Electrician Jake ~ Yard Master Martin ~ Jerome ~ Cabbage Concoction ~ Sunset

Good 36º morning. Fog lifted yesterday and the sun came out! Hopefully the same today. Stayed cool, but nice.

 

"10-10" .... out of vehicle, subject to call....

LOL, looks like he's holding the invisible handle of the yellow guy-wire! or a Star Wars Light Sword!

That ought to take care of the bad guys!

Yesterday Jake (electrician) came by. He surveyed the job I asked him to do... fix the one barn light and put two lights on the roof facing the front so I can see out there at night. With the light gone from the tree that was taken down out front I have been living in darkness outside. I can't see who I am shooting at! (LOL)

 

Then Martin (pronounced Marteen) came over, with his two cutie pie dogs... Chihuahuas ... one part dachshund! Her name is Lily. Can't remember the other's name.... Roaldo? Something like that....

He trimmed up the grape vines, apple tree, and stacked wood on the porch for me. YES! Great job!

The fence was overgrown with grapevines and even the gate. He trimmed up the apple tree and took the apples over in the field by the house and left them for the deer. They will be happy!

I had to laugh, as every time Martin would carry a load of vines to the burn pile, his doggies were right behind him!

Got some burning to do now!

Then Jake came back and installed the lights on the front of the house. SO GREAT to be able to see out there now when it's dark!

Jake coming back today to fix the barn light....

 

This came from my friend Ann Ramirez (LASD ret) .....

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200387320826253&set=vb.1252454892&type=2&theater

 

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A year ago today Alex Karras passed away.

 

A great football player, a funny man, good actor. His older brothers, Lou (a future member of the Redskins) and Ted (who later played with the Bears and Lions), had played at Purdue but later Ted transferred to Indiana. Because of this, Alex said, "Indiana had the inside track" on recruiting him, but shortly after he graduated from high school, several coaches from the University of Iowa took Karras to secluded Spence Iowa, to keep him away from rival recruiters. There they persuaded him to sign with the Hawkeyes.Karras was drafted in the first round of the NFL draft by the Detroit Lions in 1958. He quickly became one of the dominant defensive tackles in the NFL, playing for 12 seasons (1958-1962, 1964-1970)Karras was called an "iron man" since he missed only one game due to injury in his 12 NFL seasons and his 161 games played are the 15th most in Lions history. He made the Pro Bowl four times, and the Hall of Fame named him a member of the 1960s All-Decade team.

In his later years, Karras suffered several serious health problems, including dementia, heart disease, and cancer. Karras was among 3,500 former NFL players to have filed lawsuits against the NFL in early 2012, over the long-term damage caused by concussions and repeated hits to the head.

On October 8, 2012, it was revealed by friend Tom McInerney that Karras had suffered from kidney failure; doctors gave him a few days to live. Karras was treated at the Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, before being released into hospice care. After returning to his Los Angeles home with family, Karras died in the morning hours of October 10 from complications caused by kidney failure

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Someone I know is celebrating a birthday today. My BFF from high school, Sandy Todoran's husband .. OMG Jerome Beck (LASD Homicide ret.) HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY Jerome!

 

 

 

 

 

Historically this date...

1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.

..........Good grief!

1944 – Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.

So disturbing. So sick. So so sad.

1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

1973 – Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.

 

And births this date include....

1941 – Peter Coyote, American actor

 

1946 – Ben Vereen, American actor

1954 – David Lee Roth, American singer (Van Halen)

 

1958 – Tanya Tucker, American singer

 

1969 – Brett Favre, American football player

 

1974 – Dale Earnhardt, Jr., American racecar driver

Dinner..... sausage, cabbage, mushrooms (canned and fresh), noodles. Cook noodles, sauté mushrooms, add chopped cabbage, add sausage and seasonings. Cook through. Add noodles, incorporate and heat.

 

 

 

 

 

Top the whole mess with cheese! YUUMMMMMMMMM!

The sunset last night, 6:45pm, was awesome!

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
October 10th
National Angel Food Cake Day

 

(Got my drool button going!)

Pickled Green Tomatoes ~ Red Tomato Sauce ~ Neko & Rio

Good 40º dampish morning. Heard rain at 1:30 and again about 2:15. Natch Martin is coming over to day to do some work (stack wood on porch, clean up side yard, take down raised beds maybe.... Seems like Martin shows up on rainy days... hope it stops so he doesn't get soaked.

 

"10-9" ... Repeat ( or ... what did you say? )

 

 

PICTURE of the day...

A European Bee Eater..... I think he also ate a rainbow!

Historically this date....

1942 – The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.

 

1945 – Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipient.

 

1992 – A 13 kilogram (est.) fragment of the Peekskill meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu

......Bill... Jeannie.... relatives of your friend Dan?

 

And births this date include....

1940 – John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)

 

1952 – Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne

"Wife of drug and alcohol addicted Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne comes off like one tough woman. She’s survived cancer, her husband trying to kill her in a drunken rage, and a painful childhood. She’s also had every plastic surgery procedure known to man and has even had her stomach stapled shut in an attempt to “cure” her overeating and bulimia disorders. As recently as 2004, however, Osbourne has said that the operation didn’t work quite like she had hoped and that she still purged frequently, even to her family’s knowledge. She has said that she intends to get help, but whether she has finally conquered the disease or not has yet to be revealed."

 

1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor

 

1975 – Sean Lennon, American musician

... yes, born on his dad's birthday!

 

 

1981 – Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor

Yesterday I decided to pickle and can the green cherry tomatoes Jeannie gave me...

Wash and stem the tomatoes and cut in half...

Sterilize jars, lids, and bands. Chop and smash garlic cloves and chop and de-seed jalapeños....

Mix 1 quart white vinegar, 2 quarts water, and 1 cup canning salt. Bring to boil and boil 5 minutes. Put tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeños in jars and pour in hot liquid. Put on lids and tighten. They will seal in about 1-2 hours. You will hear a "pop" sound. I don't water-bath them because it makes them mushy. This way they stay crisp. Now Bill and I will have spicy tomatoes and "dirty" liquid for our martinis!

 

 

With the red-ish tomatoes, I stemmed them and put them in the crockpot with some garlic, chopped jalapeño, garlic seasoning, and spinach. I will can that "sauce" to use with other things, later today.

 

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA

 

xo Sue Mom Bobo

Moldy Cheese Day

Mmmmmmmmmmm Blue Cheese, my favorite!

 

 

 

 

and, it's also

Hero/Hoagy/Submarine/Grinder Day

 

Pups & Kittens ~ Art Smilebox ~ Ft. Vannoy Smilebox ~ New $100 Bill

 

Good 36º morning.

 

"10-8" ... in service "10-8 out the gate!"

 

Last night's game.... Jets by the skin of their teeth!!

 

This was shared by Charlean Allen (LASD ret.) ....oh my goodness... so funny and cute! Puppies & Kittens vs. Mirror...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsbPTdD3I98

 
 

So... yesterday I drive to Medford to have a blood test. Anyway, sitting in the lab area waiting and the guys comes out and says "Susan". So I get up. "Susan Mills". WHAAAA? Another lady gets up. Hmmmm.... so finally when I get called "Susan..... Maxwell".... I had to tell the lady, Susan Mills, who was still in the room getting a blood draw, that my name was Susan and my mom's maiden name was Mills! OMG. After I was done and leaving I saw her again. We chatted. I told her my grandfather was John Mills from Edinburgh Scotland. She said her husband's brother was John Mills. How fun.

 

Ok, so then I go to the market. I got cabbage to make a noodle/mushroom/cabbage thing, jalapeños to put in the pickled green cherry tomatoes, soups and pastas, AND some Jif Hazelnut Mocha Cappuccino...........OMG!!! I put some on a rice cake and it's ADDICTIVE!

Chocolaty, nutty, mocha flavor. Sigh.... Heaven.

 
 

Here is the Smilebox from the Art Along The Rogue on Sunday...

 

After I left the art show I went to Fort Vannoy and saw Jen and Susan and their booth... Here is a Smilebox of that adventure....

 

Historically this date...

2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

2005 – 2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.

And births this date include...

1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor

1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor

1949 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress

1956 – Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress

1970 – Matt Damon, American actor

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

October 8th

Today a new $100 dollar bill will be introduced...