Smoked Turkey Breast ~ Dang Football! ~ Inquisitive Owl ~

Good 38º almost getting light at 6:30 am morning!

YEAH! I love it light earlier! The dark is depressing.

Here are three photos from yesterday... the snow didn't last long, it was just a pleasant surprise and interlude for a day..

First picture 2pm, then 4pm, then 5pm....

Sooooooooooo..... not happy camper about the games on TV yesterday. Sad about my Pats (lost to Giants. I HATE the Giants!!!), and even my daughter Kristen called me to say, "Mom, I heard you yelling all the way down here!"....... Sigh....................... Kristen's Jets beat the Bills, Brian's Colts lost to the Falcons :o( , and Alex's Dolphins beat the beejebers out of the Chiefs! Wow, the Ravens beat the Steelers, Packers beat the Chargers, the 'Lambs' lost to the Cardinals (giggle), and the Raiders lost to the Broncos (Yeah!). Ok, enough football.

 

Mr. Squirrel made a visit for some corn...

... and Maggie napped...

Yesterday I smoked a turkey breast. First I put it in a large zip bag and added about 4 cups of water mixed with 1 cup of salt and let it sit in the fridge over night.

 

 

Then I dried it off, drizzled on some olive oil and spices: Garlic/Lemon, Pepper/Orange, Fisherman's Wharf (which I get at the Jacksonville Mercantile and it includes:salt, black pepper, parsley, garlic, white onion, lemon peel, green peppercorns, and green onion. Good on fish or poultry. Check their site: www.urbanaccents.com ) and Bob's Seasoning salt (I like the celery taste) and paprika.

250º and 1 hr per pound... so this smoked for 4 hrs 45 min.

With Bill's expertise, this came out great! Very moist and perfect.

Then I cooked some bow tie pasta, cut up some asparagus, added a few turns of olive oil to a hot pan, added canned sliced mushrooms (liquid and all) and the asparagus. When the liquid was gone the asparagus was cooked and then I stir fried them in the oil that was left. Added the pasta ....

and voilá      

   dinner!

 

Historically this date....

1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.

1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.

1983 – 1983 United States Senate bombing: a bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No people are harmed, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.

"On January 20, 2001, the day he left office, President Bill Clinton commuted Evans's sentence." What an ASSHOLE!

(sorry... but he is!)

2000 – Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady. (GAG GAG AND MORE GAG)

2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.

(Thank GOD Gore didn't come out on top!)

 

And births this date include....

1918 – Billy Graham, American evangelist

 

1952 – David Petraeus, American military commander

.... run him for President! He won't act like an arrogant turd or bow to the enemy!

1959 – Keith Lockhart, American orchestral conductor

..... Boston Pops, a big favorite of mine!

And down in the depths of Diamond Bar California, is my friend Lydia who is celebrating her marriage to Gerry today. HAPPY 36TH ANNIVERSARY kids!!! xo

 

I LOVE owls. You will get a giggle out of this video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo9aygYS2ik

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Monday! Ciao.

xo Sue-Mom-Bobo

November 7th

National Bittersweet Chocolate w/ Almonds Day

 

 

SNOW! ~ Power Out ~ Habanero Martini ~ Nachos Day

Good 33º SNOWY morning! OMG.

Also, the time has changed back to Standard Time. Did you set your clocks?

So... about 12:50am (before changing clocks) Maggie gets up and starts walking around on the bed. She seemed upset. I went for the light but nope, no light. No projection clock on the ceiling. Hmmm... Get flashlight and go look. No light anywhere. No lights on the pump house or the barn. Throw another log in the wood stove and pour a glass of wine. Sigh....

Then I got the wild idea to call the power company. I have a hard line phone just for that sort of thing, since my portable phones won't work and I'm too far in the boonies for my cell to work. Anyway, I was the only one reporting an outage in this area. Talked to Shannon in Portland at Pacific Power. She was very nice and we chatted since she probably had nothing else to do! I told her I recalled working on early morning shift on time change night when the Lt. would come in at 2am and change the time back to 1am. Groan.... At least the extra hour was overtime!

I went out to take a picture of the pitch dark..about 2am when there was a light down at my gate...

Then the phone rang and it was 'Jeff' asking for the gate code. He came in and checked the pole out front and then hiked to the ones up toward the pond...

The snow was coming down. Jeff called me back about 2½ hours later. There had been a tree down close to here and one down up the road. 800 of us were without power. Most probably didn't know until they woke up this morning.

.... and Mr. Hippo has disappeared...

A tree in the back has a big branch down..

and the trampoline is full!

LOL. It does definitely need a new cover.

Historically this date..

1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.

1944 – Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.

And births this date include....

1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d. 1894)

Yeah for the saxophone!

1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)

1946 – Sally Field, American actress

And Fresno must be rockin' out today as Tom Graves (husband of Wilsonite Adelle Easton) celebrates his birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!!

Yesterday Nancy and PatT and I went to the Psychic Faire. What a waste of time and $. I did have a nice chat with Fred of the Aquarius Book Store. He's a client of Brian's and told me how much he likes Brian ... what a good agent he is.

So, then PatT went off in one direction and we found the art supply store. Nancy was happy and got some new watercolor art supplies. Run by a nice guy named Josh, next to The Mediterranean Restaurant. Then.............. it was time for a habañero martini at the Mediterranean. They are made with pomegranate juice and infused vodka.

AWESOME! With mine I had falafel (deep fried ball made from chickpeas and or fava beans), with tzatziki (cucumber and Greek yogurt sauce)

and Greek Fries (wedges of potato deep fried and sprinkled with parmesan cheese)

Nancy had the falafel in a pita bread with potato/leek soup.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/seans-falafel-and-cucumber-sauce/detail.aspx

We were both very satisfied and happy.

I dropped Nancy off and asked David how best to repair my back door hinge problem (screws keep coming out, even after inserting longer screws). He had told me earlier to get some dowels and insert them and then drive the screws through the dowels. Anyway, he came over later and put in some match sticks, glue, and fatter screws. I was not to use the door for 24 hours. Thanks David! I'll try the door later today.

All I know. Have a turkey breast in brine in the fridge. Will smoke that baby in a while. Can't wait. Have a great Sunday. I will be enjoying my snow view. Ciao.

xo Sue-Mom-Bobo

November 6th

National Nachos Day

http://sallyrae3.tripod.com/mycookbook/supernachos.html

Andy Rooney ~ Witch's Brew ~ Goats ~ Krispy Kremes

Good 36º raining morning. So far in the last hour we've gotten .03". Pressure is still dropping.

 

Sadly Andy Rooney died last night. He was 92 years old. Loved his commentaries. RIP Andy!

 

After doing bills I headed out about 1pm... the worst part of going somewhere is the sad look on Maggie's face when I leave..... "Mom, how come you are leaving me here?"

Yesterday PJ and I went to Harry and David's.

I wanted to get some of their Witch's Brew Coffee (flavored with chocolate, orange, and cognac) because it's a favorite of mine and they only have it for sale at Halloween. Well, I almost missed it, they did have some in their 'clearance' shop. Whew....

 

And since I'm a good customer I had received a coupon for a free bag of Moose Munch. So, picked up mine. Mmmmmmm.....

The Moose Munch sells for about $8 a bag. Something interesting, if you go to Google images, and type in "harry and david's witch's brew coffee" images will appear. If you click on the image like above it will take you to my blog from last October!

Anyway, PJ signed up for their email news and she also got a free bag of moose munch! Since it has chocolate in it, lucky Dave! Then we headed to Costco. Dog chews, artichokes, Airborne (on sale), chicken and vegetable pot stickers, and a turkey breast (to smoke).

 

After I returned home I took a bottle of wine and headed up to visit with Nancy for a bit. She was making lasagna. Mmmm mmmm mmm... lucky David! Before I left here I stopped to take a picture of the goats down by my gate....

Inquisitive little guys....

After I returned home I took a picture of the threatening sky..

5:30-ish

 

Today is a dear friend's birthday... Greg Lundell, Wilsonite, Mr. Radio Voice, husband of the lovely Becky and dad to the darling Lauryn. He also has added to his resume, he's a father-in-law now!

Still a cutie!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG! xo

 

Ya know, sometimes the stickers on items just get put in the wrong places. For example....

 

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Historically this date...

1872 – Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.

1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.            ............interesting story and pictures on the like (his name)

1967 – The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.

2006 – Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.

2009 – US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 and wounds 30 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting at a US military installation

 

And births this date include....

1905 – Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)

I have discovered lately that a lot of 'old timey' Hollywood folks were born in So. Pasadena (like McCrea) or Pasadena.

1911 – Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)

1913 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)

Sadly a lot of health problems and emotional problems. Died too young.

1940 – Elke Sommer, German actress

 

1940 – Ted Kulongoski, American politician

Yep, good old Ted Colonoscopy. What a shitty governor he was! (pun intended!) Notice the sign behind him.. "Opportunity for Ego" ???

1941 – Art Garfunkel, American musician

1943 – Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor

Everyone needs a DUI booking picture for their resume!

1963 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Weekend everyone!

Psychic Faire today with PatT and NancyP ... then shopping for art supplies and Christmas decor and there may be a habañero martini and Greek fries in the equation after that. <g>

xo Sue-Mom-Bobo

November 5th

Donut Appreciation Day

(Dang, not a Krispy Kreme anywhere near here! The closest are in Beverton or Portland or Stockton Ca!)

Here is a funny blog about Krispy Kremes...

http://cgabriel.com/2009/04/06/the-krispy-kreme-dilemma/