Clouds ~ Berry & Poison Oak Bushes ~ Karen Blair ~ Tim Allen & Last Man Standing

Good 50º wispy cloudy morning...

Yesterday stayed clear and sunny and we hit 91º. Breezy and the weather guy kept saying a "chance" but not very good of rain maybe after the weekend. All the storms are moving north through Washington.

 

Yesterday morning after I was barely awake, Ted called from Evan's Pest Control. He was going to be here in 30 min to spray my berry bushes.... 

He got those all sprayed and even found some poison oak he sprayed. Didn't charge me for the spray, only the "house call" as he had sprayed them before but whatever he used, it was basically for the tar weed, didn't work, so he came back to do the job!

 

Breakfast yesterday... scrambled eggs with parsley and Parmesan cheese atop the tater tots I sauteéd with the mushrooms night before ... and some cottage cheese with sliced almonds...

 

Made a couple birthday cards and decided to take a run into town to get them mailed and pick up prescriptions.

 

This morning Jorge will be here early to finish up the barn painting....

 

Today would have been Karen Blair's birthday. She was born in 1964 and a member of our Jackson County Republican Women and Medford City Council member. Sadly she passed away this last June at the age of 50. She was a really neat gal and friend. RIP Karen, you are missed.

Medford City Council.. Karen on far left...

 

Historically this date...

1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turksstationed in Athens.

(when I was there a few years ago...)

 

1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.

I have my Daddy's Al Malaikah fez.....

1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don’t shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidatesRichard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

1970 – The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres

1981 – Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.

1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos andThailand, causing 700 fatalities.

And births this date include...

1895 –George Raft, American actor (d. 1980)

1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert (d. 2011)

1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)

...sexy lady. sexy name.... born 'Gayle Peck'!

1942 – Kent McCord, American actor

1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress

 

Yesterday Kristen went for her post surgery/post chemo scan. Results will be soon. Then she took the day off and went to the LA County Fair in Pomona. Good day to go, last weekend, and all the kids were in school!

 

Dinner was reruns.

 

On TV was the season premier of Last Man Standing with Tim Allen. OMG, it was so funny. He starts off the first show of the season having been on a two month trip around the country for his store, Outdoor Man. Synopsis:

First Aired: Sep. 25, 2015 on ABC

Summary: Mike has returned from being on a fantastic two-month road trip traveling to far-flung places for Outdoor Man. It's great to be back with his wife, Vanessa, and their three daughters, but finds a lot has been going on at home as well as on the job since he's been away. To top it all off, a tornado is headed toward the Outdoor Man store and the Baxter home.

While he is filming himself prior to getting home he said how happy he will be to be back home in Colorado. He also said, "you know, that big square state that smells like pot!" Ohhhhhhh I was laughing. Actually he was born in Denver,Colorado and is a Republican who likes to slam left-wing and socialist agendas and OVamit! Yes! Since it is his show, he pretty much says what he thinks, except once he said OVamit was a communist and the NBC people made them take that line out! "Freedom of speech" HA!

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 26th

National Pancake Day

Here are a bunch of pancake recipes... all kinds:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,different_types_of_pancakes,FF.html

Thursday Football ~ Hummingbirds ~ Jack & Gracie ~ My Nanno ~ New Shirts ~ Sierra Park Elementary in El Sereno ~ Salmon/Quinoa Brown Rice/Veggies ~ American Indians

Good 43º clear sunny morning. We hit 93º yesterday.  Slept in today!!!!! Wow. Didn't get up til 7:30 and ONLY because Dude was drooling in my face!

Breakfast mom!!!!PLEASE!!

Last night football..... too bad, NY could have been 0 and 3!

                

If you don't have hummingbirds at your place, maybe watching this will make you want go out and get a feeder...

http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/50/West_Texas_Hummingbirds/

I make my own syrup... NO red food coloring! That is why the feeder is red! Red food coloring will damage the bird's eggs. Ok, then mix 1 cup sugar with 4 cups water. You can either use water hot out of the tap, microwave it to just a simmer, or on the stove. Mix well. Let cool and fill your feeder. These little guys are just fun to watch!

Breakfast yesterday.... I had some cooked yam, so I heated it. Made a couple scrambled eggs to top the yams, and scooped in some cottage cheese. Healthy and YUMMM!

Today is a special anniversary, two great folks Gracie and Jack Elliott. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS!!! Wish I had a photo of you two. (Jack LASD ret and Gracie LASD SR ret)

Today was my grandmother's birthday. Her name was Isabelle Dunbar Mills. She was born in Glasgow Scotland in 1872. We called her 'Nanno'. She was fun, so nice, a great cook (oh those shortbread bars!!! and Scotch Cherry Cake!). I think she's the only person in the family who ended up shorter than me! She passed away in 1964. Here she is in 1958 with me, my older sister's daughter MaryAnn, Marion's son Andy, and older sister's Nancy.

Historically this date..

1890 – The U.S. Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.

2003 – A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.

2008 – China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.

And births this date include...

1936 – Juliet Prowse, South African actress and dancer (d. 1996)

 

1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer

            With his father Kirk Douglas

1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model

.... a graduate of Alhambra High in 1965. Known by everyone in town! Went to Cal State LA. (me too!)

1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor

.... boy, you tend to remember him in Star Wars ..so young!

1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)

1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress and model

... graduated from Newberry Park High in Thousand Oaks and went to UCLA

1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress

.....she shares the same birthday as her husband, Michael Douglas!

1973 – Bridgette Wilson, American actress

....wow, born in Gold Beach Or! (LOL, people are really born in Gold Beach???) Married to Pete Sampras, tennis player.

I received my shirts I ordered from www.Sunfrog.com  They have a zillion shirts and loved these two... I had worked for UPS at one time so thought this one was fun and I liked the cat:

I told Jennifer about the rearranged letters on the UPS shirt and she wanted me to order one for her UPS driver.

In the blog about the nostalgia where my grandmother used to live and how it's changed, I got comments from Linda (Kretzinger) Price, who said she had been by our old grammar school, Sierra Park, not long ago and it was totally demolished and rebuilt...  I took pictures in 1966 of the aftermath of the fire there... the infamous front wall:

Vaquero Ave side:

Kindergarten:

Where we'd have assemblies:

Mrs. Jesse Rector, my 5th grade teacher and I on the playground... 1955.

And Linda (Watterlond) Terror and I with our Safety Monitor badges hanging from our belts:

Now, here is the new school (pictures compliments of Google Earth)... still that wall in front:

And the Vaquero Ave side:

Dinner was sauteéd fresh  mushrooms and coleslaw. I added in some tater tots just to cook so I could use them with eggs today. I used O Olive oil Olive and Basil ...

Took out the tater tots and set aside and added the coleslaw...

Then in went a can of salmon...

I cooked the Quinoa & Brown rice in their packet in the micro for 90 seconds (a Costco thing) and added in...

After all had heated well I added in a package of fresh baby spinach, drizzled with a tad more olive oil and let steam..

Cooked some corn. Dished it up. In the fridge I had a half avocado I had sprayed with cooking spray like Brooklyn Vivia said to and it wasn't brown! Drizzled on a tad of lemon juice. Voilá. GOOD!!!!!!!

Watched some of the football game but don't like the NY Giants (Eli in particular!) so watched a couple episodes of Blue Bloods. Chair. Wine. Nice.

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 25th

Native American Indian Day

My Jerry was 1/4 Cherokee.

http://www.indians.org/articles/cherokee-indians.html

This day is set aside to honor and celebrate Native Americans, the first Americans to live in the U.S. Still commonly referred to as American Indians, the term "Native Americans" has been used in recent years as a sign of respect and recognition that they were indeed the first people to populate our great and wonderful nation.

By the time the first explorers and settlers arrived from Europe, Native Americans had populated the entire North American continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to the northern reaches of Canada.

We encourage you to spend this day, learning about Native Americans, the true original settlers in America.

Famous Indians and Tribes: (click on the underlined)

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Pocahontas

Sitting Bull, In Memory

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More Information:

National Congress of American Indians

http://www.native-languages.org/languages.htm