Weather/Snow ~ Picture of the Day ~ Mel Gibson ~ Amazing Hot Dogs 'n' Beans ~ Alex Follen ~ Interesting Birth Days ~ National Bean Day

 

 

Good 37º super snowy morning. The sun just came and melted the snow off my satellite dish so I can use my computer. Here are my snow pictures....

 

 

Yesterday we topped at 46º. The snow started in the night. 

 

 

Picture of the Day😁

 

 

Interesting about Mel Gibson...........

 

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and film director. He is known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series Mad Max and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop action-comedy film series Lethal Weapon.

 

Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old. He studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he starred opposite Judy Davis in a production of Romeo and Juliet. During the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a production company, which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called "an alternative to the studio system". Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the World War I drama Gallipoli (1981), which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute, as well as a reputation as a serious, versatile actor.

 

In 1995, Gibson produced, directed, and starred in Braveheart, a historical epic, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Director, and the Academy Award for Best Picture. He later directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a biblical drama that was both financially successful and highly controversial. He received further critical notice for his directorial work of the action-adventure film Apocalypto (2006), which is set in Mesoamerica during the early 16th century.

 

After several legal issues and controversial statements leaked to the public, Gibson's popularity in Hollywood declined, affecting his careers in acting and directing. His career began seeing a resurgence with his performance in Edge of Darkness (2010) and Jodie Foster's The Beaver (2011). His directorial comeback after an absence of 10 years, Hacksaw Ridge (2016), won two Academy Awards,^[8][9] and was nominated for another four including Best Picture and Best Director for Gibson, his second nomination in the category.

 

Early life

Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, of Irish descent, the sixth of 11 children, and the second son of Hutton Gibson, a writer, and Irish-born Anne Patricia (née Reilly, died 1990). Gibson's paternal grandmother was opera contralto Eva Mylott (1875–1920), who was born in Australia to Irish parents, while his paternal grandfather, John Hutton Gibson, was a millionaire tobacco businessman from the Southern United States. One of Gibson's younger brothers, Donal, is also an actor. Gibson's first name is derived from St Mel's Cathedral, situated in his mother's hometown of Longford. His second name, Colmcille, is also shared with an Irish saint. Because of his mother, Gibson retains dual Irish and American citizenship. Gibson is also an Australian permanent resident.

 

Gibson has said that he started drinking at the age of 13. In a 2002 interview for the documentary actingclassof1977.com, made by his former National Institute of Dramatic Art colleague Sally McKenzie, Gibson said, "I had really good highs but some very low lows."

 

Gibson was banned from driving in Ontario, Canada, for three months in 1984, after rear-ending a car in Toronto while under the influence of alcohol. He retreated to his Australian farm for over a year to recover, but he continued to struggle with drinking. Despite this problem, Gibson gained a reputation in Hollywood for professionalism and punctuality such that frequent collaborator Richard Donner was shocked when Gibson confided that he was drinking five pints of beer for breakfast. Reflecting in 2003 and 2004, Gibson said that despair in his mid-30s led him to contemplate suicide, and he meditated on Christ's Passion to heal his wounds. He took more time off acting in 1991 and sought professional help. That year, Gibson's attorneys were unsuccessful at blocking the Sunday Mirror from publishing what Gibson shared at AA meetings. In 1992, Gibson provided financial support to Hollywood's Recovery Center, saying, "Alcoholism is something that runs in my family. It's something that's close to me. People do come back from it, and it's a miracle."

 

On August 17, 2006, Gibson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge and was sentenced to three years' probation. He was ordered to attend self-help meetings five times a week for four-and-a-half months and three times a week for the remainder of the first year of his probation.

If you want to read a lot more, go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson

 

 

 From Mr. Food

 Serves 6

 

Nothing says "campfire dinner" like beans and hot dogs, which is why recipes like this Amazing Hot Dogs 'n' Beans Skillet are so popular during the summertime. Whether you're cooking this up over a real campfire or on your own kitchen stove, this budget-friendly casserole is sure to put a smile on your face.

 

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 (28-ounce) cans baked beans, undrained
• 6 hot dogs, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
• 1 cup corn chips

 

1. Preheat stove top to medium-high heat. Melt butter in a cast iron skillet. Add onion and sauté until tender.
    
2. Add remaining ingredients, except corn chips; mix well and cook 12 to 15 minutes, or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
    
3. Top with corn chips and serve.

 

 

 

 

Special birthday today.... my granddaughter Alex is 28 years old. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JELLY BEAN!!! Love you!!! xoxoxo 

 

 

Me and Alex just under a year old....

 

 She is the one who nicknamed me Bobo. She couldn't say "grandma", it came out Bobo! I nicknamed her Jelly Bean because I always kept a jar of Jelly Bellies and she loved them!

Here she is with Grandpa Jerry..........

 

 

Amazing that so many in my family are born on special days... Today is Epiphany or Three Kings Day (https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/epiphany)

Alex's brother Jack was born on Income Tax Day (4-15) as well as Jerry's son Aaron. We always teased that it was apropos for them born on 4-15 as 415 is a police code (LASD) for "disturbance"! LOL.

My Kristen born on Halloween, as well as Jerry's dad. My Brian born on Valentines Day, as well as Jerry's mom and my sister Marion's husband Bill. My Mom's birthday became the day the war with Japan ended, August 15, and my birthday is VJ Day, when the treaty was signed with Japan on board the USS Missouri. My Dad's birthday, March 16th, was the day the Marines raised the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. Not the day he was born, because he was born in 1901.  Grandson Tucker born on September 20th, the date the Star Spangled Banner was published in 1814. And lastly, daughter-in-love Jen was born on 7-11.... Oh thank heaven for 7-11!!!

 

 

 

Historically this date..........

1912 – New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.

1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.

 

 

And births this date include....

1912 – Danny Thomas, American actor (d. 1991)

1913 – Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)

 

1926 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)

1931 – Capucine, French actress (d. 1990)

On 17 March 1990, Capucine jumped from her eighth-floor apartment in Lausanne Switzerland, where she had lived for 28 years, having reportedly suffered from illness and depression for some time. Sad.... she was such a beauty and a good actress!

 

1960 – Howie Long, American football player and analyst

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

Green, red, kidney, lima, or soy are just a few of the different kinds of beans recognized on National Bean Day on January 6th.

This day celebrates the bean in all sizes, shapes, and colors. We’ve been cultivating beans (legumes) since the early seventh millennium BC. And today, just as throughout the Old and New World history, beans provide a significant source of protein.  Not only are beans an exceptionally healthy meal and snack choice, but they supply an excellent source of fiber. They are low in fat and are high in complex carbohydrates, folate, and iron, too.

In one cup of cooked beans, supplies between 9 and 13 grams of fiber.  Soluble fiber can help in lowering blood cholesterol.

• There are approximately 40,000 bean varieties in the world.
• Only a fraction of these varieties is mass-produced for regular consumption.

HOW TO OBSERVE 

This holiday offers so many recipes to try thanks to all the varieties of beans available. Try beans you’ve never tasted before. Introduce a new variety of bean to your cooking regimen. When you do, be sure to share the recipe. Since beans are so beneficial, you’ll want to keep friends and family informed of your bean discoveries.