Good 30º clear sky morning.
Yesterday, again, the fog was SUPER heavy here and in Grants Pass....
Here is the Safeway in Grants Pass.. and 99 Hwy...
The fog finally lifted and we got sunshine and a clear blue sky. We topped at 79º.
Today is one of those sad days for me. Jerry died this date 15 years ago. Born on 12-2 and died on 2-12. Not a day goes by I don't miss him terribly and get emotional. Just sayin'............ We always had a great time together, shared a lot of love, happy and agreeable. Love you and miss you Darling!
Today is Abraham Lincoln's birthday and will be celebrated on Monday, President's Day, along with George Washington.
Picture of the Day
Interesting about Minnesota ....
- The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields — 9.5 million square feet.
- Minnesota Inventions: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products, and Green Giant vegetables
- Minneapolis is home to the oldest continuously running theater (Old Log Theater) and the largest dinner theater (Chanhassan Dinner Theater) in the country.
- Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country.
- The climate-controlled Metrodome is the only facility in the country to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and a NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship.
- Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.
- The first open heart surgery and the first bone marrow transplant in the United States were done at the University of Minnesota
- The stapler was invented in Spring Valley.
- The first Automatic Pop-up toaster was marketed in June 1926 by McGraw Electric Co. in Minneapolis under the name Toastmaster. The retail price was $13.50.
- In 1919 a Minneapolis factory turned out the nations first armored cars.
- Candy maker Frank C. Mars of Minnesota introduced the Milky Way candy bar in 1923. Mars marketed the Snickers bar in 1930 and introduced the 5 cent Three Musketeers bar in 1937. The original 3 Musketeers bar contained 3 bars in one wrapper. Each with different flavor nougat.
- Hibbing is the birthplace of the American bus industry. It sprang from the business acumen of Carl Wickman and Andrew “Bus Andy” Anderson – who opened the first bus line (with one bus) between the towns of Hibbing and Alice in 1914. The bus line grew to become Greyhound Lines, Inc.
From Mr. Food
Your game-day party definitely needs this mouthwatering Half-Time Bacon Cheese Dip from Mr. Food Test Kitchen!
1 (1-lb) loaf Italian or sourdough bread, unsliced
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup cubed mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup crumbled crispy cooked bacon
3 scallions, sliced
1 Tbsp. whole grain mustard
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp beer
1 tsp. garlic powder
- Preheat oven to 375º.
- Cut the top off the bread about 1/3 of the way down and set top aside.
- Hollow out inside, leaving about 1-inch of bread around edges.
- Cut top of the bread, and the bread that you removed into 1-inch cubes and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together remaining ingredients until thoroughly combined.
- Spoon mixture into bread loaf, then loosely wrap the bread load in aluminum foil.
- Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until hot in center.
- Garnish with extra scallions as shown in photo.
- Serving Suggestion: Serve this up with the cut up bread, your favorite veggies and frozen pretzel bites that you can bake right alongside the bread loaf.
Historically this date.....
1915 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
1994 – Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edward Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
1999 – President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
2004 – The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
And births this date include...
1809 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
1915 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (d. 1987)
1916 – Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
Alioto's was a favorite place to eat for Jerry and I.
1919 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986)
1968 – Josh Brolin, American actor
All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Saturday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
February 12th.is Abraham Lincoln's actual birth date. However, in modern times President Lincoln and all of the U.S. Presidents, are celebrated on President's Day.
Every American knows President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. "Honest Abe", as he was commonly known, was born in the wilderness country of Hardin County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809.
Abraham Lincoln became president in 1861. Although he hated war, he was drawn into it as he believed it was the only was to save the nation, after the southern states declared their secession from the Union.
In addition to serving as president during the civil war and saving the Union, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation that ended slavery in the U.S. forever.He also wrote and gave The Gettysburg Address, memorializing the bloodiest and most important battle of the Civil War. Gettysburg proved to be the turning point of the war.
Shortly after the war ended, Abraham Lincoln became the first U.S. President to be assassinated. He was shot and mortally wounded on Good Friday, April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater.
