Easter ~ Weather ~ Deviled Eggs/Lemon Cake/Poppyseed Muffins ~ Wine ~ Martin & Wayne

Good 44º cloudy Easter morning.

 

Happy Easter!

 

The rain started early yesterday, 8:15am. Pretty much drizzled all day. By 2pm we had 1/4". We may escape rain today, but looks like the South is getting hit and the Seattle area!

Yesterday was "get organized" day for a couple things. I had to hard boil eggs to make deviled eggs for Brian for Easter and a lemon cake. I don't make my eggs fancy. He only likes mayonnaise, salt, and pepper. I do top them with bacon salt!

 

The cake was simple, boxed lemon cake, lemon pudding, eggs, oil.  Bundt pan. Powdered sugar and lemon juice drizzled on the top.

And I made some poppyseed muffins...

 

I had a call from Brian yesterday, he just heard the DJ say on the radio, "Do you know that 2 - 3 glasses of wine a day reduces your risk of giving a shit." LOL!!!!! TRUE! Then I found this glass..

 

Oh and by the way, a new meaning for an old acronym....

WTF means "Wine Tasting Friends" !!!

 

 

This is a great super short film with Dean Martin and John Wayne...

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKOEvczRaEc

 

Historically this date

1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.

1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life.

1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.

1964 – The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at amagnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.

And births this date include....

1899 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)

1931 – David Janssen, American actor (d. 1980)

1940 – Austin Pendleton, American actor

.... cool name..... weird guy! glad he's not related!

1942 – Michael York, English actor

OMG, whoppen??

 

1969 – Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet, writer

.....................NCIS...............

1975 – Fergie, American pop singer (The Black Eyed Peas)

 

 

 

Later I wasn't really hungry after testing and nibbling on the stuff I was making. So, poured a glass of wine, chair, and solitaire on my iPad for a while. Dinner finally was some honeydew melon.

 

All I know. Nuff said. A Blessed Happy Easter to you all. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

March 27th

Easter

                       http://www.holidayinsights.com/easter/index.htm

Weather ~ Lawnmower ~ Pam & Dave Clark ~ Fur Friends ~ Spinach

 

Good 40º cloudy morning. Looks like there is a possibility the Easter Bunny may get rained on...

 

Yes, finally Woodville called and wanted to pick up my riding lawnmower yesterday morning. Larry put it on a trailer and will fix the gasoline leak, sharpen the blades, clean it all up and fix the flat tire. 

 

Yesterday friends Pam and Dave Clark (LASD ret) were on their way from Washington State to California and stopped in Grants Pass to hook up for a late lunch. We met at Taprock about 2:30.

We had the best time! We sat and jibber jabbered for 2 hours! Dave worked just about everywhere in the county... court services, patrol, narco, aero bureau observer........ and several others. His Pam is the nicest person. She has a 'slight' English accent. Very cute! (LOL, we were all in the "wear blue day" mode!!)

Panko covered and deep fried oysters, Taprock's homemade chips, slaw. Those chips are to die for!!!!

This was the sweetest thing, Pam made me this pillow for my chair! It has Dude and Bruiser on it!!

And they brought me some salmon! Thanks so much guys!!!

 

Historically this date....

1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

1978 – Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protestors destroys much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails.

1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..

1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.

1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.

 

 

 

And births this date include....

1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor

 

1940 – James Caan, American actor

 

1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American politician    ... Gag

 

1944 – Diana Ross, American singer (The Supremes)

.....She really needs that big hair! Not.

 

1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor

.... Still cute! Nice smile.

 

1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith)

.....He makes my skin crawl! Creepy! Weirdo. Strange.

 

1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer

.......She always seems like the happiest person~ I'd like to meet her.

 

1950 – Martin Short, Canadian comedian

   .... Very funny guy!

 

1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress

...............She was always cute, but now with that little cosmetic surgery she is a beauty!

 

This came from pal Dee Yellin.... just over a minute long and will make you smile! Song by Roger Miller... (MEMORIES!)

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/vnVuqfXohxc?rel=0&%3bshowinfo=0

 

Before I met Pam and Dave I stopped at Brian's office. He had worked on my iPad and made it work perfectly! Thanks Bri!!! So, I came home and it was my chair, wine, and the rest of the oysters and chips from Taprock, and TV. Nice!

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

March 26th

National Spinach Day

Not only is spinach crazy good for you, but there are a multitude of delicious ways to enjoy this leafy green. See how many you can try today, and you'll be feeling as healthy and buff as the famous sailorman.

Spinach originated in ancient Persia, eventually making its way to Italy in 827 and finally gracing European tables in the 1300s. Its appearance in early spring made this a fast favorite when other vegetables were scarce during Lenten diets. For this reason, spinach has the great honor of being mentioned in the first known English cookbook.

When Catherine de'Medici became the queen of France in 1522, she insisted that spinach be served at every meal because she loved it so. Today when you hear of spinach dishes referred to as "Florentine," that is because Catherine was born in Florence

 

 

Bunches of spinach recipes:

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blspinach.htm