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Saturday, April 23, 2011

~ Mowing ~ Salmon & Egg ~ Soba with Bacon ~ Alex the Pole Vaulter



 
Good 33º morning. Clear yesterday then pressure started dropping and now it's going back up. I think there are clouds out there but it's too dark at the moment to see. 5:40am.
 
Interesting the temps around ....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Breakfast yesterday was some canned salmon (had to share a couple bites with both Harley and Maggs) heated in a pan with halved grape tomatoes. Cooked until the tomatoes were wilted, then added egg substitute and cooked until firm, then adding some pesto cheese curds from The Creamery. Plated and chopped fresh chives on top and drizzled with EVOO pressed with lemons. OMGood!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yesterday, with the prediction of 5 days of rain, I decided it was definitely time to mow. Mr. Hippo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
was disappearing in the tall grass. Mowed the lawn inside the fence in front. Mr. Hippo is back! Then fired up the golf cart and ran around picking up sticks and 'logs' (branches) that fell out of the trees during all the storms we have had. The cart has a bed in the back with a tailgate that folds down so I can fill it up, drive to the burn pile, open the gate, and push the limbs and sticks out.
 
 
Nancy, Skeeter's mom, stopped by and we had a chat. Then back to work. Got more mowing done. Then PJ called and they were home so I went down there on the riding lawnmower to have Dave show me how to hook up my sprayer to the mower and how to use it. Never thought to ask Jerry, as he did all that kind of stuff.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The switch on the lawnmower was gunked up so Dave fixed
that. Now I'm all ready to spray, as soon as the rains end....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neko was being her exploratory self by climbing on top of the "Catty Shack"...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And Miss Personality, Rio, just kept an eye on everything...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harley took advantage of the nice warm day, hit 70º, but felt like 80º in the sun.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When I came back from PJ and Dave's I saw this plane and contrail... (they fascinate me)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It also fascinates me that my lens can capture it and the plane while they are so far away!
 
 
 
Historically this date....
1967Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) was a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
1985Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
1987 – 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
2009 – The gamma ray burst GRB 090423 is observed for 10 seconds. The event signals the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe.
 
And births this date include....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1928Shirley Temple, American actress and politician
 
 
 
1936Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)
 
 
Here is a youtube video of him singing one of my favorite songs..
 
 
1939 – Lee Majors, American actor
 
  :o(
 
 
 
1942Sandra Dee, American actress (d. 2005)
 
 
 
 Sadly both she and Bobby Darin, her only husband, died young. He, so very young, 30 years before Sandra!
 
1960Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
 
 
 
 
 
 
1967 – Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
 
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
Dinner was the stir fry with soba noodles again. So good. I steamed the broccoli and some cut up baby carrots, and then I cooked some turkey bacon this time. After the bacon cooked I tossed it all together with some hoisin sauce and sesame oil and a drizzle of olive oil infused with lemon.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This was Maggie's dinner....
 
 
 
chicken!
 
 
 
 
 
Today I will be making the deviled eggs, apple/celery salad, and organize the ingredients for the bacon/chive/ricotta rolls. Will cook them in the morning.
 
It's now 6:15, and I can see the sky is filled with dark clouds....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tucker has a baseball game today. So will watch our little guy play. Wednesday our beautiful Alex had a track meet. She is a POLE VAULTER!!! Following in her Uncle Brian's footsteps!!!




Wooooooo hooooooooo !!! Go Alex!!!! xoxoxoox
 
 
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Saturday. Ciao.
xo Mom-Soupy-Sue
April 23rd.
National Cherry Cheesecake Day
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
..... and...........
National Zucchini Bread Day
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OMG, The Green Street Restaurant's zucchini bread is the BEST!

Friday, April 22, 2011

24* !! Groan... ~ USPO New Vehicle ~ Skeeter the Silly


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Good 24º morning. This freezing weather is not making my tulips happy!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yesterday I made a run to Medford to pick up envelopes from Ruth. The sky was busy...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Then a run to the store for Easter "stuff". Then to the market. I saw a great license plate on the road...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Made me laugh!!!
 
 
Then that reminded me of a great sign on a beauty shop in Grants Pass...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On my way up our road I saw something spectacular...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our mailman, Randy, in an OOOOOOficial mail truck. Wow, Rogue River has really come up in the world! Prior to this all the mail delivery was done in nondescript POVs. Randy had a big happy grin!
 
 
Claire and Lizzy stopped by to pick up some stuff and we had a short visit. Then off to Nancy and Dave's for a glass of wine. Dave has a chicken coop now with baby chicks. Two different kinds (I can't remember what they are called..)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The big ones have feathers on their feet! Funny. And the little ones are being protected by the bigger ones. Sweet.
 
 
Their dog, Skeeter, is always fun. She is highly motivated to get as much attention as she can...
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Skeets is always keeping an eye on everything! 
 
Even when she's chewin' on her chewy... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and watches outside for turkeys to chase...
 
 
I had experimented earlier with Patty's jalapeño poppers. I made some with regular bacon and some with turkey bacon. Took them to Dave and Nancy's. I liked the turkey bacon best and Dave liked the real bacon best.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I had made some Easter earrings for Nancy, but forgot them. She's stopping by today to pick them up, so I'll see her later.
 
 
 
Historically this date...
1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.
  ... not too surprising just 2 days after 'national pot day' ... I guess the people in Weed celebrated that!   :o(
2000 – In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida.
2008 – The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
2010Deepwater Horizon, an oil rig owned by BP and Transocean, sinks to the bottom of the Gulf Of Mexico after having a blowout two days earlier. The well then created the largest oil spill in U.S. history by constantly gushing oil through the damaged wellhead.
 
 
And births this date include....
1906Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1916Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (d. 1999)
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Other than listening to his amazing music, I love saying his name!!
 
 
1919 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OMG, Grants Pass is getting a Carl's Jr now AND they are building a Green Burrito next to it!!! Coming up in the world!
 
1936Glen Campbell, American musician
 

 
 
:o(
 
 
 
.... and today is Debbie and Tom's 33rd Wedding Anniversary!
Congratulations kids!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tom (Prop Master) met Deb (Aspiring actress) on the set of Sgt. Pepper, the movie, in 1978... Deb is the "hot chick in yellow standing next to George Burns" (quote from their daughter Desiree! Thanks Des.)
 
 
 
I know too many people who are like this.... and it just never works out.... I'm at the stage where I please myself.
"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody."
        - Herbert Bayard Swope
 
This is a fun short video of a cat ... 'I Love My Bunny Hat'
 
 
All I know. Gots stuff to do today. Nancy is growing asparagus and it will be ready soon so I'm giving her the Asparagus Enchilada recipe I have. Will pass it on later.
 
Happy Friday working stiffs! Ciao
xo Mom-Soupy-Sue
April 22nd
National Jelly Bean Day
 
 
 
 
 
(Because I used to keep a jar of jelly beans on the kitchen sink and when my granddaughter Alex would come over, she'd always ask for a jelly bean, I nicknamed her Jelly Bean ... ergo my email address... as she called me Bobo! And now you know the rest of the story.)