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Friday, April 19, 2013

Bruiser and Mr. Coyote ~ Cop Loses Pants ~ Garlic


Good 42º cloudy and rain possible morning.


Not in the mood for a blog today, but will share a couple photos and a funny video....


I like sitting on your printer, mom......
 

I'm watching Mr. Coyote, but I'm bored.......
 


Mr. Coyote was wayyyyyy up the hill scouting out lunch!


This is funny......
 
 
Ok, nuff said. TGIF.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
April 19th
National Garlic Day
 
 
roasted garlic
At first glance you might wonder if this is some sort of science project. But what it lacks in immediate familiarity, it makes up for in taste -- especially when you consider it's a simple combination of three of any cook's most important ingredients: garlic, olive oil and coarse salt.

For this head of perfectly roasted garlic, simply cut off enough of the bulb to expose the cloves, drizzled them with a tablespoon of olive oil and added a generous sprinkling of salt before covering it with aluminum foil and roasting the entire thing for 40 minutes at 375 degrees F.

Great for use in pasta and pizzas and slathered on bread, those who truly love garlic may have a hard time not eating this straight out of the oven. But whatever you do with those golden-brown cloves, don't forget to save the skins for broth!
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Flags ~ Local Beeeootch! ~ Carnage ~ Spinach Pesto


Good 33º clear morning. Hopefully a nice 'outdoor' day.

 
Yesterday I got my new flags up.... finally!
God Bless America! God Bless the Marine Corps!
God help us all!
 


On Tuesday I left the Bohemian where I had lunch with the girls and stopped to drop a prescription at my pharmacy in RR. Leaving there, a woman was walking along and made a sudden right turn towards the car lane where I was driving. She never looked up. She was far enough away so I just continued on... as I passed her she screamed at me, "STOP!" I rolled down the passenger side window and said, "What? You think you're at f**king Disneyland?" I know. But idiots think everyone should pay attention to what they are doing and they don't have to be accountable and they all think whatever they do they have the right of way! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Then she yelled..."BITCH! And your big black truck!" LOL. I said back, "And your shoes are ugly!" (She was 30-ish, really heavy, and had on bright pink tennis shoes.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Then she just stepped right off the curb immediately in front of moving traffic!! Two cars had to quickly stop and sit and wait for her to cross in front of them. No crosswalk there! She needed a citation, big time! And an attitude adjustment! I'm still smiling. That was fun!

 


Every day the news is bad...

 
Boston carnage and now loss of life in Texas from the explosion. Seems like our soldiers are being killed every day too. I'm becoming like a lot of people I know, I don't want to know! Just sent a donation to the Red Cross and one to DAV! And can you believe, some 'group' is angry that the suspect in the Boston bombings was described as "dark skinned"! Geeeeeeeze people. What if he had been "pale white" or "Asian looking" or ...... ???? How do you describe someone so the police can look for him? "Oh, it was a man." Well gee whiz, shouldn't men get mad about that. "Oh pardon me, it was a person". Duh. Ok, off the box.......

 

Historically this date....
1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.

1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.

1923 – Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.

1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.

1942 – World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.

1958 – A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.



And births this date....
1946 – Hayley Mills, English actress

 

1947 – James Woods, American actor
 

1956 – Eric Roberts, American actor


Yesterday afternoon I made pesto. I had a bag of spinach that was reaching it's prime so I made spinach pesto!

Brown the pine nuts in a dry pan on the stove. Peel a bunch of cloves of garlic and put that and pine nuts in food processor. Add spinach (pack it in) and a good amount of Parmesan cheese and a pinch of sea salt. Turn on processor and pour a thin steady stream of olive oil in until it's the consistency you like. Got that done and some of the pesto in zip freezer bags and put in freezer. Then made a ham and pesto sandwich on a cheese roll..... OINK!
 

I had a note yesterday from a friend who said that 4-17 was "Jerry's Day" .... yes. He was the gunsmith extraordinaire ! AND my snivel for the day (yes, Billy Boy....SNIVEL!) that nobody mentioned the funny from yesterday's blog.... "cross hares"!!!
:o(

 
All I know. Happy Thursday. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
April 18th
National Animal Crackers Day
 

 

National Animal Crackers Day celebrates a truly fun food. When you were a kid, did you eat the trunks off the elephants first? Or the heads and necks of the giraffes? However you made your animal bites, these lightly sweetened crackers (cookies, really) have been delighting
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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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