Ice ~ Football ~ Soup

 Good 28º morning. Burrrr......   Everything is frozen out there...

I shook the hummer feeders to make sure they were still liquid. Close to being frozen!

Yesterday was just a "stay at home" day and I had a number of phone calls, one of which I never got to finish... will call Candy back today!

 Brian and Tucker came by. They were on their way for some bowling in Medford..

 They were ready for the game later.

Speaking of which, two awesome games yesterday...

The Saints vs the Seahawks... Saints losing 36-41. What a game!!

Sadly for Brian and Tucker's Colts, they lost 16-17 (!!) to Kristen's Jets. Now the Jets will play my Patriots next Sunday in Foxborough.

The shooting of the Congresswoman and federal judge and that little 9 year old girl in Tucson yesterday certainly stunned all of us. As one of the newscasters said, "Sane people don't do things like this. He's a wakko." So sad for the families. I hope Congresswoman Giffords makes a full recovery. Docs said it would be long and difficult.

So, the sun miraculously came out about 1pm ...

(see.... shadows!)

and at 3:30 we still had sky....

by 5pm there was still blue up there....

 ....

and there were still tiny patches of snow on the mountain...

Quiet evening... soup and a snuggy fire....

Historically this date...

 A whole bunch of stuff happened, but too boring to list..

Births this date include....

1913 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)

1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)

1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)

 

1934 – Bart Starr, American football player

1935 – Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)

1940 – Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)

"I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus" !
Looks like he's gotten 'cranky' in his old age!!!

1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer

1982 – Kate Middleton, fianceé to Prince William of Wales

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January

National Soup Month

I'm doin' my part!

Haircut ~ Green Eyes Chard ~ Elvis' Birthday

Good 34º foggy (what else) morning. Sigh........

Except for a splashing of sunshine on Wednesday, every single day has looked like this. It's depressing. Not only that, I feel as if it's added to my cranky attitude! So, I ordered  this light therapy device made by Phillips. It simulates real UV sunlight, it's compact, portable, with a rechargeable battery and carrying case. You only need to have it on 15-20 minutes, facing you.

It is recommended by doctors and has high ratings. Worth a try. It will be here Tuesday.

Yesterday I got my hair cut/colored. Leah is my beautician. She's wonderful, pretty, funny.....

What a sense of humor! She had Kyle, her little pooch, in the shop yesterday. So sweet.....

While I was there Nancy stopped in. She was coming by to see her sister-in-law, Judy, who I didn't even realize was there and she saw my car so brought me some of her FABULOUS biscotti! We made a date for cocktails at 4.

After the haircut I went to the health food store in town. Got some 100% total absorption Life Force vitamins

and a copy of Sharrie's 'alkaline diet'. She is a nurse and also has a Master's Degree in natural health care. Very interesting to talk to.

I went home, picked up a bottle of Green Eyes Chardonnay

("Green Eyes 2008 ChardonnayLoaded with green apple, melon, and tropical flavors with spectacular aroma and crisp finish. ")  and Maggie and we went to Nancy's. Skeeter, her little Jack Russell, was happy to see Maggie. Skeets is 3 and Maggs is 11, so Maggs wasn't as thrilled. LOL  Nancy and I had a good girl gab-fest for a couple of hours! She had a couple of snacks set out... one was "Raw Natural Crispy Kale Chips". Really good! http://rhythmsuperfoods.com/  She gave me a bag and told me where the health food store was she got them at in Medford. Will pick up some more. They contain kale, zucchini, carrot, cashews, onion, coconut, lemon juice, ginger, cilantro, spices, and sea salt.

 Ok, so ... came home and had soup for dinner and a snuggy fire and watched TV.  Yawn....

Historically this date........

1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City.

1835 – The United States national debt is 0 for the only time.

1877 – Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.

2005 – The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.

And births this date include...

1907 - Agnes Mills Williams, my aunt, my mother's sister. Born in Cananea, Mexico when my Scottish grandfather was a mining engineer in the silver/gold mines there.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cananea 

1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress and entertainer (d. 1970)

1912 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992)

1926 – Soupy Sales, American comedian (d. 2009)

1935 – Elvis Presley, American singer (d. 1977)

1937 – Dame Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer

1938 – Bob Eubanks, American game show host

1942 – Yvette Mimieux, American actress

1947 – David Bowie, English musician

 All I know. Nuff said. Will be cleaning out and tossing out today...

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 8th

National English Toffee Day

The best toffee you will ever eat

comes from Grants Pass Oregon!

http://www.carysoforegon.com/

You can order it and have it shipped.

Mo' Fog! ~ Snuggy Fire ~ Popcorn ~ Tempura Day

Good 29º gloomy foggy morning. Again! Yesterday not one ray of sunshine. Oh, the weather man said up on the mountain you could get in the sun. What, 2500 feet? Swell. Looks like we are in for more of the same. Possibly rain on the weekend. Of course! My truck is clean now.

Yesterday I went to the dealer to have my oil changed in my truck, the wheels aligned, and see about the malfunction in the rear door. Seems as though I pushed the "lock" button on it unintentionally and so that was solved! The lobby at Roe still had their Christmas tree up....

Comments were made by a couple of those waiting. One man said they always kept their tree up until January 6th. I said, "Today is January 6th.... Three Kings Day". "Oh."  (smile)

Stopped at Colonel Sanders on the way home to pick up some coleslaw

and hot wings

for Patty and Cliff. Dropped them off later and had a cocktail while the guys, Brian and Dan (?), were finishing up their new double-paned window instillation. Really nice and so much warmer inside their home.

Came home and made some vegetable and cornish hen soup. Mmmm... Nice and hot. Hit the spot. Then we had a fire and got snuggy with some popcorn and our favorite TV shows....

 The log got really hot and the newly glued insulation on the door worked perfectly....

 CSI was on.... one of my favs.....

Sorry, there was nothing outside to take a picture of! Just fog!

Historically this date....

1904 – The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".

   ... odd. What would CQD stand for? "can't quite decide"? "captain quit driving"? "come quick, danger"?

1952 – President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.

1999 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.

          (.....what a bunch of inept ass holes!)

And births this date include....

1800 – Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)

1911 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995)

1922 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-born actor (d. 1992)

1929 – Terry Moore, American actress

1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer

1956 – David Caruso, American actor

 Weird weird weird weirdo!

1957 – Katie Couric, American television host

   .... beeeotch!

1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress

... since 1990 still married to Paul Hogan!

1963 – Rand Paul, American politician, senator-elect from Kentucky

1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor

 Another weird weird weird weirdo!

1966 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)

Ok, nuff said. I have some JCRW stuff to do and then get my hair cut. My phone is acting up (lots of scratchy noise) so Brian said he had an extra phone he would give me and see if it's the phone or connections...... always something!

Happy Friday

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 7th

National Tempura Day

Mmmm... I'd like some of that!