Quail ~ Queen ~ Boudin ~ Biscuits

Good 42º high clouds morning. Supposed to stay cloudy today with a chance of rain tomorrow. Yesterday was a "no spraying day" with 25 mph wind gusts! Windy all day. Howling wind.

 

Yesterday I heard this quail calling...

and sitting in the grapevines .....

Their call is odd sounding.... go to this site, scroll down to the 'calls' and listen to the first one... that is what he sounded like...

Click here: California Quail, Sounds, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

Thought this so funny. Queen Elizabeth getting a laugh as her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, stands guard outside Buckingham Palace......

Interesting yesterday.. I had ordered a "Mom's Day" breakfast package for Kristen from Boudin Bakery

in San Francisco.

( Click here: Boudin Bakery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )

It was on a "2 day shipping" by FedEx. It was to be delivered on Friday. I checked the tracking number after Kristen didn't say anything about receiving a package. Sure enough the stupid FedEx driver said at 6:30pm an attempt was made to deliver but the school was closed. DUH! It's a school!!! So I wrote Boudin and told them of my frustration. They called me yesterday and apologized, said they were going to contact FedEx, and Kristen would get the shipment yesterday as well as another shipment of "fresh breads" and an apology from Boudin on this coming Friday. Nice. Glad they did that. Good company and I'm happy now. EXCEPT that Kristen never received the package yesterday~! FedEX you are on my LIST!

 

Historically this date....

1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.

          ...........WHAT? So so wrong on so many levels.

1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.

1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

 

And births this date include...

1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)

 

 

1944 – George Lucas, American director

 

1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook

 

From "Just Little Things" ... life's simple pleasures:

"Going to bed knowing you can sleep as long as you want."

 

 

All I know. Happy Tuesday. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 14th

National Buttermilk Biscuit Day

 

Mom's Day Lunch ~ B & J's Backyard Project ~ Jumping Frogs ~ Fruit Cocktail Cake

Good 47º, few scattered clouds, morning.

 

 

Wayyyyy too funny! :

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6Zy297Xgr8Q

 

Here is another WD-40 hint:

WD-40 can also keeps pests at bay. Spray windowsills, door frames and eaves to keep yellow jackets and hornets from building nests.

 

Historically this date...

1846 – Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.

and a bunch of other bad stuff happened ... Patty's brother Hal died in 2008... we're still mourning him! Great guy!

Births this date include...

A whole bunch of people, of which none are of interest to me.

 

Yesterday was so nice. Jen and Brian had Jean and I over for lunch. Table was lovely, set out on the patio. Lunch was a "do it yourself" sandwich with bread and cheese rolls, deli meats, cheeses, watermelon, crackers and guacamole. Dessert was a "do it yourself" ice cream bar. YUMMMM!!!

 

The Moms... (yummm... she had Bridgeview chard!)

 

Sami's watermelon smile. Tucker's ice cream concoction.

The only thing missing??? Kristen, Alex, and Jack! ♥ ♥ ♥

 

Here's Brian and Jen's project. They had a hot tub on a platform with a fence around it. Sold the tub, removed the fence. Built a step and next will be a U-shaped bench with pillows. Deck has been coated with a paint like the kind that

is sprayed in the bed of pickup trucks to make it impenetrable. It will have a fire pit in the center. Nice!

Brian is even going to hang his projection screen and projector opposite so programs and games can be watched from the seating pit. The projector projects what is on the TV! So cool. He had it outside in the yard for the Super Bowl.

I'm claiming my seat for this years Super Bowl now! In the pit!

 

It's The Little Things (from a book Jean gave me)

"When someone says 'Bless you' after you sneeze."

Before I went to Brian's I stopped at The Grange to pick up a new motor for the sprayer. Took it to Dave when I got back home. He came up about 5 with the sprayer all fixed and the new motor working great! PJ followed him on the mower and we sat and had a glass of wine. Dave tried the cinnamon whiskey  and LOVED it! Guess we have another convert! Guess I'm spraying weeds today~! YEAH!

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Monday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 13

Jumping Frog Day

Click here: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Click here: Calaveras County Fairgrounds Jumping Frog Jubilee in Angels Camp, CA

 

National Fruit Cocktail Day

Fruit Cocktail Dessert Cake (easy, yummy, fast)

 

1 box of yellow cake mix

3 eggs

1 (15 ounce) can of fruit cocktail with juice

Preheat oven to 350º. In large bowl add cake mix and eggs. If recipe calls for water replace it with the juice from the fruit cocktail can. Add water if necessary to attain the full liquid measurement required on the box. Mix well.

Fold in the fruit cocktail. Grease the baking dish, tube pan, or Bundt pan. Bake 45-50 minutes, until cake is done.

Remove cake from pan to cooling rack. Allow 20 minutes before inverting cake from pan and put back on cooling rack. Let cake cool completely. No frosting necessary....but a dollop of whipped cream would be perfect!

Mom's Day ~ Dee ~ Conrad & Laura ~ Dry Onion Soup & Taco Seasoning ~ Fudge? Mmmmmm

Good 49º clear sunny morning. Hit 90º yesterday. Tough working in the yard.....very high humidity!

 

The sprayer has a major problem with the pressure gauge, etc. Going to pick up a new motor-whatever at the Grange today and take it to Dave to install. The sprayer is probably at least 12-13 years old, so in need. Will get my weed spraying done one of these days! In the mean time, pulling weeds and hand spraying. UGH.

 

My Mom. Happy Mother's Day. I love and miss you so much!

..... holding me, Easter 1946.... holding Brian February 1971, at her 50th Wedding Anniversary party January 1976....

 

Happy Mother's Day to all moms..... my daughter Kristen who is spectacular, my daughter-in-law Jen who is fabulous, and nieces and friends who are all wonderful moms. I hope you all have a great Mom's day!

 

Oh look, on my safari to Africa the lioness stole my camera!

 

Today is a special birthday... my good friend Dee Yellin is celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE!!!! xoxoxoxo

 

 

And today is the 23rd Wedding Anniversary of two special people... Conrad and Laura (Vincent) Virant. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS!!! Laura was Kristen's friend and our neighbor in Temple City.

 

Historically this date...

1932 – Ten weeks after his abduction Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.

1942 – Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.

2008 – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of workplace and arrests nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

  .... .just imagine... here illegally and defrauding our government. Well, heck, just give them immunity, Social Security, and a phone and welfare! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........

 

Births this date include....

1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)

 

1925 – Yogi Berra , American baseball player

 

1936 – Tom Snyder , American news anchor (d. 2007)

 

1937 – George Carlin , American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)

 

1950 – Bruce Boxleitner , American actor

 

1962 – Emilio Estevez , American actor

 

Make your own Dry Onion Soup Mix and Taco Seasoning and store in small mason jars....This is soooo much HEALTHIER than those you buy at the store!! They contain a TON of stuff that is not good for you!!

 

Make your own Taco Seasoning:

... 1/2 cup chili powder
1/4 cup onion powder
1/8 cup ground cumin
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon sea salt
Put ingredients into a jar and shake. Sprinkle on ground beef while cooking (or ground chicken, turkey, pork.....)

Make your own Dry Onion Soup Mix:

2/3 cup dried, minced onion
3 teaspoons parsley flakes
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons turmeric
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

Mix all ingredients in a jar, then give the jar a good shake. I'd recommend shaking the jar to mix the ingredients well before each use.
Use 4 tablespoons in a recipe in place of 1 packet of onion soup mix. Store this in a dry, cool place.

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday. Going to Brian and Jen's for brunch. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 12th

National Nutty Fudge Day

 

 

Here's about 25 fudge recipes:

Click here: National Nutty Fudge Day - Fun Food Holidays for May @ CDKitchen

Panorama ~ Princes ~ Plumbridge ~ Beer ~ Knotty & Gang

Good 54º (heat wave!) morning. Gadz. Summer has arrived. Dang. Wanted more Spring. Was 90º yesterday, today will probably be the same.

Because it's so warm I have the dining room windows open. All I can hear is that danged rooster up at the neighbors. I'd like to strangle him! WHY would you want roosters???? They are as irritating as someone sitting next to you chewing with their mouth open!

 

And here is the Princess I apparently disturbed taking pictures! LOL

 

Today is my nephew's birthday. Jim Plumbridge, real estate agent at Lake Tahoe in Tahoe City, former USN, husband, dad, golfer ...  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMINY CRICKET!!!! HUGS. Lookin' GOOD! xoxo

 

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Got this from Ike Saben (ret LASD) .... omg.

"The European Union (EU) has granted a permit to an Austrian brewery to officially use the controversial name of their beer: Fucking Hell."

It is a fully legitimate permit. "Hell" in German means 'light' and the beer is produced in the town of Fucking. 

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking%2c_Austria )

... and yes, there really is a town called Fucking.

Also, I looked up "hell" in German...

adjective:

leicht             light, easy, lightweight, simple, slight, mild

licht               light, bright, thin, sparse

hell                light, bright, pale, clear, fair, high

All of this apparently has angered the population of Fucking! Or should I say, it's angered the whole Fucking population!

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Historically this date...

1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.

1949 – Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.

1987 – In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.

1996 – The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.

And births this date include....

1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins (d. 1874) Because they were Thai (formerly Siam) ergo the name Siamese Twins! Interesting story...

 

1911 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)

 

1912 – Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)

 

1920 – Denver Pyle, American actor (d. 1997)

 

1935 – Doug McClure, American actor (d. 1995)

....would you believe, smoking killed him! Geeze people. Stop smoking!  It kills. AND you smell bad!

 

I really wanted to cook some shrimp yesterday, but in the market I could only find shrimp from Thailand and Viet Nam. NO THANKS! They grow them in ponds with human excrement. UGH. I want shrimp caught off the southern coast of the good old US of A ! 

So, I made a quesadilla with American and provolone.

 

Yesterday Jason was here finishing up the weed-eating. I took the Maggs and Dude on a ride down to Jason's folks to pay him... then the pups posed ... with Knotty...

.... for my friends.... who asked for a Maggie fix! xo

 

Picked up Bruiser from the vets. He had his ear flushed again and an antibiotic put in the ear canal. They had to sedate him for this so when I picked him up at 5 he still wasn't out of it completely. A total nut case, running from one end of the house to the other. He finally settled down about 9pm.

 

All I know. Tucker's team will be playing today but he and family will be in Glendale Oregon for one of Tucker's pal's birthday party. I will work in the yard. Will take the sprayer down to Dave first thing so he can figure out why the danged thing won't run! Again.

 

Happy Saturday. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 11th

Eat What You Want Day

What would you like to have to eat today? Okay, great.....health permitting, go ahead and have any and all of your favorite foods and snacks. Because today is Eat What You Want Day.

 

 

International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the incredible journey that migratory birds take each year. They travel thousands of miles between breeding grounds in North America, and their winter homes in Central and South America. Organizers say this is a day to both support, and to increase awareness of conservation efforts in support of migratory birds. They also suggest a field trip into a woods to look for and enjoy migrating birds.