Sami's Party ~ More PhotoShop Fun ~ Chocolate Chip Cookies

Good 40º pouring rain morning! Dark, and it's 7. Hard to get used to. Looks like it's raining all over, not just here.

 

In yesterday's blog one of the historical haps was an earthquake in Long Beach, CA in 1933. My friend PatT was a small child and when the earthquake hit her dad picked her up to carry her outside. The backdoor stuck. At that moment the chimney fell right where they would have been! An amazing story. Someone 'up there' likes you Pat!

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Ok, this is just funny. It's in German, but needs no explanation other than the daughter is asking her dad if he liked the new iPad he was given for his birthday....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtXWWRyJLPw&feature=youtu.be

Thanks Deeewayne P-berger for this!

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Just jammin' with PhotoShop!!!

Yesterday was the party Jen and Brian had for Sami. Thankfully the rain held off. It wasn't the balmy 75* it had been the day before, probably 60* and it was windy! The theme was Pixie Hollow... at the front door there were fairy wings for the girls (some of the little boys wanted them too and were 'dragons'!) and Pixie Dust...

 

Jen had lots of projects for the kids to do... make houses with graham crackers, fruit loops, marshmallows, etc.... and they made flowers....

They had hunts for shiny eggs and had lots to do!

There was also wonderful food. I think I'll make a smilebox.

Today's special birthday is my dear friend, Joan Petit-Clair. Joan is my traveling/cruising buddy. Here she is on the stern of the cruise ship leaving NY in September 2008.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN!!!! xo

Historically this date...

1945 – World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.

1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.

2011 – An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

And births this date include....

1934 – Sam Donaldson, American reporter

1936 – Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice

1956 – Joey Buttafuoco, American criminal

 

1965 – Jesse Jackson, Jr., American politician

There you go..... good old Chicago politics!!!

All I know. Nuff said. Happy first day of Daylight Savings Time! Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

March 11th - 17th

National Chocolate Chip Cookie Week

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SPRING Ahead ~ Bacon Scallops w/o Bacon! ~ PhotoShop Fun

Good 40º pressure dropping cloudy morning.

 

DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD WHEN YOU GO TO BED TONIGH!

 

 

I know, I know... whine whine whine .... you will lose an hour. So, go to bed an hour early! When I was working earlies I would get to go home an hour early and still get paid for 8 hours. Sweet.

I did chores yesterday then went to town to pick up a chicken to cook for the Maggs. Got that going in the crockpot and went to Nancy's for wine. We messed around with her phone. It takes pictures but she didn't know how to get them off the camera. It has a teeny tiny mini card that goes into it but I think it needs to stay in the camera full time and then put in the adaptor and into the computer to remove the pictures. Otherwise it is one picture at a time to put them onto the card. Anyway, long story, she is going to see the US Cellular guys the first of the week. So, after that we drank wine and chatted. Dave came home and more blabbing..... I got home, I think, at 7:something! It was dark and Maggie was happy to see me!

Dinner was some sea scallops I coated with olive oil and then Bacon Salt (www.jdfoods.net ) and then fried in a hot pan of olive oil. Then I added lemon juice and let it thicken a bit. I served them on a plate of fresh cilantro.

A cilantro leaf with every bite!! OMG GOOD!!!

.............or you could use fresh Italian parsley.

 

OH MY..... this is FUN! I just learned something new with my PhotoShop! It's called "liquify"..... Just wait until I "fix" some of the photos of my 'friends' !!!! LOL Here is the Maggster before and after......

 

Just think what I can do to the Prez! :o)

 

I forgot to mention in my drivel yesterday at the luncheon this lady, Helen, sat next to me. She's originally from the Sacramento area and said she had a son-in-law who was a LA Co Deputy.... Clint Dillon! OMG. I know who Clint is. He retired some time ago but was a Sgt. at Homicide. Any of you LASD folks will know what a small world this is!

Historically this date...

1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.

1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.

1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus. your anus? :o()

And births this date include...

1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist

 

1940 – Dean Torrence, American singer (Jan and Dean)

 

1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Islamist and leader of al-Qaeda (d. 2011) YEAH!

1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao. Happy Saturday. If it doesn't rain (fingers crossed) Jen and Brian are having a belated birthday party for Sami this afternoon. I am taking deviled eggs and ..... ?

xo Sue Mom Bobo

March 10th

National Blueberry Popover Day

http://mycookinggallery.blogspot.com/2010/12/blueberry-popovers.html

Cops/Bad Guys ~ Fat Boy/GP Motors ~ Crab Tacos

Good 29º morning. Clear. Hit 77º yesterday! ! ! From 26º + 51 degrees.

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We're having a heat wave,
A tropical heat wave,

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The temperature's rising,
It isn't surprising,
She certainly can can-can.
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Ok, what a day yesterday was! First, off to Central Point for the JCRW luncheon. Each table was decorated for St. Pat's Day with a pot of shamrocks and an Irish prayer. 

Lunch was salad, sauteed peas over rice, ribs (awesomely good!), and lemon cake.

OMG, sooooooooo good. Laraine and I both wanted seconds!

Our speaker was Lt. Josh Moulin of the Central Point PD

(this picture taken when he was still a lowly sergeant!) and the High Tech Crimes Task Force in cooperation with all local PDs and County Sheriff's and the FBI. He gave an interesting talk about pedophiles and what they are doing to catch and incarcerate them. Sounds like they are doing a straight up job too!

Bud Hansen (LASD ret) emailed me the other day about three former LASD folks who were/are living in our area. One, Laddie Hancock, was the Chief of Police of Central Point, so I stopped in the CPPD office .....

 

 

 

 

I left information for him to get in touch me. He is no longer chief but is still in contact. I'd like to invite him to our once a month Law Enforcement/Fire luncheon.

Came home and there was a message from Ken of GP Motors. They had sold Jerry's Fat Boy!!!

Maggie and I grabbed the title to the scoot and dashed off to GP. I can't say enough about how super Vicky and Ken of GP Motors are. If you need a scoot or need to sell one please see them. Or, check out their inventory of cars and etc.... I just love them to death! GREAT folks. Also, they do repairs on domestic and foreign bikes.

http://www.gpmotorsonline.com/

.... they are also on FaceBook. Thanks guys!!!

Still in all, it was a tough one. Jerry loved that bike so much! We had many many happy times riding it.... trips with friends, with the Choirboys, and just putzing around. (Some of you will get the next statement, some of you won't.) I was on my way home from GP and was thinking about Jerry and the bike and how it did make me sad to do this... looked at the clock and OMG it was 4:17 !!!

A good thing... I won't be seeing the bike around .. it was sold to a guy in FRANCE~!~! Can you believe that. So Mr. Fat Boy will take a trip across the Atlantic to a place on my 'bucket list' .. I want to drink French wine, eat onion soup at a sidewalk cafe on Avenue des Champs d'Elysees at midnight! Someday........

Today there are several special birthdays...

Leah Thomas..... my pretty hairdresser... @ Image Connection in Rogue River.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEAH!

My former neighbor from Temple City, Virginia Cobar. HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGINIA!

The infamous Ike Saben, LASD ret.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY IKE!

Wendy Harp... of Avalon, Catalina Island... (her hubby Rick is former LA CO Fire Capt over there, now ret.)

I remember this pet pig Wendy used to have. She'd feed him (her?) in the kitchen and this silly pig hated to have it's face wiped off after it ate (and believe me it needed a wiping)

and it would squeal when Wendy did that... so it got to the point 'Piggy' would start squealing almost immediately after it started eating in anticipation of the face cleaning! OMG, soooo funny! HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENDY!

And today is also Kristen and Brian's cousin Jan (George's neice) and her hubby Ben's 32 Wedding Anniversary! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY kids!!!

Historically this date......

1957 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands, Alaska triggers a Pacific-wide tsunami causing extensive damage to Hawaii and Oahu.

1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.

And births this date include....

1902 – Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)

1918 – Mickey Spillane, American writer (d. 2006)

1921 – Carl Betz, American actor (d. 1978)

1934 – Joyce Van Patten, American actress

1936 – Mickey Gilley, American musician and singer

1943 – Charles Gibson, American television journalist

All I know. Nuff said. Chores today then wine with Nancy later... Happy TGIF. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

March 9th

National Crabmeat Day

(Be still my heart!)

Crab Tacos

 

 

 

2 t oil

1/4 c finely chopped onion

1 clove garlic, minced

9 oz imitation crabmeat

3/4 c salsa

2 T fresh chopped cilantro

1½ c shredded lettuce, romaine or iceberg

finely chopped jalapeño

¼ c peeled and seeded, chopped cucumber and/or

1 avocado cut into strips...

6 (6" size) corn tortillas, warmed (heat in micro, keep warm between towels)

Heat the oil in large skillet; add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender. Stir in crabmeat, salsa and cilantro; cook until just heated through.

Combine the lettuce, jalapeño, and cucumber. Fill the tortillas evenly with lettuce mixture and crabmeat mixture. Top with avocado. Serve immediately. Serves 2
or................................

Crab Muffins Appetizers .....

1 pkg imitation crab meat

1 jar Old English Cheese

1/2 stick melted butter

seasoned salt to taste

1 pkg English muffins

Mix together crab meat, cheese, butter, and seasoned salt. Spread on muffins. Bake 350º for 5-7 minutes, until lightly golden. Cut into quarters and serve. Makes 64

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