Honorary Marine ~ 40 Maps ~ Corgi Pup ~ Patty ~ Macadamia Nuts

Good 50º cloudy morning. No rain on the horizon. Just clouds.

Yesterday 4pm... It got very dark and windy....

This morning 7am....

 

Interesting, someone I admire, Gary Sinise, has been made an honorary Marine!

http://blogs.militarytimes.com/battle-rattle/2013/08/30/lt-dan-gary-sinise-becomes-newest-honorary-marine/

Tomorrow the story of the USMC mascot, Chesty.

 

 

 

Another interesting site.... 40 maps. Thanks Ann Ramirez (LASD ret)

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

 

 

 

 

Ok, if you like puppies, and who doesn't, you will love this Corgi puppy.... (Jen, Jean, Ann... your puppy!)

http://www.wimp.com/corgimirror/

 

 

Yesterday was filled to the brim with over the top excitement.... balanced my checkbook, paid bills, took me forever to get my blog out.... too much party weekend!! LOL, not the party girl I used to be. Thank goodness for recliner chairs!

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Patty Hickey McNaughton! I hope your day is wonderful, Texas Patty! xo

 

 

Historically this date.....

1781 – Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers

 

1886 – American Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

 

1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.

And births this date include...

1931 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress

There were a few other birthdays, but nobody I interested in!

 

 

All I know. Happy Hump Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA

Nuff Said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 4th

National Macadamia Nut Day

 

Daddy had a macadamia nut tree and he lovingly cared for it. Not something that grows and thrives well in So. Cal. because of the frost. He grew bushels full, we cracked the super hard shells in the vice in his shop, put the nuts on a cookie sheet over night in the oven with just the gas pilot, and they were PERFECT!

 

Onion & Garlic??? I'm going to HAVE to get some of those!

 

Beached Sioux ~ George B ~ Birthday in Galice

Good 72º sunny morning. Of course it's late now, was up at 6:30 and it was a comfortable 53º. "They" keep telling us "rain" but nothing on the map.... satellite or radar.  Yesterday quite windy, but that's all.

 

PICTURE of the day...

LOL, sent to me by Ann Ramirez (LASD ret) ... taken by her hubby Gabe. My first email address was Siouxmax...! Thank guys!

 

... And a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friend, George Bachmeier, LASD ret. I hope you have a wonderful day George!

 

Historically this date...

1944 – Holocaust: diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.

 

1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

 

2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis – day 3: the Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of which are children.

And births this date include....

1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (d. 1951)

.....one of my most favorite vehicles was my 1969 912 Porsche... what a RIDE!!

1913 – Alan Ladd, American actor (d. 1964)

1942 – Al Jardine, American guitarist (The Beach Boys)

 

1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor

   Total weirdo.

Yesterday was fun. I went to Brian and Jen's expecting a barbecue lunch and was told, "We're going on a road trip"... So Brian, Jen, Tucker, Sami, Jean (Jen's mom) and I piled into their truck and off we went down to Galice. Galice is on the Rogue River and near to where the Big Windy Fire was. Fire now 85% contained and no smoke where we went. Here is a map showing where Galice is in relation to the fire area...

 

So much of the river was closed during the worst of the smoke and fire.

Here is Galice in relation to Grants Pass and Medford:

 

We had a great time. It was quite windy so we didn't sit down next to the rail by the water. Had great presents given to me... Jen found, get this, Jellybean Chardonnay! Jelly Bean Wines are vinted and bottled in Sonoma California.

 

Here is a smilebox of the day's events....

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Tuesday. Ciao

xo Sue Mom Bob

September 3rd

Skyscraper Day

Here is a list of the 299 tallest buildings in the world...

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

 

The blog is going to be late today... it will eventually get done, but the author is suffering from a busy birthday 3 day weekend!!! Lordy, this stuff was easier when I was 30!!! Later.....................

You Caught It? ~ ELA Taco Wagon ~ VJ Day ~ PJ & Dave's BBQ

    

Good 60º cloudy and 72% humidity morning. Looked like it might rain and really windy last night, but doesn't feel like rain. Pressure was dropping for a while but going back up.

Baseball fans.....this is hilarious! "Did you catch that?" "Ha ha ha... yes I did!"

http://i.minus.com/ibd7dgjN0UsxhZ.gif

 

PICTURE of the day...

LOL.... ELA?

Historically this date....

1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

1945 – World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: the Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

... the Japanese surrendered on my Mother's birthday, August 15th... and signed the treaty on my birthday! Cool. AND then my Brian was stationed aboard the Mighty Mo when he was a Marine. Anti-terrorist watch, guarding the atomic weapons during the Gulf War ... Marine Detachment.
Marine Detachment Office on board USS Mo

1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.

 

And famous people's births that share my birthday...

.... actually, it's not my 'birthday' I am celebrating the 28th anniversary of my 40th birthday!
Here I am with pals Sandy (Todoran) & Jerome Beck on my 40th...

1919 – Marge Champion, American actress

... during my ballet years in the '60's I took lessons from her father, Ernest Belcher. "trainer and coach of many film performers, including Beth Beri, Mary Pickford, Pola Negri, Ramon Navarro, Nanette Fabray and Shirley Temple".

1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player

1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)

1951 – Mark Harmon, American actor

1964 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor

 

Yesterday afternoon PJ and Dave had a barbecue. It was to celebrate Dave's birthday (9-12), PJ's sister Mike's birthday (8-27), and mine. Debbie was all set with props.... birthday girl got the tiara...

Since the "theme" was Asian food.... Pam (Mike's partner) came in appropriate attire... with her egg... set it on the counter and it rolls! Get it... egg roll!

PJ fixed spectacular pork marinated with yummmm ingredients and Dave barbecued it.

We had egg rolls (lol), pot stickers, pork, coleslaw, corn, rice with peas (YUMMMMM!!!) and Debbie's Jell-O/cream cheese/pretzel salad (AWESOME!)

Deb... would you please share the recipe???? Please!!!

 

L-R Dave, Debbie, Tom, me, Pam, PJ, and Tim...

Sadly Tim's partner, PatC was not feeling well, and Pam's partner Mike was in Redmond Washington pet-sitting for a sister.

 

Then out came the chopsticks!

Dessert was one of Tom's famous lemon mirangue pies! Sigh... so good.

Gifts were shared. Thank you all!!!

 

Pam left her headband and Dave picked up the theme...

 

Thank you Debbie for the photos!!!!

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy VJ Day and Labor Day Monday.Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September tooth

National Blueberry Popsicle Day

and...

September is Self-Improvement Month, Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month, International Square Dance Month, Cable TV Month, National Bed Check Month, National Chicken Month, National Courtesy Month, National Honey Month, National Mind Mapping Month, National Piano Month, National Rice Month, National Papaya Month, and Classical Music Month? Whew! If that isn't enough here are some other things you can celebrate in September if your family is looking for something to do when they're bored (I didn't make these up!):

Today is also National Beheading Day. (Whaaaaa???)