~ SUNSHINE! ~ Car Wash ~ Potsalagoo ~ Chip and Dip Day ~

Good 36º morning.            

Yesterday we actually had sun! Driving to Medford....Mt McLaughlin in the background...

And.... Table Rock  .......

Went to Costco. Brian wanted bar-mop towels for his bathroom at the office. He is doing the environmental thing. The cleaners next door will wash them for him and he'll keep a stack in the bathroom so he doesn't have just one towel (with germs) and doesn't have to buy and throw out paper towels. Then I got Maggie some 'chicken' dental chews, broccoli, freeze dried sliced garlic and diced onion.  

Left there and went to Grants Pass to the car wash.

Sorry Oregon people, when I wash my truck you can be guaranteed of at least a week of rain! Stand by....

Stopped at Brian's office

and had a cup of coffee, chatted, gave him the towels. Then to Staples to trade in the old ink cartridges I bought for my old printer for new ones for the new printer.  Then off to Rogue River and trade in the prime dog food Maggie won't eat for some cat food on sale for Harley. I had a coupon for free Yoplait yogurt and a buck off 14 cans of cat food. With the dog food credit and the total of my purchases, I owed the market 27¢.

Got home and tried the 'new' chicken flavored dental chews on Maggie and she took it politely and then dropped it in the living room! Sigh....................................... I had given Brian the two bags of regular dental chews she wouldn't eat, for Atlas. B said he loves them. Looks like he may get some chicken flavored ones now too.

Dinner ... cooked and mashed broccoli mixed with sauteéd hamburger, mushrooms, garlic, onions, and cooked brown rice. Added bread crumbs, 2 beaten eggs, grape tomatoes, and parmesan cheese. Sickeningly good for me. Tasty though with added hot sweet chili sauce. (I make my own.) Baked until browned. Something like this I'd always call 'pots-a-la-goo' (a one dish/pan meal)

Historically this date....

1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" – at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.

1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.

1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.

1994 – At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.

2003 – In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 654 Iraqi combatants are also killed.

And births this date include....

1905 – Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)

1922 – Marty Allen, American comedian and actor

1937 – Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder

There is a little teeny tiny baby lizard in the outside door jam of the dining room door. OMG, he's sooooo cute! Will have to be vigilant and get his picture!

Cleaning house today. UGH! 

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

March 23rd

National Chip and Dip Day

OMG, Nancy just wrote that Liz Taylor died today.
Sad.

Volunteer Totals and Luncheon Location ~ Goof-Off Day

Good 30º morning. Clouds sitting right down on top of us. Pressure going up. We may get sun.

Yesterday I went to Medford, met up with Ruth, and we proceeded to the library

(It wasn't a snow day, but the only picture I could find)

in her new little red Ford Focus, that she is so enjoying.

I was impressed with this new library. All the bells and whistles. We met up with Felicity and Sheila and we totaled up the volunteer hours our JCRW members had turned in. These people will be recognized at a later date and the club with 25000 + volunteer hours will get a national award.

Then Ruth and I headed to the Dollar Tree

for wrapping paper and bags for favors and prizes to be given at our 1 + 1 Luncheon in two weeks. Then to Veranda Park 

where the luncheon will be held. We talked to the dining room manager and finalized the menu and seating...

This is a lovely retirement living location on the hill above Medford.

I left and headed for Costco. OMG, each lane in the parking lot had 4 to 5 cars waiting for parking spaces. I came home! On the way the sky looked threatening...

..... and here on the left it was pouring down rain, but none on the roadway

and coming into Rogue River you can see our mill's chimney is working full throtle....

Hopefully today I can get to Costco, early!

 

Historically this date....

1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.

1984 – Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.

1997 – Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women's World Figure Skating Champion.

And births this date include...

1908 – Louis L'Amour, American author (d. 1988)

Jerry's favorite author.

1912 – Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009)

1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (d. 2000)

1920 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (d. 1981)

1931 – William Shatner, Canadian actor

1933 – May Britt, Swedish actress

There are absolutely no current photos of her.

1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress

... and today is my friend and neighbor's birthday.. Cindy.

She is the mother of Lucy, the ferocious Jack Russell,..... and the wife of Frank. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

March 22nd

National Goof-Off Day

~ Ladybugs ~ Flies ~ Strawberries ~

Good 40º raining morning. The radar doesn't show anything over us, but the rain is sure coming down! 1/4" so far. Some sprinkles yesterday and a tiny bit of sun. 

 














Maggs and I went to the market about 1-ish yesterday. Chicken still on sale at Rays for 89¢ per pound. Got three 6# chickens. One went into the crockpot and two in the freezer. Seems I'm cooking one every 7 days or so. Only thing Maggie will eat! I opened a can of prime dog food yesterday morning and she turned her nose up at it. Gave the rest of the large can of chicken with vegetables to Mike at Napa for the dogs there.

Came home and saved lives! Really. Seems a batch of lady bugs

hatched in my bathroom in the plants in there. I caught and released 7 of those little guys...

Lately this has been a 'hatchery'. I had a bunch of big black flies suddenly appear in my kitchen window. They must have hatched from the track the window is in. I killed over 30 of them one morning and now occasionally another couple will appear. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Historically this date....

1788 – A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.

1857 – An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.

1913 – Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.

1928 – Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for the

first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

1963 – Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.

And births this date include....

1685 – Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)

1910 – Julio Gallo, American vintner (d. 1993)

 He and his brother, Ernest, born 3 days apart one year apart.

1930 – James Coco, American actor (d. 1987)

1962 – Matthew Broderick, American actor

And his wife Sarah Jessica Parker

1962 – Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian and actress

    GAG!

1978 – Kevin Federline, American dancer; ex-husband of Britney Spears

Chunky monkey now!

Last night was reruns on the corned beef and cabbage and seemed like reruns on TV too. I watched a movie called Alaska. Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, move to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering groceries and staples across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Annoyed that the authorities aren't doing enough, Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear cub which they have saved from a ferocious poacher.

Father played by Dirk Benedict and if you can believe it, the bad guy was Charlton Heston! Made in 1996. The bear cub was CUTE!!!

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Monday.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

March 21st

National California Strawberry Day

I think a strawberry margarita would be

just the thing!