Rubber Duckie Day

Good 40º raining morning. 1/4" so far. Heard it coming down in buckets about 4:15 this morning. Was dreaming that Obama DEMANDED a tour of the range and Jerry was taking him. I was dressed in my range uniform (yellow shirt, green pants) and was admitted into the building. Super high security because BO was there! LOL I couldn't find them and woke up frustrated. Must have been watching the memorial in Tucson last night that triggered that dream!

I can't post any photos, sum ting wong. I get an error message that says "the requested url was not found on this server"....whatever that means. Always always something!!!!! When I get a chance I'll call AOL and see what they have to say! (UPDATE...ok, so I downloaded the newest version of AOL and now I can add photos!!!!)

Dinner last night was great ... I cooked a couple of yams in the microwave, cut up some white chicken breast into bite sized pieces and cooked it in garlic olive oil, added some canned sliced mushrooms, cooked more until slightly crispy on edges, added cut up cooked yam, garlic powder, Sonoma pepper, rosemary sea salt, lemon zest, and a splash of pomegranet balsamic vinegar. Really GOOD!!! That and a glass of chard ... perfect.

An ELA Deputy trainee was shot yesterday. The bullet hit his cheek and he may lose the eye. His training officer was bruised up in the fight with the suspect, a local gangster just released from jail, and the suspect was killed. Follow up on the Deputy when I hear.

Today is JCRW and I have to be there early to help Ruth with a project. Then to Costco.

Yesterday I was looking for photos and found a lot of them I had put on CDs, but they wouldn't download on this computer, so I used my laptop and put them all on an external hard drive. Yeah!! Danged CDs get corrupted.

Historically this date....

1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.

    Good grief!

1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison

1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. Coincidentally, 30 minutes later, a Washington Metrorail train derails at the Federal Triangle station, on the orange and blue lines, killing three and injuring many more. Flight 90 also destroyed part of a Blue line track that ran next to the 14th street bridge. This gridlocked the city

2001 – An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.

And births this date include...

1884 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966)

1919 – Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)

1925 – Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)

1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)

1943 – Richard Moll, American actor

1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress

1962 – Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter

1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress

1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor

1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor

And... Linda (Woodland Linda!) your baby boy Chris is 43 today. Happy Birthday Chris!!!

All I know. Have a great Thursday. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 13th

Rubber Duckie Day'

http://rubaduck.com/articles/rubber-duckie-song.htm

Rain! ~ Puppy Maggie ~ Pharmacist Day

Good 37º raining morning. So far  14/100ths inch.

Yawn, up too early, but my fault, went to bed about 9pm.

        

All day yesterday it was cold. Bone chilling cold. Dave, the UPS driver, and I agree this is the longest spell of COLD we can remember. By 2:45 the sun was up there but couldn't break through....

And then by almost 5pm the sky changed again...

Came across this picture yesterday.......

OMG, my Maggie was such a baby girl....

Riding up there on the mule with her dad. So precious.

And my little love today.....

I spent the day doing "projects" and going through old photos. Fun.

No special meals, oatmeal and an orange for breakfast, soup for lunch and dinner. Today I will continue with my "projects" (to be revealed at a later date).

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

1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.  (Adam Henrys!)

1991 – Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

2006 – A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.    :o(

2010 – The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing at least 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.

And births this date include.... (some real doozies!!)

1737 – John Hancock, American merchant, statesman, & Founding Father; 4th & 13th President of the Continental Congress; and 1st & 3rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793)

1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916)

   Interesting read. What a life! Short.

1905 – Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. 1974)

1923 – Ira Hayes, US Marine (d. 1955)

1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress

 

1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality, author and political commentator

1954 – Howard Stern, American radio personality and author

(Gag, gag, and more gagging!!!)

1968 – Heather Mills, British activist and model

(Poor Paul!)

All I know. Been fighting with the computer already. Frustrating me to no end! Have a good Wednesday. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 12th

National Pharmacist Day

Rain a comin' ~ Brain fart ~ Elk ~ Auburn/Ducks ~ PatC's party

Good 28º morning.

No fog, just dark high clouds with rain predicted from now through the end of the week.

 and the summit is looking cold and lonely...

I'm just going to go out and shoot myself....I forgot the memory card in my camera yesterday. It was stuck in my computer so none of the pictures I took at PatC's birthday party came out! Thankfully, hopefully, Debbie's came out. AAARUGHHHHHH..... I feel soooooooooooooo STUPID!!!

The birthday party was nice. There was a big cake and snacks. The Ducks/Tigers football game came on and the noise level rose a bit!

 Auburn won 22-19.  My Oregon friends are sad, but my Southern (Alabama/Georgia) family and friends are happy.

Some neat photos...

 A bald eagle released in the stadium during the National Anthem... 

 A worried Ducks fan.  

And  ......

 

 Auburn footballer Neiko Thorpe, (from Tucker GA) celebrating.

This morning I had some visitors....

They show up so early it's hard to get a good photo in this very low light. Brian suggested a spotlight hooked up to an extension cord so when they show up I can hit them with the light and get a good picture! LOL  Thanks B. xo

Historically this date.....

1878 – Milk is first delivered in bottles.

1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.

1935 – Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

1949 – First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.

  .... And how I remember getting up from my nap (I was 3)  and everything was white. Our Christmas tree had been put outside and it had snow all over it. I thought it so beautiful. Mom put warm clothes on and Daddy and I made some snowballs on the front lawn. Then the neighbor boy came and threw and hit me with a snowball. I cried. He was a brat!  :o(

1964 – United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nation- and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.

   SOAPBOX ...... Ok, people, for the last 47 years you have known smoking is bad for you and yet you continue to smoke! It's not only bad for you, but bad for anyone around you, it's expen$ive, it causes litter and dirty ashtrays (ugh), and besides you don't smell very good!
Look ..... I feel it's my duty to bug my friends about this. I'm a reformed whore, I used to smoke. So, been there, done that. Quit now! The doc didn't list Jerry's heart as the cause of his death, he listed on the Death Certificate "smoking" as the cause! Wake up ....

Births this date include....

1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)

    ... Isn't " Cai Yuanpei !! " something a Chinese cowboy would say while riding a bucking bronco!!   :o)

1923 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman

1924 – Don Cherry, American singer and golfer

 Famous for the song "Band of Gold". Neat song!1955! Click the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnktmVwsqw&feature=related

1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor

Whatta hunk he was!!!  

Dang, it sad to get old!!!!

1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer

This just in................... photo from Deb of PatC modeling the "outfit" I got for her at Goodwill. I guess she now has a head start on the "Ugly Sweater" party for this year!!!

 The hat: red and black, the scarf: orange and green, the sweater: turquoise and green and blue. A true fashion plate!  :o)

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 11th

National Hot Toddy Day

Definition of a Hot Toddy

Wikipedia encyclopedia tells us that "Hot toddy is a name given to a mixed drink that is served hot, believed to have originated in the 18th century to make the taste of scotch more palatable to women."  "Although there are many variations, essential ingredients are:

Other ingredients that are often added:

"Hot toddies (such as mulled cider) are traditionally drunk before going to bed, or in wet and cold weather." "They were believed to help cure the cold and flu."

Gotta say... works on sore throats!!

spices, usually "brown" spices such as cinnamon or cloves.

a hot beverage which may be tea, coffee, cocoa, water, apple cider, etc.

citrus, such as lemon or orange. Lemonade can be used instead of hot water and citrus; this is a modern variant.

an alcoholic spirit such as brandy, rum, or whiskey.

A little butter.

usually a sweetener, such as honey, sugar or syrup.

Clouds ~ Super Soup ~ Oregon Ducks ~

Good 26º morning. Fog. Imagine. Whodda thought!

Late afternoon yesterday the sky was strange.... sun and some awesome clouds trying to come out from behind the fog...

I spent the day doing New Years cards in place of Christmas cards.  I had some great conversations... Jim, old high school buddy, Candy, a new acquaintance .. her hubby former LASD, and BFF Linda.

I made some 'super' soup. Used Harry and David's dry chicken/vegetable mix (thank you Jean!), used water and chicken base and then added Imagine creamy chicken soup. The 'chicken' was two cans of chunky chicken, Kirkland brand, from Costco (which is really tasty and tender), a can of olives, a can of sliced mushrooms, sliced garlic, and onion of course, and a bag of broccoli slaw. Very hearty and GOOD!

I was going to add a can of quartered artichoke hearts, but ended up

snacking on them instead!

The news out of Arizona on the shootings is so emotional to me, don't know why. I guess it brings back 9-11 and all the innocent senseless deaths. So many hearts are broken.

Maggs, Harley, and I had a snuggy fire and caught up on some of my Tivo'd shows and periodicals that are stacking up.

Tonight is a birthday celebration for my friend PatC. It will be at the Homestead in town. Most of the lounges and sports bars in Oregon will be hosting "game night" as the Oregon Ducks play the Auburn Tigers this evening. Big deal for Oregonads.  The Ducks  have dominated opponents this season with a 16-0 record.  Some Ducks history:

The Ducks won their only Rose Bowl in 1917 against the University of Pennsylvania and have been to four Rose Bowls since, losing all four.^[84] However, the Ducks did play in and won the 2002 Fiesta Bowl against the Colorado Buffaloes which took the Pac-10 champions in years where the Rose Bowl is reserved for the national championship game like 2002.^[85][86] Since the two Rose Bowls in 1917 and 1920, the Ducks have had little success in making bowl games until 1989, with the exception of a sparse string of bowl games between 1949 and 1963. Under head coach Rich Brooks, the Ducks went to four bowl games including the 1989 and 1992 Independence Bowls, the 1990 Freedom Bowl, and the 1995 Rose Bowl.^[84] During Mike Bellotti's tenure as head coach between the 1995 and 2008 seasons, the Ducks have been to a bowl game every year with the exception of the 1996 and 2004 seasons. In 2009 the Ducks earned a berth in the 2010 Rose Bowl, losing to the Ohio State Buckeyes.


Historically this date.........
1810 – Napoleon divorces his first wife Joséphine. 1861 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. 2005 – A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.

And births this date include.....

1836 – Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)

1865 – Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)

1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)

1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (d. 2003

She was funny!!!!


1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)

 

1943 – Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)

1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer

 Ewwwww..........

1945 – Rod Stewart, Scottish singer

1949 – George Foreman, American boxer

   I LOVE his grill!!!!

1949 – Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (d. 2002)

 otherwise known as 'deep throat' ... from whence came the term Deep Throat , the pseudonym given to the secret informant who provided information to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post in 1972 about the involvement of United States President Richard Nixon's administration in what came to be known as the Watergate scandal.

1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer

1957 – Greg Walden, American politician, United States Congressman from Oregon

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG!!!!!!!
♥†♥†♫♪ ♪♫•♥♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥ ♥♪♫•*•♫♪ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥♥†♥†♥  (I love this guy! A real hero to Oregon!)

....and today is PatC's birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT!!!!!!

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥HAPPY♥BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUU♥¸¸.•*¨♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♫♪ ♪♫•♥♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥ ♥♪♫•*•♫♪ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥♥†♥†♥ ♥HAPPY♥♪♫•♥BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUU†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥ ¨*•♫♪♥HAPPY♥♪♫•♥BIRTHDAY DEAR PATTTTC...♥*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ ~ ♥ ♥;)♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥♥†♥¨*•♫♪♥HAPPY♥♪♫•♥BIRTHDAYTO YOUUUUU♥*¨†♥ ♥†♥†♥

All I know. Nuff said. Off to get things done. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 10th

National Clean Off Your Desk Day

 

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