Ca Earthquakes ~ Claire's Articles ~ Quinoa Salad ~ Jennifer's w/ Bob & Micol... Heaven, Keeper, and Bridey ~ Pete & Cyndi

Good 56º sunny clear morning. This is the temp we generally warm up to in the winter! UGH. Should stay in the mid to high 90ºs all week. Whine whine whine... too hot for me!

This came across yesterday about 11am. Just in case you didn't hear about it or see it on the news...

Saturday, July 05, 2014

At least one earthquake hit the Big Bear area on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The quake registered with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 at 9:59 a.m. near Running Springs. A second quake registered at 10 a.m. near Big bear with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6.

So far no damages or injuries were reported.

Eyewitness News viewers reported feeling the shaking in Fullerton, Victorville, San Bernardino, Riverside and Apple Valley.

My friend Claire writes for the local Rogue River Press and for The Examiner. Here is her article on container gardening..

http://www.examiner.com/article/contain-yourself-gardening-containers-is-easier-than-you-think?CID=examiner_alerts_article

I LOVE frogs.... and love this picture:

Busy yesterday, sort of, making salad .. Jennifer invited me over along with Bob and Micol for a post 4th get-together. She works at the Kitchen Company in Grants Pass and had gone to a party at her boss's house on the 4th. She took hot dogs and buns, but had some left so it was barbecue hot dogs time....

The salad I made started with cooking quinoa with a big spoon of crushed garlic in the water. Cooked in rice cooker. Cooled. 

Then I cut up celery, sweet peppers, drained and quartered  some artichoke hearts, and drained sliced mushrooms.

Next I grated some zucchini, put it in a colander with salt and let it sit 30 minutes, then squeezed out the extra moisture.

I heated pre-cooked bacon til crisp, drained on paper towels, cut up and cut up some goat cheese...

Cut up some sugar snap peas...

and mixed everything together...

Serve with your favorite dressing (or not) and top with crunchy salad tortilla strips..... Jeannie makes a similiar salad and uses a poblano chili dressing from Fred Meyer. Or... a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice drizzled over would be good.... or a light Asian dressing.

At Jennifer's Bob manned the barbecue and beer.... Poor Bob, a brave man... stuck with three women!

Jennifer, Micol, and I manned the wine!

Dinner was super! Jennifer's ginormous hot dogs with homemade sauerkraut, Micol's corn on the cob and pasta salad, and my quinoa salad. Micol heated the corn in the micro in the husks, removed the silk, spread on mayonnaise and a spice (I can't remember) and wrapped in foil. Bob reheated them on the barbecue. OMGOOOOOD!!!

We thoroughly enjoyed Jennifer's pets.... Heaven (a Great Pyrenees mix), Keeper (Australian Shepherd), and FAT CAT Bridey Murphy!

Great evening. Thank you all!!! xoxo

Today is a special anniversary...Cyndi and Pete Moreno ... 29 years! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS!

Here is Pete and Cyndi in Bar Harbor Maine in 2008 when we were on a cruise from NY to Halifax and back down the east coast.

Historically this date...

1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.

1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.

1994 – Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.

2006 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.

And births this date include....

1921 – Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States

1925 – Merv Griffin, American television show host (d. 2007)

1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)

1946 – George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT!!! We miss you!

1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor

Really irritated with either my computer or the danged AOL. Had the blog mostly written and AOL shut down and I had to re-do it all. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr................... Hopefully I can get my new computer from Turk sometime soon. He's not been feeling well, so a delay in him looking at it. The most important thing is for Turk to be better!

All I know. Happy Sunday. Nuff said. Ciao

xo Sue Mom Bobo

July 6th

National Fried Chicken Day

5th ~ Bruise ~ Flag ~ NancyDaveSkeeterMargieJim ~ Trish's Fruit Salad ~ Birds ~ Washington DC 4th

Good 55º clear and sunny morning. Hit 93º yesterday and supposed to be warmer, triple digits, today. Joy.

Today is the 5th.....

I'll take the 5th. Or......... I'll take a 5th! Either way....

Another one of Helbing's blonde man jokes:

A friend told the blonde man: "Christmas is on a Friday this year."
The blonde man then said, "Let's hope it's not the 13th."

I got a new sign...

Dave and PJ came up and he fixed my riding lawnmower. It had a broken fuel line. Yeah! Now I can get out there at 6am and mow! Zowie!

I put up a new USMC flag yesterday. I have a telescoping flagpole and the last part came down so hard on my thumb I thought it cut it off! OUCH!!!! Black and blue now. Next time I will get a Marine to come over and put up the flag. I'm such a girl and that pole is sooooooooooo heavy!

About 3pm I went over to Dave and Nancy's. Her sister and bro-in-law are up here from CA, Margie and Jimmy. I took some wine and Nancy made a table full of munchies. Dave has been working hard on their new porch and steps. Looks so nice! They have chickens and Nancy gave me a dozen eggs and some of her FAMOUS AWESOME biscotti! I took Skeeter a treat and she loved it... she's such a sweetie! 

Now here's a good sounding easy fruit salad from my friend Trish.....

1 29 oz can peach slices

1 20 oz can pineapple chunks

1 pound strawberries, quartered

1 banana sliced

1/2 pint blueberries

1 bunch grapes (red or green)

1-2 T sugar (optional)

1 pkg (3 1/8 oz) dry vanilla instant pudding

In large bowl combine peaches, pineapple and vanilla pudding mix. This includes the juices from the cans. Mix well until pudding is dissolved. Stir in strawberries, banana, blueberries, grapes, and sugar if desired. Chill

The birds were busy feeding their young yesterday.... well, as every day!

Bluebird....

Barn Swallow.....

LBB....(Little brown birdie... sparrow!)

... and then there's Mr. Woodpecker feeding himself..

I came home from Dave and Nancy's, fixed dinner, watched some TV. Watched the Capitol 4th from DC. John Williams and the orchestra was good. Patti Labelle was awful and so was Frankie Valli, Jordin Sparks (whoever she is), and Michael McDonald (yuck). The one I really liked was Sara Evans. She didn't slobber all over the microphone and sang loud enough to hear and enunciated her words so understandable! The fireworks were fabulous!

Went to bed and then the gunshots started. Fortunately they didn't last all that long. Probably 40-50 rounds fired.

Idiots!

Historically this date...

1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.

1945 – World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.

1971 – Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.

1973 – Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane is being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters.

 2012 – The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 meters (1,020 ft).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard

And births this date include...

1928 – Katherine Helmond, American actress

1950 – Huey Lewis, American singer (Huey Lewis and the News)

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

July 5th

Apple Turnover Day

http://www.cooks.com/recipe/tx3of5fe/quick-apple-turnover.html