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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Politics ~ Comments ~ Pat ~ Tim ~ Wal-Mart Re: Deen ~ Garden Salad ~ Orange Blossom


Good 61º heat wave cloudy some sun morning.

 

Gator.....
Thanks again!

 

 
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Just FYI, if you are in a foreign country and your English sucks, don't leave comments. If you comment in a foreign language I will delete it. If you want to promote your website and leave a link on your comments... I will delete it. I don't print comments from people who want to make statements about their site or products....only if they are personal friends of mine. SO stop sending comments.

Here is an example of one I received:  
"If you use these loans sagely and use the money price, for instance the equipoise,
interest charge per unit as advantageously as requital dates.
Others could invest in a business concern that is on a decline with for hunt appropriate lenders." (a link with a "UK" address was included!)   UNLESS you are a friend of mine.........DON'T COMMENT!   Delete Delete Delete!
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Today is a special birthday... my Greece travelin' pal, Pat Kelly. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT!!!!

 
And it's also Tim Goslin's birthday. Tim the son of Avalon's former Fire Chief Jack Goslin.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM!!


Historically this date...
1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.

1957Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.

1982Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

1985U.S. Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System.

 

And births this date include....
1927Bob Keeshan, American actor (d. 2004)
Captain Kangaoo!


1949Vera Wang, American figure skater and fashion designer
 
 
1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
 
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My friend Trish has written a letter to Wal-Mart headquarters and I think we all should do the same! Not a fan of Paula Deen, but this singling her out for a remark years ago is STUPID. Because she used the "N word" they are dropping her from the Food Network, taking her product out of Wal-Mart and making her feel like she's committed murder. So wrong.

Here is T's letter:
I am a huge fan of Wal-Mart!
I am originally from Arkansas and am so proud of Sam Walton for such a success story.
I am writing today because I learned that you have severed ties with Paula Deen.  I am so very disappointed in your brand for doing that!
Now here is the most important question:  Do you still carry those obscene RAPPER CD's where they use the N word non stop and denigrate women constantly? From what I see on your website you do!  Now where is the fairness of this?
Paula is NOT a racist but those rappers are!  Fair is fair and I don't believe I will be stopping in at your store until I read you are doing business with Paula again!
Thank you,
name
city, state
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To leave a comment with Wal-Mart Corporate Office:

Wal-Mart also carries all the music of Lil Wayne, the creep who stood all over the Stars and Stripes while singing the National Anthem - his version!

Published on Jun 18, 2013:
Rapper Lil' Wayne was filmed stepping on an American flag while shooting a video for his song "God Bless Amerika."
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So true......

 

Dinner last night was a salad.... chopped celery, carrots, green onions, sweet peppers, grape tomatoes, avocado, and hard boiled eggs..... oh, and lettuce!
Dressing was lemon juice (in Mad Housewife bottle), orange sauce with ginger, mayonnaise, garlic seasoning and garlic powder. Whisk all together until right consistency.

 
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Haircut day! Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
June 27th
National Orange Blossom Day

Cultivated from orange trees, fragrant orange blossoms are widely used in cooking, flower arranging, and perfume making. Blossoms are commonly used to make honey, tea, marmalade, and to flavor bakery items. With so many useful applications, one may quickly assume that today’s holiday is a celebration of this multi-faceted flower. However, National Orange Blossom Day actually honors the Orange Blossom cocktail, a bittersweet drink consisting of gin, sugar, and orange juice.

 

2 oz Gin
1 tsp superfine Sugar
1 Orange slice

Mixing instructions:

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, orange juice, and sugar. Shake well.Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with the orange slice.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Patriotic Video ~ Skin Doc ~ 2013 Bucket List ~ Vegetable Soup


Good 57º rainy drizzly morning. Isn't supposed to last. 100º predicted for Friday and Saturday. Swell, it's the Rooster Crow Parade. Gonna melt.

This video is awesome.... sent by Ann Ramirez (LASD ret). Thanks Ann!
Patriotic and moving. Keep your Kleenex close by!
Wow, Marines in dress uniforms. HOT LAVA~!!!!

Went to GP yesterday. Skin doc froze a place on my hand. Just a little scaly spot. Everything else is good. Saw Brian. Dropped off the USMC hat from Gator. Brian was pleased and said "Thank you, Gator! Semper fi." Hardware store, Staples for printer ink, post office, and home. Finally heard from Linda and Andy. They were taking the back roads from Ashland to Jacksonville and then to Grants Pass, so I missed out on seeing them. Dinner for them was with the car club at some "shop" for a barbecue. Maybe see them on the return trip. I made her promise to take pictures!


PICTURE of the day............
 

Historically this date...
1918World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.

1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.

1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio

1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.

2012 – The Waldo Canyon Fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
..............and AGAIN Colorado is hit with horrific fires!


And births this date include.....
1898 – Chesty Puller, American military officer (d. 1971)
     .... speaking of Marines!
 

1922 – Eleanor Parker, American actress
     .... still no current photos of her. She must be a recluse.
 
1970 – Chris O'Donnell, American actor
 

1974 – Derek Jeter, American baseball player

 
Got this from my friend Val Smullen... my thoughts exactly!
My Bucket List for 2013

HERE IS ALL I WANT...

Obama: Gone

Put " GOD " back in America!!!

Borders: Closed!

Congress: Obey its own laws NOW!

Language: English only!

Culture: Constitution and the Bill of Rights !

Drug Free: Mandatory Drug Screening

before Welfare!

NO freebies to Non-Citizens!

Balance the budget.

Stop giving away our money to foreign countries!

We need it here!

Charge them, not us for our help!

Fix the TAX CODE!

And most of all, RESPECT OUR MILITARY AND OUR FLAG!!!!!

We the people are coming!

 

Yesterday I made soup. About once a week I cook a bunch of chicken thighs in the crockpot for Maggie. I add in chicken stock. I had a quart of the stock saved from last week and just added it to this week's. Then I threw in baby carrots, broccoli, sweet peppers, about 25 garlic cloves (2 heads), wild and brown rice, canned diced tomatoes (juice and all), and some cream of chicken soup (to thicken). Cooked on low for 5 hours. YUMMMMMMM!
 

All I know. Happy Hump Day. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
June 26th
National Chocolate Pudding Day

 

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

10-22 Today (not) ~ Earrings ~ Weather ~ Bruiser ~ Lobster Tail & Risotto



 

 

Naaaa, not really. Good 57º some drizzle morning. Got more rain in the night but for the 3rd day of this "storm" so far only 1/4". Not enough! Then by the weekend it will be 95º. UGH.
 
PICTURE of the day.............

Cinque Terre, Italy .... sunrise...


Historically this date...
1876Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.


2012 – The final steel beam of 4 World Trade Center is lifted into place in a ceremony.

 

And births this date include....
1925 – June Lockhart, American actress
 
1945Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter, actress, and author (Elephant's Memory)
 
1961Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, and writer
 
1963 – George Michael, English singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Wham!)
 

Yesterday I got a call from Aaron the landscaper. He was sick. We will have to reschedule for another day. So, I engaged in my old hobby... making earrings.
 
It was rainy and cool...so Maggie, Dude, and Bruiser spent a lot of time out on the porch... Bruiser keeping an eye out for critters he'd like to chase!

 

 
Dinner was lobster tail (finally!) with risotto and avocado...

Remember the process....  and after the butter is clarified, brush it onto the tail, sprinkle with paprika (or garlic if you prefer...) and bake at 400º 15-18 minutes.

The Bello Ready Risotto is good! Quick. Easy. I bought it through Amazon.com ... several flavors... 4 Cheese, Mushroom, Saffron, Asparagus, and something else.... It's not cheap, about $4 a box, but it saves you all that cooking and stirring and stirring and stirring!

 
I stirred fresh basil and dried leeks into the risotto.... ranch dressing and garlic seasonings on the avocado. OUTSTANDING!!!  Oink!
 
All I know. Happy Tuesday. May see Andy and Linda today as their hot rod club is on it's way from Sacramento to Vancouver WA for a car show. They will be spending tonight in Grants Pass. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo
June 25th
National Catfish Day
KIDDDDDDING......

Honor them or eat them....

 

Monday, June 24, 2013

Weather ~ Fum & Gebra ~ Claire ~ Lindsay Windsay



Good 54º rainy morning. Started in the night, very light rain after a wild windy afternoon and evening. Aaron the landscaper is supposed to be here today to redo my raised beds and put down new gravel. Don't know if this rain will hamper ....

Yesterday a dark cloudy start....
...and then a break before the winds started.....


PICTURE of the day...
Nature defying all odds.... We should all be so tough and hearty!



Amazing friends... have seen and posted one of Fum and Gebra (cat and owl) before..here is how they first met...


 

Now there is a website for these two goofy friends....


Go here and watch the latest video.....


 

 
 

 


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This from my friend Mike Cipolla....

Two Texans are sitting on a plane from Dallas and an old Jewish Texan is sitting between them. The first Texan says, "My name is Roger. I own 250,000 acres. I have 1,000 head of cattle and they call my place The Jolly Roger." The second Texan says , "My name is John. I own 350,000 acres. I have 5,000 head of cattle and they call my place Big John's." They both look down at the Jewish man who says, "My name is Irving and I own only 300 acres." Roger looks down at him and says, "300 acres? What do you raise?" "Nothing", Irving says. "Well then, what do you call it?", asked John. "Downtown Dallas."     ( LOVE it!)

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Today is a friend's birthday... Claire Atteberry. Claire likes to fish...and she's good at it!!!! Nice hat! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE!!!!

 

 

Today is also Lindsay vonZabern's birthday. "Lindsay Windsay" was our neighbor in Temple City. She was a little one back then... all grown up, married, and a mommy now. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDSAY!

 

 

Historically this date...

1846 – The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.

1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.


 

And births this date include..

1942 – Michele Lee, American actress

 
 

1978 – Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter and musician

          ...........and a real weirdo!  Bill, you are much better looking with pink hair~!

 

 

Was busy trimming grapevines until my back gave out. Came in and did laundry. Ho hummm....... excitement pulsates hereabouts!

 

After snacking on the quiche all day I wasn't hungry for dinner so made some popcorn, topped with Can't Believe It's Not Butter, bacon/chipotle sea salt, and grated cheese. YUMMMM!!!!

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Monday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
June 24th
National Pralines Day