Drinking Tea? ~ Capt. Kirk ~ Elk's Dinner ~ Grandchildren

Good 48º clear and sunny morning. Hit 91º yesterday. Heat range is supposed to go upwards over the next few days. Joy.

The VFW in RR had their Patriots Poker Run yesterday... Paul Allgood, Dale Yellin, and Tom Corso all participated. It was hot and a long ride. We all met later at the Elks and they were worn out!

My motto:

I never get tired of housework - I don't do any. (Well not a lot!)

PICTURE of the day... China's cliffside plank path will give you goose bumps!

Today Patriots and Bills.....

Can any of you answer me this.... why do people put a tea bag into a cup of hot water and then drink it with the bag still in the cup?

 

I was watching a movie and these women are drinking tea, with the bag in the cup. I don't get it. I steep my tea and remove the bag.

This video is HILARIOUS... Capt. Kirk watches Miley Cyrus!

Now you can't tell me this makes her parents proud!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZbHm4IgiZY&feature=youtu.be

Historically this date....

1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.

1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.

1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.

... there is not enough room on this page to state my anger with liberal left-wing socialist trash who have caused the cessation of reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in our schools!

1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.

1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, which was later upgraded to honorable.

And births this date include....

1922 – Sid Caesar, American comedian

 

1925 – Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)

1971 – David Arquette, American actor

1981 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor

 

Cats! So funny. Check this guy, caught red handed!

http://i.minus.com/iptF54skk6sg0.gif

Last night was the Elk's Scholarship Fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner. A bunch of us went... Bill Jeannie Patterson, Dale Dee Yellin, Tom Kathy Corso, Paul Tammy Allgood, and me, the proverbial 5th wheel! Of course I had my camera and got a lot of static from my pals.... the first picture of Pattersons, he's got his eyes crossed

the first one of Corso's she's giving me "the look"

the Yellins cooperated!

And as for the Allgoods... she told me not to take her picture and then she showed me my hat size!

LOL. Too bad guys..... Gotcha!

The dinner was buffet style...

Salad with choice of dressing, spaghetti with a great sauce, and yumm-o garlic toast. All for $7. Good dinner! Good friends!

Today my friend Linda Nantz is celebrating her granddaughter, Jacelin's 13th birthday. Happy Birthday pretty girl!

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 8th

GRANDPARENTS DAY

...and I love my grandchildren!!  ♥♥♥♥ Alex Jack Tucker Sami

HOT So.Cal. ~ LAPD Takedown ~ Pizza ~ Cowell on Leno ~ Hypocrite Kerry

Good 48º clear and gonna be warm morning...

 

Southern California is melting.... Kristen posted this on her FB page yesterday...    Yikes!

 

PICTURE of the day.....I'm so happy!!!

Thought this interesting.... LAPD's attempt to take down a HUGE HUGE woman.... the fight is on! The camera man's comments were funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdcxq5UJcjc

 

 

Historically this date...

1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines

1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1965 – Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.

1970 – Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).

1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

 

And births this date include....

1923 – Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)

1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)

1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor

BFF..... 3 more days.....

Happy almost Birthday!

(♪♫ SOW Sista, SOW Sista...♪♫)

 

Dinner last night was something I had not made before.. a pizza with refrigerated pizza dough.... I used 2 cans of sliced mushrooms, 1 can salmon, 3 mini Babybel cheeses, one of Jeannie's Anaheim chilis, and shredded mixed cheese...

Spread out the dough, cook for 5-8 minutes, then I slathered mayonnaise on the crust, added the mushrooms, salmon, chili, Babybel broken into pieces, and the shredded cheese...

bake 400º 10-12 minutes.

 

 

 

YUMMMMMMMMM!!!! OMG, so good when you bite into one of those pockets of Babybel! Salmon was perfect and made it taste like you were not being bad! Anaheim chili was just enough bite!

 

 

Then I watched a Hallmark movie and part of Jay Leno.... Simon Cowell was on. CREEP!!! He never dresses. He wore a t-shirt. Then when he goes to sit down, like a girl, he puts his foot under him on the chair. WHAT A DORK!

I couldn't stand it any more, so turned it off! You have to feel sorry for the baby he has fathered! Gadzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

 

 

All I know. Happy House Cleaning Saturday. Fund raiser spaghetti feed tonight at the Elks. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 7th

Neither Rain Nor Snow Day

Right now, we bet you're thinking "this special day is about a tranquil weather day with neither rain nor snow"  ....wrong.

Here's the real scoop on this special day:

Neither Rain Nor Snow Day celebrates the opening of the New York Post Office building on this day in 1914.

This following inscription was inscribed on the building: "Neither snow nor rain not heat nor gloom of night ,stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."  Here is the second misconception: A lot of people assume the inscription represents the Post Office motto. This assumption is incorrect. But, this inscription is very close to the old Pony Express rider's motto. Which leads to a third misconception.. ......The Pony Express was not a government funded predecessor to today's Post Office. The Pony Express was a courier and message delivery service. However, it was privately owned and funded. Now that we have the history and trivia out of the way, let's go and enjoy the day. We hope you use Neither Rain Nor Snow Day to show your appreciation to your postal delivery people, especially those who walk their routes.

Weird Weather ~ Sedona ~ Fires ~ Caramel Apples ~ Green Onions ~ Broncos/Manning ~ USMC Chesty Bulldog

 

Good 49º somewhat cloudy morning.

Nice sleeping cooler last night! Looks like it will be in the 80º's and then the 90º's and by my BFF Jeannie's birthday it is supposed to be 108º !!!! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??????? Geeze Louise!

 

Wow, didn't get too hot yesterday. Stayed about 75º and cool inside with a breeze coming in through the windows. I even put on a warm long sleeved shirt! Nice. About 3pm Jeannie said the rain was coming down hard and lots of thunder in Grants Pass. We got all of 12 drops and the thunder was way in the distance. Storm didn't come over my mountain! Looked like it though...

 

Had a first thing in the morning problem with my computer. AOL was acting up. Couldn't see emails, couldn't save emails to send later. Got a hold of AOL and "Dane" remotely fixed it. YES! So, back in business, after a rough hour!

 

Today my Italian son Alex is celebrating his baby daughter's birthday. Sedona is 15. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEDONA!

Taken about 3 years ago..

And... recently... a real beauty! I know you are so proud of her Alex!

 

 

Re the fire closest to us...

The 24,125-acre Big Windy Complex burning on ODF-protected lands 25 miles NW of Grants Pass is 87 percent contained. More info: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3570/  

 

Here are the fires a year ago today...

 

 

Laura (Vincent-Virant) posted this on her FB page... what a good idea if you like caramel apples.....

Do you love caramel apples but hate trying to eat them? Try it this way! (found this and could not keep it to myself!! I can't wait to try it!) Hollow out your apples, (you can balance the apple halves in a muffin pan) fill will melted caramel,... let the caramel harden and cut into slices! yummy!

 

 

PICTURE of the day...  LOL

 

What a good idea...

This was on FB on "Getting Healthy" with a little help from our friends.

 

This is a great little tip for you to try next time you buy some green onions. You can re-grow green onions pretty easily after you have already chopped off the bulk of the green to use in your recipe. Just bind them together, put a little water into the bottom, and they'll be like new again in 12 days!

 

Ok, so last night Brian was a happy camper when Peyton Manning and the Broncos beat the dreaded Ravens 49-27. It didn't look like that was going to happen in the beginning, delays because of lightening storm, but Manning forged ahead ... throwing 7 TD passes and now ranking up there with the few who have done that! I think in a week he faces off against his brother Eli and the Giants. Should be interesting. How their parents can stand that is beyond me!

"Manning is the sixth QB in NFL history to throw seven TD passes in a game and the first since Joe Kapp for Minnesota against Baltimore on Sept. 28, 1969. The others read like a Who's Who of passers who defied the 3-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust days long before the NFL became so pass-happy: Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda and Y.A. Tittle.
Tom Brady never did it. Nor Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Steve Young or Terry Bradshaw. Or, for that matter, No. 7 himself, John Elway, who had his binoculars trained on the action from his perch in the luxury seats."

Historically this date....

1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan.

 

1972 – Munich Massacre: 9 Israel athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group died (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. 2 other Israeli athletes are slain in the initial attack the previous day.

 

1995 – Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years.

 

1997 – Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.

 

And births this date include.....

1944 – Swoosie Kurtz, American actress

....interesting read..named after an aircraft by her father!

....on Mike and Molly....

 

 

 

 

1947 – Jane Curtin, American actress

 

 

1958 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian

 

1983 – Pippa Middleton, Sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

 

 

Ok, so the story of the USMC mascot. My girlfriend Erika asked about the name "Devil Dogs" and saw a picture of a bulldog on the US Missouri I posted. Here's the story...

Thanks to the German Army, the USMC has an unofficial mascot. During WWI many German reports had called the attacking Marines "teufel-hunden", meaning Devil-Dogs. Teufel-hunden were vicious, wild, and ferocious mountain dogs of Bavarian folklore.

 

Soon afterward a USMC recruiting poster depicted a snarling English Bulldog wearing a Marine Corps helmet. Because of the tenacity and demeanor of the breed, the image took root with both the Marines and the public. The Marines soon unofficially adopted the English Bulldog as their mascot.

Since 1922, the United States Marine Corps has used Bulldogs as its mascots.

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler introduced the first Marine mascot, named "Pvt.Jiggs," who lived at Marine Barracks, Quantico VA. He quickly rose in the ranks to Sergeant Major. He was the first in a series of bulldog mascots.

The current mascot is the 14th (Chesty XIII retired Aug 28, 2013) in a series of mascots named "Chesty" after the famous Marine Lieutenant General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller Jr.. This dog lives at the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, where he appears in weekly parades.
Marine units across the Corps have mascots, usually bulldogs, the most famous of which represent the enlisted training installations. An English bulldog named 'Legend' represents Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and 'LCpl. Belleau Wood' represents Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

Here is the retired Chesty ... and his replacement...

 

 

All I know. TGIF. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 6th

National Read A Book Day

National Coffee Ice Cream Day