Shuttle ~ John Berokoff & Jan Vargo ~ Ice Cream Cone Day

Good 40º, ice on the barn roof, morning! Fall? Hope so. What a lazy slob... slept in til 8! Slow going this morning.....

Yesterday morning after watching the initial flying of the Shuttle ....  that was fun!!!

I was in the kitchen washing dishes. I washed out a glass quart jar I had kept flax seed in and then realized I held in my hands something that is extinct on the shelves today. It is a GLASS BF Mayonnaise jar! An antique for sure.

My Kristen lives in No. San Gabriel (southeast of Pasadena) close to where we lived in Temple City. She got these pictures of the shuttle as it passed over her house turning to go northwest to fly over JPL.... Great shots Kristen~!!

Living there in Temple City we'd always get the stealth bomber turning around over our house after making the first pass over the Rose Parade... and heading back to Pasadena...

For more photos of the Shuttle ... go to:

www.nbcla.com

and...

Click here: shuttle fly over - Google Search

 

Today are two special birthdays.... from Wilson S'63 the one, the only, John Berokoff! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!

L-R (front and back rows) ?, Sammy, John Berokoff, ?, Gary Dimkitch, Albert Albo, ? , ? Can't remember those boys names. Sorry. This was Sierra Park 3rd grade. We were friends from Kindergarten. Lost track after high school. We reunited via emails. John and his wife Tanya live in So. Cal, have raised two boys. John just retired this year from teaching. Go John!!

....and today is Janet Vargo's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAN!!! Here is a picture of Jan with her hubby Bill and their boys Charlie (L) and Richie....probably taken about 1972? Richie and Kristen are the same age and used to play together....

Miss you girl. Hope you get that 'surf and turf' dinner tonight! You make Vancouver Wa rock on your special day! xoxo

 

Historically this date...

1975 – Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.

Awwww... a sweet looking little grandma type WHO ATTEMPTED MURDER ON A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! She should still be in jail!

1980 – Iraq invades Iran.

 

And births this date include...

1927 – Tommy Lasorda, American baseball manager

1952 – Paul Le Mat, American actor

1959 – Tai Babilonia, American figure skater

1960 – Scott Baio, American actor

This from my friend Ron Weisberger.... if you haven't had your eyes cleaned out yet this morning, watch this.

El Dorado, CA - A couple of weeks ago the U.S. Department of Defense announced the death of Staff Sgt. Sky R. Mote, USMC. The Family of SSGT Mote has asked that you share this video. It is not political or religious. The camera was attached to the motorcycle of a Patriot Guard Rider.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CobHPsPoSa8

All I know. Off to the kitchen to finish the mouse cookies for Tucker's party today. Happy Saturday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 22nd

National Ice Cream Cone Day

We had a Curries "Mile High Cones" ice cream shop on the corner of Eastern Ave and Huntington Drive in El Sereno. A favorite place! Wish I had taken a picture of it... this was the only one I could find.

And then in the 70's my Uncle Lloyd owned a DQ east of Sacramento in Rancho Cordova on Folsom Blvd near Mather AFB where my husband, George, was stationed. That was OUR hangout! Yummmm..... and of course Uncle Lloyd never charged us for anything!

Then back to So. Cal and Fosselman's in Alhambra on Main Street near Raymond...

Good memories. Good ice cream!

Shuttle Fly-Over Southern CA ~ Tucker's Birthday ~ Pecan Cookies

Good 46º, sparsely cloudy morning. Strange clouds now and yesterday afternoon....

I hope you read this before the timed fly-over for all you in So. Cal.....

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Shuttle Endeavour to arrive at Edwards Air Force Base in Lancaster, northern Los Angeles County, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 at about 12:45PM. If interested in viewing the shuttle you are asked to plan ahead and find a safe viewing location during the intended fly over. We do not want you to get hurt or be involved in a traffic collision. Do not stop on the roadways. "Spot The Shuttle" Details:
* NASA - Shuttle Endeavor plans from coast to coast http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/status_reports/SCA_Endeavour_status_09_12.html
* Edwards Air Force Base info: http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123317799 and https://www.facebook.com/EdwardsAirForceBase/posts/225963080864839
* Los Angeles flyover Info: The Big Endeavor Flyover (Mission 26): It flies over Los Angeles and lands at LAX at around 10:30AM, Friday, Sept. 21http://lacoa.org/PDF/NR12430rl%20Endeavor%20Fly%20Over%20final.pdf

Yesterday was a run to Medford to see my back doctor. Said everything from x-rays looks fine. Pins and rods all in place and nothing moved. He wants me to have physical therapy or do the exercises in the booklet he gave me. I'll do the booklet stuff. Then to the post office to pick up a package, and the drug store for wrapping paper.

The Scottish came out in me again and I canned the tomato juice that came from cooking the tomatoes for the marinara. I used to leave it in with the tomatoes and just cook it down. Now, that I have discovered it's so tasty (tomato, onion, garlic, olive oil) I like to put it in my vegetable smoothies.

Yessiree bob, mix some of the tomato juice, ice, spinach, celery, carrots, a little flax seed, and you have one good refreshing healthy drink!

Late afternoon off to Brian and Jen's for Tucker's birthday....

Here is a picture minutes after Tucker's birth in 2004...

and yesterday..................

 

Jen had a beautiful dinner of fresh green beans, perfectly cooked steak, crab legs, cut up fresh veggies with her 'famous' ranch dressing. Then it was cheesecake for dessert! Wow.

Presents were opened, with a gift cert to play golf from former neighbors Carol and Neil, a new wood club, lots of Leggo stuff, and night vision goggles from Bobo!

I am going to make a Smilebox and post it later....

Great birthday for our boy. Saturday will be his Harry Potter birthday party with his friends. Should be fun!

 

Historically this date....

1780 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.

1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.

1942 – The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.

......................What a plane!!!!

1961 – Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.

.......... Ha ha ha... the old "sky hook" !!! (or as we called it... the 'sh*t hook' !)

1972 – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation № 1081, placing the entire country under martial law.

1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.

..............sounds like what BO is about to do if re-elected!!

And births this date include...

1903 – Preston Tucker, American automobile designer (d. 1956)

.... can you believe this... our Tucker (Brian loved the story of the Tucker Automobile) celebrates his birthday one day before Preston's!

1931 – Larry Hagman, American actor

Dude! UGLEEEEEE......... do something with those bushy brows! Don't fall asleep around me, I'll fix'um!

1935 – Henry Gibson, American actor (d. 2009)

1950 – Bill Murray, American comedian and actor

1961 – Nancy Travis, American actress

... she's funny. I like her!

1962 – Rob Morrow, American actor

....He's on Numbers. I like that show!

1967 – Faith Hill, American singer

All I know. Makin' "mouse cookies" for Tucker's Harry Potter Birthday Party tomorrow. Nuff said. TGIF. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

Click here for a bunch of recipes for pecan cookies:

Click here: National Pecan Cookie Day - Fun Food Holidays for September @ CDKitchen

Tucker ~ 1030 Dude ~ Infused Vodka ~ My Marinara Sauce

Good 47º cloudless morning.

Breakfast was the Greek Potato Cakes topped with soft boiled eggs.... OMGOOD~!

I posted this last year, but it's funny so here it is again:

From Dan in Texas:

A recent study found that the average American

walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found that the average American

drinks about 22 gallons of alcohol a year.

That means the average American gets about

41 miles to a gallon! Makes you damned proud to

be an American.

 

Two ultra super people are celebrating birthdays today...

first one is my grandson, Tucker. Tucker turned 8 years old today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TUCKER! See you later!!! xoxo

And number two is dear friend, Jerry's partner, Steve Voors, 10-30 Dude! HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!!!!

(Jerry & Steve at Jerry's retirement from LASD in 1998)

Historically this date...

In the Northern Hemisphere, meteorological Autumn starts on 20 September. In the Southern Hemisphere, meteorological Spring starts on this date.

1881 – Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.

1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

.... silly. they are the same sex!

Riggs was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1988. He founded the Bobby Riggs Tennis Museum Foundation to increase awareness of the disease. Riggs died of cancer October 25, 1995, in Encinitas, California, aged 77.

In his final days, Riggs maintained friendly contact with Billie Jean King, and King phoned him often. She called him shortly before his death, offering to visit him, but he did not want her to see him in his condition. She phoned him one last time, the night before his death and, according to Billie Jean herself in an HBO documentary about her, the last thing she told Riggs was "I love you." (Interview with Billie Jean King, USA US Open telecast, August 28, 2006)
2011 – The United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.

And births this date include....

1934 – Sophia Loren, Italian actress

1967 – Gunnar Nelson, American musician (Nelson)

1967 – Matthew Nelson, American musician (Nelson)

Yesterday was kitchen projects day. First, JoAnn had given me a bag of pears. So I cut them up and cored them and put them in jars and filled the jars with vodka. They will sit and infuse for about 2 weeks. At the end of a week I will add a cinnamon stick to a couple of the jars. Will give them a taste test and let you know...

Then I dove into the 10 pounds of tomatoes Jeannie and Bill gave me... cored, cut, cooked, strained, and added basil, onion, garlic, loads of mushrooms, and a couple cups (comes in little boxes) of Cucina & Amore

 

super yummy 'made in Italy' with Greek Kalamata olives, Italian green olives, capers, and parsley marinara sauce.. just for added flavor ... and canned the sauce.....

All I know. Happy Thursday. Gotta wrap Tucker's birthday presents! Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 20th