Weather ~ 10-11 ~ Picture of the Day ~ Detroit Lions Football Team ~ Easy Cheeseburger Ring ~ Columbus Day

  

Good 42º dark cloudy morning. 

 

Yesterday with a prediction of 30% chance of rain we started.....

Later we never got the rain and we topped at 60º.

 

 

10-11 radio code for "transmitting too rapidly". In other words, slow down, no entiendo!

 

 

 

Picture of the Day

 

 

Interesting how Detroit Lions got their name...

 

 This team began in 1930 as the "Portsmouth Spartans." When the City of Portsmouth completed their new football stadium, the NFL offered a franchise. At the time, Portsmouth was the second smallest city in the NFL behind Green Bay.

In its second season, Portsmouth would tie the Bears for the league’s best record and then lost 9-0 to Chicago in the NFL’s first playoff game.

In spite of winning teams every year, financial distress coupled with the Great Depression decimated the team’s future. In 1934, a group from Michigan led by George Richards purchased the club for $7,952 and relocated it to Detroit.

Richards named his club the "Lions" to go along with baseball’s Tigers. He would comment that the lion was the monarch of the jungle, and he intended him team to become the monarch of the NFL. 

The team was already loaded with talent in its first season as the Spartans were always a contender. The team would host the Bears on Thanksgiving Day, a tradition that continues today. The following season the Lions captured the 1935 NFL Championship.

Unfortunately for fans, the club has encountered two winless seasons: 0-11-0 (1942) and 0-16-0 (2008).

However, the Lions would dominate the 1950s as the club imprisoned the division four times and won three NFL Championships (1952, 1953 and 1957). This franchise has won a total of four NFL titles.

One of the greatest NFL running backs played for the Lions: Barry Sanders.....

Current quarterback, David Blough....

 

Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions

Origin Facts:

Established: 1930

Original Owner: The City of Portsmouth, Ohio

Original Colors: Purple & white

First Stadium: Universal Stadium, seating 8,200

Retired Jerseys: No. 7 Earl Clark, No. 20 Lem Barney, No. 20 Billy Sims, No. 20 Barry Sanders, No. 22 Bobby Layne, No. 37 Doak Walker, No. 56 Joe Schmidt, No. 85 Chuck Hughes, No. 88 Charlie Sanders

 

 

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

Our Easy Cheeseburger Ring is a family-favorite, ground beef dinner recipe that gets everyone excited! It's simple, tasty, and easy to customize. It even doubles as a great party appetizer. The best part? No matter where you serve it, it's gonna be budget-friendly. Everyone loves a totally classic cheeseburger way of chowing down!

 

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 1 cup Cheddar cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 (8-ounce) cans refrigerated crescent rolls

 

1. Preheat oven to 350º. Coat a 12-inch pizza pan with cooking spray.
2. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook beef and onion, stirring until beef crumbles and is no longer pink; drain.
3. Stir in ketchup, mustard, Cheddar cheese, salt, and pepper. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. Unroll crescent rolls. Place wide end of triangles in center of pizza pan, forming a ring, overlapping dough as necessary. Spoon meat mixture into center of each triangle. Bring smaller ends of triangles over meat, tucking ends under.
5. Bake 20 minutes, or until rolls are golden. Serve warm.

***Serve with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, onion, and pickles for that authentic cheeseburger experience!

 

 

 

Historically this date.....

1890 – In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

1910 – Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright Brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.

1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.

 

1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

 

1986 – Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.

 

2000 – NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.

 

And births this date include...

1844 – Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)

 

1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States and humanitarian (d. 1962)

 

 

1905 – Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1999)

 

 

 

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Monday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

Columbus Day on the second Monday in October is observed in the United States each year.  The day signifies Christopher Columbus’ arrival to America on October 12, 1492.

Christopher Columbus was long given credit for discovering North America. However, long before Columbus was born (1451-1506), Leif Erikson landed on these shores. The Italian-born explorer did sail across the Atlantic, though, and more than once. In fact, he made four transatlantic voyages. His first was in 1492. Hence the rhyme, “In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”

During the 1492 expedition, Columbus was looking for Asia. He and his crew landed their three ships somewhere near the modern-day Bahamas. While he may not have discovered an already populated continent, he did spur further exploration and colonization of North America.

Colorado first observed Columbus Day in 1906 as it became an official state holiday. More and more people and states began to recognize the observance.  

In 1937, Columbus Day became a federal holiday in the United States. Many instances of people observing Columbus’ voyage exist since the colonial period. In 1792, celebrations recognizing the 300th anniversary of his landing in the New World took place in New York City and other US cities. President Benjamin Harrison called upon the people of the United States to join in celebration of Columbus on the 400th anniversary of the event.  During the anniversary in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets, and politicians used the day to teach ideals of patriotism. These patriotic teachings were framed around themes of support for war, citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation and celebrating social progress.

In 1970, Columbus Day was changed to the current observation on the second Monday in October.