Rain ~ Snow ~ Picture of the Day ~ English Language ~ Easy Breakfast Casserole ~ Cathy Norman ~ National Popcorn Day

Good 44º pouring rain morning.

Yesterday with all the rain we're getting here, it's snowing like mad at higher elevations. Here is our Siskiyou Summit... 

We've gotten 1½" from this storm since yesterday. 2½" so far. More coming through the weekend. 

Nothing like rain, but the worst part is Dude going out to do his "thing" and coming back in soaking wet! UGH~~~

Picture of the Day .... cliff camping. OMGOSH, no way!!!!

 English is the hardest language to learn...this shared by my friend Karen Baertschiger.... aka Sugar Bear.....

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
 2. The farm was used to produce produce.

 3. The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.

 4. We must polish the Polish furniture.

 5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.

 6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

 7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to         present the present.

 8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

 9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10. I did not object to the object.

11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12. There was a row among the oarsman about how to row.

13. They were too close to the door to close it.

14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18. Upon seeing a tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it... English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger. Neither is there apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England nor fries in France. Explore paradoxes.... quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

Why doesn't Buick rhyme with quick? 

From Mr. Food....

This is the easiest breakfast casserole you'll ever make. No, really. Thanks to some shortcut frozen ingredients, this Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole can be put together in no time. And since it's a make-ahead casserole, you can make it an hour in advance or even a day in advance!

• 6 frozen waffles, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 (9.6-ounce) package frozen sausage crumbles, thawed
• 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, divided
• 6 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• maple syrup (optional)

1. Coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Layer half of waffles on bottom of prepared dish. Top with half of sausage crumbles and 1/2 cup of cheese. Repeat layer.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, milk, and salt until well combined. Pour egg mixture evenly over waffle mixture.
3. Cover baking dish with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 1 hour, or overnight.
4. Before serving, preheat oven to 350º.
5. Bake 45 to 50 minutes, or until eggs are set in center. Drizzle with syrup and serve, or just put the syrup bottle on the table.

Special birthday today.... my friend, LASD Deputy retired, and SUPER animal lover mom... Cathy Norman is celebrating her birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATHY!!! xo

Historically this date......

1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.

1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.

1935 – Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs.

1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.

1953 – 71.7% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.

1981 – Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

1986 – The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter piracy of the software they had written.

1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.

And births this date include...

1807 – Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) 

1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849) 

1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) 

... I really like his paintings...

1922 – Guy Madison, American actor (d. 1996) 

1923 – Jean Stapleton, American actress (d.2013)

1930 – Tippi Hedren, American actress 

1939 – Phil Everly, American musician (d. 2014)

"wake up little Susie, wake up" !!

1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (d. 1970) 

1944 – Shelley Fabares, American actress

YIKES!

1946 – Dolly Parton, American singer and actress

1953 – Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor

.... sh*t... he looks like Perry Como! 

1958 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012) 

Later it was the usual, chair... cat on my lap ... wine ... and TV.

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo 

 

This time-honored treat can be sweet or savory, caramelized, buttered or plain, molded into a candied ball or tossed with nuts and chocolate. However, it is enjoyed, enjoy it on National Popcorn Day, January 19th.

The word “corn” in Old English meant “grain” or more specifically the most prominent grain grown in a region. As maize was the most common grain in early America, the word “corn” was aptly applied.

As early as the 16th century, popcorn was used in headdresses worn during Aztec ceremonies honoring Tlaloc, their god of maize and fertility. Early Spanish explorers were fascinated by the corn that burst into what looked like a white flower.

Popcorn started becoming popular in the United States in the middle 1800s. It wasn’t until Charles Cretors, a candy-store owner, developed a machine for popping corn with steam that the tasty treat became more abundantly poppable. By 1900 he had horse-drawn popcorn wagons going through the streets of Chicago.

About the same time, Louise Ruckheim added peanuts and molasses to popcorn to bring Cracker Jack to the world.  The national anthem of baseball was born in 1908 when Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer wrote Take Me out to the Ballgame. From that point onward, popcorn, specifically Cracker Jack, became forever married to the game.

Popcorn has another romance that may have had a slow start but eventually took off. Today, who can image going to the movies without getting a box of buttered popcorn. While popcorn itself was an economical choice for a snack food, the expense of installing a machine and venting the building properly didn’t seem worth the effort.  If it weren’t for Glen W. Dickson, we would be purchasing our popcorn from a vendor on the street before taking in the show. Dickson put in the effort and expense of placing machines inside his theaters. After realizing how quickly he recouped his costs, other theater owners followed suit.

The next significant advancement for popcorn was the invention of the microwave. Magnetrons, a technology produced by Raytheon Manufacturing Corporation for the military during World War II, were later used to develop microwave ovens. Percy Spencer was the man who made it happen. Popcorn was one of his primary experiments during the microwave’s development.

Today, Americans consume 13 billion quarts of popcorn a year, more than any other country in the world. A majority of the popcorn produced in the world is grown in the United States. Nebraska leads the corn belt in popcorn production.

Rain ~ Clouds ~ Picture of the Day ~ Oldest Bottle of Wine ~ Chili Mac Casserole ~ Jim & Babette ~ National Winnie the Pooh Day ~ National Thesaurus Day

Good 37º super dark and cloudy morning. More rain on the way....

 

 

So far the rain has dropped 1".

Yesterday morning we had gotten 1/2" and at the coast Chuck said they had gotten 1 1/2".

 

The rain stopped and we got 20 minutes of sunshine.... and back and forth ....

 

 

 

 

 

Picture of the Day .... Kansas City Public Library....

 

Interesting about the oldest bottle of wine.......

 

The Speyer wine bottle holds wine and was originally found in 1867. It was found in what is now the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany, near the town of Speyer (one of the oldest settlements in the area). The artifact has since become known as "the world's oldest existing bottle of wine". The bottle has been dated between 325 and 350 AD, and is the oldest known unopened bottle of wine in the world. Since its discovery, it has been exhibited at the Wine Museum section of the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer. It is always displayed in the same location within the museum. The "Römerwein" is housed in the museum's Tower Room. It is a 1.5-litre (51 US fl oz.) glass vessel with amphora-like "shoulders," yellow-green in color, with dolphin-shaped handles.

 

The bottle was discovered during an excavation within a 4th-century AD Roman nobleman's tomb. The tomb contained two sarcophagi, one holding the body of a man and one a woman. One source says the man was a Roman legionaryand the wine was a provision for his celestial journey. Of the six glass bottles in the woman's sarcophagus and the ten vessels in the man's sarcophagus, only one still contained a liquid. There is a clear liquid in the bottom third, and a mixture similar to rosin above.

 

While it reportedly lost its ethanol content, analysis is consistent with at least part of the liquid having been wine.^[1] The wine, likely produced in the same region, was diluted with a mixture of herbs. The preservation of the wine is attributed to the large amount of thick olive oil, added to the bottle to seal the wine off from air, along with a hot wax seal. Petronius (c. 27–66 AD), in his work, Satyricon, writes of plaster sealed bottles, and this one is analogous. The use of glass in the bottle is unusual, however, as typically Roman glass was too fragile to be dependable over time.^[6]

While scientists have considered accessing the liquid to further analyze the content, as of 2018 the bottle remained unopened, because of concerns about how the liquid would react when exposed to air. The museum's curator, Ludger Tekampe, has stated he has seen no variation in the bottle in the last 25 years. Oenology professor Monika Christmann of Hochschule Geisenheim University has said, "Micro-biologically it is probably not spoiled, but it would not bring joy to the palate."

 

 

• Here is a super easy Chili Mac Casserole
• cooked in your slow cooker....................
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• 2 cups macaroni cooked al dente
• 1 lb ground beef cooked and drained
• 2-15 oz cans diced tomatoes drained
• 15 oz can chili
• 1-3 teaspoons chili powder
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella

 

• Mix together all of your ingredients, except for your mozzarella, in a large bowl.
• Spread your mixture into a sprayed slow cooker.
• Sprinkle your cheese evenly across the top.
• Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2 hours

 

 

 

 

Today is a special anniversary... my high school pal Sandy's (Todoran) baby sister, Babette and her groom Jim Faust have been married since 1986.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS!!!

 

 

 

Historically this date.........

 

1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay.

 

 

1896 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.

 

1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.

 

1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.

 

 

 

 

And births this date include....

1779 – Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)

He wrote one of my most favorite books!!!

 

1813 – Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906)

With that name, you'd think he invented some kind of paint!  LOL, probably a relative!

 

1882 – A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956)

1892 – Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957)

1904 – Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)

(1981)
Mr. Grant and I at a Fabergê sales meeting in the Bahamas. He was dreamy then, even at 77 years old!

 

1913 – Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987)

 

1941 – David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991)

   Saw them at the Playboy Club in the 70's... NEAT!!!!

 

1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Winnie the Pooh Day is observed annually on January 18th.  Author A.A. Milne brought the adorable, honey-loving bear to life in his stories which also featured his son, Christopher Robin.  National Winnie the Pooh Day commemorates Milne’s January 18, 1882, birthday.

Milne’s lovable Pooh Bear, as he was fondly called, is a fictional bear inspired by a black bear named Winnie who lived at the London Zoo during World War I. The author’s son, Christopher Robin, would visit the bear often and named his own teddy bear after her and a swan named Pooh.

This friendship inspired a collection of books starting with Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926. The books were illustrated by E.H. Shepard.

In the 1960s, Disney bought the rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh characters dropping the hyphen from Pooh’s name. The illustrations were a bit different, too.

Milne’s stories have been translated into over 50 languages and are considered classic children’s stories today.

And........... today is also.....

National Thesaurus Day is observed annually on January 18 in honor of Peter Mark Roget, the author of Roget’s Thesaurus, who was born on this day in 1779.  In 1840, Roget retired from a successful career in medicine and spent the rest of his life working on “Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.” He published his first book of synonyms in 1852. 

The thesaurus has been used for centuries by writers and poets to help make their writing come to life.

Whether you are looking for a new word or trying to complete a sentence, the thesaurus can be your best friend. Expanding your vocabulary improves both written and spoken communication skills, creative writing abilities and can be helpful in advancing your career.