February 2nd

This photo is of this morning 2-2-2016... SNOW! 

Quite a bit of the white stuff out there today. Mother Nature knows ahead of time. Yesterday I had 15 does and fawns on my pasture eating grass all day! They knew and had to stock up! These aren't all 15... but when all of them were near the house I didn't want to go out and scare them..

Here's the same pasture this morning...

Pux Phil says an 'early spring' this year. And surprisingly the Iowa votes put Cruz ahead of Trump. A big surprise for me. What happened with Liary Clintoon and Sanders wasn't a surprise. And onto the next bump in the road....... oh the joys of election season. YUCK!!!! 

And for your information... I didn't "spread out" the sentences or the cooking ingredients the way they show up. This site has a mind of it's own. No matter how I space stuff, it does it the way it wants to! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

This is the blog I posted on this date in 2012.

Just taking another day off. 

Ground Hog Day ~Santa Fe Chicken Cheese Casserole ~ Heavenly Hash

Good 29º morning. Cloudy but sun will be out. Promised! Heard geese flying over. Strange sound. First time I heard them when we had just moved here, I was in bed sleeping and started dreaming I was on a crowded freeway in Los Angeles. It was the honking of the geese!!! LOL

Ground Hog Day:

Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Six More Weeks of ...

TIME‎ - 30 minutes ago

Pennsylvania's iconicgroundhog has "seen" his shadow, meaning we're in for a long winter. | February 2, 2012 | ...

Then it was off to the Law Enforcement/Fire luncheon. Such a nice group of guys (yes, me being the only female!). Our LAPD moderator/commentator/founder Hector, bought me a bloody Mary. Thank you Hector! Nice we can cross those cop/deputy lines and be pals! I do recall the lack of "friendliness" when I was in a radio car in their area and would an LAPD officer wave back... Never! :o(

 

It was a small gathering .... probably 16-20 of us. Mostly LAPD. Most of the 'snow-birds' have left for the winter and warmer climes in their motorhomes .... most to So. Cal. But............... since Saturday is Joe Kirk's birthday... I brought him a 'Snickers cup cake' and he didn't even show up.

Oh Joe, this cupcake made me drool. And you weren't there! Guess I'll just have to eat it myself. The guys at our table volunteered!

Then to Jeannie and Bills for wine and chat. Always a good time.

Today is a special anniversary... my friends John (LASD ret) and Trish Bowler are celebrating number 49! Happy Anniversary kids!           ** now it's #53!!! 

Historically this date.....

1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.

1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.

1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.

And births this date include....

1937 – Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian

 

Tom and Dick ............................Dick and Tom

http://www.flyingsnail.com/emmy.html

1941 – Lee Redmond, owner of the longest fingernails until February 10, 2009

 YUCK!

1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)

1948 – Ina Garten, American author and TV personality

1954 – Christie Brinkley, American model

Here is a simple good casserole you must try:

Santa Fe Chicken Cheese Casserole....

3 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts

1 can (15 oz.) black beans, rinsed

1 can (14.5 oz.) no-salt-added diced tomatoes, drained

2 green onions, sliced

1 tub (10 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Santa Fe Blend Cooking Creme, divided

3 flour tortillas (6 inch)

3/4 cup KRAFT Mexican Style Finely Shredded Four Cheese, divided

HEAT oven to 375ºF.
COMBINE first 4 ingredients in large bowl. Add 3/4 cup cooking creme; mix lightly. 
SPOON 1/3 of the chicken mixture into 9-inch pie plate; top with 1 tortilla, half the remaining chicken mixture and 1/4 cup shredded cheese. Cover with second tortilla, remaining chicken mixture, 1/4 cup shredded cheese and remaining tortilla. Top with remaining cooking creme and shredded cheese; cover. 
BAKE 20 min. or until heated through; uncover. Bake 5 min. or until cheese is melted.

All I know. Pay bills day/clean off desk. Happy Thursday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

February 2nd

Heavenly Hash Day

(???)

February 2 is National Heavenly Hash Day. But which heavenly hash?
If someone offers you Heavenly Hash, you may want to clarify:
Is it a fruit salad bound with sour cream or whipped cream, or a chocolate confection or baked good filled with marshmallows and nuts?

http://whenthedinnerbellrings.blogspot.com/2010/11/heavenly-hash.html

http://dennysfoodandrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/09/cake-tuesday-super-sweet-heavenly-hash.html
The fruit salad version of Heavenly Hash is a traditional Southern dish. It began as a Christmas recipe with red maraschino cherries, green grapes, pecans and other ingredients folded into whipped cream.
Over generations the recipe evolved, with everyone inventing his or her own hash (the term, after all, indicates a jumble or muddle of ingredients).

February 1st

This morning it is 34º and we had a sprinkling of snow in the night..

Still working on projects. This blog I wrote in 2014 on this date:

MRI ~ Dee ~ Your Roots ~ Veggie/Crab/Noodle Stirfry ~ Baked Alaska

Happy

Good 32º foggy morning. Sigh.................

Yesterday was a trip to Medford for an MRI of my cervical spine.

The neurology nurse called and said they found "multi levels of degenerative changes" ... in other words "arthritis". No Stenosis. My neck is always sorta stiff and I get a dizziness but it stops when I bend my neck hard backwards or to the side. Weird. Nobody can figure this out. Again, sigh.....

After the trip to the med center I drove to Grants Pass and took some flowers to Dee.

She wasn't in her bed, had surgery yesterday morning, so I left the flowers with the desk person. I hope she is doing ok. Dale said her surgery was more extensive than originally thought. She will need some rest up time. Guess you will be the nurse now Dale!

Here is something interesting Cyndi Moreno (wife of the infamous LASD ret Pete) posted on her FB page....

and... here all this time I thought I was Scotch/Irish... apparently I'm Greek!

Made a great stirfry to clean out the fridge. Some fake crab, fake lobster (they both taste the same!!), veggies (squash and green beans), Yakisoba noodles .... sauteing them in garlic infused oil...

I heated and separated the noodles, added in some orange sauce, and some cheese. 

OMGOOOOOOOOD!!!!!

Historically this date...

(click on the date, title, or names for more information)

1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

1920 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations.

1978 – Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl

1979 – Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.

2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. Such a sad day.

2004 – Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.

(Sure, try and convince me this was not planned!!! Creepy) 

And births this date include...

Kathy Renner (LASD ret) and Wilma Nelson (wife of LASD ret Mike - from Temple Station) are celebrating birthdays today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADIES!!! And today is my cardiologist's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN MORRISON!!!

1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)

On March 20, 1961, Kay Williams (Gable) gave birth to Gable's only son, John Clark Gable, four months after Gable's death of a heart attack at age 59.

1934 – Bob Shane, American singer (The Kingston Trio)

I ate a number of times at their restaurant, The Trident, in Sausalito, Ca....just north of the Golden Gate Bridge... 

 

1937 – Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers) 

 

1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress

All I know. Happy Saturday. Pre Game Food Prep Day. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

February oneth

National Baked Alaska Day

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/lemon-meringue-baked-alaska-10000001087029/

or....

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/strawberry-lemon-baked-alaska-10000001816275/

January 31st

This is the blog I posted on this date in 2012. 

Two Marines ~ Stitches Out ... Dr. Ron ~ Potato Leek Potsticker Soup

Good 41º morning.

Well, another month down. Eleven more to go. Wish it would stop whizzing by so danged fast!

And Dee, wanted you to know how much Harley loved the crab! He sends his burping oinking thanks. He didn't even come up for air.... happy cat!

Thanks Rod Johnson for this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkh4QKpg5Qk&feature=email

April - June 1962 these two went through MCRD Marine Corps boot camp.... who knew!

Just in case you need your eyes washed out... watch this...

http://isupportourveterans.com/2-little-girls-welcome-home-their-military-dad/?ref=nf

Historically this date...

1876 – The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.

1926 - Leslie and Margaret Laney

were married in Tombstone AZ. 19 years later Susan was born in Los Angeles.

I miss you Mom and Dad! So much!!! ♥♥

1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

1957 – Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.

1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 – Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 overLockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

...............and then those high court morons let him go!

And births this date include....

1872 – Zane Grey, American novelist (d. 1939)

His home in Avalon on Catalina Island, turned into a hotel, was a favorite place for Jerry and I to stay. Whatta view!

1902 – Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)

1919 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player (d. 1972)

1934 – James Franciscus, American actor (d. 1991)

1937 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. 2008)

Died from lung cancer.... dem damn cigarettes!

1947 – Nolan Ryan, American baseball player

1959 – Anthony LaPaglia, Australian actor

1981 – Justin Timberlake, American singer

Yesterday I took Maggie to the vets. As I pulled into the parking lot for our 1pm appointment, Dr. Ron was backing his truck up and was leaving. He got out and said I was 45 min early. Sum ting wong. Someone wrote down the wrong time. "1pm" was written on my receipt, so it must have been put in the book wrong. Anyway, he's so nice. Said what the heck, "we'll take the stitches out right here" while Maggie sits in the car. Cool. He went in the office and came out with gauze and forceps and we had a parking lot procedure!

Maggie was really happy, regardless of the look on her face. She didn't have to go inside and wait and then have a thermometer stuck in her butt!!! She was shaking at first, but calmed right down. She will now have a scar and a bald spot on her shoulder.

We came home and I made the peanut butter cookie waffles. You have to add about 3 T of flour to the mix, as it is very soft and hard to get out of the waffle iron in one piece. I used a sharp pointed knife to lift the edge and tongs to lift each one out.

But, once they cool they are crispy and GOOD!!!!

Dinner:

 

I cooked a whole chicken in the crockpot and added a box of Imagine Potato Leek Soup. When done, drained chicken in a colander and refrigerated. Refrigerate the soup also so the fat can be taken off the top. Then heat the soup, adding some of the chicken torn off and/or cut into bite size. Add mushrooms (I used the shitake dried), garlic, onion, and seasoning if needed. Place the frozen chicken/vegetable potstickers in a frying pan and coat with oil. Add 2/3 cup water, turn on med high, cook with lid on for about 8 minutes ... until water evaporated, then sauté until browned on each side. Add to soup.......

I added some dried basil at the last. OMG GOOD!

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 31st

Brandy Alexander Day

http://www.drinkstudio.com/drink/Brandy-Alexander

If you don't want to drink one... make a pie...

http://parentsociety.com/food/dessert-recipes/brandy-alexander-pie/