Code 3 Spices ~ Boxes for Afghanistan ~ Sea Scallops on Reruns

Good 37º clear and sunny morning. Normally I get up and it's still dark, but slept in today and just got up about 8am!!!

 

"10-22" .... Cancel  "10-22 Code 3, 52 is 10-15 with 1"

 

 

This made me ROTFALMAO... posted on FB by Karen Tomes (wife of the infamous Larry...LASD ret!)

OH BOY, this will come in sooooooo handy!

 

Here is a great site... put together by a couple of friends, Chris who is a BBQ enthusiast and grill master, and Mike who is a police officer....they make their own rubs... which sound awesome (ordered a 5 pack already) ...

A portion of every sale is donated to charities that support the injured and fallen first responders and military. Check them out....

                                           www.code3spices.com

 

Historically this date....

1879 – Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).

1934 – In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

1957 – Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.

1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.

1972 – Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.

1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.

1983 – Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.

And births this date include....

1734 – Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)

1903 – Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)

1917 – Joan Fontaine, American actress

1938 – Christopher Lloyd, American actor

1939 – Tony Roberts, American actor

1942 – Annette Funicello, American actress (d. 4-8-2013)

1943 – Catherine Deneuve, French actress

.... I always thought she was the MOST beautiful woman~!

1952 – Jeff Goldblum, American actor

....What an A**! Came ___ that close to arresting/detaining him back in about 1987!

Yesterday I re-did the boxes that were returned from Afghanistan.. filled out the customs forms and they are ready to mail today to another guy, Sgt. Birdsong, who was just deployed with the Marines. Three of the original boxes never came back, only the two that cost the most! Using flat rate boxes for these....

 

The Bruise thought it was too hot to be outside (86º), so he napped on the kitchen floor...

 

Dinner, as I said was going to be leftovers of the fettuccine/spinach thing. Sauteéd some sea scallops after breading them with garlic sea salt and panko,  and added those on top. OMGOOD!!!!

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

October 22nd

National Nut Day

(Not that kind... the kind you eat!)

 

WD-40 ~ Cats Stealing Dog Beds ~ Irony ~ Dude Tucker Sami ~ One Pot Fettuccine/Mushroom/Spinach Dinner

Good 37º will be foggy for a while then warm up like a summer day. Yesterday it was 83º!!

 

7:30am yesterday...

 

"10-21" .. 'telephone your station'

 

The WD-40 tips of the day....

Remove rust on old bicycle parts without damaging the paint   

Restore your favorite tools to bare metal without scrubbing 

Dissolve heavy rust on small or large pipes

 

This will put a big smile on your face...

Cats Stealing Dog Beds

 (Thanks Dave Clark... LASD ret. Lakewood Stn)..and several others...

http://www.pawbonito.com/compilation-of-cats-stealing-dogs-bed/

 

..another one from Dee Yellin:

I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, "WHERE'S THE SELF- HELP SECTION?" SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.

 

Yesterday Dude and I took a ride over to Brian's.

 

Jen was off to Fort Vannoy Farm with her Practically Perfect Children's Parties booth..    http://www.practicallyperfectchildrensparties.com/ , Brian was helping his neighbor, Ken, build some shelves in his garage, and Tucker and Sami were cleaning their golf clubs. Dude sniffed his way around the backyard....

and the kids practiced their golf swings...

We didn't stay long, as they were heading to the golf course to play for a bit...

 

 

*****Click on the words in blue for more information. *****Click on the birthday person's name for more information.

Historically this date...

1921 – George Melford's silent film, The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiers.

.... Rudolph Valentino would make my Mother swoon!

1973 – Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.

1994 – North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.

..........oh sure, like they would honor that agreement!

And births this date include....

1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu, 9th Prime Minister of Israel

 

1952 – Patti Davis, American actress and novelist, daughter of Ronald Reagan

 

1956 – Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer

1980 – Kim Kardashian, American socialite, model and reality television star

...... her posterior is ASStronomical !... and her son's name (North West) is stupid!!!

(this was posted and I got a note from a friend telling me this child of theirs is a GIRL! Geeze ....)

1986 – Natalee Holloway, American missing person (missing since 2005)

 

Dinner was GOOD!!!! Into one pot went... 6 cups of vegetable stock, 1/3 cup olive oil, 8oz sliced mushrooms, 2 cups chopped fresh green beans, 1 can drained chopped artichoke hearts, 5 cloves garlic, 1/2 sweet white onion thinly sliced, 1-2 t. cracked black pepper, garlic sea salt, 1 t. dried oregano, 1/2 t. dried thyme, and 12 oz of fettuccine (broken up) .... pushing all ingredients down into the broth to cover as much as possible...

Place lid on pot and bring to boil, turn heat down to low and simmer 10-15 minutes  .... or until most of the liquid has evaporated..... stirring frequently...

..... add in 1 pkg frozen chopped spinach...

Heat through, plate, top with mozzarella (or Parmesan) cheese...

OMGOD it was SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!

This recipe original came from Beth at www.budgetbytes.blogspot.com I altered it to suite me!

Leftovers today with some seared sea scallops added in!

 

Yesterday's scores...

 

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

x0Sue Mom Bobo

October 21st

National Caramel Apple Day

6 apples

1 (14 ounce) package individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped

2 tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Remove the stem from each apple and press a craft stick into the top. Butter a baking sheet.
2. Place caramels and milk in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave 2 minutes, stirring once. Allow to cool briefly.
3. Roll each apple quickly in caramel sauce until well coated. Place on prepared sheet to set.

......and today is also....

Babbling Day

When : Always October 21st Blatherskites, mark this day on your calendar. For today is Babbling Day. This isn't a day to remain silent. Tell everyone you know about this special day. What's all the chatter about over this special day? Well, on Babbling Day, we celebrate those of us with a glib tongue. You know them when you hear them. They're talking gibberish. They never stop talking. They babble on and on. They can turn a simple one sentence statement into an endless dissertation. Spend this day babbling like a baby, if you must. As for me, I will spend it by a babbling brook. BTW: In case you didn't know, a "Blatherskite " is a person who babbles.

 

Controversies ~ Oktoberfest at Elk's ~ Pear Sauce

Good 36º morning. Yesterday hit 74º. Surprise.

 

Can you say "Fall" ....

Downtown Rogue River....

.... and my place....

 

 

Forgot yesterday... "10-19" ... return to your station...

"10-20" .... what is your location?

Also forgot to tell you that Bill & Jeannie LOVED the movie Gravity with Sandra Bullock!

 

I was feeling sad yesterday morning... thinking about Sweetest Day and missing my Darling and then thought about Maggie, Harley, Yukon and all the rest of my love critters... then told Him that He truly blessed me with lots of love and I appreciated that. The sadness was still hanging on when I looked outside... Bruiser ran out and lay down in the tree stump sawdust, as if laying in wait for Dude. Dude saw him and chased him around the yard, "Get off my sawdust!!!" Then I started laughing. That is why they were introduced into my life, to bring me love and laughter. Sigh........

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Then........... I guess my ideas/opinions start controversy... I was told the pears would "lose all their food value and to can them just as they are."  I am making a sauce to be put on ice cream, pancakes, waffles, etc... not looking at 'food value'.

Then another friend wrote: "Boy, those pears look so great.  Going to buy some and make that.  Don't know why I never thought of it.  Pear sauce instead of applesauce.  Great!   I bet it would be awesome inside some kind of Pillsbury biscuit or roll and then crimped shut and either deep fried or baked in oven.  Yum yum.  Sugar sprinkled on afterward, too.  Oh decadent!"

 Next, Palmolive soap is not as good as Dawn... tested by a friend.

THEN, re the shingles shot: "The shingle shot has pros and cons, you might want to check it out on the web....just like the flu shot - I have known folks who have died from complications from the damn flu shot, sometimes all those things are not really good for us important to check them out! I do not want the shingles, have had many friends with it and not a fun thing to deal with, one friend had them on her face and around her eyes - I went over 3x/day for weeks to put drops in her eyes as she could not do herself and lived alone!  I had thought about getting one until I did some research...." ...

BUT on the other hand a friend said the shingles shot has done her a lot of good because "I am a life long sufferer of the herpes virus family.  I've even been hospitalized as a child and fed through a tube because of sores all over my face and inside my mouth.  I get them in the oddest places.  The cheeks of my face, my armpit, etc.  They are sooooo painful and last 10-14 days.  I get flu-like symptoms too. Aches, runny nose and low grade fever.  I could not wait to get my shingles shot.  Coincidentally (?), my episodes of other sores have diminished significantly.  I highly highly recommend that everyone get this shot."

And another friend wrote: "

OMG GIRL. If you haven't had shingles, do get the shot, because you don't want them.

I had them in '92 and still remember the pain. Pete got them 2 months later, and still recalls that pain too.  

Protect yourself....they last too long.....and they really hurt.

Hugs,C.

 

Ok, ladies, thank you for your input. I'm gettin' the shot!  

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One more thing... I goofed on my blog first thing and said "Peyton Manning was going back to Baltimore to play his old Colts. " The phone rang. Brian asked if I was going back in time with a brain fart... the Colts are now in Indianapolis!

 

Baltimore Colts (1947–1950), an All-America Football Conference franchise (1947–1949) and National Football League franchise (1950) that disbanded after the 1950 season

Baltimore Colts (1953–1983), a National Football League franchise founded in 1953, which relocated to Indianapolis in 1984

 

YES, I did have a brain fart..... back in time! Thanks B! xo And thanks, you make me laugh too!

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Last night was the Oktoberfest at the Elk's Lodge. Our group, Jeannie & Bill Patterson, Dee & Dale Yellin, Kathy & Tom Corso, Kathy's brother Daryl and his wife Carol Smith, Bob & Candy Havercroft, Jennifer Murphy, and I. We all got there early, had a table waiting, got wine etc. Dinner was buffet. Band was a German Oompah band from Roseburg. Here's the Smilebox I made:

 

Came home and had a:

Snuggy and happy Dude, Bruiser, and mom!

 

Historically this date...

1944 – Liquid natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.

1968 – Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

1977 – A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot.

1981 – Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery in Rockland County, NY, carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground. Hmmmm..... BO's pals!

1991 – The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.

2011 – The former leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Mutassim Gaddafi are killed shortly after the Battle of Sirte while in the custody of NTC fighters.

 

And births this date include....

1931 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (d. 1995)

1942 – Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003)

1950 – Tom Petty, American musician

1958 – Viggo Mortensen, American actor

 

Early in the day I put the pears I had cooked overnight in the crockpot with sugar/cinnamon/ginger/nutmeg/water in the food processor and made "sauce", then cooked it down in a big pan. Canned it. PJ stopped by, gave her a taste and asked if she'd like a jar."YES!" (smiling) it's really GOOD!

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

October 20th

National Brandied Fruit Day

Sounds good!

http://www.food.com/recipeprint.do?rid=203832