Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ Guinness Record for Largest Waist ~ Old World Peasant Soup ~ Aaron Maxwell ~ Jackson Follen ~ 415 ~ Jimmy Schumacher ~ Jean and Harry ~ Bruiser ~ National Tax Day

Good 35º clear sunny morning. 

Yesterday was another sunny clear beautiful day and we topped at 78º.

And Mr. Goose was on top of the barn roof...

Picture of the Day

Interesting...

This is just unbelievable....

Walter Hudson (June 5, 1944 – December 24, 1991) of Hempstead, New York, is the holder of the Guinness World Record for the largest waist. It measured 109 inches in 1987 when he was at his peak weight of 1,197 pounds. 

Hudson described his average daily diet as consisting of two boxes of sausages, 1 pound  of bacon, 12 eggs, a loaf of bread, four hamburgers and four double cheeseburgers, five large portions of fries, three ham steaks or two chickens, four baked potatoes, four sweet potatoes, most of a large cake, and additional snacks. He also drank an average of 7 liters of soda every day.

Walter Hudson died of a heart attack on December 24, 1991, at age 47. At the time of his Death, he weighed 900 pounds. Emergency rescuers from the Hempstead Fire Department had to cut a 4-by-6-foot hole in the bedroom wall to remove his body from the premises.

From Mr. Food...

You're gonna want to bring your appetite and a loaf of crusty bread to the table when you serve this Old-World Peasant Soup. This soup is full of fresh veggies, beans, and, for old-world flavor, some kielbasa. It's a hearty, fill-ya-up soup that's sure to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

 

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 carrot, peeled, cut in half, and thinly sliced
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 2 (15.8-ounce) cans cannellini beans, not drained
• 1 pound kielbasa sausage, thinly sliced
• 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups fresh spinach

 

1. in a soup pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Saute onion, carrot, and celery 6 to 8 minutes, or until tender.
2. Add remaining ingredients except spinach and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes. Stir in spinach and serve.

Today is special.... two super birthdays.... My step-son Aaron Maxwell is celebrating #51. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARONOSKI!!! xoxo (Aaron with his baby girl Maddie...)

And the picture Aaron sent me thanking me for his birthday card....

Also my grandson Jackson Follen is celebrating being 21. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!!! xoxo 

Having a birthday on this date is funny. 415 is a radio code from our LASD for "disturbance"!!! LOL. 

Today was also the birthday of my daughter-in-law Jen's brother, Jimmy Schumacher. RIP Jimmy, you are so missed!!!

And today was also Jen's parents, Jean and Harry's wedding anniversary. Harry has also passed away about 6 months after my Jerry did. RIP Harry. You are also so missed. 

Historically this date...

1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.

1892 – The General Electric Company is formed.

1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survived.

1923 – Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.

1955 – McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois

1969 – The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.

And births this date include....

1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (d. 1519)

1933 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995)

1938 – Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born Italian actress

1951 – Heloise, American columnist

I just love the way Bruiser likes to lay at the dining room step... front leg out and so relaxed! 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Hump Day. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

2020 tax filing deadline is July 15 for 2019 tax returns due to the impact of Covid19.

April 15th of each year is National Tax Day. In the United States, the term “tax day” refers to the day on which individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. The day may also refer to April 15th for state tax returns.

The Federal income tax filing deadline is midnight on April 15th of every year, with extensions occurring when the 15th lands on a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday. In those circumstances, the returns are due the first succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday. 

These dates can differ depending on the residence as well.  Some years, due to extenuating circumstances such as natural disasters, more significant extensions have been granted by the Federal Government.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Complete and file your taxes. Whether you prepare your taxes yourself or have a professional prepare them for you, only a couple of things are certain in life – death, and taxes. Or so Benjamin Franklin once said. 

NATIONAL TAX DAY HISTORY

Income tax was first collected in The United States in 1862 to fund the Civil War.  It was deemed unconstitutional due to not being apportioned with conformity across the states. The United States once again enacted income tax with the 16th Amendment in 1913. At that time, the filing deadline was March 1. In 1918 the deadline was changed to March 15, and then in 1955, for the most recent change, the filing deadline was moved to April 15th.  The day has come to be known as Tax Day.