Rain ~ TBT ~ Koda and Friend ~ Caramelized Onions ~ Shirah ~ Bruiser and Toy ~ Pigs In Blanket

Good 47º drizzling cloudy morning. Rained hard last night. Started in afternoon on and off. Got almost 1/2" of the wet stuff. Looks like more today..... See, getting my truck washed Sunday did the trick. Now it will get wet and dirty. Darn!

Throw Back Thursday... Jerry on his restored (he did it) John Deere (which is now owned by former Wilsonite Jon Harting. LOL, Jon owns a John!)

Last evening was interesting. On March 23rd I posted a story of lost dogs..... a golden and a pitbull who showed up here. I called the numbers on the dog tag and the owner's daughter showed up and got the dogs....

Koda is the golden.. well, he showed up again last night and with a different little cutie pup... I called the first number on is tag and Sean showed up to get them. He said the other dog belonged to his neighbor. We discussed several neighborhood issues (idiot neighbor and shots fired in abundant numbers and some in the middle of the night). Nice guy.  Dogs home and I am relieved. Of course I fed them some Beneful dry dog food and they had water. Dude was put in the house before I let them in the yard. All worked out ok.

Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions

Here is a great idea. I'm thinking Leah, my hairdresser, put me onto this. Only the recipe was to use a few pats of butter, this is better and lower in calories. I cut up 3 onions that were starting to get old, a red one and two white ones. Next time I will use 6 onions. Slice into thin strips. Put in slow cooker, drizzle in olive oil. Toss well with tongs or a couple forks. Add salt and pepper if you desire. Cook on low for 12 hours. I put mine on at 8:30pm so they would be done when I got up and I could check them the last couple of hours to make sure they weren't burning at all... As it was, with only three onions they were done at 6:30 when I got up. I checked on line for recipes and found Monica's :

http://www.theyummylife.com/Caramelized_Onions

Scroll down through Monica's blog for the Slow Cooker version. She cooked her's on high but I cooked mine on low. She gives ideas what to do with them... you can also; mix them in with scrambled eggs, toss with pasta and an Alfredo sauce, top grilled steak/chicken/pork/fish, add to your steamed green beans or broccoli, layer in bottom of pie crust for your quiche recipe, put on a burger.

After I took them out of the slow cooker I tasted them. OMG! Soooooooooooo good I wanted to eat the whole bowl full! You can put them in zip bags and freeze them for later use. They should keep fine in the fridge for about 3-4 days.

Historically this date......

1898 – The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.

1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.

1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end theIran hostage crisis.

And births this date include......

1934 – Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author

1936 – Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)

... and then there's Babs the Beeotch:

1942 – Barbra Streisand, American singer and actor

LOL, charming.

Also, today is Carol Angiolet's birthday... friend and Brian and Jen's former neighbor. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROL!

Today is also Emily Baumgartner's birthday. She's Brian's State Farm Customer Service gal... the pretty redhead in the front office with the smile.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY!

 

Here is a blog of inspiration. Shirah is the daughter, beautiful smart talented daughter, of one of our Jackson County Republican gals, Sheila Foy, a past president of the group..... Shirah's adventures are above and beyond. Being in Russia has given her a new perspective as to what she wants to do with her life and to have FREEDOM! She's traveled the world. So many unique places with photos. Fascinating.

http://shirah-goes-again.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-dream-jobs-dont-pan-out.html

PJ and Dave brought back from Az a neat shirt for me, some sheriff badge earrings, and this play toy for Dude. Bruiser seems to like it best!

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

April 24th

Pigs In A Blanket Day

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/articles/view/576/1/National-Pigs-in-a-Blanket-Day.html

...... or Pig On A Blanket... (This is Bruiser's chair and his blanket where he snuggles..)

Animals Stealing Food ~ WORK ~ 50+ Deviled Egg Recipes ~ Cherry Cheesecake

Good 43º gloomy cloudy morning.

This is hilarious....

http://www.coolestone.com/media/8634/Hungry-Animals-Compilation--Its-Feeding-Time/#.U1aXiG3G52s.email

A funny, truth?, from my friend Gator...

A highly dangerous virus called "Weekly Overload Recreational Killer" (WORK) is currently going around. If you come in contact with this WORK virus, you should immediately go to the nearest "Biological Anxiety Relief" (BAR) center to take antidotes known as "Work Isolating Neutralizer Extract (WINE), "Radioactive UnWORK Medicine" (RUM), "Bothersome Employer Elimination Rebooter" (BEER), or "Vaccine Official Depression Killing Antigen" (VODKA). Please post this to raise awareness!

Ok, here's the last of my deviled egg recipes for you and your Easter Eggs.... I love to make mine with Frank's Red Hot sauce, bacon and tiny chopped tomato and cheese, pesto on occasion... Here's some great ideas:

http://www.tasteandtellblog.com/50-deviled-egg-recipes/

After reading all those recipes I was hungry, but keeping the diet in mind.... I made some deviled eggs. I used Parmesan cheese (less calories), wasabi, Mrs. Dash (no salt), and non-fat yogurt. Pretty good. Satisfying.

Historically this date...

1945 – Adolf Hitler's designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him withJoseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.

1968 – Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.

1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.

And births this date include....

1928 – Shirley Temple, American actress and politician (d. Feb 2014)

1936 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and musician (Traveling Wilburys) (d. 1988)

1939 – Lee Majors, American actor

1942 – Sandra Dee, American actress (d. 2005)

1943 – Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)

1960 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress

 

Yesterday I went out and did some weed-eating. I worked at it until my back was screaming. Came in. Noticed Dude was out laying in the grass and the sun. All of a sudden the sun went and the rain poured down~! Dude was at the door with that look "please let me in, mom, it's raining"! I guess that is what "they" mean by 'a chance of rain'. Anyway, today looks the same.

All I know.

HAPPY            

   DAY

  

Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

April 23rd

Administrative Professionals Day       .... and.......

National Cherry Cheesecake Day (Drool...)

http://www.countryatheartrecipes.com/2013/02/cherry-cheesecake.html

Rain ~ Fav Joke ~ Nightstalker ~ Deviled Chicken Egg ~ Winebulance ~ Goose and Duck

    

Good 43º raining morning. Was going for a fasting blood test (on going for meds I take) but refuse to take my clean truck out in this! Will go tomorrow, maybe.

Here is my favorite joke of late... I just love this!!!

This from the Glendale News Press yesterday.... YEAH!!!!!

** Correction.... "Ramirez died of complications secondary to B-cell lymphoma at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Ca at 9:10pm on June 7th, 2013. He had been suffering from the effects of chronic substance abuse and chronic hepatitis C viral infection. At 53 years old he had been on death row for more than 23 years awaiting execution by the state of California. "

The death of "Night Stalker" serial killer Richard Ramirez Friday morning closes another chapter in a gruesome story that included the murders of 13 people in the mid-1980s, two of them in Glendale.

Ramirez died of natural causes at 9:10 a.m. Friday at a Bay Area hospital, corrections officials confirmed to the L.A. Times. He was convicted by a Los Angeles jury for the 13 killings that terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s.

Sentenced to death, Ramirez had been serving time on death row in San Quentin since 1989.

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This recipe is a little late for Easter, but still so cute and sounds like a good deviled egg without making it into a chicken!

6 hard-boiled eggs

1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup ranch salad dressing

1 t. Dijon mustard

dash pepper

5 carrot chips

12 capers

fresh dill sprigs

Cut a think slice from the bottom of each egg so it sits flat. Cut a top third from each egg. Carefully remove yolks, place in small bowl, and mash. Add cheese, salad dressing, mustard, and pepper. Stir until smooth. Spoon into egg white bottoms, replace tops.

Cut 12 feet and 12 small triangles for beaks from carrot chips.

Gently press the capers into the filling for eyes, add beaks. Insert dill sprig in top of eggs for tuft of feathers. Place feet in front of chicks. Chill until serving.

Nutrition facts: 1 stuffed egg = 145 calories.

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(LOL from Ike Saben, LASD ret!)

Historically this date...

1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswaldewithout a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicideis his only recourse.

.......too bad he wasn't caught and put in an oven to die! JUSTICE.

2000 – In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida.

Commentators have suggested that the Elián González affair may have been a factor in voters' decisions in the 2000 United States presidential election, which could have affected the close outcome in Florida. Al Gore's handling of the matter may have been as great a factor as anger by the predominantly Republican Cuban community over the boy's return to Cuba. Gore initially supported Republican legislation to give the boy and his father permanent residence status, but later supported the Administration position. He was attacked by both for pandering and being inconsistent.

2008 – The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.

And births this date include....

1906 – Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)

1936 – Glen Campbell, American singer, musician, and actor

1937 – Jack Nicholson, American actor, film director, producer and writer

This morning Mr. Goosie was out looking for chow, momma must be sittin' on the nest... and along came Mr. Mallard.... they shared...

Mrs. Mallard must be on her nest too. Hope the guys take the girls some food! Shudda been both ducks..... then it would have been 'duck duck goose' !!!! LOL.

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

April 22nd

National Jelly Bean Day ♥

(Hi Jelly Bean! I love you!)