Warmer ~ Tree Stump Artist ~ James Duran ~ Thanksgiving Photos 2 ~ Sunday & Monday Football ~ Mousse

Good warmer 28º morning.  10º really doesn't make that much difference. It's still colder than a well digger's shovel!!

 

 

This 2 minute video was shared by Deewayne Honnee Preimsburger.... what an artist! Turns a tree stump into a beautiful piece of art! Thanks for sharing DP!

http://www.faithtap.com/4890/man-turns-dead-tree-stump-into-beautiful-sculpture/

 

Yesterday stayed cold .... started out at 17º but did warm to 25º by 9am. Then by 10am it warmed to freezing!

 

Jim and Olga Duran's son James is celebrating his birthday today.. OMG, he's 25! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!

Here is the whole family on James' graduation day:

James, Amanda (his fiancé), Olga, Aidan, Jimmy, and Michael.

Olga is a dear friend. Jimmy worked at ELA when I worked there and he was also in the same academy class as my Kristen!

 

A few more photos from Thanksgiving...

The twins Jessica & Britney, who work at Taprock.... Very very sweet girls. Lost their mom last year so were invited over to join us.

Their dog Mollie...

Jack and Mollie....

Lam's wife Winny and their baby girl Samantha!

 

 

Historically this date...

1902 – American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.

1940 – Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.

1993 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.

.... that was the first step!

1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creatingExxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.

2004 – Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.

And births this date include...

1810 – Oliver Winchester, American gunsmith (d. 1880)

 

 

1835 – Mark Twain, American writer (d. 1910)

 

1874 – Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)

 

1918 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (d. 2014)

Oh how I loved '77 Sunset Strip' TV show!

 

1926 – Richard Crenna, American actor (d. 2003)

I so liked him. A good guy. Born in Los Angeles, Belmont High, USC, US Army! One wife, Penni, from 1959 until his death!

 

1927 – Robert Guillaume, American actor

1929 – Dick Clark, American television host (d.2012)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1952 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer

Criminal Minds....a fav!

 

1965 – Ben Stiller, American actor

Him I like, it's his father that turns my stomach!~

 

Yesterday's football:

                                                                                                     

And tonight's game:

 

Yesterday was exciting. Laundry. I worked on some Christmas stuff. Loaded photos into my computer and tried to stay warm. Had a roaring fire in the wood stove and enjoyed a couple episodes of Blue Bloods and a Hallmark movie.

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Mousse Day

http://www.yummly.com/recipes/milk-chocolate-mousse

Low Temps ~ Sunday Football ~ Micol Klamm ~ Coyote ~ Kristen Alex & Jack ~ Thanksgiving ~ Lemon Cream Pie

Good 17º clear morning.

 

 

For the past few days it has dropped in temperature in the morning down to 19º. Now today it's lower! Yesterday morning Kristen and Alex and Jack left, heading back to So. Cal. Hated to see them go!!! Texted with Alex about 9:30 am and she said they were in Weed and it was still 19º. Had warmed to 29º here by then. By 1:30 we were at 59º. Heat wave!!! They got home safe and sound. Yes!!!

 

Sunday football:

 

Today is a special friend's birthday... Micol Klamm. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICOL!!!

 

 

Yesterday for some reason I was feeling puney. Just didn't want to do anything. Did manage to get a load of laundry done, dishes done, and a fire in the wood stove. Soup for dinner.

 

Historically this date....

1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.

1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.

And births this date include...

1896 – Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)

Interesting how he got his name, it sounds American Indian, not.

 

 

1927 – Vin Scully, American baseball announcer

 

1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian

 

 

Here are a couple pictures from Thanksgiving. More to come...

Leaving for Jean's on Thanksgiving afternoon and Mr. Coyote was watching me down by the gate:

Then the BIG surprise when Kristen, Alex, and Jack walked into Jean's house! Here they are at a rest stop on the way up from LA:

Sami, Jack, Brian, Kristen, me, Alex, Tucker:

Jen carving Mr. Tom:

Jean making gravy:

Marie cutting up a pineapple with Sandy looking on:

Dinner was awesome! We had a great dinner with 19 of us!!!

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

November 29th

National Lemon Cream Pie Day

http://myrecipeconfessions.com/desserts/lemon-cream-pie-2/

CREAM PIE or CREME PIE 
A plain pastry or crumb pastry shell with a pudding filling (butterscotch, chocolate, frangipane and vanilla are most common). Try a banana cream pie, coconut cream pieor a strawberry or raspberry cream pie.

What’s the difference between cream and creme? Just the spelling. Creme is an Americanization of the French word for cream, crème (pronounced KREHM), most likely adapted to make the dish sound more special. But why mispronounce another language’s word for cream? Unless it’s a French recipe, such as Coeur à la Crème, stick to cream.