Good 66º cloudy still smokey morning.
We still had HOT weather yesterday... it was 100º at 2pm, 104º at 2:45pm, and hit the high of 105º at 3:05pm. Sigh....
Last evening I got some REALLY GOOD NEWS.
Kristen's tumor marker was 700 when she was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer
at stage 4. She went through chemo, then the surgery. Then her marker was at
122. Now she's having more chemo (9 rounds total, 6 to go) and her marker is
16!!!!!! She is in remission. THANK GOD!!!!! Thank you
all for your prayers and good wishes. I tried to call several of you to no
avail, so this is what I wanted to tell you.
Yesterday I forgot that August 1st was the day we
moved here in 1998.
With all the smoke and clouds hanging over head,
the sun had a hard time coming through... this was 8am:
The thunder boomers started about 8:45am. Scared
Dude. LOUD~ Pretty soon I heard rain. I was coming down hard in big drops.
Noisy!
Lasted all of a minute. Dang!
All day it stayed like this:
Horrible! Mike and Jennifer escaped to the coast
for a drive and a hamburger. They asked me to go, but just wanted to stay with
Bruise and Dude and stay inside!
Bruiser wants to play with Dude, but Dude will
have nothing to do with that. He panics. He went out to do his morning duty and
Bruiser always knows when he's coming back and lays in wait. Caught it on
film:
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I watered for a bit out back. Then about 9:30 I
looked out and a doe and buck were munching the apples from the apple tree. Hard
to get pictures, didn't want to scare them... She kept a low profile, but he
stood up to reach the apples...
Lunch was cheese rice cakes, one topped with
tomato and the other with a fried egg...
Today is special for several people... My pal
Erika's hubby Spencer is celebrating his birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPENCER!!!
Also Marie Vincent, former Temple City neighbor,
is also celebrating! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!!! With her hubby Bob. Tomorrow is
their 52nd wedding anniversary. Congratulations kids and have a great
celebration!
And this is the day I celebrate Bruiser's
birthday. Figuring he was born in 2008.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAZY CAT I
LOVE!
Historically this date...
1776 – The signing of the United States
Declaration of Independence took place.
1923 – As vice president, Calvin
Coolidge becomes
the 30th President of
the United States after the death of Warren G.
Harding
1934 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf
Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
1964 – Vietnam
War: Gulf of
Tonkin incident – North
Vietnamese gunboats
allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy.
..........my
Brian joins the Marines!
And births
this date include...
1924
– Carroll
O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)
1932
– Peter
O'Toole, Irish actor (d. 2013)
1945 – Joanna
Cassidy, American actress
Later I put together my Bavarian
Dinner...
This original recipe came from my
sister Marion in 1975...
Bavarian Dinner
1# franks, cut up (I like to use the Kielbasa .. 3½
lengths)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 t. caraway seed
1 can sauerkraut, drained (I used this 17oz jar and put most
of it in... except for a few spoonfuls I had to eat!)
1 can (13oz) whole white potatoes, drained and
sliced.
(Didn't have any canned potatoes so peeled and boiled 2
potatoes for 15 min in salted water, drained and cooled and cut up.
Mix all ingredients.
Bake 30 minutes at 350º
I put it in my casserole Crock*Pot on low for 2
hours.
REALLY GOOD! Easy, simple.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday.
Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
August 2nd
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
