~ Applegate Valley Ranch dinner ~ Rain! ~

Good 63º cloudy morning.

 

Headed to Medford early yesterday. Got the results of my tests from the rheumatologist doctor and he scheduled me for allergy testing in August. So far, so good. I left the doc's office and stopped in the Providence Hospital for a visit with Joanie. She looked good, said she felt good, and REALLY wanted to go home. I think today she will. We had a fun chat and her giant sandwich lunch was making me drool! Anyway, headed home... the sky was starting to look threatening.

Whaaaa? June 28th and a storm coming in??? Sigh... of course our dinner was planned for the outside venu of Applegate Ranch!

Left a bit early for Applegate just after Brian came over and picked up Atlas. He was a happy boy to see his Dad! Headed to GP and out the Applegate Road...

The Barbecue sign was up and a wedding rehearsal was taking place... (the wedding will be Saturday) I got a glass of wine and found our table and enjoyed watching the festivities... (lol, the bridesmaids were bored waiting....)

 

Everyone started arriving... (Dee was cold!)

Bill & Jeannie, Dee & Dale, Cathy & Tom, and Dale's brother Brian and his bride Lenore up from Lompoc! Dinner was served by Kim...(her daughter is married to our friend Jon Ainsworth's son ... Jon was Simi Valley PD)

We had barbecued chicken and ribs (GOOD!), beans, cucumber salad (yummm), garlic bread (yummmm more), and chocolate cake. But..................... the rain sprinkles started ... slowly, and finally by the time we were finished it was raining.

Brian and Lenore are newlyweds! Cute.

Even with the rain it was fun. We eventually moved under a big tree and enjoyed more of the music of Phil King.

They moved a pop-up tent over Phil to keep his punkin' head dry!

What a great singer. Mellow, comfortable, and we all knew the lyrics!!! I was chatting with his wife, Adel, who is a Special Ed teacher. Really nice! Fun evening.

Click here: PHIL KING & BROKEN WIRE PRODUCTIONS - HOME

 

Ok, so here's a picture Bill took of me (stole my camera again!) and people always say "we never see a picture of you!" GAG, fine. Here's one!

 (No, it's not going to be bigger!)

 

Historically this date...

1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with Bolshoi Ballet.

1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.

 

And births this date...

there are quite a few, but none of any interest to me. Gary Busey celebrates today, but he's a weirdo pig.

Watch this! From my Las Vegas friend, Art the GMC Guy! Funny! Sad. Scary.

Click here: Most Arrogant Man in the World - YouTube

 

Ok, sorry this is late today. Just tired at this end. Happy Friday. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

June 29th

 

El Sereno Marine ~ Asparagus/Mushrooms/Rice/Peas/Chicken!

Good 47º clear morning.

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Ok, so the story Brian relayed to me... He has a new client at his Grants Pass Oregon State Farm office... a Clifford Gates. He is a young 90 year old. Told Brian about joining the Navy when Pearl Harbor was bombed. After a short time his commander called him in and said he was being written up, along with several others, for 'insubordination' and was being sent to the Marine Corps! (Ha ha ha... a shortage of Jar Heads so they called on the Squids!) Well, Cliff ended up on Iwo Jima and got photos of the Marines when the US flag was raised.

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

Cliff also has a red sash he took off a Japanese soldier!

And he has pictures of him in his dress blues and Brian said he was quite the good looking Marine! Then they talked about Cliff's home town............ El Sereno! OMG. He graduated from Wilson High in 1940. (the school was built in 1937 ..... I graduated in '63 and my sister Marion in '54... oldest sister was too good for Wilson and graduated from So. Pas HS in about 1946!)

Click here: http://socal-yearbooks.com/1940/1940wwilson.html

Cliff's dad was in construction and built the Masonic Lodge there on Huntington Drive and he also built the Cameo Theater, which he owned for a number of years! Brian told him of living in Temple City and riding his bicycle down Las Tunas to Main St to Garfield to Commonwealth to Stockbridge where my parents still lived. Brian and Cliff really bonded. Cliff told him he would give Brian all his insurance business and he'd tell his family to come see Brian too!

What a small world!

The former El Sereno Masonic Lodge #588 (now a Hispanic school) where I was a Job's Daughter, my Mom in Eastern Star, and Daddy was Master.

 

The former Cameo Theater:

"This neighborhood theater was in the El Sereno district of the City of Los Angeles. About 1970, when it began running Spanish language movies, the name was altered from Cameo to El Cameo, probably to distinguish it from the Cameo Theater on Broadway in downtown L.A. which was also showing Spanish language movies by that time. It housed a furniture company into the mid-2000’s, and by 2009 was in use as a discount store."

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Historically this date...

1846 – The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.

1997 – Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield's ear.

2005 – War in Afghanistan: Three U.S. Navy SEALs, 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers, and an unknown number of Taliban insurgents are killed

 

And births this date include...

1926 – Mel Brooks, American filmmaker

1948 – Kathy Bates, American actress

 

1960 – John Elway, American football player

 

1966 – John Cusack, American actor

1966 – Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress

For dinner last night I sauteéd some asparagus and more mushrooms and added that to the orange chicken/rice/peas dinner from the night before....

 

Off to see the allergist today for some tests .. stop in Providence Hospital to visit with my friend Joanie who will be there a few more days for an infection she got after falling and breaking her collar bone then the surgical spot infected ... Brian picking up the granddog, Atlas, today ...

..... then off to Applegate Ranch for dinner with friends.

Click here: Applegate Valley Ranch

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Ciao. And by the way, 'comments' are always appreciated! Always! (even from my own family!)

xo Sue Mom Bobo

June 28th

Insurance Awareness Day - Now who do you think invented that!?!

Click here: Brian Pendleton - State Farm Agent in Grants Pass, OR

$$ ~ Meat Marinade ~ Pat Kelly ~ Artoff Plumbing ~ Crockpot Orange Chicken

Good 42º clear sunny and gonna be warm, in the 80º's, morning!

You know, at the end of every quarter, I wait with a 'fish on my tongue' for the big whopping bonus check from my Bank of America stock...... taaaaa daaaaa..

It never ceases to amaze the heqq out of me when I see it. Consider the bookkeeping (computerized, but someone has to supervise), the paper, and the 45¢ to mail it. Whaaaaa??? You'd think that they would take the yearly 32¢ and add it back to my stock fund! That amounts to $3.20 at the end of 10 years! Wow, some brilliant minds at BofA!

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Ok, here's a couple more puns from Ike Saben...

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?

A thesaurus. 

 

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

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Speaking of England....

I was telling Jeannie about this marinade... it's the BEST for beef ever! Put a few rib-eyes or t-bones in this over night and they will be spectacular....

1 pint of red wine, 2/3 cup olive oil, 1 T. Montreal Steak Seasoning. Marinate 5-6 pounds meat, grill or broil.

A traveling friend of mine, Pat Kelly, is celebrating her special day today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT!!!

Taken at Mythos Restaurant in Athens Greece 2009.

And while we're talking about Pat Kelly, she sent me this link... OMG, serving tea in India... amazing. Thanks Pat!

http://www.safeshare.tv/w/SwUIOfocIT

Historically this date...

1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.

1976 – Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.

1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

And births this date include...

1880 – Helen Keller, American deaf and blind activist (d. 1968)

1949 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer

1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor

 

I had 'Big Mike' from Artoff Plumbing back yesterday. My kitchen sink drain acts up about once a year. Mike fixed it so it's working smooth again! Thanks Mike!

http://www.artoffplumbing.com/

Dinner last night was awesome. I marinated two skinless boneless chicken breasts in orange juice, enough to cover, and ginger for a couple of hours in the crockpot. Then cooked on high for 5 hours. The last hour I added in some dried mushrooms, sesame oil, and spicy soy sauce, and a package of frozen peas. Cooked some 'sticky' rice and added that. Cooked the last hour on low. Chicken was tasty and tender! It fell apart and the rice mixture with the peas and flavorings was sooooooooooooo yummy!

I have an awesome story of a Marine from Brian for tomorrow. Think Iwo Jima and........ (drumroll please) El Sereno and Wilson High School!

 

All I know. Happy Hump Day. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

June 27th

Sun Glasses Day

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