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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Cold! ~ 417 ~ Dude& Maggie ~ Girlfriends ~ Cheeseballs (not referring to girlfriends!)




Good 29º BURRRRRRR morning! Being a sissy and knew it was going to be cold last night Dude spent the night in the house with Maggie. He slept next to my bed all night. Sweetheart.


Pretty day yesterday..................
 
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and then a pretty sunset......



417 ... CA penal code for brandishing a firearm in a rude or threatening manner.... unless in self-defense!


 

And of course radio code 417....
417 Person with a gun
417A Person with a knife

.....................have a nice day! Don't get caught between cross hairs. Errrr............ cross hares! LOL       :o)

 


Maggie and Dude are getting along just fine.... Both have to know everything I'm doing at all times! So if I'm taking pictures... 'whatcha doin' ??? huh? huh' 'why are you taking my picture?' 'what's that?' 'oh look ....a squirrel!'

 


Historically this date...

1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.

............OMGOSH, entering our country legally! What a concept!

1949 – At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.

...........YEAH, tired of that Limey rule!

1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

1964 – Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.

1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

 
 

And births this date include....

1820 – Alexander Cartwright, American inventor of Baseball (d. 1892)

 

1918 – William Holden, American actor (d. 1981)

..... his birth name is odd....

 

1961 – Boomer Esiason, American football player and commentator

 
 

1972 – Jennifer Garner, American actress

 



Yesterday I met up with 3 of my pals for lunch at The Bohemian. Jeannie, Dee, Adria, and moí. I met Adria at the Marine Corps League dinners. She was a Marine and did her boot at Paris Island. We had a good time, good wine, and good food, and fun stories ...

 

I had what they call the "Contradiction" ... a veggie burger patty, fried egg, and bacon on a hamburger bun! Cilantro slaw. YUMMMM!

 


All I know. I think I'm going to make some spinach pesto today to go with ??? something .... pasta? gnocchi? We'll see.

Happy Hump Day. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
April 17th

National Cheeseball Day


 
Why should it be an insult to call someone 'a cheeseball' when these softened and rolled cheese snack-appetizers are so darn good, and usually only make their appearance at festive occasions like parties or holiday gatherings?

(Some yummmmmy cheeseball recipes here:)

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Bruiser ~ Wild Weather ~ Quinoa/Rice Shrimp ~ Jim&Dawn ~ Italian Time ~ Eggs Benny


Good 36º cloudy (again) morning.


Such a tragedy in Boston. Scary. Lots of horrible horrible injuries. Prayers to those who lost loved ones and prayers for the injured. Watch this slideshow if you can....


I have to tell you, Bruiser is one nutty cat and he makes me laugh every single day! Yesterday I was out feeding the geese and he jumped up in the tree. No camera, natch. He went from one skinny branch to another going higher and higher. I said I was coming in the house and he just looked at me. Fine. I heated up the bathroom and was ready to shower, when he was standing at the door. He came in, came into the bathroom. I said ok, you can stay if you want, but left the door ajar. He laid down on the bathmat and just stayed while I showered. Nut. Now he's laying on my desk, hampering my tea drinking and keyboard use.......
 

I went to my yearly cardiology check up yesterday in Medford. On the way there the sky was amazing... such wild and threatening cloud formations...dark and then sun and blue sky behind them...
 
Table Rock:

Then there was this trooper doin' the work of the Lord.....
 
 
So.... I come out of the doctor's office and apparently just missed quite a hail storm...

One direction it was dark and foreboding, the other direction....blue sky... and of course....



it looked like I was lucky to miss this mess.....
 
Came home, made dinner..... Quinoa with Sprouted Rice, shrimp, basil, leeks, garlic, green chiles, tomatoes, hot sauce...

 
I cooked the Quinoa/Rice, chiles, herbs, seasonings in the rice cooker. Then stirred in the shrimp and tomato to let it warm. Drizzled hot sauce over all... OMGOOD!!!!!!

Watched TV, chatted on the phone with girlfriends, chatted fact time with Jack on my iPad ...our 14 year old birthday boy. Sooooo cute! Dude came in with Maggie and both laid on the carpet and napped. Dude was good! He did do some sniffing ... but was calm and happy.


On this date in 1983, friends Jim and Dawn Forbus were married. Wow, 30 years guys! CONGRATULATIONS!
Dawn, you are as beautiful as ever!

Jim was an LASD Deputy and then moved to Washoe County and was a Deputy there until he retired. Now he's enjoying his granddaughter, Audrey, and being Papa!


I had seen this before Deewayne PBerger sent this to me, but decided for those of you who hadn't seen it.... you need to! Love those Italians!!!!


 
Historically this date...
1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.

1941 – Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0.

1990 – The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.


And births this date include...
1924 – Henry Mancini, American composer (d. 1994)

 

1935 – Bobby Vinton, American singer
 

1949 – Ann Romney, American horse rider, wife of Mitt Romney
..............I sure wish she was our First Lady... not that piece of ghetto work that is there now. You know, the "fashionista"!!! LOL
 

1952 – Bill Belichick, American football coach
       .......you sure don't see that man smile ever!
 

1965 – Jon Cryer, American actor
 

All I know. Lunch with girlfriends today. Happy Tuesday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
April 16th
Eggs Benedict Day


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Monday, April 15, 2013

Jack-Aaron-Jimmy ~ Asparagus/Spinach/Ham Pie ~ Dude ~ Bruiser ~ Patriot's Day


Good 35º morning. Cloudy. Rain.... maybe. Looks like its raining on my mountain now.



Today is TAX DAY! Yeah. Excitement runs rampant this day.

Today is 4-15. 415 in our radio codes means "Disturbance" ... so, look who was born today!!! LOL  
415B Disturbance Business, 415D Drunk, 415E Music or Party, 415F Family, 415G Gang, 415J Juveniles, 415 LT Landlord/Tenant, 415N Neighbors.


Birthdays of very special people.....

My grandson Jackson, aka Jack, is celebrating today being 14 years old! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOODLE BUG!!! xoxo ♥
 

AND today is my step-son Aaron's birthday. 30 years Jack's senior! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON!!! xoxo ♥
 

AND..... today is also Jen's (Brian's honey wife) brother Jimmy's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY!!! (For the benefit of his mom, Jean .... no age given! LOL) xo
 

 
Dinner on Saturday..... Another pie.....

Pre-made crusts, 8oz Ricotta cheese, 1 cup plain Greek yogurt, 1 cup Parmesan cheese, 3 eggs, garlic/herb seasoning, bunch of asparagus - chopped, about 3 big handfuls of spinach (sauteéd and drained well), bunch of radishes (if you have never tried cooked radishes - they are GOOD! if not, use grape tomatoes cut in half), 1½ cups chopped ham (or cooked chicken, or cooked beef .....), your favorite hot sauce (mine is Frank's Red Hot mixed with a cube of melted butter per jar)....

Mix the eggs, cheeses, yogurt, seasonings, in mixer. Fold in the asparagus, radishes, spinach, and ham. Put top crust on and then drizzle with hot sauce. Make vent cuts in top crust. Bake 350º about 1 hr 15 min (or until brown on top). Let sit 15 minutes before cutting. YUMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!

 

Yesterday was interesting. Dude likes sleeping on Maggie's bed. BUT, when she's outside he sleeps on the other bed. Here he is... through the door...
 

Maggs and I took the trash our and put the can on the road yesterday afternoon. On our way back the Bruise was "hunting" ...

He was trying to be incognito! Can you say "camoflage"? or as Jerry would say, "cammo-suage"! LOL. When I got back to the house and came out on the front porch I called him... he came RUNNING! Funny boy. Still not used to Dude, but give them time.

 
Historically this date...
1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.

1892 – The General Electric Company is formed.

1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survived.

1923 – Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.

1955 – McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois

1969 – The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
.............is this what those assholes are gearing up for again??


And births this date include....
1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (d. 1519)

 

1912 – Kim Il-sung, Korean politician, Eternal President of North Korea (d. 1994)
....see, that's what they are doing, they are celebrating the top asshole's birthday!

1933 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995)
 

1938 – Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born Italian actress
 

1951 – Heloise, American columnist
 

 
Yesterday I packaged up the Jalapeño Bacon that Brian had purchased for me from a local restaurant ..... for the folks here that wanted some. Comes packaged for restaurant use, so in a 15 pound box.

 

All I know. Off to annual doc checkup. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
April 15th
Patriots Day

Some people know little or nothing about Patriot's Day. To New Englander's, it is a big, big day. In the states in New England, it's a holiday with a day off of work. Banks, schools, post offices, and businesses have the day off. Patriot's Day commemorates the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. This battle began the American Revolutionary War. It also honors the "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere", that evening when Paul Revere rode through town warning the colonists that "The Red Coats are coming!"


....and it's also National Glazed Spiral Cut Ham Day! (That is the kind of ham I used in the pie!)
 
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