~ Dooms Day ~ Broccoli & Egg ~ Mac & Cheese ~

 

Good 49º cloudy morning.

 

 

What a day yesterday was. I discovered the weather guys said it was to rain last night and then today and tomorrow. So, I wanted to get the spraying done. No pressure in the spray rig. Dave had just worked on it and he said it was good to go. Drat. On top of not being able to get it to work, it had a flat tire! So I had to fine the air thingy and get it down to the tractor shed and fill  the tire. Hope it's still up today! Then I put on the sprayer backpack to hand spray. It wouldn't hold pressure and then the hose broke loose. SH*T!!!!!!! So frustrating being a girl and not being able to fix these things. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.  The spray went down the back of my pants so had to come in and put the pants in the washing machine and wash off my leg. Sigh.....

So, I planted a tomato, some Swiss Chard, and potted some lemon balm. Seems like a wasted day.

 

 

Breakfast was interesting. I had some al denté cooked broccoli so I drizzled in olive oil, put it in a pan, added grape tomatoes, cooked crumbled bacon (buy it in a bag at Costco..so easy to use in recipes), and some grated cheese, and then poached an egg and set it on top.

 

 

I filled the hummer feeders and nyjer seed feeders. When I was outside I saw this young deer walk over to the barn and lay down in the shade. She looks like her mom probably had a new baby or babies and kicked her away to fend for herself. You can hardly see her in the first picture... but, she was watching me!

 

 

 

How cute is that!!!

 

 

It clouded up in the afternoon...

 

 

Maggie and I went down to get the mail.. Mr. Lizard was sunning himself atop a post...

 

 

At 9pm it was raining. Not enough to measure.

 

 

Historically this date.....

2011 - Dooms Day. The world is supposed to end today.  Stand by....

1881 – The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Cross

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton

1979 – White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Night_riots

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Moscone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk

 

 

And births this date include....

1917 – Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (d. 1993)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Burr

 

 

1918 – Dennis Day, American singer and comedian (d. 1988)

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Day

 

 

1952 – Mr. T, American actor

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T

 

 

 

1957 – Judge Reinhold, American actor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weird.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Reinhold

 

 

 .... and drum roll... two friends celebrating birthdays today... of the Biscailuz Range fame, who runs the "booth"  ... Rico 'Suave'. (Or as we called it, the "boof".... LOL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here with his lovely Annette. Sid and Charline and Dr. Mac and Rico and Annette and Jerry and I would spend weekends at Dr. Mac's beach house at Capistrano Beach. Good times. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICO!

 

 

.... and Olga's man, Jimmy, of LASD fame, that would be Sergeant Jimmy! Father of James, Michael, and Aidan. He and my Kristen were in the same academy class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY!

 

 

Dinner last night was sauteéd asparagus, mushrooms, Vienna sausage, and all mixed with mac and cheese.

 

 

 All I know. Nuff said. Must get into the kitchen and rattle those baking pans! Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

May 21th

National Armed Forces Day

God Bless our Military and THANK YOU!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Waitress and Waiters Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Strawberries and Cream Day

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Bird Babies ~ Real Deals ~ Hector & Lucy ~ Circle J

 

 

Good 36º sunny morning!

 

 

 

While I was out taking the above picture I heard the peeping coming from the blue bird's box. I had seen 'dad' making regular bug drops in there so I had a feeling the babies had hatched. Sure enough! So the next series of pictures, sorry taken through the glass door and screen, is dad arriving with a worm, mom leaving, and dad taking worm into feed babies.....

 

 

 

 

Yesterday was fun. I met up with Jeannie, Donna, Connie, Candy, and Dee. We met at Real Deals, a shop only open 2 days a week, down off Agness on Gladiola (Behind the Bear Hotel) in Grants Pass. (There is one in Medford also)

While standing in the parking lot we saw Hector (former LAPD and the one who started our LE/Fire lunches at the Elks) and his dog Lucy. They came over and chatted. He said about 3 years ago it was published and in the news about this dog found wrapped in barbed wire. Hector adopted her. She is sweet but very afraid of strangers. Thank you Hector for caring about her, loving her, and giving her a great home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, in the store we went...

 

 
 

 

Then to The Dollar Store where I found decorations for our Fiesta Party on Sunday. Dee and I were left, as everyone else had prior commitments, so she and I headed to Circle J for lunch.

 

 

As you can see the interior is eclectic. At the bottom of the beer sign it says "Beer is magic". LOL. I had a pizza that had a super thin crust, creamy garlic sauce, salmon, and drizzled with cilantro pesto. AWESOME! Dee had a mushroom burger that looked fabulous.... and sweet potato fries! Wow. Good stuff. Will go back.

 

In the rest room they leave chalk and everyone writes on the walls. (Dee said anything rude crude or unrefined is taken off immediately)  

 

 

 

I wrote the 'God Bless our Military'.  Stopped at Brian's office and he did me a favor, I will tell you about on Monday. Then to Magic Man for a look see at their costume stuff.

Came home and had a few leftover pieces of pizza for dinner.

 

 

Historically this date.....

1862 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act

1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss

1883 – Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano's final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa

1927 – At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh

1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart

1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo individually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV

 

And births this date include.....

1768 – Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolley_Madison

 

 

 

1908 – James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart_(actor)

 

 

1942 – Carlos Hathcock, American Marine Corps sniper (d. 1999)

 

 

 

 

OOOHRAH!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

 

 

 

1946 – Cher, American singer & actress

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher

 

 

 

1954 – Cindy McCain, American businesswoman, wife of John McCain

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_McCain

 

 

1958 – Ron Reagan, American talk show host

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Reagan

 

 

1959 – Bronson Pinchot, American actor

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronson_Pinchot

 ... graduated from So. Pasadena High School!

 

 

and.... Olga's, Lisa Short is celebrating her special day.

 

 

 

 

 

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA!!!!

 

 

 

Yesterday was our Oregon State Representative's birthday and I didn't get it posted. Sal Esquivel Happy Belated Birthday!

 

 

 

 

 Sal and his wife Jan are awesome people and working hard for our state!

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Friday.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

May 20th

National Bike To Work Day

 

Moon ~ Asparagus/Mushrooms/Brown Rice ~ Chocolate Cake

Good 33º morning. Frost on the barn roof!

But that full moon was out first thing (6am)...

Yesterday rocked with excitement. I worked on pictures in my computer and getting them onto the external hard drive, did some vacuuming after I spilled Nyjer seed in the kitchen, and went through magazines to toss. Maggie and I went to town and I got some groceries.  It rained and then the sun would come out and then go away again and rain again. All day long it did this....we didn't even get enough rain to measure.

Dinner was stir fried asparagus with white mushrooms and then added cooked brown rice.

... the herbs I have been using on everything lately are some Linda gave me for Christmas. Awesome....

I haven't tried them on oatmeal yet (joke) but have on just about everything else. Along with rosemary sea salt... good stuff!

Historically this date....

A bunch of stuff happened as well as...

1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of Happy Birthday.

His birthday wasn't until the 29th.

Click this link...  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3IzpazVl-I

And births this date include....

1945 – Pete Townshend, English guitarist (The Who)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend

 

   

1959 – Nicole Brown Simpson, American murder victim (d. 1994)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Brown_Simpson

1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver

 You already saw his picture yesterday! As I put in the blog comments, Wikipedia had his birthday listed on Tuesday as on the 18th. Today it's showing up on the 19th. Sum ting wong!

... and friends Kathy (O'Brien) and Don Forsythe are celebrating their anniversary today. Happy Anniversary kids!

... and friend Jack Elliott (husband of Gracie -Lesser- both of LASD fame-) is celebrating his birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK! Miss you guys!!

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

May 19th

National Devil's Food Cake Day

Oh, be still my heart!