Glasses ~ Motorcycle Airbag ~ Musashi w/ The Girls ~ Julie ~ Lobster Tail

Good 43º clear sunny morning.

This is going to be a short version of the old blog... lost my glasses. I know! Using cheap-o store bought reading glasses that really don't help when the computer screen is over arm's length away. Heading to the eye center asap this morning to get new ordered.  I have three pairs of glasses, driving for distance, reading, and my "computer" glasses. Have no idea whatsoever what happened to them.

And since it was Flag Day yesterday Rogue River had all their flags out...

Photo of the day...for you motorcycle enthusiasts...LOL....

Motorcycle safety has taken a huge leap forward with the invention of the motorcycle airbag.

 

Yesterday I met up with girlfriends and had lunch at Musashi.

Click here: Musashi Sushi Bar & Japanese Cuisine

They have a great sushi bar but we sat at a table so we could gab easier!

L-R Jeannie, Dee, Nancy, me, Kathy. Lunch was great....

Jeannie Dee and Kathy had the tempura plate...

Nancy had the chicken teriyaki....

 

And I had the sashimi bento.... pot stickers, tempura, and fresh sashimi....

Awesome!

Today is our Ace Hardware store's manager's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE MORAN!!!!! I hope you have a GREAT day!

 

Historically this date.....

1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.

1846 – The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km²) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

1896 – The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.

1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.

1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.

2012 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.

 

And births this date include....

1908 – Sam Giancana, American mobster (d. 1975)

 

1917 – Lash LaRue, American actor (d. 1996)

 

1937 – Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Highwaymen) (d. 2002)

 

1954 – James Belushi, American actor

 

1958 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player

   .... quite the controversial guy!

 

1963 – Helen Hunt, American actress

 

1964 – Courteney Cox, American actress, director, and producer

 

1970 – Leah Remini, American actress

 

1973 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor, singer, and director

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

June 15th

National Lobster Day

The easiest and best way to cook a lobster tail, from my nephew (former cook now realtor) Jimmy ...

Pull meat out of shell by making a cut down the entire length of the tail on top.

Put meat on top of the shell. Brush with clarified butter* and sprinkle with paprika.

Bake at 400º for 15-18 minutes. PERFECT every time!

* Melt the butter over a med heat and simmer a few minutes until you can see the solids separating. Take a spoon and skim off the solids. Voilá. Clarified butter

Flag Day ~ 1975 Wedding Day ~ Ryan ~ Levis to Vets ~ Infuzed Salmon Sliders

Good 39º sunny morning.

Stayed nice yesterday, got to 70º and the clouds were beautiful....

Today has been a super special day since 1975... Flag Day, our wedding day. 38 years ago. Went so fast!

 

Today is also my great nephew, Ryan Plumbridge's birthday. HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY RYAN!!!

 

Picture of the day.....

A section of the photographer’s fish tank broke, causing that corner of the house to be lit up by rainbow colors. Bailey the cat decided to sit in that corner and became Rainbow Cat.

 

Yesterday was errand day. I left here, got Maggie's prescription, my prescription, a package at the post office, dropped a computer screen off to Turk (he fixes computers and puts computers together for kids who can't afford them), and then stopped at the Elk's Lodge with a load.....

5 bags of Jerry's old Levis (about 30 pair) and a few pair of Prison Blues... and one pair of Tony Lama cowboy boots. Bill Jackson will take them over to the Veteran's Rehab Center in White City. He said the vets love Levis and will be happy to get them. 

Click here: White City or VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center - Locations

I think Jerry would be pleased the vets can use them instead of selling them or sending to Goodwill or .....

 

Then to the market for a fun shopping spree. OMG, Best Foods Mayo has come out with a new one... Creamy Balsamic!

Boy howdy is it good!!!!

 

Stopped at Infuzed and picked up a couple of salmon sliders and some black bean salad. OMGOOD!!!!

I also got some habañero/mango infused lemonade. Yummm... (it's GREAT with some vodka in it too!) Thanks Shelly and KC!

 

Now this is really interesting about Barley, an opossum...

Click here: Meet Barley the Opossum - PawNation

 

165th day of the year... 200 remaining until the end of 2013.

 

Historically this date...

1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.

1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.

1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.

1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.

 

And births this date include...

1909 – Burl Ives, American actor, singer, and author (d. 1995)

 

1916 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)

 

1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)

 

1932 – Joe Arpaio, American police officer

 

1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman and author, founder of the Trump Entertainment Resorts

 

1961 – Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer (Culture Club, Bow Wow Wow, and Jesus Loves You)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All I know. Lunch at Musashi with the girls today. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

June 14th

National Strawberry Shortcake Day

 

Tucker's Game ~ Skunk Smell ~ Charlie ~ Kitchen Klutzes

Good 47º cloudy rain a possibility morning. I doubt it will rain. Haven't washed my truck in a week or so!

Missing Atlas.... that will go on for a long while.

Tucker's last baseball game of the season was Tuesday evening.

One of the players on the opposing team hit a ball over the fence so all of Tucker's team was looking for it....

Sami enjoyed a frozen pop.... they do such a great job of leaving color!

Tuck's team lost by 1 point, but the winning team was happy, their second win only all season! Then my Brian Jen Tucker and Sami had to go home to a house without Atlas. Sad. 

Found this picture yesterday... made me smile... Harley and Atlas..

 

Had a strange thing happen a few mornings ago... I woke up, had windows open all night and could smell a faint hint of skunk.

Thought weird. Then I wondered if there was a marijuana grow around close by.

When I went outside and came back in the smell was inside the house! OMG. When Aaron, landscaper, was here he was standing outside the screen and said he could smell it too. There is no way for a skunk to get under the house except for the under the front porch... through the lattice.The rest is blocked off.....

OK, then. So I decided since WD-40 keep crawling insects, flying insects, away and mouse/rat critters out from under the hood of my car I decided to spray the lattice all around the porch.

The smell is gone! Amazing. Skunks emit that odor just by peeing... so if one had been under the porch and pee'd ....... Now hopefully he/she won't be back!

Yesterday morning was 39º when I got up. Ice on the barn roof! Warmed to 46º but 57º inside. Turned on the heater!!! I love Oregon... heater in the morning, AC in the afternoon!

 

Today is the birthday of a special friend, Charlean Gottesman Allen.(ret LASD)  "Charlie" worked Temple Station with Jerry. Was up here visiting last year. Fun to gab about all the memories. Here is Charlean with her granddaughter Harper.

HAPPY BRTHDAY CHARLIE!

Historically this date....

1893 – Grover Cleveland undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; operation not revealed to US public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.

1934 – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".

1966 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

2005 – A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.

 

And births this date include...

1918 – Ben Johnson, American actor (d. 1996)

1926 – Paul Lynde, American actor (d. 1982)

1953 – Tim Allen, American comedian and actor

 

1986 – Ashley Olsen, American actress, fashion designer, producer, and author

1986 – Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress, fashion designer, producer, and author

 

If you haven't tried the new Philly Cream Cheese spread, jalapeno flavor, you need to!

It's wonderful!! It has the best jalapeno flavor and leaves a tingle on your tongue. I can see making a cheesecake using that!  Or... making a cream cheese cake. Cooked in a loaf pan. Mmmm... will work on that!

All I know. Nuff said. It's Thursday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

June 13th

Kitchen Klutzes of America Day

 

 

There's a difference between home cookin' and a home that's cooking. If fire, knives, hot metal, and boiling liquids spell "DANGER" in your kitchen, you are an unofficial honoree of Kitchen Klutzes of America Day. Broken glass, spilled milk, slick wet floors, all of these are harbingers of heartbreak for the dyed-in-the-wool Kitchen Klutzes of America!