Mom's Day ~ Dee ~ Conrad & Laura ~ Dry Onion Soup & Taco Seasoning ~ Fudge? Mmmmmm

Good 49º clear sunny morning. Hit 90º yesterday. Tough working in the yard.....very high humidity!

 

The sprayer has a major problem with the pressure gauge, etc. Going to pick up a new motor-whatever at the Grange today and take it to Dave to install. The sprayer is probably at least 12-13 years old, so in need. Will get my weed spraying done one of these days! In the mean time, pulling weeds and hand spraying. UGH.

 

My Mom. Happy Mother's Day. I love and miss you so much!

..... holding me, Easter 1946.... holding Brian February 1971, at her 50th Wedding Anniversary party January 1976....

 

Happy Mother's Day to all moms..... my daughter Kristen who is spectacular, my daughter-in-law Jen who is fabulous, and nieces and friends who are all wonderful moms. I hope you all have a great Mom's day!

 

Oh look, on my safari to Africa the lioness stole my camera!

 

Today is a special birthday... my good friend Dee Yellin is celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE!!!! xoxoxoxo

 

 

And today is the 23rd Wedding Anniversary of two special people... Conrad and Laura (Vincent) Virant. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS!!! Laura was Kristen's friend and our neighbor in Temple City.

 

Historically this date...

1932 – Ten weeks after his abduction Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.

1942 – Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.

2008 – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of workplace and arrests nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

  .... .just imagine... here illegally and defrauding our government. Well, heck, just give them immunity, Social Security, and a phone and welfare! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........

 

Births this date include....

1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)

 

1925 – Yogi Berra , American baseball player

 

1936 – Tom Snyder , American news anchor (d. 2007)

 

1937 – George Carlin , American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)

 

1950 – Bruce Boxleitner , American actor

 

1962 – Emilio Estevez , American actor

 

Make your own Dry Onion Soup Mix and Taco Seasoning and store in small mason jars....This is soooo much HEALTHIER than those you buy at the store!! They contain a TON of stuff that is not good for you!!

 

Make your own Taco Seasoning:

... 1/2 cup chili powder
1/4 cup onion powder
1/8 cup ground cumin
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon sea salt
Put ingredients into a jar and shake. Sprinkle on ground beef while cooking (or ground chicken, turkey, pork.....)

Make your own Dry Onion Soup Mix:

2/3 cup dried, minced onion
3 teaspoons parsley flakes
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons turmeric
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

Mix all ingredients in a jar, then give the jar a good shake. I'd recommend shaking the jar to mix the ingredients well before each use.
Use 4 tablespoons in a recipe in place of 1 packet of onion soup mix. Store this in a dry, cool place.

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday. Going to Brian and Jen's for brunch. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 12th

National Nutty Fudge Day

 

 

Here's about 25 fudge recipes:

Click here: National Nutty Fudge Day - Fun Food Holidays for May @ CDKitchen

Panorama ~ Princes ~ Plumbridge ~ Beer ~ Knotty & Gang

Good 54º (heat wave!) morning. Gadz. Summer has arrived. Dang. Wanted more Spring. Was 90º yesterday, today will probably be the same.

Because it's so warm I have the dining room windows open. All I can hear is that danged rooster up at the neighbors. I'd like to strangle him! WHY would you want roosters???? They are as irritating as someone sitting next to you chewing with their mouth open!

 

And here is the Princess I apparently disturbed taking pictures! LOL

 

Today is my nephew's birthday. Jim Plumbridge, real estate agent at Lake Tahoe in Tahoe City, former USN, husband, dad, golfer ...  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMINY CRICKET!!!! HUGS. Lookin' GOOD! xoxo

 

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Got this from Ike Saben (ret LASD) .... omg.

"The European Union (EU) has granted a permit to an Austrian brewery to officially use the controversial name of their beer: Fucking Hell."

It is a fully legitimate permit. "Hell" in German means 'light' and the beer is produced in the town of Fucking. 

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking%2c_Austria )

... and yes, there really is a town called Fucking.

Also, I looked up "hell" in German...

adjective:

leicht             light, easy, lightweight, simple, slight, mild

licht               light, bright, thin, sparse

hell                light, bright, pale, clear, fair, high

All of this apparently has angered the population of Fucking! Or should I say, it's angered the whole Fucking population!

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Historically this date...

1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.

1949 – Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.

1987 – In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.

1996 – The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.

And births this date include....

1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins (d. 1874) Because they were Thai (formerly Siam) ergo the name Siamese Twins! Interesting story...

 

1911 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)

 

1912 – Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)

 

1920 – Denver Pyle, American actor (d. 1997)

 

1935 – Doug McClure, American actor (d. 1995)

....would you believe, smoking killed him! Geeze people. Stop smoking!  It kills. AND you smell bad!

 

I really wanted to cook some shrimp yesterday, but in the market I could only find shrimp from Thailand and Viet Nam. NO THANKS! They grow them in ponds with human excrement. UGH. I want shrimp caught off the southern coast of the good old US of A ! 

So, I made a quesadilla with American and provolone.

 

Yesterday Jason was here finishing up the weed-eating. I took the Maggs and Dude on a ride down to Jason's folks to pay him... then the pups posed ... with Knotty...

.... for my friends.... who asked for a Maggie fix! xo

 

Picked up Bruiser from the vets. He had his ear flushed again and an antibiotic put in the ear canal. They had to sedate him for this so when I picked him up at 5 he still wasn't out of it completely. A total nut case, running from one end of the house to the other. He finally settled down about 9pm.

 

All I know. Tucker's team will be playing today but he and family will be in Glendale Oregon for one of Tucker's pal's birthday party. I will work in the yard. Will take the sprayer down to Dave first thing so he can figure out why the danged thing won't run! Again.

 

Happy Saturday. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 11th

Eat What You Want Day

What would you like to have to eat today? Okay, great.....health permitting, go ahead and have any and all of your favorite foods and snacks. Because today is Eat What You Want Day.

 

 

International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the incredible journey that migratory birds take each year. They travel thousands of miles between breeding grounds in North America, and their winter homes in Central and South America. Organizers say this is a day to both support, and to increase awareness of conservation efforts in support of migratory birds. They also suggest a field trip into a woods to look for and enjoy migrating birds.

Salad Dressing ~ Dude & Bruise ~ Sally ~ Easy Dinner

Good 50º clear and sunny morning. I think it was 85º here yesterday. High humidity. UGH. Supposed to cool off for a few days. Two years ago it was 29º and last year it was 32º. Big difference.

I was out mowing most of the day yesterday. Jason was here weed-eating the creek bed and sides so when Rick is here Tuesday there is no question where the creek is! Had one guy who brush-hogged for me and he ran over across the creek several times and broke down the sides so I had to have it dug out. Sigh......

I came in for lunch and made a salad..... dressing was good... I mixed some plain yogurt with infused olive oil, lemon juice, and sweet hot chili sauce. (Yes, not wine, I keep the lemon juice in a Mad Housewife bottle and the infused oil in a 3 Blind Moose bottle!)

While I was out and about mowing, Dude and Bruiser followed me around and followed each other! Nuts.

Historically this date...

1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.

1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.

1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

1863 – American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops.

1908 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.

1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.

2002 – F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.

And births this date include...

1899 – Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987)

1936 – Gary Owens, American disc jockey and voice actor

   ... I used to listen to him in the '60s on KFWB. Later he was on Laugh-In

                       

1960 – Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, philanthropist, and activist (U2)

1963 – Lisa Nowak, American astronaut

   .... arrested in that love triangle thing ....

It was lovely out last evening...

I sat on the porch, enjoying a glass of wine, with Dude at my side...

Dinner last night was easy.... pop an Omaha steak on the grill, heat some Omaha potatoes, reheat zucchini... put some of left over from lunch dressing on the potatoes .... voilá

All I know. Bruiser, hopefully, off to the vet's to have his ear checked this morning (Two weeks ago it was flushed out and antibiotics put in there to curb the infection.)  ...then a little grocery shopping and back home to mow!

Have a good weekend. TGIF. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 10th

National Shrimp Day

(Hmmm.... you think they mean the crustaceans ... and not short people? I'll go with the crustacean.)

 

Clear Sky ~Don't Kick the Cop ~ Blueberry Toast w/ Babybel ~ Tonnie Donna Sue Jeannie

Good 48º clear morning. 

Another one of those world's shortest books:

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MY COUNTRY

By Jane Fonda and Cindy Sheehan

Illustrated by Michael Moore

Foreword by George Soros

 

 

 

This from my pal Ollie Taylor (ret LASD)...

 

 

Don't kick the cop. Duh. (Thanks George B) I could watch this all day! (I know.)

 

 

Again, breakfast was good. Different you might say.... Liked it! I toasted some Franz Blueberry Streusel bread, topped each with a Babybel cheese, and melted it. Soft boiled two eggs, set on bed of lettuce, sprinkled on Simply Asia seasonings, sea salt, and pepper.

 

I know, I'm weird, but I like to serve foods on a bed of lettuce sometimes ... I LOVE lettuce and like the crunch!

 

Historically this date....
1960 – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

1980 – In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norco_shootout

http://www.rcdsa.org/norcorobbery/robbery.html

 

2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries

 

And births this date include...
1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress

 

1949 – Billy Joel, American musician

 

1962 – John Corbett, American actor

...He has been in a relationship with actress Bo Derek since 2002.

Yesterday Jeannie and I

(... and yes my little Gnome 'Knotty' joined us!)
met up with Donna Walsh (artist) and her friend Tonnie Gay at the Bohemian for lunch.

Lots of fun. Busy conversation!

It's fun to find out about people... Tonnie's dad was a CHP in the ELA area and had many good stories! The most interesting thing was that Tonnie's husband was a fire chief in N. Lake Tahoe. I told her my sister, Marion, ran a real estate office, Wells & Bennett, in Tahoe City. SHE KNEW MY SISTER! OMG, small world. Tonnie's husband is also named Jerry. I was blown away. Now Tonnie and Jerry live in Rogue River. When I got home I had to call my nephew, Jim (who runs the office in Tahoe City now) and he remembers Jerry the fire chief! My sis has been gone 9 years on the 24th of this month. I miss her so, but this made me smile!


Ok, all I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 9th
Lost Sock Memorial Day

Lost Sock Memorial Day recognizes your drawer full of unmatched socks. Each unmatched sock represents a missing sock. We never throw away our unmatched socks. After all, it may show up someday.