar. Fry til hot.
The vinegar I used is this Napa Valley Pomegranate...
OMGOOOOD!!!
Watched some TV, napped, and watched Jimmy Fallon. He had Diane Keaton on.
She is a whack job! The way she dresses and acts. Weirdo!!! Her outfit was
sooooo odd. Black pantsuit, huge wide belt in the middle, black and white plaid
tie, shirt cuffs hanging out, and that hat. UGH. I turned it off. She thinks she
is soooooooooooo funny! She's not. (she used to babysit for my nieces in Santa Ana where
she went to high school)
Historically
this date...
1789 – On the balcony of Federal
Hall on Wall
Street in New York
City, George
Washington takes the
oath of office to become the first elected President of
the United States.
1803 – Louisiana
Purchase: The United
States purchases
the Louisiana
Territory fromFrance for $15 million, more than doubling the size
of the young nation.
1812 – The Territory of
Orleans becomes the
18th U.S.
state under the
nameLouisiana.
1900
– Casey
Jones dies in a
train wreck in Vaughn,
Mississippi, while
trying to make up time on the Cannonball
Express.
1927
– Douglas
Fairbanks and Mary
Pickford become the
first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's
Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf
Hitler and Eva
Braun commit
suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory
Banner over
the Reichstag
building.
1947 – In Nevada, the
Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover
Dam a second
time.
And births
this date include....
1877 – Alice B.
Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d.
1967)
... a very
interesting read!
1926 – Cloris
Leachman, American actress
1933
– Willie
Nelson, American musician
1938
– Gary
Collins, American actor
.... the boy
has racked up quite a few of mug shots over the years for DUI and dine and
dash....
1943
– Bobby
Vee, American singer
1945
– Michael J.
Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1975
– Johnny Galecki, American
actor
Today there
are a couple of events... Kristen's pal April Frey, the BEST masseuse ever, (her
hubby Brian did the dry wall fixing my ceiling) is celebrating her special day
today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL!!!
And a couple
of high school pals, Mary (Fancher) and Gil Zavala are celebrating wedding year
number 48!!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS!!! You both look GREAT!
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Wednesday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
April 30th
National Raisin Day
When grapes spend a little too much time in the sun, they
cross the border into dried fruit and become raisins. But these little beauties
are chewy, sweet and a great snack to have on hand.
Because there is already so much naturally occurring
fructose and glucose in grapes, the flavor amps up even more after the grapes
are dried. Largely, the sugar remains - so much so that if you keep raisins for
a while, the sugar begins to crystallize.
If you're not a serial raisin snacker, then perhaps today's other food holiday will tempt you into trying a few. April 30 is also National Oatmeal Cookie Day!
If you're not a serial raisin snacker, then perhaps today's other food holiday will tempt you into trying a few. April 30 is also National Oatmeal Cookie Day!
And, what do you get when you combine these chewy drop
cookies with an even more flavorful addition? Oatmeal raisin cookies! Is it a
coincidence that these two holidays happened on the same day? Who knows, but
you're sure getting twice the bang for your
buck.
