Snow ~ Turkey Soup ~ Sunday Football ~ Monday Football

Good 34º gloomy snowy morning.

Yesterday I started on the turkey soup, stripped the bones of most of the meat and packaged up the meat in zip bags, then cooking the bones in a big pot of water. Bring to boil and simmer a couple of hours. Then drain, and put the liquid back in the pot along with turkey off the bone and some of the other meat. Then vegetables (potato, yam, celery, carrots, and mushrooms) were readied to add.

Oh look, that is my Mom's vintage Ekco Rotating Head Peeler. It's the BEST and probably at least 70 years old also or more.

I also had ready to add some dehydrated tomato dices, bell pepper, and canned mushrooms and noodles.

The turkey from the bones....

And extra turkey cut up....

It all went into the pot along with some dried onion and garlic and salt and pepper and Worcestershire (or as Jerry would call it... "Wooster Rooster" ! ) Then it simmered on low for another couple hours.

 

    DELISH!!!!

 

The weather yesterday stayed cold. By noon it was 39º. This was 10am...

12:45 started raining/snowing on the mountain. Stopped and was just 40º with the pressure dropping... rain started again after dark and then sometime in the night the snow came.

 

Historically this date...

1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.

.... LOVE riding those!!!

1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

..... wow, Johnny Unitas vs Frank Gifford and Pat Summerall!

2000 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.

...........sad sad sad day!! "Monkey Wards" a fav place to shop!

And births this date include....

1856 – Woodrow Wilson, American politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)

My High School named after him! Our school mascot was a Mule~! LOL.

http://wilsonmulesfootball.com/

Of course Sue Shewealter and I were inside the mascot running around on the footbal field, but did anyone get a picture? No.

 

 

 

 

1934 – Dame Maggie Smith, British actress

1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor

1972 – Adam Vinatieri, American football player

...only kicker to win 5 SuperBowl rings... 4 with Patriots and 1 with Colts. (Brian and I shared!)

 

 

My Patriots lost to Kristen's Jets. I was happy for her but sad for me so I had a Dirty Sue Martini! Then a nice conversation with Jennifer and Mike and Linda called too. Soup for dinner and chair, wine, and Blue Bloods.

 

Tonight's football:

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

December 28th

National Chocolate Candy Day

Chocolate. Who doesn’t enjoy the melody of those three syllables? The history of chocolate began right here in the Americas: The cacao tree first grew wild in the tropical rainforests of the Amazon basin. Our word chocolate comes from the Aztec cacahuatl, based on the earlier Maya word xocoatl (for details, see the Chocolate Glossary).

Weather ~ Sunset ~ Dude ~ Sunday Football ~ Trish Bowler ~ Dirty Sue Martini ~ Mom's Shaker ~ Fruitcake Day

 

Good 33º cloudy morning. Rain coming....

 

Yesterday's sunset....

The sun all day yesterday was heavenly! I knew we were in for more rain so I "ran 5 Miles"... driving the golf cart and Dude running to take all the trash to the can by the road and all the recyclables. He is such a happy camper to run.  Gets so excited when he knows we are going to do that!

                           Dude is the biggest love!!! Can't thank Dave enough!!

 

 

Saturday's football...

 

Today's football... should be interesting.. My Patriots and Kristen's Jets!

 

 

Today is a very special birthday... my pal Trish Bowler, wife of the infamous Lt. John Bowler (LASD ret). HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISH!! Wishing you a SUPER day. oxox

 

Historically this date....

1968 – Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.

1979 – The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

2001 – The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.

And births this date include..

1901 – Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (d. 1992)

1948 – Gérard Depardieu, French actor

 

 

Yesterday evening I made myself a 'Dirty Sue' martini...

              Vodka, Dirty Sue martini mix, and pickled asparagus spears.

OMGOOOOOD!!

 

I munched on some of that turkey for dinner. Made some turkey gravy. Here is an item I have had for a very long time.. it's older than me, for sure. It belonged to my Mom. When she made gravy she would heat the liquid from cooking the giblets and then put some flour in this 1 cup container and add milk. Then shake it up and add it to the cooking broth...

There are no markings on it. Made of aluminum. Works great! Fun being able to use something of hers that she used.

 

I think today I will make some turkey soup. Mmmmm....

Also need to clean the house... you know the exciting stuff..vacuuming, mopping, and dusting. ICK~! I was going to meet Brian and family for brunch at TapRock, but they are going to go to the snow.

I called TapRock, as I had a 2 for 1 coupon that expires the 1st and the brunch is only on Sunday. They manager said I could use it on the 3rd and to put his name and yesterday's date on it to be valid one more week. Nice!

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

December 27th

National Fruitcake Day

Didn't this year, but I love getting the fruitcake from Costco, dousing it with rum and let it sit a week before eating it. OMGOOD!!!

It is very appropriate for National Fruitcake Day to be celebrated shortly after Christmas. Once the holidays are over, it's time to get rid of your fruitcake. Giving a fruitcake is a Christmas tradition for many. It is also believed that recipients will re-wrap the fruitcake and give it to someone else. Who knows how many years, or decades, a fruitcake has been passed along? Ultimately, the trick is to make sure you give away the fruitcake before the holiday season is through. Otherwise, you get the joy of storing it, until the next fruitcake-giving season.

On National Fruitcake Day, those with a sweet tooth can celebrate by eating a slice or two. Otherwise, we suggest you use this day to give your fruitcake to someone....anyone.