Pineapple Express ~ Anthem Hacks ~ Temple Station ~ 50 Years Ago ~ Jan Lacy Sculpture of Dude ~ Geese

Good 48º pouring rain morning! The 'Pineapple Express' is raging on. So far since yesterday 1¼" of  "liquid sunshine".

Kim Komando is a computer wiz and trusted. There have been 80 million accounts hacked ... Check her site for Anthem Blue Cross hacks.... and what to do.

http://www.komando.com/

Had a call from old Temple Station pal, Bill Riordan (LASD ret) yesterday. He was asking me about the WD-40 sprayed under the hood of your car. Something Barry Perrou (LASD ret) told me about when the wiring harness under the hood of my truck was chewed up. Bill's daughter apparently having a similar problem. Fun chatting with Bill. We discussed a bunch of deputies we knew and have known. Hope to see each other at the department reunion!

Temple Station: 8838 E. Las Tunas Drive, Temple City

Today , 50 years ago (OMG...50 Years!!!!), I married Kristen and Brian's dad, George Pendleton, in the Chapel of Roses in Pasadena. Lots of promise. Two perfect children. Nine years. Then the drugs that had bit him took over and all was almost lost. We came out of it. I met and married Jerry in 1975. I am blessed. My children are wonderful and so are their children. George's great loss.

Historically this date...

1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missileis accomplished.

1976 – In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.

1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.

1996 – Willamette Valley Flood of 1996: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.

1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

And births this date include....

1845 – Isidor Straus, co-owner of Macy's department store and former Congressman from New York (d. 1912)

1849 – Ida Straus, American passenger aboard the Titanic (d. 1912)

....... same birth date and of course, same death date....

1895 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)

1911 – Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)

1912 – Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)

1917 – Zsa Zsa Gábor, Hungarian-born actress

..................nine husbands!

 

1931 – Mamie Van Doren, American actress

................only 5 husbands!

1940 – Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman

1943 – Fabian Forte, American singer

1945 – Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)

...... LOVED his music!

Yesterday's breakfast was yogurt, fresh boysenberries, and Laney Cranberry Blossom Honey! YUMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!  

                                          www.laneyhoney.com

Left here and headed to Grants Pass to the art museum where I met up with artist Jan Lacy. She made a clay sculpture of Dude's head. I love it! I will hang it in the living room. www.janlacyart.com Had it sitting here on my desk and Bruiser came up and looked worried. He cautiously went over to it, sniffed it, and touched it with his paw! Guess he decided it was Ok and not real! Nut.

After that a stop at the Elk's to get Jennifer's refund from the canceled crab feed. Then met up with Bill and Jeannie at the Haul on 5th and H streets, for a glass of wine. Home and I didn't have to cook. Jennifer gave me some of her "stew" she made. I am going to have to make one like hers. OMGOOOOOD! This was a beef roast she cooked in the crock pot for HOURS with consommé, red wine, onions, spinach, corn, the list goes on.............. Jennifer, details please!

Yesterday afternoon the geese were out in my pasture. They have really been pretty standoff-ish this season. Have been showing up here daily for the last week, but always the rest of the flock shows up. Yesterday it was just the two of them. They have always let me feed them, so I went out and put some cracked corn on the other side of the fence, called to them, and they waddled over and enjoyed a treat. The gander always stands guard and lets the female eat first.

All I know. Nuff said. Happy TGIF. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

February 6th

National Chopsticks Day

http://www.joyofkosher.com/2012/02/national-chopsticks-day/

Mo Rain! ~ Dude ~ TBT ~ Bruiser ~ Laney Honey ~ Law Enforcement/Fire Lunch ~ Michael Duran

Good 47º raining morning. Stayed dry all day yesterday and even some sun peeking through at times. Rain started somewhere around 3 or 4am and so far we've gotten 1/4".

More on the way!

Yesterday after I came home from lunch I let Dude run in the pasture. He had fun jumping the creek!

Throw Back Thursday.. 1959 my Scuffy Ann of Stockbridge..

Pedigreed dogs have fancy names so that's why I named her that including our street name! 

The sweetest dog ever! She would sit up on her hind legs like this when Mom was ironing and just sit there watching her!

Here is the nut Bruiser watching a video of cats on Youtube sitting on my desk...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8FSBIsKO4&feature=youtu.be

Breakfast yesterday was yogurt with fresh raspberries and a drizzle of Laney Orange Blossom Honey! Soooooooooooo good!

If you want some SUPER good honey... go here...

https://laneyhoney.com/ (BTW, we're related, cousins, my  maiden name is Laney!)

This is funny... what I wrote on my blog 3 years ago this date...

The little black and white feral cat is getting less scared of me. I call him "BC" for 'black cat'!  I have put food and water in the bed of my golf cart and yesterday he actually came up while I was outside and 'mewed' at me! I came inside and took his picture through the slider door...

Historically this date...

1917 – The Congress of the United States passes theImmigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.

............click on the act title...interesting text in this ....

1918 – Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.

1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.

..................hmmmmmm, wouldn't want to go diving down there!

2009 – The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground offOahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.

.........who was driving that one, Francesco Schettino?

And births this date include....

1848 – Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. 1889)

.........My God, what a life. Totally wild and out of control. Her son suspected in her murder, but never proven. Daughter was a trollop like her mother. Interesting read.

1906 – John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)

Remember when we saw him, Sandy? We were coming out of the parking garage at my dental surgeon's after my wisdom teeth were 'dug out' and John was walking down Sunset Blvd in front of us! No camera! Dang.

1908 – Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (d. 1969) ....here's another OMG. Poor things. 60 years conjoined and a very sad death.

1919 – Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)

I loved the movie Sayonara. He got an Oscar for his roll.

1934 – Hank Aaron. American baseball player

1942 – Roger Staubach, American football player

Yesterday was the Law Enforcement/Fire luncheon at the GP Golf Club. 

Bill Patterson & Jeannie, Dale Yellin & Dee, Jim Morris, Lynn McConnell all attended. We even had a Concord California ret. officer join us, Mike Gamble. (I can remember his name as my brother-in-law, Joe, worked for Proctor & Gamble at one time!) We had a nice lunch... the girls and I got the quesadilla (cheese, bacon, green chilis) with sour cream, salsa, and guacamole... HEAVEN!

It was nice the girls joined us. Afterwards we went to the Elk's Lodge for a glass of wine and more chat!

Nice afternoon.

Today is my friends' Olga & Jimmy Duran's (LASD Sgt) son Michael's 15th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL! xo

The whole family... l-r Jimmy Aidan Olga Michael Amanda (engaged to James) James (also LASD) GREAT family!!! Jimmy and my Kristen were in the same Academy class and I worked with Jimmy at ELA Station.

All I know. Nuff said. HAPPY TBT.Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

February 5th

National Weatherman's Day

National Weatherman's Day honors weathermen, and woman who work hard to accurately predict the often fickle weather. Despite major technological advances and supercomputers, forecasting the weather is still a tricky, and ever changing business.

Knowing the weather is important in so many ways. It affect how we dress, where we go, and even if we go. Space launches are made or delayed depending upon the weather. And, knowing the weather can save lives. The most obvious example is knowing when and where hurricanes or tornados may hit.

According to the Air Force News, Weatherman's Day "commemorates the birth of John Jeffries, one of America's first weathermen". Jeffries was born on Feb 5, 1744. He kept weather records from 1774 to1816.