Elk ~ Dress Up Pets Day

Good 45º morning. Clouds sitting down right on top of us!

Lots of rain yesterday. First thing the heard of elk were out in my pasture. I got a couple of pictures that came out decent. The low light makes it really hard to capture them without the picture coming out blurry...

Maggie is still having the drinking/peeing problem consuming copious amounts of water and needing to go out a lot. Yesterday morning she "leaked" on the bed. A small spot, but all the same....  So I jumped up (since I felt it on my arm...ugh) and let her out. Then I stripped the bed, washed the sheets and mattress cover. Brian said the cleaners next to his office would have my comforter done in one day if I got it there before 10am. These folks at Vogue Cleaners are SO NICE! Anyway, since I had the JCRW luncheon and had to be there early I left here at 9, dropped off the comforter, met Ruth and the girls to set up for the luncheon. Our speaker was former Jackson Co Sheriff, CW Smith, and he is now a County Commissioner ( http://www.co.jackson.or.us/members.asp?memberid=34 ). Nice guy. Chatty. You might recall me talking about our Ronald Reagan BBQ last year and he appointed me his Deputy to "arrest" prominent members, bring them to the "jail" and then their bail was auctioned off.  He spoke at length yesterday and we didn't get out of there until 2pm. Too late to go to Costco, needed to get home and let Maggie out!!! Then we headed to Vogue to pick up the comforter. I was tired when I got home and didn't even cook dinner! Snacked. Showered. Went to bed early!

The skies yesterday with the clouds and the sun trying to peek through in a few places was pretty.....

The first photo is on I-5 just out of Central Point heading north. (Actually I-5 goes east and west until it hits Grants Pass, then it goes north and south again.) the second one is coming up to Rogue River.

Today is lunch with Candy at Tap Rock. Their crab BLT salad is my favorite and apparently her's too! We shall enjoy.

Historically this date....

1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.

1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.

1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets a record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.

And births this date include....

1741 – Benedict Arnold, American/British general (d. 1801)

1906 – William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)

"The Life of Riley" TV show....

1919 – Andy Rooney, American journalist

1924 – Guy Williams, American actor (d. 2002)

1926 – Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)

1943 – Shannon Lucid, American astronaut

1944 – Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist

   ... When I worked for UPS I delivered a package to him. He opened the door and we both had the same hairdo! I had a perm and was a curly top! He was soooooooooooo weird. Said I shouldn't have driven up his driveway. Wanted me to park down at the road (a good distance) and walk up. Ha!

1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor

(Nice hat!)

Ok, all I know. Nuff said. Happy Friday to all you working stiffs!!!

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 14th

National Dress Up Your Pet Day

 

Rubber Duckie Day

Good 40º raining morning. 1/4" so far. Heard it coming down in buckets about 4:15 this morning. Was dreaming that Obama DEMANDED a tour of the range and Jerry was taking him. I was dressed in my range uniform (yellow shirt, green pants) and was admitted into the building. Super high security because BO was there! LOL I couldn't find them and woke up frustrated. Must have been watching the memorial in Tucson last night that triggered that dream!

I can't post any photos, sum ting wong. I get an error message that says "the requested url was not found on this server"....whatever that means. Always always something!!!!! When I get a chance I'll call AOL and see what they have to say! (UPDATE...ok, so I downloaded the newest version of AOL and now I can add photos!!!!)

Dinner last night was great ... I cooked a couple of yams in the microwave, cut up some white chicken breast into bite sized pieces and cooked it in garlic olive oil, added some canned sliced mushrooms, cooked more until slightly crispy on edges, added cut up cooked yam, garlic powder, Sonoma pepper, rosemary sea salt, lemon zest, and a splash of pomegranet balsamic vinegar. Really GOOD!!! That and a glass of chard ... perfect.

An ELA Deputy trainee was shot yesterday. The bullet hit his cheek and he may lose the eye. His training officer was bruised up in the fight with the suspect, a local gangster just released from jail, and the suspect was killed. Follow up on the Deputy when I hear.

Today is JCRW and I have to be there early to help Ruth with a project. Then to Costco.

Yesterday I was looking for photos and found a lot of them I had put on CDs, but they wouldn't download on this computer, so I used my laptop and put them all on an external hard drive. Yeah!! Danged CDs get corrupted.

Historically this date....

1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.

    Good grief!

1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison

1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. Coincidentally, 30 minutes later, a Washington Metrorail train derails at the Federal Triangle station, on the orange and blue lines, killing three and injuring many more. Flight 90 also destroyed part of a Blue line track that ran next to the 14th street bridge. This gridlocked the city

2001 – An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.

And births this date include...

1884 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966)

1919 – Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)

1925 – Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)

1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)

1943 – Richard Moll, American actor

1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress

1962 – Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter

1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress

1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor

1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor

And... Linda (Woodland Linda!) your baby boy Chris is 43 today. Happy Birthday Chris!!!

All I know. Have a great Thursday. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 13th

Rubber Duckie Day'

http://rubaduck.com/articles/rubber-duckie-song.htm

Rain! ~ Puppy Maggie ~ Pharmacist Day

Good 37º raining morning. So far  14/100ths inch.

Yawn, up too early, but my fault, went to bed about 9pm.

        

All day yesterday it was cold. Bone chilling cold. Dave, the UPS driver, and I agree this is the longest spell of COLD we can remember. By 2:45 the sun was up there but couldn't break through....

And then by almost 5pm the sky changed again...

Came across this picture yesterday.......

OMG, my Maggie was such a baby girl....

Riding up there on the mule with her dad. So precious.

And my little love today.....

I spent the day doing "projects" and going through old photos. Fun.

No special meals, oatmeal and an orange for breakfast, soup for lunch and dinner. Today I will continue with my "projects" (to be revealed at a later date).

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

1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.  (Adam Henrys!)

1991 – Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

2006 – A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.    :o(

2010 – The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing at least 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.

And births this date include.... (some real doozies!!)

1737 – John Hancock, American merchant, statesman, & Founding Father; 4th & 13th President of the Continental Congress; and 1st & 3rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793)

1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916)

   Interesting read. What a life! Short.

1905 – Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. 1974)

1923 – Ira Hayes, US Marine (d. 1955)

1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress

 

1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality, author and political commentator

1954 – Howard Stern, American radio personality and author

(Gag, gag, and more gagging!!!)

1968 – Heather Mills, British activist and model

(Poor Paul!)

All I know. Been fighting with the computer already. Frustrating me to no end! Have a good Wednesday. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 12th

National Pharmacist Day

Rain a comin' ~ Brain fart ~ Elk ~ Auburn/Ducks ~ PatC's party

Good 28º morning.

No fog, just dark high clouds with rain predicted from now through the end of the week.

 and the summit is looking cold and lonely...

I'm just going to go out and shoot myself....I forgot the memory card in my camera yesterday. It was stuck in my computer so none of the pictures I took at PatC's birthday party came out! Thankfully, hopefully, Debbie's came out. AAARUGHHHHHH..... I feel soooooooooooooo STUPID!!!

The birthday party was nice. There was a big cake and snacks. The Ducks/Tigers football game came on and the noise level rose a bit!

 Auburn won 22-19.  My Oregon friends are sad, but my Southern (Alabama/Georgia) family and friends are happy.

Some neat photos...

 A bald eagle released in the stadium during the National Anthem... 

 A worried Ducks fan.  

And  ......

 

 Auburn footballer Neiko Thorpe, (from Tucker GA) celebrating.

This morning I had some visitors....

They show up so early it's hard to get a good photo in this very low light. Brian suggested a spotlight hooked up to an extension cord so when they show up I can hit them with the light and get a good picture! LOL  Thanks B. xo

Historically this date.....

1878 – Milk is first delivered in bottles.

1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.

1935 – Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

1949 – First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.

  .... And how I remember getting up from my nap (I was 3)  and everything was white. Our Christmas tree had been put outside and it had snow all over it. I thought it so beautiful. Mom put warm clothes on and Daddy and I made some snowballs on the front lawn. Then the neighbor boy came and threw and hit me with a snowball. I cried. He was a brat!  :o(

1964 – United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nation- and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.

   SOAPBOX ...... Ok, people, for the last 47 years you have known smoking is bad for you and yet you continue to smoke! It's not only bad for you, but bad for anyone around you, it's expen$ive, it causes litter and dirty ashtrays (ugh), and besides you don't smell very good!
Look ..... I feel it's my duty to bug my friends about this. I'm a reformed whore, I used to smoke. So, been there, done that. Quit now! The doc didn't list Jerry's heart as the cause of his death, he listed on the Death Certificate "smoking" as the cause! Wake up ....

Births this date include....

1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)

    ... Isn't " Cai Yuanpei !! " something a Chinese cowboy would say while riding a bucking bronco!!   :o)

1923 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman

1924 – Don Cherry, American singer and golfer

 Famous for the song "Band of Gold". Neat song!1955! Click the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnktmVwsqw&feature=related

1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor

Whatta hunk he was!!!  

Dang, it sad to get old!!!!

1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer

This just in................... photo from Deb of PatC modeling the "outfit" I got for her at Goodwill. I guess she now has a head start on the "Ugly Sweater" party for this year!!!

 The hat: red and black, the scarf: orange and green, the sweater: turquoise and green and blue. A true fashion plate!  :o)

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 11th

National Hot Toddy Day

Definition of a Hot Toddy

Wikipedia encyclopedia tells us that "Hot toddy is a name given to a mixed drink that is served hot, believed to have originated in the 18th century to make the taste of scotch more palatable to women."  "Although there are many variations, essential ingredients are:

Other ingredients that are often added:

"Hot toddies (such as mulled cider) are traditionally drunk before going to bed, or in wet and cold weather." "They were believed to help cure the cold and flu."

Gotta say... works on sore throats!!

spices, usually "brown" spices such as cinnamon or cloves.

a hot beverage which may be tea, coffee, cocoa, water, apple cider, etc.

citrus, such as lemon or orange. Lemonade can be used instead of hot water and citrus; this is a modern variant.

an alcoholic spirit such as brandy, rum, or whiskey.

A little butter.

usually a sweetener, such as honey, sugar or syrup.