Sue's Daily Drivel ...

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

~ Rain ~ "Sami Schazami" ~ Tacos ~ Banana Cream Pie ~

Good 41º morning. Raining. Can't see it but I can hear it!

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

1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

1953 – The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.

1983 – Compact Disc players and discs were released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had only been available in Japan before then

And births this date include.....

1779 – Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)

Read the following, very interesting...

http://www.ecke.com/html/h_corp/corp_joelp.html

1793 – Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)

Hmmm... my granddaughter Samantha (Sami) shares Sam's birthday!!!

1904 – Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American author (d. 1991)

1917 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor and bandleader (d. 1986)

1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)

1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor

007 !

1982 – Ben Roethlisberger, American football player

2008 - Samantha (Sami) - daughter of Brian and Jen - my granddaughter! ♥†♥†♫♪ ♪♫•♥♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥ ♥♪♫•*•♫♪ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥♥†♥†♥ HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMI♥†♥†♫♪ ♪♫•♥♥†♥†♥ ♥†♥†♥ ♥♪♫•*•♫♪ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥♥†♥†♥

Yesterday I went to RR and purchased Harley Dude some special treats for his birthday. Then to the dentist where Liz polished the old choppers to a high luster. We always have a nice visit talking about our kids and grandbabies. Liz said she LOVES working on my mouth and could work on me all day. Thank GAWD that doesn't happen! I guess the reason she likes me is because I don't scream, cry, or bite her! LOL

PatC called and asked if I wanted to join her for Taco Tuesday at the VFW for dinner. Sure! I was just walking out and my neighbor's dog, Shiloh was at my gate. Sigh... Brought her in, gave her a treat and called Gerard. I said their "child" was here and I was leaving so could they meet me at the gate. I got her in the car, even though she was wet, but she was happy to find Maggie's soft bed on the front seat! Gerard walked down from his house and we switched leashes on Shiloh.

At the VFW they didn't have any chardonnay, or any white wine for that matter! UGH. So I had a dirty martini. It was pretty good! PatC and I chatted up a storm and caught up on 'stuff'. I ordered 1 soft taco and 1 hard taco for dinner. Only ate the soft taco so have reruns for breakfast! Back home, fire in the wood stove, a glass of chardonnay, fed the critters,

sang Happy Birthday to Harley again! Nice evening.

Warmed to 59º yesterday. Pretty day. But, cold.

Today is the Law Enforcement/Fire Luncheon. Always fun.

Then birthday shopping for Sami's party on Sunday and

take a look at printers. Bout it. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

March twooth

National Banana Cream Pie Day

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Happy Birthday Harley Davidson! ~ Peanut Butter Lover's Day

Good 40º morning. Drizzled on and off all day

yesterday and we ended up with about .22" of

the liquid stuff.

Hard to believe it is March already.

Year is going too fast.

Breakfast was some sauteéd left over

chicken and grape tomatoes,

added egg, and then cheese.

Yesterday I paid bills, (Whooppee), made cards, fought with my printer again, did membership stuff for JCRW, went to Ace for cracked corn and a thingy that goes in the toilet tank that covers the hole where the water goes out, and store for sugar for my hummer food.

For dinner I cooked some Quinoa (an ancient grain..gluten free and filled with lots of nutrients) in my old rice cooker. (It's 37 years old and still working like a champ! Jerry and I bought it in Little Tokoyo in Los Angeles) Cooled it and added can of mushroom slices, black olives, diced tomato, diced avocado, chopped cooked garlic, finely diced shallot, mozzarella cheese, and chopped leftover chicken. I drizzled on olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon juice. AWESOME!

Historically this date....

1790 – The first United States census is authorized.

1803 – Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.

1867 – Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.

1932 – The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.

1961 – President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.

1971 – A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility.

2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

And births this date include...

1904 – Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)

1910 – David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)

1924 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993)

1927 – Harry Belafonte, American actor and musician

1935 – Robert Conrad, American actor

1944 – Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who)

Years ago our next door neighbor's son, Eric, couldn't say "Sue"

so he called me "the who" !!!

1945 – Dirk Benedict, American actor

1946 – Lana Wood, American actress

1947 – Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter

1954 – Ron Howard, American actor and director

1967 – George Eads, American actor

1969 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor

1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer and musician

...and today is my Harley cat's 20th birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARLEY DAVIDSON!

A cranky old man, but a love. xoxo

I am happy to report that as of yesterday Maggie's water consumption has dropped to half. She only drank about 1 gallon of water yesterday. YEAH!!! And she is eating ok. She likes Alpo so 1/3 of a large can for breakfast and dinner. The only treats she will eat now are Newman's Own. She likes the little heart shaped doggie cookies.

"My" geese are getting back to their old friendly selves. Today they came close when I tossed out some cracked corn. The rest of the day the 'played' in the creek in the lower pasture....