Pet Of The Week 2010

Big Joe's chihuahua Lue Lue

OK…I know I should have picked up my laundry before snapping this picture, anyway…It’s time to fill up our 2010 photo gallery, so it’s time for the Pet Of The Week Contest! We’re looking for the most adorable, cute, furry, cool, funny pictures of Mother Lode Pets! Every Tuesday we’ll feature your special family member here on the Big Joe and Bridgette Morning Blog! So send those pics to bigjoemarshall@mlode.com today!

Big Joe's youngest...Chico

Pop Corn Day

It’s Popcorn Day so I Googled it and found some interesting facts about popcorn that I never knew. My favorite is Kettle Corn.

Bridgette

Popcorn was very popular in the United States from the late 19th century through the middle of the 20th century. It was available in parks, from street vendors, and near theaters.

During World War II, when sugar was rationed, Americans changed their snacking habits—they ate three times as much popcorn as they had before. Perhaps the favorite place to eat popcorn was at the movies. When television took off in the 1950s, popcorn sales dropped for a while.

Today, the average American eats nearly 70 quarts of popcorn a year. But the United States isn’t just a land of popcorn lovers—it’s also the land of popcorn. Most of the world now gets its popcorn from Nebraska and Indiana.

The oldest popcorn ever found was discovered in the “Bat Cave” of central New Mexico. It is thought to be about 5,600 years old. In tombs in Peru, archaeologists found ancient kernels of popcorn that are so well preserved that they can still pop.

Europeans learned about popcorn from Native Americans. When Cortes invaded Mexico, and when Columbus arrived in the West Indies, each saw natives eating popcorn, as well as using it in necklaces and headdresses.

Native Americans brought a bag of popped corn to the first Thanksgiving. A common way to eat popcorn at that time was to hold an oiled ear on a stick over the fire, then chew the popped kernels off it. Natives throughout the Americas also made a popcorn beer. Some made popcorn soup.

After learning about the fluffy food, colonists began enjoying the first puffed breakfast cereal—a bowl of popcorn, served with cream or milk.

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Gettin Thin In 2010 Week 3

Big Joe loses 13lbs

Good Morning Mother Lode!

Here we are, kicking off week number 3 for my ” Gettin’ Thin In 2010″ project. I’m still going strong and want to thank you for the emails and phone calls of encouragement! They really help keep me focused on my goal. I hope you too are staying focused. Still looking for any tips, ideas, suggestions, recipes, anything you want to share that will help us all be healthier this year.

Here’s the results from this morning. After a starting weight of 321lbs and losing 7lbs the first week. This morning I weighed in at 308! Making it a total weight loss so far of 13lbs!

Let’s keep it up Mother Lode! Be sure to check in next Friday as we have another ” Gettin Thin In 2010″ Weigh In!

Just How Bad is The Economy?

This was shot in Sonora California at the local Walmart. Just how bad is the economy? For one, you’ll notice how quiet it is (very few shoppers) and then two…The birds in the area have given up flying.

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