Big Top by Rob Harrell for February 03, 2011

Note To Self: bears hibernate in caves far far away from other living beings ESPECIALLY WINKY

Hi Big Sister

Hello Little Sister!

Wink needs a lullaby.

So who wants to do the menu for this turnover?

Good Morning, Tribeandall

Looks comfy, Wink!

I’ll do it. Not a problem

BIG TOP BREAKFAST

M&M pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes, or regular pancakes with syrup Sausage links or patties, and bacon Fried potatoes / hash browns Huevos Rancheros Eggs made the way you want them. Country fried steak and gravy Kolaches Breakfast Quiche Cheerios and other brand cereal Breakfast BLT Docs world famous Nuclear Coffee Starbrights Divine Cocoa Mocha ( Courtesy of Chris Alan, Johanan Rakkav, and company) My Big Sister’s Berry Delicious Breakfast Smoothies bmonks cup of cheap mocha mint. Premium or imported beer Milk, chocolate milk Variety of Fruit juices, and tea Vegetable juice (V8) Water peach cobler,  Apple pie, Lemon meringue, pumpkin pie, chocolate cream pie Ice cream (All flavors available)

Hi Big Brother

Oh! Thank You Little Sister!!

I was still thinking. Maybe I should do that ahead of time?

I actually dug the menu up about an hour ago. ;-)

Though I had to engage in a tug-o-war with Wink over it.

Good morning, LuvH8 & Li’l Sister.

Nice menu! May I please have the huevos rancheros and Doc’s WFNC?

Little Sister, I don’t even want to imagine what Wink is like when he is sick!

Good Morning Lonewolf!

May I please have a me Berry Smoothie?

Here you go Big Brother :-)

Here you go Big Sister :-)

Thank you, Li’l Sister.

You’re welcome Big Brother :-)

It’s off to bed I go.

Good night everyone. :-)

Good Night Little Sister, Lonewolf & Tribe

Good night, LuvH8 & Li’l Sister.

I like the ear socks. I had a hat like that once.

Good Morning, Ooops!, ♥Little Sister♥, ♠Lonewolf♠ and…

Oh, let it sleet, let it sleet, let it sleet… …and then snow!

Good Morning, Tribe

-9° with a wind chill of -18°!

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠ (again)

Good morning, Grog. I’m heading out into the frozen tundra. I sure do hope all of the work is inside and that there are no vehicles that need to be pushed in. Stay warm, man!

Have a great day everyone. Be safe!

P&L

Stay warm Lonewolf I can deal with snow. Sleet on the other hand you can have Grog

I’ll be heading for home around 11AM unless the storm gets here earlier.

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠,♥♥ Little Sister♥♥, LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, Plodswbeer, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, ♪Hopeandjoy♫, Johanan Rakkav, Rmom , The Sojourner,Bmonk, serenasakitty,Ladyhawk, Saskfan,lakesnake ,Digital Frog,Lewreader;MisngNOLA,Woodeye,King_Wolf, Ponytale56,greyhame,ChukLitl

I can’t believe Wichita supertendent called off school today. I know its 2° out but kids can bundle up. So far this year I believe missed 6 or 7 days total. I wonder if spring break will be canceled or by canceling so much school helped on the budget. Kids have to be real bored.

Good Morning, ♥Kab♥

WI, IL and NH have to have 160 school days. If they don’t put extras days for bad weather they add them on at the end of the year. Heaven forbid they miss out on spring break.

I looked our news for school closing and majority have resumed classes. I just can’t believe Wichita canceled classes. I heard until this happens may not have spring break. Kids need education more then being home driving parents nuts. On that local station of school closing parents sent in opinion on this mixed reviews. So think another town west of Wichita should have cancelled class. When I went there was class. I remember when working we had icy streets kids sliding and there was class. Since then have been different superintendents. For here and around there has been enough traffic snow has been tramped down. Out in the fields where farmers work looks like very little snow.

Doctor Toon I have you beat. I have hundreds of unread books. in three areas of the house and box in car. I was at one place and did not have anything to read this is when kids were younger and at Best Buy, to say the kids were enjoying themselves I was bored. After that I kept books with me. Then our family went to AR took this one hwy several vehicles broke down abandoned not sure for how long. One stands out in my mind a truck with hood up with owner by it with a lawn chair and a big book he was reading at the time. I thought wow to use that big book must be expecting to stay a long time stranded.

Good Morning, Doctor Toon & HopeandJoy♫

Good Morning Plods, Grog, Kab♥, Lonewolf♠, Little Sis♥, Ooops, Sojo, bmonk, Rmom, Montana, Doc Toon♪(just for fun); Lakesnake (hello?) Saskfan, Quaby,(Are you there?)and all peekers and toppers

Wow! Winky Poco dots! No wonder he can’t hibernate…the loudness keeps him awake!!!

Polka dots?) Where is our snowplow for the drive???

I guess Wink doesn’t know how to hibernate. I guess I better study. Instructor gave all back there paragraphs to rework, gives us an idea of now what to do. Everyone received 70% whether good or bad. I have a few corrections. I informed instructor not sure if I will meet expectations. My paragraph only need to be 10 to 12 lines. I wrote on my daughter about her future. Bye for now all.

Good morning Tribe……

so, how did everyone survive that big storm? Did your power stay on? Hopefully no one was stranded like they showed on The Weather Channel.

Stay warm.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Montana Lady We were stranded at home…and still are!! Can’t beat that, however. We had most snow in our state we are told….Just as soon have passed that honor of 21-24 inches to somewhere else…-12° last night heading toward 19° Hurray. Our drive is getting plowed so we are happy house dwellers!!

Good Morning, Montana Lady & Sojourner

Why do they think maintaining a regular sleep schedule (or schedule at all) is good for your mental health?

Do you ever wonder if we are better off not knowing that some things are supposed to be wrong?

Well…….. I’m off to discover more wrong things.

Bye Peoples, Luv & Happiness

Hi and Bye Ooops!

Good Morning Doctor Toon - Have a good sleep.

Good Morning Montana Lady - Glad your drive is cleared.

Good Morning Grog - Your time at work should be about over.

Hi, friends! We were at -6°F below this morning when I woke up - actual temp, I think the wind chill was around 15 below. I am sure thankful the power has stayed on. I just saw on the forecast this morning, that they’re predicting more frozen stuff for Sunday/Monday.

Good Morning Rmom - Stay warm!

Hi, Sojo! I’m trying. My humidifier isn’t pumping enough moisture to meet the demand, so it feels colder in here than what the thermostat says it is. So I’m trying to do a few other things to help it bring up the humidity. I hope you’re staying warm! You weren’t in the area affected by the power outage, were you?

Rmom - No power outage here. My humidity is about where it should be so it doesn’t feel cold. Hope you can get your humidity up as that will help a lot!

I guess the low overnight here was -12.4°F. Burrrr!

Rmom - Wichita got to -6° this morning.

Good Morning, Every One! (Including: Rmom, Sojo!)

Ooops! said, about 11 naps ago

Good Night Little Sister, Lonewolf & Tribe

Nice sleeping smiley. But at first glance, I thought he was sleeping with a phone under his ear!

DocT, I know the feeling about buying vs. reading books. I used to get books, especially the $1 (or less) pretty readily. After all, it doesn’t take much content to be worth a buck. But–oh, the piles of books! Oh, the humanity!

Hi, bmonk! In my early years of homeschooling, I bought (or was given) a lot of used books. Now that I’m finished, I’ve got to weed out my book collection. So, I’m trying to read books that I’ve had on my shelves, but never got around to reading. Started a book last night called True Tales of Old-Time Kansas. I’m sure thankful we don’t have to worry about the Indians attacking wagon trains here anymore!

Hello bmonk - Our cold doesn’t come close to yours!

Generally not–but today it’s quite warm. According to NOAA, 27 °F (-3C) And there or above thru the weekend–it starts dropping come Sunday and Monday.

Maybe we’ll even see a bit of January thaw? (ha ha!)

Sojo - Our cold doesn’t come close to bmonk’s but our summers get hotter. I know there’s lots of places colder than our area, and lots of places hotter, but there’s very few that are more severe than us in both directions.

bmonk - We’re supposed to get up to 20°F today, 45 on Saturday. Basically, warm enough to melt most of the snow, before we get more frozen stuff on Sunday or Monday.

bmonk - How can you have a January thaw in February?

Well–sometimes it’s late… (he he he!)

Time for Noon prayer and lunch…BBL, if I can…

Greetings TRIBE.

FINALLY!!!! The cold has broken if only temporarily. It is almost livable around here. It is a good thing it warmed up a bit. Our furnace developed a leak yesterday and we had to shut it down. I wouldn’t have wanted to do that when it was -40*. It is a very old water boiler type [installed when the dinosaurs were here, I’m sure]. We tried to fix it and I sure hope it holds. It will cost way more than we have to replace it.

I’m very annoyed at my dog right now. She is only a puppy and of course has to chew anything she can get at. She dragged some books off the table. Most of them she just scattered around but one she HAD to tear up. Naturally it had to be a hard cover. They were all library books so I had to pay for it. It was the kind of book that I wanted to read but not the kind I wanted to add to my books. It’s not torn so badly it can’t be read, but no good for the library.

All the years I was going to school and couldn’t get the dog to eat my homework, and now I have one that damages a library book. Sheeesh!!! Can’t win.

Sorry about writing a book here but once I got started I couldn’t stop.

…and speaking of books…..as some of you know, I am married to a retired English Prof and he is a book nut…I admit to this as well but not to his extent. His are in bookshelves in the downstairs covering two walls…..my “keepers” cover just 4 shelves with some reference type books on another 2 shelves. Then he uses 3 short bookcases upstairs….but READING IS GOOD! Dusting is a bore!!

Tell me somebody, Winky has sock puppets on his ears?

Wink discovered static electricity. He should go have some fun with it.

well I am heading home now and I am going to stay there until Saturday.

Hello serenasakitty - Hope your furnace holds together!

Hwllo HopeandJoy♫ and Steelblade!

Serena - I hope your furnace keeps working too! We need to spend some money upgrading our a/c, which is going to take a couple thousand that I’d rather not spend. Sigh!

I’m home safely and I I don’t plan on going out until Saturday morning - if it’s not too icy. But it’s supposed to warm up into the 50’s by then.

Grog - Did you drive or slide home?

The roads were and still are good, Rmom. They’re expecting it to hit around 4PM. But I left early to avoid the rush - but not as early as I wanted. But I can get much more done from the office so I delayed my departure. I’m having lunch at ♠Lonewolf♠’s usual dining hour now.

Grog - At least you beat the ice and rush hour. It’s nice to be able to avoid bad traffic even if you do have to switch to ♠Lonewolf♠ eating times.

Yes, Sojourner. I am anticipating a mess come 4PM. People down here don’t know how to drive in that stuff either.

Grog - My hubby also does some telecommuting, but it takes him longer also, to get things accomplished. But compared to the alternative, going home before rush hour does seem the better choice.

Hi, serenasakitty, Hopeandjoy♫, Steelblade, & Grog!

The roads are just starting to melt–but we also have some ground-drifting, so it could get icy if it wanted.

Hope furnaces keep chugging along, and roads stay drivable.

Except Sunday, when everybody should be home with a good book!

(although I hear there’s be a football game on that day. Might be worth watching? Naah!)

Yes, RMom the main problem is the slow network response time. I tried to anticipate everything I needed and put it on my C:\ drive, but someone had to ask for something I didn’t bring with me. Oh well.

And yes, bmonk, I’ll be watching the game until the Steelers start running away with it - if that should happen.

Should that happen, I’m sure I can find a DVD I’d like to see.

Do you think DocT has taken note of Horace’s coffee recipe over at Dark Side of the Horse?

I pity my husband with the Steelers being in the Super Bowl this year. He’s from PA, but is for anyone against the Steelers, mostly because he doesn’t like the way the Steelers fans act when they win. Most years, that isn’t that big of a deal here in KS. But this year, there are 2 or 3 guys at his work who are rabid Steelers fans, and knows he’s from PA. They just don’t know he hates the Steelers.

@Rmom, that’s funny. I always kinda liked the Steelers from afar–they had an interesting logo, and then their summer camp is at a monastery (Latrobe, PA) I know a bit about.

My boss is a Steeler fan from PA. He was flaunting his Terrible Towel around last week.. He actually threatened to give me a bad review if I didn’t change my opinion of the Steelers.

Isn’t that harrassment, Grog? There’s been a story in the paper the last week or so about a Chevy salesman from the Chicago area who refused to support the Bears when his management did–so they fired him. He got a new job–at a different Chevy dealership.

Thankfully, none of the Steelers fans are his boss, and since he doesn’t follow sports, it won’t be as obvious that he would cheer the Packers.

He said it jokingly, bmonk. If I get a bad performance review, it’ll be based on my own performance - or lack thereof..

See, Grog, it was the “actually threatened” that threw me. I thought his threat was in earnest.

*Hi Bmonk, Grog, Rmom, * I am not a fan of either team but will enjoy watching except for the half-time.

Serensakitty Hope your furnace hangs on for you. Glad you are getting a break from the cold too.

I should have said jokingly, bmonk.

Hi, Hope&Joy! - No fooball in this house. Not that any of my guys care, but somehow, a football game on DVD isn’t quite the same…

We have 22 or so Deacons (and wives) coming this weekend. I hope they can make it home–or we may be faced with a demand for access to a big-screen TV with extra seating for the game…

And that would be the only way you could watch it….if you were so inclined, Rmom

Exactly, Grog! Well, maybe we could watch clips over the internet, but our speed is such that we can only do audio live streaming. Video live streaming just freezes.

And at that point, you might as well just listen to the radio. If you must.

So even YouTube is out of the question, Rmom? Not that you were to be able to find clips of the game there. But if I were to give a link to a scene in a TV show, you would not be able to see it?

Well, I’m finally done with work and I’m going to wrap it up for the day.

Have a good evening Grog.

Grog - We can watch YouTube, we just have to pause it and let it buffer before watching it. Hard to do that on something that is live streaming.

Good evening Tribesters

Late day today & now I am off to pool league. Catch y’all later. Glad the storm did not affect you much, Grog.

P&L

Have fun, Wolfie! Hope you don’t have any problems getting to or from there.

Have a good time ♠Lonewolf♠!

@DocT–catch Dark Side of the Horse today?

Not yet Doc - Have a good night.

I think DocT may be gone, Sojo.

And must I also depart.

I’m sure he is bmonk - Have a good night too.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Hi everyone:-)

Hello ♥Little Sister♥ hows class going? I won’t be up much longer here I’m getting tired. Time is 10:17pm. I noticed with my system since stoped pain pills months ago still using muscle relaxers that will be ending few months. I sleep better. Had one night for some reason not so. I like reading how some like reading books. I got a lot of mine from garage sales. Though lately had to stop people charged too much.

I am trying not to understand antecedent. Finally after being off for so many days Wichita is finally having school. Snow days used up.

Class was okay, though I’m not really in a good mood tonight.

I wasn’t invited to my cousins birthday party.

Sorry ♥Little Sister.

♥Kab If you know what a pronoun is, an antecedent comes before it and refers to it as in:

“Marsha went to the store. She wanted to buy bread.” Marsha is the antecedent of the pronoun She. My husband says to look for the pronoun and see what comes before the pronoun that refers to the pronoun.

I am taking my sister for more tests tomorrow so will pop into bed. Good Night Kab and Little Sister. Rest well. Maybe it was just a mix up over the party.