Good 32º foggy ice on the barn roof morning.
Dang it was cold all day yesterday. I put a fire in the wood stove
right away! My clothes went into the dryer before I put them on. Ahhhhhh.....
nice and warm!
Looking south there was some blue sky.....
But looking east, none!
Yesterday I worked on the cat tree some more and got it finished! Bruiser is happy happy happy! Dude, as you can see, could care less as long as he has his couch!
Historically this date.........
1848 – California
Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K.
Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S.
state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the
amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture,
sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States).
1979 – Sonia
Johnson is formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the
proposedEqual
Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
And births this date
include....
1782 – Martin Van
Buren, 8th President of the United States (d.
1862)
1839 – George
Armstrong Custer, American general (d.
1876)
1879 – Clyde
Cessna, American airplane manufacturer (d.
1954)
1901 – Walt
Disney, American animated film producer (d.
1966)
1932 – Little
Richard, American singer and pianist
This recipe from pal Suzanne Santisteven (LASD ret) about 22 years ago when we were doing a recipe swap....
Broccoli Cheese Casserole
2 cans cream of celery soup
2 cups white or orange shredded Cheddar cheese
4 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup milk
4 T chopped onion
approximately 2 heads of fresh broccoli florets
Ritz crackers
4-5 pats butter
All all the ingredients except the broccoli to a saucepan and
heat until cheese is melted. Arrange broccoli in an 11x14 baking dish and pour
the cheese mixture over the broccoli. Top with crushed Ritz crackers and butter.
Bake 350º for 40 minutes
Dinner was Schwans breaded shrimp
and rice and some cranberry sauce.
Chair, wine, TV.....
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Tuesday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
Repeal Day is today. It
commemorates the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Once more, Americans were free
to buy, sell, and consume alcoholic beverages. I'll drink to that!
(Ha ha ha.... a 5th on the 5th!)
In the early 1900's, many of the good people of America believed that
alcohol was the root cause of many social ills in the country. Prohibition on a
national scale, was promoted in part by the American Christian Women's
Temperance Union. This movement grew in popularity. Ultimately, the United
States Congress passed the 18th amendment on January 16, 1919. The 16th
Amendment prohibited the manufacture, transportation, sale and consumption of
alcohol.
The ban on alcohol did little to improve the social conditions of the
country, or to reduce crime. Rather, crime increased as racketeers got into the
the business of making and selling alcohol. The popularity of the 18th
Amendment waned. More and more people and groups sought it's repeal.
Congress passed the 21st Amendment, effectively repealing the 18th
Amendment. On December 5, 1933, the State of Utah voted it's approval of the
21st Amendment, achieving the 3/4 of states need to approve this amendment. Thus
on this day, the 18th Amendment was formally repealed.
Important Note: While Repeal Day certainly is a day to have a drink in
celebration of our rights and freedoms, we should always remember to drink
responsibly.
