Sue's Daily Drivel ...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

~ 30 Degrees ~ New Jobs ~ Peanut Brittle ~

Good 30º morning. Fog too. At least the "crew" let me sleep in until 7am. Yeah!

So, yesterday I babied myself with the Zicam, vitamin C, tea, fruit, and Dr. Zinc. Didn't do much else. Sat here. Did go get my mail, take trash, and pick up some spaghetti Patty and Cliff left for me at PJ's. Sounds/looks interesting.... she had two kinds of pasta and put in creamed corn. Will review....

I had cooked the big ham I found in the freezer all night Monday with a can of crushed pineapple and some brown sugar. There were a few outside places that had freezer burn, so cut them off. It tasted WONDERFUL!

Dinner last night: cut up ham mixed with butternut squash stuffed ravioli (from Costco), fresh mozzarella balls, and a light buttery olive oil sauce.

Cook the ravioli, drain. I reconstituted some dried sliced garlic and some dried diced onion in the marinade from the fresh mozzarella. Heat the garlic, onion with the marinade (about 2 T.) and some julienned sun dried tomato, and diced celery. Sauté a few minutes.

Add cut grape tomatoes, the ham,

a couple pats of butter

and the mozzarella balls.

Add the ravioli and mix well. Heat through. Voilá.

Speaking of ham.... here is something fun... Draw a pig... and get analyzed.

http://www.zipperfish.com/zf-games/draw-a-pig/

<My drawing.

Historically this date.....

And births this date include....

1941 – Scott Glenn, American actor

1944 – Angela Davis, American feminist and activist

1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch musician (Van Halen)

Drugs certainly make an

improvement, don't they!!

1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian

1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player

How about we all lighten up on the President. After all he is getting people jobs....

.... why just a couple of months ago, he got jobs for 63 Republicans. Way to go Prez. You da man.

Last night's sunset....

The first one at 5:15 and the second at 5:30.

After dinner we had a fire and watched The Closer and a wonderful PBS show Pioneers of Television - Westerns. Wonderful! Brought back so many memories. If you get a chance, check your listings and see it!

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

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 26th

National Peanut Brittle Day

1920 – Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.

2005 – Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Cold ~ Cold/Flu ~ Irish Coffee

Good 30º morning. Tad on the cold side and gloomy......

Yesterday the sun came out! YEAH! I went to Medford for a meeting with our JCRW President, Ruth, and a couple of the other gals... Two are VP's, Laraine is in charge of all of us Chairpeoples, Val is the Treasurer, Laura is the Calling Chairman, and I'm the Membership Chair. We are going to have a class in how to do spreadsheets..... probably the 8th of Feb. Something I have never learned.

This was the view of Mt. McLaughlin on the way into Medford

Reminds me of Mr. Fujiyama in Japan...

also called Mt. Fujisan, and Mt. Fuji.

After the meeting I ran to Costco to see if they had anymore of the chicken/sweet potato dog treats. Of course they didn't! Then to the Grange for seed and corn. Cheaper there than at Ace in town.

Home and puttered around. I found a ham in the freezer this am and it went into the crockpot with pineapple and brown sugar on it. Don't know if it will be any good...been in there a long time! If it's bad, the critters out back will eat it!

Our sunset, as usual, was awesome....

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

1858 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.

1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.

1890 – Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

1960 – The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.

1961 – In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.

1971 – Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.

And births this date include....

1931 – Dean Jones, American actor

1936 – Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977)

Nearly 20 years older than Travolta.

"died in John Travolta's arms" ...

1945 – Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress

Married co-star in Peyton Place,

Ryan O'Neal .. son Patrick..

1951 – Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975)

An Oregon boy, made good, sadly died at 24.

So, seems like everyone I know has or has had a bad bad cold... sore throat, coughing, runny nose..... the usual suspects. Thought I was going to avoid it... Wasn't around Dave when he was at his worst, PatT had it, but wasn't around her, and yesterday at our meeting, Ruth shows up coughing and spewing and miserable. So................... I started getting that "throat thing, runny/tuffy dose, and sneezing like mad" ! I started in with the Zicam in the afternoon, chewable vitamin C, and herbal tea, and Musinex. In the night I took another Zicam and more vitamin C. Another Zicam this morning and "it" is still there a little, but I feel 100% better. All I have to say, if you are going out in public, take some Airborne and if you feel a cold coming on, immediately take Zicam. The cold/flu tracker says here in So. Oregon it's "moderate"

Ok, all I know. Will be getting my new Microsoft Office program today via UPS so I can learn spreadsheets. Will keep a lid on my cold. Hope you have a great Tuesday. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue
January 25th (a month since Christmas already!)
National Irish Coffee Day
Mmmmm.... I can do that!

P.S. Don't know what this site is doing..
everything is spread out and the font
changes on it's own. Grrrrrrrrrrrr....
Maybe I need to find another site for my
blog. This one is sooooo frustrating!

Monday, January 24, 2011

~Packers/Steelers ~ Jack LaLanne ~ Lucy ~ Peanut Butter Day

Good 33º morning.

Started the day out on a sad note, Jack LaLanne died yesterday.

He was 96 and apparently worked out every day, still.

He was certainly amazing.

Ok, I'm sad for the Bears and the Bear's fans. My friends, Suzanne and Phil, were there watching their team hit the skids. I can't believe it wasn't snowing in Chicago! So then, the Jets and Steelers. Oh my.... Thought for sure the Jets, my Kristen's team, were going to pull it out. What a game. And 8º at the stadium in Pittsburgh! With the wind chill it was -1º. Oh my goodness, BURRRRRRR! So now, I'll be with the Packers when they play the Steelers ....The Packer's QB, Aaron (what a great name!) Rogers was born on the same day as my Darling, December 2nd. He is a California boy, born in Chico and went to Butte College. Go Aaron!!!!!! Besides, the Steelers have had enough SB plays and wins (6 and 1 ... they've made the trip 7 times!!!) Tired of Ben Roethlisberger, anyway!

So, Friday, after cleaning cupboards... I was watching I Love Lucy. The channel was KTLA in Los Angeles. Cal Worthington was advertising his cars from Long Beach. I couldn't believe that old codger is still alive!!! OMG, he looks soooooo old. Remember when he'd have a lion or tiger, or seal, or bear, laying on the hood of a car, calling him "my dog Spot"???