~ Rain ~ Bob the phone guy ~ Popcorn Day

 

 

 

 

 Good 40º morning. It's a full moon kids! Be careful out there. As for the "chance" of rain predicted.... well that "chance" turned into 1/4" of the liquid sunshine! It was after dark last evening and Maggie went outside. When she came back in she was all wet! Hmmmm..... OMG, rain! At 3:15 the sky looked like this.....

 

 

Yesterday morning the sky was awesome....

 

 

Bob, the phone guy, got here just after 9 yesterday morning. He found a coupling (whatever it's called) on the pole and took it apart. It had turned upside down and was full of water and corrosion. 

 

Thought that was the problem, but it wasn't. He went back down to the main road to the 'box' and found a cable problem. YEAH!!! Bob is today's hero. Phone is working perfectly and so is the modem. This picture is for Bob's wife, so she can see him in his working mode.....

 

 

What a treat to have the phone line clear and the computer running smoothly for a change. This has been going on for some time with the modem going on and off. Big sigh...... Thanks Bob!

 

(Remember, if you click on the names in today's birthdays or the names or places or incidents in the historically haps, they are links and will take you to more information.)

Historically this date....

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

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

  LOL... "tighty whiteys" ...

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 – 68% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

1977 – Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in the Bahamas.

 

 

And births this date include...

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

 

 

 

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

(certainly odd looking man!)

 

 

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

 

I like his stills and scenery ....     but so many of his paintings are strange...

 

 

1917 – John Raitt, American singer and actor (d. 2005)

 

 

 

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

 Wild Bill Hickcock

 

1923 – Jean Stapleton, American actress

 

 

1930 – Tippi Hedren, American actress

    

 

 

1939 – Phil Everly, American musician

              

 

 

1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)

 

 

 

 

1944 – Shelley Fabares, American actress

                 

 

 

1946 – Dolly Parton, American singer and actress

 

 

1947 – Paula Deen, American chef and restaurateur

  (Her over the top southern accent, ya'll, makes my stomach turn and then she always has to stuff her face with something she's made and chews with her mouth open and talks at the same time! UGH)

 

1953 – Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor

 With his sister Luci .. and now we're chunk-o !

 

 

1954 – Katey Sagal, American actress

(Never impressed me)

 

 

1955 – Paul Rodriguez, Mexican/American actor and comedian

(and yet another big whooppee)

 

1965 ...and Erika and Spencer's baby girl, Cathy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATHY!!!

 

So, dinner last night.... I cheated and didn't make a white sauce for the lobster ravioli (from Costco) ... I used jarred sauce....

 

So I drained the tomatoes and added them to the Alfredo sauce ....

 

 

 

Then I added some dried onion, sliced garlic, Sonoma pepper, lemon sea salt, and red chili flakes....

 

 

In the meantime I cooked the ravioli and also some broccoli and mini carrots....

 

 

Then I added it all together...

 

Taaaa daaaa....

Really really good!!!!  That and a glass of chard... wonderful dinner.

 

Ok, Maggs has to go to the vets to day for a blood test.. still drinking a lot of water! And I need to pick up prescriptions for me, drop off pig ears and light bulbs to Brian, (pig ears for Atlas!), and something else I can't remember at the moment. Have a great Wednesday~ Ciao.

 

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 19th
National Popcorn Day

 

Mmmmmmmm...... with butter and garlic and cheese.....

~ Sky ~ Mr. Grant ~ Peking Duck

Good 32º cloudy morning.  "Chance of rain" so I'm not counting on any.

I am not awake yet, but have to go down and open my gate for the phone guy. Right at the moment I have no internet, so I hope it comes on soon so I can post this some time soon!

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30 minutes later...

Ah ha... opened the gate, took my shovel and dug out a place where the water is coming out of the pasture and running down the side of the road. Fixed now so it doesn't run onto the road. Came back and the internet is back up. Yeah!

Sunday the sky was dark and foreboding...

and we got rain..... nearly an inch.

The sky yesterday morning was spectacular...

 
 
 

and this little finch was keeping an eye on me....

I'm good. I was pretty devastated that my Patriots lost. Didn't want to blog. Was just pitypartin'. But the way I look at it, there is next year. I'll still love Tommy boy! I was just hoping for Superbowl this year, as my guys won in 2002, 2004, and 2005. They are good! 

 

For this year at least one member of my family, Kristen, is a happy camper ... being a Jet's fan! Glad for you Tootie!!! 

I got out in the sun (yes, we actually had sun!) and went shopping at Costco...always make me feel better. Got exciting stuff: dog dental chews, chicken jerky, chicken & sweet potato treats, canned chunk chicken (for me), broccoli, baby carrots, hummus, jalapeño/artichoke dip (wonderful in twice baked potatoes!),grape tomatoes, beef 'little smokies', and some lobster ravioli! (lobster with parmesan and ricotta cheeses).

Be still my heart. I'll make a white sauce with diced tomatoes to go over .....

Took a picture coming down off the big hill between Medford and RR... our valley was lookin' good!

And then I stopped at the Rogue River Bridge. The river is really up and overflowing banks....

The above is at the boat launch...

Here is where folks view the river or fish. You can see the water has been up and over the platform.

Monsieur Pee-jon (Sorry, I like to think they are French) was not on the wires like the rest of his ilk, he was sitting in the grass.

And ... then there was this goose.... "I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty
That the city should give me its key.
A committee
Should be organized to honor me. Bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp bompty bomp.....

Thought interesting this goose and the Mallards (Mr. Mall-lard is out in the yard) were buddies. The male has a green beak and the female an orange one. Pretty fancy....

 Anyway, these critters are always in the park along the river under the bridge. I keep forgetting to take them treats. Wednesday I'll do that when I take Maggs in for a blood test. Will have "feeding frenzy photos"!

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

So, yesterday afternoon the sky, again, was interesting.... the first one at noon and the second one about 3pm.

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Tuesday. Hope the phone guy comes today (called yesterday) and fixes my phone line so my modem won't go off all the time and the noise in the phone stops!!! Wish me luck.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 18th

National Peking Duck Day

Ewwwww... no thank you, not after the cute ducks at the park yesterday!