Snow ~ Turkeys ~ The Bruise ~ Dave Ane ~ PatC ~ Chocolate, Plants, and Peculiar People

Good 31º snowy morning. Just a dusting......

 

The sunset yesterday, 4:08pm......

And the turkeys were all huddled up on my fence...... such funny guys!

 

Bruiser watches from his perch on some stacked up chairs on the porch....

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I posted the following on my blog www.susan-maxwell.com a number of years ago. Just read it again and thought it a good time to post here....

"The seasons all remind me of things, winter reminds me of quiet. Shhhhhh....... Let's cook something that will warm us up, lets read a book snuggled on the couch with the cat, let's make hot chocolate and watch a movie ... Spring is always memorable because of the jump at you beauty. Summer is so busy with activities and places to go. Fall air just makes you feel good and alive. Then winter. I always look forward to it, only because growing up and living in Southern California we didn't have 4 seasons. Wait, we did ... Fire, Flood, Riot, and Hollywood's Award Season! (Gag, don't they ever quit patting themselves on the back!) I'm not whining, mind you, I do love each day and it's presentation. As with the constant heat of summer, the fog this winter was deflating. But, then again, each day brings a new promise. Today it's windy. Watching the leaves swirl and blow ... the wind chime is in full concert ... cat and dog are close by. I'll live! :O)"

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Just a mere 355 days left until the end of 2013. Zipping along already!!

On the 5th of January our LA Sheriff's Department lost "one of the best." Dave Ane left us with heavy hearts. Dave was special in so many ways. I still can see him greeting Jerry, every single time, by picking him straight up off the ground and giving him a 'Dave bear hug' !! I'm sure those two are sharing tall tales together now. RIP Dave.

And a special birthday today.... PatC .... HAPPY BIRTHDAY girlfriend! We'll party next week! You share your birthday with some of the best singers! Can you sing, Pat?

 

Historically this date....

1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte divorces his first wife Joséphine.

1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.

1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.

2005 – A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.

And births this date include....

1843 – Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)

                                 Jesse and Frank

1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)

1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)

1943 – Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)

1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer

1945 – Rod Stewart, Scottish singer

1949 – George Foreman, American boxer

1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer

1957 – Greg Walden, American politician

our Congressman, nice guy, good guy, my friend....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG!!!

 

All I know. Best get to gettin'. Happy Thursday. Ciao

xo Sue Mom Bob

January 10th.

Bittersweet Chocolate Day

Houseplant Appreciation Day:

The holidays are over. The decorations have been put away for another year. The house looks a little plain, a little drab. In the greyishness of January, your eye catches something in the corner of the room. Why, it's a houseplant! Funny, but with all of the holiday hubabuloo, you've all but forgotten your houseplants. Today is THE day to get back to tending to, and loving your houseplants.

Peculiar People Day:

Peculiar People Day is in honor of uniquely different people. Un-ordinary, extraordinary, unusual, strange, odd, uncommon, intriguing, different, abnormal, and quirky.... These are all things that we think of to describe the word "peculiar". Most of these characteristics can be viewed as good, or not so good. Today is a day to look for the good in your peculiar acquaintances.

Modem Down ~ Roast Veggies/Poached Egg ~ Speeding In A School Zone ~ The Bruise Naps

Good afternoon. Very dark and cloudy. 42º. Some rain has come down, not much.The pressure is dropping rapidly.

Got a picture from dear old friend, Terry Polly aka 'Da Pully' former mechanic at Temple Station... he now lives in Idaho. So far yesterday they had 6" of the white stuff....

We may get some here too.

Yesterday afternoon my modem took a dive again and this time it did not come back on.

I had an appointment with my ENT in the afternoon. Then it was a trip to Costco. I forgot several things and remembered them on my way home. DANG! Dropped off the items Patty and Cliff wanted and sat, had a cocktail, and visited for a bit. Nice. Dropped PJ's request off, home and still no modem. Grrrrrrr........

 

Call into phone company guy, Bob, at 8am this morning. He said he was swamped today and couldn't stop by until tomorrow morning. Said it would take 2 days for a modem to get here so I decided, at Brian's urging, to go to Staples and get a modem/router and hook it up. Got one, stopped at market, and home. Tried to hook it up, but wasn't working. Called Brian, he was busy with clients, and called back with suggestions. Just then Bob called and said he was on his way up the road from me and would stop and help. Such a GREAT guy! He was here and now gone and everything working wonderfully well. YEAH.

Brian, via phone, helped me set the password in my iPad. OMG, his mother can be sooooooo dumb at times! He's a love and puts up with me. ♥

Breakfast was heated up roasted veggies with poached eggs.

On my way into town to get the modem, in front of our high school (where idiots NEVER go the speed limit of 20mph) here was a Deputy doing the 'work of the Lord' ... citing a speeder! YES!!!

Life is so exciting around here he even had backup for a citation! LOL

If an individual is charged with a traffic violation that occurred in a posted school zone is subject to the provisions of ORS 811.235 (Fine for traffic offenses in school zones)

(a) $870 for a Class A violation.

(b) $520 for a Class B violation.

(c) $320 for a Class C violation.

(d) $220 for a Class D violation.

Rock on!

 

Historically this date....

1857 – The Fort Tejon earthquake strikes California, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.

1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.

2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone.

And births this date include....

1913 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States

 

(d. 1994)

1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)

"Ew rook mahvelous, daaaling"

1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)

1934 – Bart Starr, American football player

1941 – Joan Baez, American singer and activist

1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer

Bruiser was in the house and I went to see where he was.... sleeping like a big comfy baby on my bed! He's such a love!

 

Another Wilson alum, who is at least 37+ years y

ounger than I am, sent me this on FB.... does this look like Bruiser or what??? Thank you, Mary Garcia Quedada!!!!

 

 

All I know. Glad to have my computer back! Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 9th

National Apricot Day

 

Homemade Soup ~ 'Goovment' Salaries ~ Huell ~ English Toffee

Good 41º drizzly cloudy morning.

WOW: Alabama crushes Notre Dame, 42-14, for second straight BCS title

I was asked about the homemade soup from yesterday... Crockpot, large carton chicken stock, dried mushrooms (or use fresh sliced), golden mushroom soup, sliced garlic (I use dried from Costco), Tabouli (or use orzo, rice, couscous, quinoa), whole wheat rigatoni (I only like the whole wheat pasta in soup, not with sauce!), diced sweet potato, and at the end I added half a package of frozen peas. (I know, BFF you hate peas! Use green beans or okra or broccoli or.....? whatever you have/like.) All cooked in crockpot on low for 5 hours. Really good! But, like most things I cook, it's a little of this and that I have on hand.

Here you go....

Salaries of the President, Vice President, and Other U.S. Officials

The salaries listed below are annual as of 2011. The president most recently received a raise in 2001.

Position	Salary
President
1789	$25,000
1873	$50,000
1909	$75,000
1949	$100,0001
1969	$200,0001
2001	$400,0001
Vice President	$230,7002
Senator	$174,000
Representative	$174,000
Majority and Minority Leaders	$193,400
Speaker of the House	$223,500
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court	$223,500
Assoc. Justice, U.S. Supreme Court	$213,900

Position Salary President

1789 $25,000

1873 $50,000

1909 $75,000

1949 $100,000¹

1969 $200,000¹

2001 $400,000¹

Vice President $230,700²

Senator $174,000

Representative $174,000

Majority and Minority Leaders $193,400

Speaker of the House $223,500

Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court $223,500

Assoc. Justice, U.S. Supreme Court $213,90

Read more: Salaries of the President, Vice President, and Other U.S. Officials — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875856.html#ixzz2HJvPAD11

 The President also gets...

1. Plus $50,000 non-taxable expense allowance to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties.

2. Plus $10,000 taxable expense allowance. ..... and then:

 

 

Historically this date...

1780 – An earthquake of estimated magnitude 7.7 hits the city of Tabriz, Iran, killing about 80,000 people and causing major damage.

.............wow, 80,000!!!

1835 – The United States national debt is 0 for the only time.

1877 – Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.

2011 – An attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills six people and wounds 13, including Giffords.

 

And births this date include....

1912 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992)

1923 – Larry Storch, American actor

... a Hollywood phenom... married to same woman 43 years (til her death)

1935 – Elvis Presley, American singer (d. 1977)

... here in a picture with my friend Seal Beach Judy in 1971, and Judy's baby girl Kim......

1942 – Yvette Mimieux, American actress

1947 – David Bowie, English musician

And lastly RIP Huell Howser. LOVED California's Gold!

A favorite show all about California on PBS for many years. Still being showed and I still record the episodes. Met him in person once, funny story.

 

All I know. Nuff said. ENT appointment today and Costco! Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bob

January 8th

English Toffee Day

Click here: Cary's Of Oregon:

I suggest you go to this site and order some. It's the BEST! Or if you are close to Grants Pass, stop in the store oat 413 Union (near the Three Rivers Hosp), say hi to Dee and buy some toffee! They have free samples. Once you try it, you are hooked!

 

One of my favorites is their Trail Toffee (a finalist in the NY Fancy Food Show for Outstanding Snack Food Category) ... I like to make oatmeal cookies and instead of just putting raisins in the cookie dough, I put this in. It is a mixture of English Toffee with toasted almonds, dried cranberries and raisins. OMGOOOD!!!!!