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Thursday, August 2, 2012

LE/Fire Lunch ~ Smile Video ~ X Rated Fusion ~ Ice Cream Sandwich Day


Good 52º clear sunny morning.

Yesterday was the Law Enforcement/Fire lunch. Check this out...one of LAPD's finest sat with us at the "LASD" table! Walter is a super neat guy. 91 years old. Retired over 40 years. Happily in LA City's coffers for a long long time! He was in the Navy in WWII and has a tattoo he got in the South Pacific that is older than me! LOL. We had a fun chat.

Stopped to shop at the liquor store to buy some Everclear (190 proof!) to make limoncello. The recipe comes from Bob Mallon (LASD Ret.) Can't wait to make it.

I brought half my chef salad home, so that was dinner.

Ann Ramirez (LASD Ret) sent me the following picture. Ray Gaster is a businessman in Georgia and apparently fed up with the sh*t coming out of the mouth of the idiot in the White House!
Thumbs up, Ray!


From my friend, Deeewayne Honeee Preimsberger... a real smile trigger here:


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And another friend, Pat Reardon (also LASD Ret!) sent the following laugh:

Misinterpretation...........
I was in a pub last Saturday night,
drank a few, and noticed two very large women at the bar.
They both had pretty strong accents, so I asked, "Hey,
are you two ladies from Ireland?"

One of them chirped saying, "It's WALES, you friggin' idiot!"

So, I immediately apologized and said, "I'm sorry .. Are you two whales from Ireland?"

That's pretty much the last thing I remember.
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Speaking of imbibing... got a new liquor. It's called X Rated. It is a "fusion liqueur" made in Italy. "A sensuous fusion of ultra premium French vodka & Sicilian Blood Orange mingling with mango and passion fruit." WOW. Pretty good sipping. www.XratedFusion.com


Historically this date.......
1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.

1790 – The first US Census is conducted.

1939 – Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan project to develop a nuclear weapon.

1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.


And births this date include....
1905 – Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)


1924 – Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)


1932 – Peter O'Toole, Irish actor


1943 – Kathy Lennon, one of the original Lennon Sisters


1945 – Joanna Cassidy, American actress

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
August 2nd.
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Optometrist Visit ~ Quinoa Sprouted Rice Dinner ~ Brenda ~ Girlfriend's Day ~ SNOW?


 
Good 53º sunny morning.
I just can't believe it's August already! Groan................
Yesterday was a trip to the eye doctor for some new reading glasses. Been awhile since I have seen an Optometrist. I used to travel down to Medford (50+ miles round trip) but found one in Grants Pass... (less than 20 miles round trip!)
The techs do all the pre-doctor work. They do the tests, with a new fangled machine take pictures of your eyeballs insides, and ask you a myrid of questions ...

Then the doc comes in. OMG, this man looks like a teenager! 
Dr. Jeffery Pelson!

Dr. Jeffery is just the NICEST man! He grew up in the Tigard Oregon area, was an Eagle Scout and served in the US Nuclear Navy.  He earned his optometry degree at the Pacific Universtiy College of Optometry in forest Grove, OR and did his residency at the Hampton Virginia VA Med Center. He is a fellow with the American Academy of Optometry and serves on Oregon State's Board of Optometry. Married with four children. I like him. Friendly and personable.

After all the tests he showed me the pictures and told me my eyes are perfect! No glaucoma or cataracts. Blood flow is great. Not the cause of my dizzies! One more thing to check off my list! My new reading glasses will be ready soon.
OMG, this is hilarious. This funny girl interviews her 2012 self in 2008....
So, I cooked some 'quinoa with sprouted rice' in the rice cooker and added some baby carrots to cook with the rice.


I heated some pre-cooked bacon in the microwave, cut up sweet peppers, baby cucumbers, grape tomatoes, and added some olives cut in half, and mushrooms, and cheese curds.



Next I made a dressing with mayonnaise, lemon juice, ginger, and sesame oil. Whisked it all together and incorporated with the rice mixture.


REALLY REALLY GOOD!


In December 1997 we bought this house. Jerry started moving up early in 1998. He made 17 trips with our 'stuff'...a lot of his shop machinery and tools came first. I moved here officially this date in 1998. Took a while to get our house in Temple City sold. Finally in July it happened. The last walk through I did was hard. I lived there 27 years.
Today is a very special friend's birthday... Brenda Flores is celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BREN!
She and I met when we worked at CF Braun Engineering in Alhambra (Fremont & Mission)

The old CF Braun property and buildings are now an "urban community". Check the link. Look at the pictures. OMG. Anyway, Bren and I became good friends. It was an experience working there. Lots and lots of nice people. The company built oil platforms, remodeled the Anhauser Busch facility in Los Angeles, built petroleum refining companies... The country of Kuwait was interested in the company for it's oil reserve holdings in the North Sea. After merging with Santa Fe, Braun was bought by Kuwait.
Historically this date...
1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1966 – Charles Whitman kills 16 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
2001 – Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.
2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, collapses during the evening rush hour.
And births this date include....
1779 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (d. 2009)

1947 – Dennis Zine, Los Angeles city councilman
....any of you LAPD guys know Dennis??

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Hump Day. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
August 1st

Just in cast the heat and the humidity are getting you down, take a break and click on the snowman for a little reminder and you can stop feeling sorry for yourself!  


In case the snowman didn't work for you, click here:
Click here: TomTom herinnert u eraan om veilig te rijden tijdens de feestdagen! - YouTube
(Thanks PatT for this!!)

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Girl's Day Out ~ Eagle Beak ~ Maggie/Chaka


Good 53º morning. Will stay nice for a few hours then warm up.

Can you believe it's the LAST DAY OF JULY already~!!!!

Yesterday I dropped my truck at the dealership for a check up and oil change. Also got an estimate for tires. UGH. Jeannie met me and we went shoe shopping, didn't buy anything. The Dollar Store and each spend a whopping $3. To the Kitchen Store and just looked at everything. Then we were going to the Mediterranean but dang they were closed. New summer hours "closed on Monday"! Next choice was Blondie's.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeannie had wine

and I had a 'mango habañero martini' ... AWESOME!

We ordered off the appetizer menu. Jeannie had coconut shrimp
which she LOVED!

......and I had the Mediterranean combo platter (eggplant hummus, Kalamata olives, provolone wrapped around prosciutto, cucumber, grape tomatoes, and pita bread). All YUMMY~


'Deeewayne Honey' Preimsberger sent this to me....
Beauty and the Beak..... wonderful story!

Maggie had an appointment with the vet later yesterday. She has a blockage in her nasal passage. None of her tests ever came back as malignant so we opted for no surgery. He also said, dogs who have that nasal surgery don't live as long as those who don't! She got some meds to help reduce swelling. She's having a hard time breathing unless she opens her mouth.

Then I remembered I left my camera in Jeannie's car so Maggs and I made a trip to their house. I was poured a cold glass of wine and we sat in the gazebo by the pond. Maggie and Chaka got to know each other.... and Maggs enjoyed the cool spot for a rest...


We are almost at a full moon. Yesterday about 7pm on my way home the moon was out .....



Historically this date...
1941 – Holocaust: under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question."

..........there are just no words to describe what sick monsters these people were, Hitler in particular.

2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.


And births this date include....
1929 – Don Murray, American actor


1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (d. 1979)


1939 – France Nuyen, French actress


1965 – J. K. Rowling, British writer

Mr. Raccoon showed up here the night before last and ate all of Baby's food. So, last night I brought his food in and maybe the racoon will leave now! Dr. Ron, the vet, said they have a lot of parasites and we don't want them around!

All I know. Eye appointment for reading glasses today. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
July 31:
National Raspberry Cake
Day

Cotton Candy Day

and....
Jump for Jelly Beans Day



Hey Alex, you may be 16, but ..... you are still my Jelly Bean!
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