Rain ~ Fish Stew ~ Dragons ~

Good 47º raining morning.

Looks like since yesterday afternoon we've gotten

So, yesterday I cleaned out stuff.... everywhere... sort of like having ADHD and opening a cupboard, tossing out something, opening the freezer and tossing out stuff there too! Oh look, there's a squirrel!!!

Well I came across frozen bottom fish that Patty and Cliff had caught and packaged. I decided to make Fish Stew.    

   

First I took some Christopher Ranch chopped garlic, anchovie fillets that had been soaked in water for about 5 minutes-rinsed-patted dry and put them in the bullet blender until they became a paste. (This can also be done with a mortar and pestle.) Set aside. Cook 1 chopped onion in olive oil with 2 cans of sliced mushrooms until crusty on the edges. Add garlic/anchovie paste and stir in. Chop 8 slices of bacon and cook until crispy. Drain.

 

 Add all of the above to the crockpot, adding two cans of diced tomatoes. I also added two fresh chopped tomatoes that were reaching the end of their life span.

To this I added 1 box of Imagine Potato Soup

and a couple cups of water.

 I cooked the anellini pasta and added
that and then the cut up fish fillets.

 along with some orange zest...


4 red potatoes cut bite-size and a couple glergs of lemon juice.

I also added 'Rosemary' sea salt, lots of black Sonoma pepper, and a handful of red pepper flakes to make it 'spicy'!!!

This cooked on low for about 6 hours. The fish I used was very firm, and it stays together, doesn't flake apart.

I must say, this is AWESOME tasting!!!!

Historically this date......

1847 – John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.

1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.

1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.

1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.

1979 – The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.

    along with him, his Police Commander, who is the grandfather of Brian's pal Kio. Kio has a wonderful family, most of whom I have met, including his grandfather. Interesting man.

1991 – The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).

2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.

and births this date include.....

1634 – Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)

    Now, this not only sounds like a name but a description
    as well!!! LOL

    Glad I didn't have to learn how to spell that as a kid!

1877 - Sarah Dunbar, my "Auntie" was born in Scotland. She was my grandmother's sister.

1878 – Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947)

 (The father of Harry Carey Jr..)

1901 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)

  You only get one guess as to his invention!

1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)

1917 – Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)

 

1924 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)

1935 – A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner

1994- grand nephew, Andrew Mueller. Happy Birthday Andrew!!cute baby dragons!

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday. GO PATRIOTS!!! Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 16th

International Hot and Spicy food Day

......and it's also Appreciate A Dragon Day

Scary ones...

 

...or...

Tap Rock ~ Mini Me ~ National Hat Day ~ New Grandparents

Good 46º foggy morning. Some rain yesterday, not much. Just a few sprinkles on the windshield.

Yesterday I headed to Grants Pass to Tap Rock

where I met up with Candy and Jeannie.

(cute girls!)
 Their husbands attend the Law Enforcement/Fire luncheon I go to once a month. The 'guys' both worked for LASD Homicide. We know a lot of the same people from the department.

 We had a really great time and good food and wine! My favorite (and Candy's) is the Crab BLT salad....

Lots of crab, bacon, tomato, olives.... and house dressing. Mmmmm.....

Historically this date....

1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).

  LOL "And such a Lion! and such a Jackass!"

1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta.

1919 – Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.

  ............... Ewwwww.... death by molasses.

     That had to be a lot of moles!!     :o)

1947 – The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.

1947 - my sister Betty and Joe Mueller were married.

L-R, Marion, Betty, Joe, Daddy, Me, Mom....

Sadly my sis Marion passed away in 2004 from leukemia, Joe died in 2002, and of course both of my parents have passed away. But, weren't we cute!!!

1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10

1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.

2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.

    YEAH!!!!

2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.

    YEAH for Sullie!!!!! Hero.

And births this date include....

1906 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)

1909 – Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)

If my grandson Jack keeps going on the drums like he is he'll be the next Krupa!!! (click here to see Jack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrAQxoabPTw )

1913 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)

Sea Hunt and Airplane. Great actor!!!

1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968)

1937 – Margaret O'Brien, American actress

   

1948 – Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)

 Sadly another talent lost in a plane crash!

 

1968 – Chad Lowe, American actor

Little bro of Rob Lowe

1978 – Eddie Cahill, American actor

  ... a fav on CSI:NY

1979 – Drew Brees, American football player

And my friend from ELA.... Big Al Rodriguez. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AL!!

Two friends, both had worked LASD at Temple, Steve Voors and Jim Forbus each became grandfathers on the same day, January 12th. Both their daughters had baby girls... Steve and Barbara have new Katherine, and Jim and Dawn have little Audrey. CONGRATULATIONS to all! Beautiful babies. Such fun.

Grandchildren are the BEST!

Happy Saturday everyone. I will be doing: 

 

Hope your weekend is a great one! Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/SueJanuary 15th

National Hat Day

 

 
Patriots.... tomorrow. Go Tommy boy!~!!!!!!

Elk ~ Dress Up Pets Day

Good 45º morning. Clouds sitting down right on top of us!

Lots of rain yesterday. First thing the heard of elk were out in my pasture. I got a couple of pictures that came out decent. The low light makes it really hard to capture them without the picture coming out blurry...

Maggie is still having the drinking/peeing problem consuming copious amounts of water and needing to go out a lot. Yesterday morning she "leaked" on the bed. A small spot, but all the same....  So I jumped up (since I felt it on my arm...ugh) and let her out. Then I stripped the bed, washed the sheets and mattress cover. Brian said the cleaners next to his office would have my comforter done in one day if I got it there before 10am. These folks at Vogue Cleaners are SO NICE! Anyway, since I had the JCRW luncheon and had to be there early I left here at 9, dropped off the comforter, met Ruth and the girls to set up for the luncheon. Our speaker was former Jackson Co Sheriff, CW Smith, and he is now a County Commissioner ( http://www.co.jackson.or.us/members.asp?memberid=34 ). Nice guy. Chatty. You might recall me talking about our Ronald Reagan BBQ last year and he appointed me his Deputy to "arrest" prominent members, bring them to the "jail" and then their bail was auctioned off.  He spoke at length yesterday and we didn't get out of there until 2pm. Too late to go to Costco, needed to get home and let Maggie out!!! Then we headed to Vogue to pick up the comforter. I was tired when I got home and didn't even cook dinner! Snacked. Showered. Went to bed early!

The skies yesterday with the clouds and the sun trying to peek through in a few places was pretty.....

The first photo is on I-5 just out of Central Point heading north. (Actually I-5 goes east and west until it hits Grants Pass, then it goes north and south again.) the second one is coming up to Rogue River.

Today is lunch with Candy at Tap Rock. Their crab BLT salad is my favorite and apparently her's too! We shall enjoy.

Historically this date....

1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.

1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.

1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets a record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.

And births this date include....

1741 – Benedict Arnold, American/British general (d. 1801)

1906 – William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)

"The Life of Riley" TV show....

1919 – Andy Rooney, American journalist

1924 – Guy Williams, American actor (d. 2002)

1926 – Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)

1943 – Shannon Lucid, American astronaut

1944 – Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist

   ... When I worked for UPS I delivered a package to him. He opened the door and we both had the same hairdo! I had a perm and was a curly top! He was soooooooooooo weird. Said I shouldn't have driven up his driveway. Wanted me to park down at the road (a good distance) and walk up. Ha!

1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor

(Nice hat!)

Ok, all I know. Nuff said. Happy Friday to all you working stiffs!!!

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 14th

National Dress Up Your Pet Day

 

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'

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