Patriot Day ~ Jim & Liz ~ Jeannie B-day ~ Keurig

    

Good 52º gonna be another scorcher day! Hit 103º yesterday. Yes did my share of both whining and wine!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today is a humbling day. Memory kicks in to that horrible tragic morning and all the visuals on the TV. Unspeakable. I was wrapped in a blanket in front of the TV all day. It still makes me so sad to the point of being teary-eyed.

 

My friend Marie Vincent (former Temple City neighbor) sent the following link. With today in mind and what happened on 9-11-2001 watch this and remember...

http://www.godfruits.com/september-11-tribute-arms-of-the-angel-26069.php

 

.... and so since it was the hatred of Muslims for our country and all people who aren't of their ilk, my friend Charlean (Gottesman) Allen (LASD ret) sent me the following:

"Obama says to create harmony by learning Arabic. We might as well get on the bandwagon. The current administration wants us to learn more about Muslims and accept them into our culture. So, I'm making a sincere effort to communicate with our Muslim friends and learn Arabic for the sake of 'cultural diversity'. This is my first attempt....."

 

Today is the birthday of a couple of special people... my friend (former LASD SR and Choirboy) Jim Hoffman. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM!! And my dental hygienist and friend, Liz O'Conner, from Bright Now Dental in Grants Pass. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ!!! See you next Monday!!

 

Historically this date...

1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, the country's first independent declaration of war

1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.

1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

2001 – In the USA three hijacked aircraft are deliberately crashed into the twin World Trade Center towers (which collapse) in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in a co-ordinated attack which became known as "9/11". Another hijacked airliner in the same attack crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed.

And births this date include....

1928 – Earl Holliman, American actor

1937 – Robert Crippen, American astronaut

1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress

 

1967 – Harry Connick, Jr., American singer

 

Yesterday I went to Bill and Jeannie's to celebrate her birthday. I had made her a lemon cake and filled a basket with her favorite things.. .frogs, Paydays, caramels, Bob's Seasoning Salt, and got her some car mats for her new ride with frogs on them!

 

Jeannie made jalapeño poppers with the jalapeños from her garden. They were SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!! We had wine and chatted. Chaka was a doll....

 

And when I was leaving, Jeannie gave me "poppers to go" and a cantaloupe from their garden. Will cut that today!

In the trunk of my car were some hats, I gave Jeannie one...she modeled it! Safari.......

Yesterday also, my Keurig showed up in the hands of our UPS Dave, former Dude owner.... Dave was happy to see Dude as Dude was happy to see Dave and even ate two dog cookies Dave gave him! Dude NEVER eats dog cookies! LOL.

 

Today I will read the directions and make coffee and/or tea...

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Hump Day. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 11th

Hot Crossed Buns Day

Hot cross buns predate the arrival of Christianity - the cross originally representing the pagan sun wheel. Queen Elizabeth I converted the buns to Christianity and declared that the buns may only be eaten at funerals, Easter and Christmas.

Click here: Hot Cross Buns I Recipe - Allrecipes.com

Jeannie ~ Reduce the Wine ~ TV Dinners

Good 53º too warm morning. Gonna be killer hot again today. I know.... whine whine...oh wait, wine wine wine!! Yeah, that's it!

Today is a special day.... my BFF Jeannie Patterson is celebrating her birthday. 39 again, eh girlfriend? HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEANNIE!! SOW Sista! Sisterfriend!

Your pup Chaka wishes you a Happy Birthday too!!

"Hi Mom. Hi Mom. Happy Birthday." Lick lick lick......

 

Here we go.... Breakfast of ...... ummm, no, not champions... um..... Breakfast of someone who didn't want to mess with much! Yeah, that's it. Mashed up hard-boiled egg with mayo and parmesan cheese on rice cakes... with some of Jeannie's heriloom cherry tomatoes and coffee.

Did get a new coffee creamer, Coffeemate Spiced Latte. Mmmmmmmmmm

Historically this date...

1776 – American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.

1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.

1946 – While riding a train to Darjeeling, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu of the Loreto Sisters' Convent claimed to have heard the call of God, directing her "to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them". She would become known as Mother Teresa.

1972 – The United States suffers its first loss of an international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.

And births this date include...

1918 – Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932)

   .... What a legacy he left. Long line of beautiful smart dogs! Loved the Rin Tin Tin show back in the '50's. "Lt. Rip Masters", James Brown, sent me an autographed photo of he an 'Rinty'! (It's somewhere......)

1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer

LOL, Brian's favorite drink is an "Arnold Palmer".... ice tea and lemonade!

1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American television host, author, and political commentator

1953 – Amy Irving, American actress

..... stick with the brown hair, Amy!

 

Yesterday was so fascinating... went to  the post office and picked up a photo that was taken at the 50th class reunion I didn't attend.... market for chicken for the Dude (cook it in the crockpot..he loves it...boneless skinless thighs) ... back home to make birthday cards and thank you cards.. made a cake for the birthday girl Jeannie, attempted to clean out fridge (no luck), and made the bed! YEOWSA!

 

My 17 year old granddaughter Alex is getting a car this weekend. She has saved her money and has enough in the bank to buy a 1998 silver Honda. Can't wait to see it! How fun Alex! So excited for you! ♥

PICTURE of the day..

Today will be more exciting. Shopping in GP and then take the birthday cake to Jeannie and have wine with her and Donna while we watch Rogue River Roofing put a new roof on her house! All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

 

 

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 10th

National TV Dinner Day

 

Gerald Thomas, a C.A. Swanson & Sons executive, had a big problem. What to do with about 270 tons of left over Thanksgiving turkey.

"After Thanksgiving, Swanson had ten refrigerated railroad cars -- each containing 520,000 pounds of unsold turkeys -- going back and forth across the country in refrigerated railroad box cars, because there was not enough storage in warehouses. We were challenged to come up with a way to get rid of the turkeys," said Thomas.

He got the breakthrough idea from the trays used for airline food service. And the TV dinner was born.

 

The first production order was for 5,000 dinners, thought to be a big gamble at the time. They had about two dozen women armed with ice cream scoops filling the new trays at night.

The first TV dinner featured turkey, corn bread dressing and gravy, buttered peas and sweet potatoes. It cost 98 cents and came in a box resembling a TV.

The 5,000 dinners proved to be a gross underestimation. Swanson sold 10,000,000 of them that year.

Of note, most folks didn't own freezers back then, so the dinners were bought and prepared the very same day.

A frozen fried chicken dinner was introduced in 1955. Turkey is still the most popular Swanson TV dinner, except in Fort Worth-Dallas, where fried chicken is the favorite. (Don't ask)

In 1962 they stopped calling them TV Dinners.

 

Dogs & Water ~ Macadamia Nuts ~ Sunday Football ~ Caramel Apple Disaster

Good 52º it's gonna get HOT morning! High 90º today. Natch roofers will be at Bill and Jeannie's today. Poor guys! Not roofing weather.

If you like dogs, and if you don't .... something is wrong with you!... you will enjoy this... Dogs loving water..

http://biggeekdad.com/2013/08/dogs-who-love-water/

 

Historically this date...

1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.

1791 – Washington, D.C., the capitol of the United States, is named after President George Washington.

1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.

1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.

1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

... Wow, do I remember that. Never ever saw such moves!!!

And births this date include....

1890 – Colonel Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (d. 1980)

1923 – Cliff Robertson, American actor (d. 2011)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1951 – Tom Wopat, American actor and singer

1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor

... Odd odd odd!

 

1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian

I like him (and his politics!) ... with wife Jackie.

 

 

The other day I ordered some Mauna Loa Macadamia Nuts in a set from Amazon. There are 2 of the dry roasted, a garlic and onion, Kona coffee glazed, honey roasted, and chocolate covered. OMG! I can't decide which ones I like best!!!

 

Good football day yesterday!!

Scores:

Patriots 23     Bills 21 (YES!)

Cowboys 36      NY Giants 31  (YES!)

49ers 34     Packers 28

Seahawks 27    Cardinals 24

Bears 24    Bengals 21

Colts 21    Raiders 17  (YES!)

Dolphins 23     Browns 10

Jets 18    Buccaneers 17

 

 

Dude and I went to the road yesterday, I rode, he ran. He sure loves doing that. It was nice, not 70º yet.  Then I made thank you cards and some birthday cards. Melted caramels and scooped out apples to make the caramel apple treats. Well I did "somethings" wrong!  First I scooped out the apples with a mellon-baller...

... and yes that mellon-baller looks old...it was my Mom's.

Melted the caramels in the microwave. Big mistake. Too hot for too long and I thought the microwave was on fire!!!

All the AC fans went on high, ceiling fans on high, exhaust fan on high. Geeeze.......

So tried again according to the back of the caramels package... added a drop of water, microwaved lower heat and less time...

Trouble is, the caramel never got hard again! Runny. Will have to ask Laura how she did hers! Sigh.....

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 9th

Teddy Bear Day

 

This is exactly what mine looks like. Teddy is in a trunk somewhere. Given to me when I was born by my Aunt Agnes. Kept him with me all the time.

 

Today is Teddy Bear Day. A Teddy Bear is a special friend to children all over the world. He's cuddly. He makes you feel secure in an otherwise insecure world. He's lovable. Your Teddy Bear is both a companion and a comforter. And, he's not afraid of the dark. He'll keep you safe. Spend the day and night with your teddy bear . Cuddle up to him. Talk to him. And, do all of your favorite things together. Parents and adults: No child should grow up without a teddy bear. If you know of any kid without one, use this day to buy a teddy bear for them. As we become adults, some find it difficult to give up our teddy bears. We feel there is no reason to give him up. Some adults have their teddy bears around all their lives. Its perfectly normal....and okay.