~ Now rain... ~ Squirrel ~ Turkeys ~ Cherry Pie ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good 33º foggy raining morning.

 

Yesterday was rather boring. Snowed for a while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maggie got snow flakes on her ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then rained, sun came out, then went away.

Warmed to a tropical 48º. Mr. Squirrel was showing

off his acrobatics on the birdseed feeder...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Must be ready for the turkey mating season.

The fellas are out in numbers with their feathers at the

ready to show off and their crunchles are turning blue

and their wattles are dark red and hanging down. That

snood seems to get in the way when they want to eat.  

All to lure in the unsuspecting female.

Mmmm mmmm mmm....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My yard was full of the Toms and hens yesterday...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Historically this date...

1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.

1933 – The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.

    AMEN

1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.

 

 

 

And births this date include...

1902 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)

 

 

 

 

 

   a favorite of mine!

 

 

1906 – Gale Gordon, American television and radio actor (d. 1995)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1924 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite and clothing designer

 

 

 

 

 

1927 – Sidney Poitier, American actor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1929 – Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989)

 

 

Miss Kitty!

 

 

 

 

 

 

1937 – Roger Penske, American racing driver,

race team owner and entrepreneur

 

 

1937 – Nancy Wilson, American singer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1946 – Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress

 

 

1947 – Peter Strauss, American actor

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 1949 – Ivana Trump, Czech-born American socialite

 

 

 

 

 

 Geeeezzzzzz

 

 

1951 – Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006)

 

 Died right after his dad, who was 99, Jr.was 55.

 

 

 

1954 – Patty Hearst, American socialite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1966 – Cindy Crawford, American model

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and......... my friend Cyndi Moreno. She worked for our

department and she and her husband, Pete, now have travel

group. I went with the group a couple of times, a cruise to

Vancouver from SF, and a cruise from NY to Nova Scotia.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cyndi!!!

 

Today I will be playing plumber. The toilet in my bathroom

has broken. The valve thingy and the stopper thingy and

there is water gushing into the tank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sigh... We'll see if I

can put on my big girl plumbing panties

and get'er done!  If not, guess I'll have to call some

man to come fix it! Grrrr...

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

February 20th

National Cherry Pie Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Oh, that's my favorite!!!)

Burrrr.... ~ Saguaros or Mushrooms? ~ Potato Month

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good 30º FROZEN morning! Everything is iced over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was thinking about all the "Pats" I know.

For starters my football team is the 'Pats' (Patriots)

Then there are my girlfriends up here

Patty, PJ (Pat), PatC, PatT

In Wash state there is Pat R (Patrick)

In Texas there is Patty McN

And in California there is Patsy G, Trish B, Patty R, and

Pat K (Patrick)

Holy cow... that's (Patriots excluded) 10 Pats!  

 

 

My niece, Mel, who had a birthday yesterday, wrote and sent a picture of

a yardstick in their front yard with snow up to 30"! They live in Reno.

Yikes. She said all schools were closed, nobody going to work. What a mess. Then I got a picture, well .... Debbie posted it on FB .. of PJ in short sleeves standing between two Saguaro cactus...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I had fun with it and Photo Shopped PJ into the

deep dark phallic phorest....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 LOL

 (Actually these are "verpa conica"

mushrooms from New Mexico!)

 

 

 

Historically this date....

1807 – In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert.

1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.

1945 – World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.

 

And births this date include....

1924 – Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)

 

 

 

 

 

   A Marine, wounded and given the Purple Heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1932 – Joseph P. Kerwin, NASA astronaut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1940 – Smokey Robinson, American singer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1955 – Jeff Daniels, American actor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1963 – Seal, English singer

 

 

 

(Wife Heidi Klum)

 

 

1967 – Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday Maggie and I went to town. Took her to the vet's

and she weighed 4 pounds less than the last visit. Her temp

was 101º. I walked in and Laura

 

 

was at the desk. I told her the

doc wanted Maggie's temp and the longer she had to wait the

higher it went because she was nervous. Laura RAN to the back

and came back with a thermometer. What a brave girl. She's not

the tech! Good job Laura! xo When the vet said I needed to take

Maggie's temp, I said, "I'm not putting my thermometer in there!"

Ewwwwww...... Laura was explaining to me how she had to take

her horse's temp,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(yes, that's her horse) and how he'd pull his tail

so tight against his butt that it was near impossible

to move it. Such fun.

 

Then we went to the post office and picked up Patty and Cliff's

pills that came via US Mail and they are gone to the coast. Then to Rays

for canned dog food, celery, avocados (5 for $5, yeah), heavy duty

foil, and something I can't remember.

 

 

Maggs had her first meal of canned Pedigree dog food with a handful of

kibble thrown in. She LOVED it and cleaned the bowl. Maybe she won't 

be losing weight so fast now. Vet was worried.  She just wasn't eating. Even for treats she'd turn her nose up.

 

 

Dinner was a little filet mignon, au gratin potatoes, both cooked on the grill ... and a tomato, fresh mozzarella cheese salad with Greek feta dressing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yummy. That was one of the Omaha Steak dinners I got for

SUCH a deal! The potatoes come rolled in a ball. I thawed it

and smashed it down, sprinkled with olive oil and cooked

on the grill. Easy.

 

 

All I know. Too cold to do anything outside. Will concentrate on closet/bedroom cleaning out and get stuff ready for the Goodwill.

Yippee. For some real excitement there are bed sheets to wash and

floors to vacuum. Oh boy. Happy Saturday. Nuff said.

 

AAARUGHHHH.... I just looked outside.... it's SNOWING!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can just barely see the little flakes coming down. (8:07am)

 

February is Potato Lovers Month

 

 

Mash your potatoes with Philadelphia

Cream Cheese Chive and Onion Spread,

Garlic and Herbs, Sweet Chili, or Onion and

Black Pepper. OH MY! GOOD! Get creative!

I bet the salmon spread cream cheese

would even be good!

 

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Responsibility:

Letting the other guy

take the fall, can be a

real time-saver.