Sue's Daily Drivel ...

Thursday, February 24, 2011

~ Skies ~ Crab ~ Elk ~ Tortilla Chips ~

Good 32º morning. No storm as predicted. No snow yet.
It was supposed to start at 4pm yesterday and storm
hard until 4am. Come on..................

Great skies... took thse Tuesday evening at 5pm

and then yesterday afternoon at 2pm

and then again at 3pm... just a drizzle was coming down

on the mountain....

So, went to Medford yesterday for my Excel class.

Now to practice. There is so much to Excel, it's amazing.

On the way home I got corn snow!

Came home and stacked wood on the porch and then

unloaded a bag of cracked corn, a bag of Nyjer seed,

and a bag of wild birdseed. Back killer. Sat with a glass

of wine and recovered.

Then I tackled the crab .... It was clean, as Patty had

scrubbed it~! So I cracked it and cut it and (tasting as I went!)

got all the meat out. Of course Harley was as close as he

could get, and did get some tastes...

Then I sauteéd broccoli and grape tomatoes in my infused

garlic/onion olive oil... salt and pepper and then topped with

a grated cheese blend....

I melted butter and added fresh lemon juice and poured

that over the crab. It was HEAVEN!!!!! THANK YOU PATTY

AND CLIFF!!!!!!! xooxoxoxxoooxox

A snuggy fire, glass of wine, chair (Brian always called a recliner

a "chair of death" because you can never stay awake!), comforter,

cat in lap, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh..................... nice. Watched some TV.

The world is getting crazier by the moment. And that

Lindsay Lohan thing is a circus. Poor folks who have to deal with

all that. Good to be so far removed.

Brian and Jen and the troops said they are feeling better. Yeah.

All I know. Will be making birthday cards today and working on

my Excel stuff.......

Don't have to plan dinner, I have crab and chicken soup in the

fridge. Looks like all around me it has snowed...

.... and in Klamath Falls.... ICK

Historically this date...

1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.

1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.

1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.

1942 – Battle of Los Angeles: a UFO flying over wartime Los Angeles causes a blackout order at 2:25 a.m. and attracts a barrage of anti-aircraft fire, ultimately killing 3 civilians.

1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.

And births this date include....

1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor

his brother, Bill Vigoda, was a comic-book artist
who drew for the Archie comics franchise
and others in the 1940s.

1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)

Another young suicide.

1942 – Joe Lieberman, American politician

When he talks he whines!!!

1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor

1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor

1955 – Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer

1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American musician

.... and special friend, Janie's hubby, Dana (Saddle maker extraordinaire!) , is celebrating his birthday today too. Happy Birthday Dana!!!! Quit trying to catch up to me~!!~!

LOL

So, I just went out to see what the weather is doing...
it's starting to snow....

And the elk were all up in Gerard's pasture....

Now they are jumping the fence and coming into my pasture...

Then they head up to my pond.....

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

Happy Thursday. Nuff said. Ciao.

February 24th

National Tortilla Chip Day

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

~ Everybody Has A Cold! ~ Crab ~ Chicken Soup ~ Banana Bread ~

Good 30º morning. Cloudy.

Yesterday Maggie and I went to the health food store and got some chewable Vitamin C for Brian. He is miserable with a nasty cold, probably shared by his children. They all, including Jen, have been coughing and blowing. Nasty stuff. When I got to his office Emily was sick too. Thankfully I took an Airborne before going there! Told them to chew those Vitamin C often all day! Drink hot tea (Dr. Oz said the hot liquid in the throat helps get rid of the gunky stuff!) Chicken soup !!!!!

We stopped at The Grange and got Nyjer seed and wild bird seed. Then to Ace for cracked corn. Home and I cleaned the chicken and bagged it in one meal servings. Then I started a pot of chicken soup with the broth from the giblets. Added the rest of the asparagus and radishes, carrots, broccoli, lots of chicken meat, Anellini pasta

, and mushrooms. Mmmmmm mmm..... Good stuff!

It stayed pretty cloudy and gloomy yesterday.

Got sprinkles several times.

When I went out to take the mountain picture, this little

hummer was there. He seems not to be scared of me. He

doesn't fly away when I'm out there, standing almost under

the feeder. He just looks at me, and as if to say, "go ahead

take your picture, don't mind me, I'll just finish my meal."

He/she is the baby hummer that was shivering on the perch

last week when it was 19º!

Patty and Cliff left the coast (where it's predicted to snow

there too!) and stopped by with 2 GIANT crabs for me.

Tonight's dinner!!! Mmmm... lemon butter and fresh crab.

Drooling as I write!

Historically this date...

1836 – The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.

1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.

1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.

1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.

1998 – Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and "Crusaders"; the latter term is commonly interpreted to refer to the people of Europe and the United States.

1918 – Richard G. Butler, founder of Aryan Nations (d. 2004)

Boy, he was some piece of work!

1940 – Peter Fonda, American actor

(Like his sister, he thinks he is more special than most!

Too bad, his dad seemed like a good guy!)

1951 – Patricia Richardson, American actress

1965 – Kristin Davis, American actress

1994 – Dakota Fanning, American actress

All I know. Today I'm going to the Republican HQ in Medford

where Laraine is going to teach PatT and I Excel. Yesterday

I got a call that Liz, hygienist, was sick so my dental appointment

has been changed...

Happy Wednesday ... Hump Day! Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

February 23rd

National Banana Bread Day

Ok, Cliffy, here's your clue....

Hint hint hint.......xo

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

~ Chicken Dinner ~ Margarita Day ! ~

Good 28º morning. Iced up again.

Yesterday turned out great and the sun came out and it was

so warm I opened windows and doors. Then.....

this big huge black cloud floated in and blocked the sun.

Immediate cold! Got some logs in and started a fire.
This was at 3 o'clock!! Got nice and toasty in here.

Maggs and I went to town yesterday, to the market specifically. I got a whole chicken, radishes, and asparagus. I came home, cleaned the chicken and put the giblets and neck in a pot of water with garlic and onion and pepper corns and red pepper flakes. Set that to boil for stock. I dry rubbed the chicken with a mixture of garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, sea salt, thyme, paperika, Italian seasoning, and cumin. About 1 t. of each. Plopped the chicken in the crockpot and set on high for 5 hours. No liquid added. An hour before it was done I added some asparagus and radishes.

If you have never cooked radishes, they are wonderful!!! Cooking takes the 'bite' out of them and they are still crunchy and good. Cooking chicken this way makes it come out like the rotisserie kind you buy.

While I was at the store I was chatting with Christy the checker. She was lamenting that her blender died and they were expensive. I told her I had a red one

used half a dozen times,

and would sell it to her

for $10. OMG, she was

happy. AND, her kitchen

has red appliances too! Yeah, now the

blender goes to a good home and I

don't have to deal with it any more.

PatC and Tim came over about 5pm. Tim fixed the toilet! Yeah. We had a drink and chatted and then off they went to their next project! Oh, and they wanted me to take their picture and want me to Photo Shop it so it looks like Tim is holding a sign... to be determined later. Fun.

Historically this date....

1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores.

I loved shopping at the one on Hollywood Blvd just down the street from my grandmother's. Ahhhh, the memories. And their lunch counter. Low with swivel stools. Such fun!

1889 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

1980 – Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3, in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.

1997 – In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.

And births this date include....

1732 – George Washington, First President of the United States (d. 1799)