Rain ~ Peas Mushrooms Eggs ~ Power Company ~ Pupusas

Good 33º raining morning. Of course it's raining! I had my truck washed yesterday...
 

 

All this after I had breakfast... I sauteéd some thawed peas and some mushrooms, added 2 eggs, stirred it all up and topped it with cheese. GOOD~! Now, I know some people in my circle of family and friends who don't like peas. Don't get your shorts in a knot, just don't make this dish! No gagging sounds are allowed, Jeannie!

 

 

I posted a link re a chicken with a broken leg and it had surgery ... this is what Dom has posted since,

"Also, I went to take care of the farm this morning and Henrietta was standing on her good leg in her cage, eating bird feed like NBD. Good chicken." (NBD=no big deal)

FYI, Pacific Power guy was here yesterday to let me know the pole that has the broken cross arms and the woodpecker hole/nest will be replaced Thursday. So, I will be without power most of the day. I will lay in a supply of wood on my porch so I can keep a fire going in the wood stove. PLEASE keep me off your email lists starting this afternoon through tomorrow. Some of you send 10-15 emails at a time and it will be overwhelming. Thanks.

Costco was on the agenda yesterday. I waited until after the ice had melted for the most part. Stopped at Cash & Carry for Uncle Ben's Mexican Infused Rice (addicted to it!) for me and Jeannie. Then to Costco. Ran into Dee and Kathy there. We had a nice chat.

The food demos are always fun. I tasted "Pupusas"

 

which is a traditional Salvadoran dish made of thick handmade tortilla (made using masa de maiz, a flour dough used in Latin American cuisine) that was filled with cheese.

 

These were so good I bought some. I told Dee and Kathy about them and Dee tried them and bought some too! They are made by Del Real Foods in Mira Loma, CA. You can open them up, add other things... meat ect... or make the 'Curtido' a blend of cabbage, carrots, onions, and peppers and serve on top. Here is the recipe:

Click here: Del Real Foods The Mexican Food Choice

On the way home I went into Grants Pass to take Brian the requested new dog beds for Atlas. He's like Maggie and likes the beds stacked up....so he got two snuggy soft new ones. He will be a happy boy!

Brian had a present for me, a little book titled "iPad for Dummies" !!! I need that!

Got the car washed and back to the old homestead. There were two trucks at my gate. They were a "locator" company. I got out of my car and asked them why there were here. The power company guys had been here and let them in the gate. I see on the pole there is some spray painting and on the ground as well. They said they were here to locate the power lines and the phone lines. DUH...they are on the pole! I don't get that part.

 

If you are interested in historically stuff or birthdays for today ... go to the left and the 'archives' click on 2011, on January, and on January 22nd! Sorry... lazy this am.

Last nights dinner will be posted later... Tilapia on sauteéd vegetables with a lemon pepper sauce.

Happy Hump Day. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 23rd:

National Pie Day

National Handwriting Day

Measure Your Feet Day- we only ask...."Why!?!"

 

21º Heat Wave! ~ Pretentious King ~ Blonde Brownies

Good 21º morning. Ahhhh the glory of the frozen tundra**...

 

 

Big Al Bore...... Global F**king Warming MyAss. Just ask folks around here!!

 

**Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. It is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. Dead organic material functions as a nutrient pool. The two major nutrients are nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen is created by biological fixation, and phosphorus is created by precipitation.
Characteristics of tundra include:

1. Extremely cold climate
2. Low biotic diversity
3. Simple vegetation structure
4. Limitation of drainage
5. Short season of growth and reproduction
6. Energy and nutrients in the form of dead organic material
7. Large population oscillations

I have a gadget on my Google page that says when my next birthday is.... it will be in 222 days and 22 hours! OMG.

So.................. as it went yesterday...

The 'Pretentious King' had his day in the sun....

 

.....as well as his 'Court Jester' ...

 

They just continue to instill that swelling pride and peace of mind.   

Historically this date....

1947 – KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.

1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.

1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.

2002 – Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

And births this date include...

1932 – Piper Laurie, American actress

1934 – Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)

1934 – Graham Kerr, British-born chef

1937 – Joseph Wambaugh, American author

1959 – Linda Blair, American actress

1965 – Diane Lane, American actress

All I know. Nuff said. YEAH Post Office and banks open today! A trip to Costco. Ciao.
xo Sue (not cranky today) Mom Bobo

It's good to have friends who make you laugh and smile!

January 22nd

BLONDE BROWNIES
1 1/3 stick butter, melted 2 c. brown sugar 2 eggs 2 c. flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. vanilla flavoring 1 c. chopped pecans 1 (6 oz.) pkg. butterscotch morsels In medium bowl, stir first eight ingredients until blended well. Spread into greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Sprinkle morsels over dough. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Cut into squares while warm.

(or use chocolate chips instead of butterscotch!) National Blonde Brownie Day is a special day that is set aside to bake and eat blonde brownies. What's a blonde brownie, you ask? Well, as their name implies, traditional brownies are a dark brown. To make blonde brownies, light brown sugar is used in the recipe in place of dark brown chocolate. On National Blonde Brownie Day, its your right and responsibility to bake blonde brownies, and to eat them. If you don't have time to bake today, buy some and eat a few extra blonde brownies.

17º ~ Pasta/Egg/Spinach/Cheese ~ Lim-a-Rita ~ Harbaugh Brothers ~ Squirrels!

Good freekin' cold 17º morning.

Breakfast yesterday was really good. I sauteéd left over spaghetti in garlic infused olive oil, added an egg, mixed it around, added a handful of spinach, drizzled it with a little oil, put on lid and let it steam, stirred it up, plated it, sprinkled cheese over the top. YUMMMMMM-O!

 

 

 

 

If you see these in the market, don't buy any. They are wayyyy tooo sweet. UGH.

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John Harbaugh (born September 23, 1962) is the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens. Previously, he coached the defensive backs for the Philadelphia Eagles and served as the Eagles special teams coach for nine years. Harbaugh and his younger brother, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, are the first pair of brothers to serve as head coaches in NFL history. John and the Ravens will face off against Jim and the 49ers at Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on February 3, 2013.

James Joseph "Jim" Harbaugh born December 23, 1963) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). Jim played college football at the University of Michigan and was a quarterback in the NFL from 1987 to 2000. Harbaugh has been a football coach since 1994 and first served as a head coach in 2004 for the University of San Diego. After coaching Stanford football from 2007 to 2010, Harbaugh became San Francisco 49ers head coach in 2011.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Harbaugh grew up in Ohio, Kentucky, and Iowa before attending high schools in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Palo Alto, California, as his father Jack Harbaugh was an assistant college football coach for various programs including Michigan and Stanford. Jim Harbaugh then enrolled at the University of Michigan, the school where his father was an assistant coach, and was quarterback on the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1983 to 1986. As a senior in Michigan, Harbaugh led his team to the 1987 Rose Bowl and was a Heisman Trophy finalist

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The public inauguration of that racist, arrogant, self-absorbed, liar will take place today. I refuse to watch. He has made the Judicial Watch's top ten list again... for the 6th year in a row of "most corrupt politicians".
He (and I absolutely refuse to say or print his name) landed on the list again because of his record of corruption over the past four years, including his illegal recess appointments, his record of encouraging illegal immigration by not enforcing the law, his appointment of unconstitutional czars, his secrecy over Benghazi, the bailouts, abusing the perks of office for luxury vacations for his family, and, of course, his personal involvement in the Solyndra scandal...

Click here: Obama Fundraises With Players in Solyndra Scandal - ABC News

Makes ya proud, doesn't it. Hey wait, did he blame Bush for Benghazi?

He assuredly blamed him for everything else.

 

 

And from Military.com : (thanks Gator!)

For the second time President Barack Obama will not attend an Inaugural event ball held to recognize Medal of Honor recipients.

Obama was criticized by some four years ago when he became the first President to skip the American Legion’s Salute to Heroes ball since it was first held in 1953.

Historically this date....

1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.

1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.

1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.

1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.

And births this date include...

1922 – Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994)

1926 – Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000)

1938 – Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)

1940 – Jack Nicklaus, American golfer

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 21st

Squirrel Appreciation Day
    Ha ha ha ha ha... good day for the Inauguration!

 

 

Again Ice~ Chicken w/Broken Leg ~ Martini ~ Spaghetti Chicken Puttanesca ~ Cheese Day

Good 20º everything frozen (again) foggy morning.

It was soooo frozen yesterday. Every tree was white. Pretty when the sun came out....

And a Robin was sitting in the top of a frozen tree...

Yesterday I was recovering from my cleaning rampage of Friday. I have a pile of stuff for Goodwill, a Yoga mat and DVD for Jeannie, a cool USMC poster for Brian, cooking magazines for Jen, and two big trash bags for our 'sanitary engineers' ! Yesterday I cleaned off the front porch (leaves and stuff off the logs that end up everywhere), and stacked wood. Oh my achin' back!

This girl, Dom, writes a blog I enjoy reading. She lives in New Jersey on a farm but originally from Poland. A beautiful girl who has a horse training business, a neat dog named Herbie, a horse named Ozzy, and a lucky boyfriend, Mike. Yesterday's blog was especially interesting. She has a chicken who suffered a broken leg..... the story will blow you away. So great!

 

Click here: A Collection of Madcap Escapades: Chicken Surgery

Historically this date....

1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.

.... see, they knew who they'd have to deal with, not like the wuss in the White House now!

And births this date include....

1896 – George Burns, American actor, comedian (d. 1996)

1920 – DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999)

In the second picture he looks like a tired Dr. Oz!

 

It's also Patricia Neal's birthday, but I could never stand her!

 

1929 – Arte Johnson, American actor
 

 

1937 – Dorothy Provine, American singer, dancer and actress (d. 2010)

 

1958 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor

Before dinner I made a Sour Apple Martini (thanks for the mix Patty!)

 

 

Yummy!

Dinner was some of the Tyson breaded and marinated chicken, Cucina & Amore Puttanesca sauce, spaghetti, and Parmesan cheese ....

 

 

Put the chicken in the oven at 450º for 25 minutes.

Heat the sauce, set the chicken in the sauce and heat. Meanwhile cook the spaghetti 8 minutes, drain. Serve. AWESOME!

The other chicken breasts will be for a sandwich later today.....

All I know. Nuff said. Happy FOOTBALL Sunday! Today we have the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome 12pm Pacific Time AND my Tommy and the Patriots vs the Baltimore Ravens at Gillette Stadium 3:30pm Pacific Time. GO PATRIOTS. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 20th

National Cheese Lover's Day

Cheese snacks for football or popcorn with cheese ... Hmmm... tough decision. Chicken sandwich with cheese! Yes.