Big Top by Rob Harrell for December 09, 2010

Boy dogs have biological bombs?

Good Early Morning Lonewolf

Good Morning LuvH8 -It seems some do! :-)

Good Morning, Tribeandall!

Hello everyone.

Breakfast Menu -

Apple fritters Smoked bacon club sandwich BLT, or a breakfast wrap Ham & Cheese Omelet, or Eggs made your way. Chicken fried steak and country gravy Cinnamon rolls, or bran muffins Bananna or raisin bread Pancakes with syrup Sausage links and bacon spaghetti and meatballs, or raviolis Grilled cheese sandwiches Country Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and corn.

Docs world famous Nuclear Coffee Starbrights Divine Cocoa moch ( Courtesy of Johanan Rakkav and Chris Alan ) My Big Sister’s Berry delicious breakfast smoothies Assortment flavors of teas and fruit drinks Milk or chocolate milk vegetable juice (V8) Variety of soda Selection of Premium or imported beer Water

Dessert - anything you want.

Good Morning, LuvH8, Sojo, Li’l Sister & Montana Lady!

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠ and Little Sister!

Good morning to you all.

I’ll have a smoked bacon club sandwich and an apple fritter please.

Don’t explode Dusty. Please not here and not now.

Here you go Sojo. Enjoy the meal. :-)

Thank you Little Sister - It looks good, glad I’m hungry.

Good Morning Sojo, Little Sister, Montana Lady and Houdini

Houdini! Oh! Haaa haa haaa haa! Looks like Big Sister’s caught you Big Brother :-)

I saw that trick as well. :-)

Great looking menu, Li’l Sister!

May I please have a ham & cheese omelet and a lg cup of Doc’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee?

Thank you. :-)

Now you see me…………………..

now you don’t!

(signed)Houdini

Good Morning, LuvH8, Sojourner, Little Sister & ♠Lonewolf♠

A couple of eggs over easy with sausage sounds good to me, Little Sister.

Good Morning, Grog. I see you didn’t get to sleep, my friend!

Well…… ummmm….. Lonewolf, I want a rocket launcher for Christmas.

Two of mine have already changed positions!

Man, are the comments getting posted weird or what??

Good Morning Grog!

I guess so. Must be another glitch in the system.

I had some change position yesterday.

Or maybe Dusty did something sneaky.

Or a ghost in the machine playing havoc with Gocomics.

I just switched two sets of them. What a pain!

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

This is another early night for me.

Good Night, Sojo & Li’l Sister. Sleep well.

I’m not having any problems.

I’m sleeping a little at a time these days ♠Lonewolf♠ in 2 hour increments it seems.

Here you go Big Brother enjoy the meal. :-)

Here is your meal Grog Hope you enjoy it.

Good Early Morning Grog

Actually, hmm… shucks. It did seem the first time I refreshed I was first but I got the weird comments tried again and…..

Pleasant Dreams Sojo & Little Sister

Thanks, Little Sister. Sleep well.

Well, Good night everyone. :-)

Thank you, Li’l Sister.

Grog, I have that problem occasionally.

You were first, LuvH8….but a little slow with the breakfast menu it seems.

Electric Socks do not seem worth it. Those little chemical thingies they make could go in your shoes, if there is enough room. I suppose. Hand wash, this that. Phooey! Oh! You snow people probably have some in your cars and stuff already. I saw them selling something similiar as hand warmers. Oooh! Nice and warm right over your toes!

I was first, second, second, then first according to what I saw. I did not intentionally shirk my hostess duties. I am cooking up some critter casserole right now.

I guess it wouldn’t be a good idea if you have sweaty feet.

That’s your story and you’re sticking to it. Right, LuvH8?!

Hey Houdini! Little Sister saw you up there first too!!!

Critter casserole? I think I’m good, LuvH8. I just finished the breakfast Little Sister just made me and I couldn’t possibly eat another bite. Really!

But it is fresh critter! I just caught it less than an hour ago. Not sure what kind of critter it was though.

Yeah, but you were first, first!

Well, with that I need to hit the horizontal position now.

Good Night, LuvH8 & Grog. Rest well.

P&L

It sounds good, really, but I can’t I just had critter for supper last night :-(.

Good Night, ♠Lonewolf♠

I, too, am off to bed again to try to get another couple of hours.

Good Night Lonewolf & Grog, Rest In Peace

And now, Good Morning everyone. Four more days until I hit 51!

Dusty hasn’t been “repaired” yet? SNIP the RED ONE!! Morning Doc, TRIBEANDALL, and

I’ll have a HUGE DWFNC to go please. toontour

Good Morning, Josh, Doctor Toon and….*

Good Morning, Tribe!

Good Morning, Grog, Doc, Runs with Nog & Josh

It’s 10° here this morning. Colder than a witches …….er……um……………uh………………….broom stick!

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠

Morning Terry. Your witches um broomstick’s got nothing on my brass monkey’s uh, …. er, … you know… those.

Runs with Nog……………………………………………

Touché

Morning All!

Morning, Digital Frog

G’Morning, DFrog

Headed out the door for my workday. Catch you all later.

Have a good day!

P&L

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

You too, ♠Lonewolf♠

Good Morning, Sojourner

Good Morning Doctor Toon and Grog!

Have a good sleep Doctor Toon.

Sleep well, Doc

Good Night Doc T, Rest Your Eyes

Of course, it wouldn’t be fair to inflict the the world with two such perfect children.

Hello LuvH8!

Hello Sojo

How are you today? Have you decorated your computer for Christmas?

Hello, LuvH8

Runs With Nog & Lonewolf

What do you know of brass monkeys and witches?

I have shredded the living room and dining room curtains. Ooops.

LuvH8 - I am having a good day today despite not having decorated my computer yet!

Hello Grog

So if I put back up those weird blue scrunchie thingies and clean and decorate the windows, maybe no one will notice?

Could be. Weirder things have happened!

Good afternoon Tribe!

Today is a full, busy day for me. I probably won’t get done before 6pm. :^(

♠Lonewolf♠ - Too bad! I saw on the weather it’s snowing there today. Don’t get too worn out!

Hi, Sojo. So far it is only flurries out here in the SW suburbs. I’ve been running for parts most of the day.

I will catch you all a little later. Have fun! Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. :^))

P&L

Anyone here?

Hello Rmom!

Hi, Sojo! Busy day, but at least I got a lot accomplished. Now I need to key in all my receipts and get caught up on the accounting. I can also start “wrapping” gifts. (I don’t use gift wrap, because for my guys, they’d rather I didn’t bother. So, just corregated cardboard boxes, duct tape & a Sharpie are all I need, besides the stuff to keep the gift from shifting around.)

Rmom - That saves time and money!

True. Which is why I’m willing to oblige. I do ask my hubby to at least put mine in gift sacks.

Good evening, Tribesters!

Anybody around??????????

Good Evening ♠Lonewolf♠ - Have pool tonight?

Hi, Wolfie! I’m in and out.

Hi, Sojo & Rmom.

No, I am taking a break from pool tonight. Mostly low skill numbers on the other team.

♠Lonewolf♠ - That makes it a good night to just take it easy!

Wolfie - As cold as it is where you’re at, it would be a good night to stay inside where it’s warm.

Yes it does, Sojo. I am enjoying it for sure!

Rmom!

No! You must find really cutesy wrapping paper and ribbons and bows. Preferably in pink! Lots of pink! Get the cheapest gaudiest stuff you can find.

The Rule: The one who complains about the wrapping job gets no present.

(or you could wrap them to look attractive, you deserve a pretty tree)

Hi, LuvH8!!

Rmom, I am staying warm this evening! :^)

Hi and Bye Doctor Toon!

LuvH8 - For men?

What? I haven’t been there for a while, many of their conversations were too intellectual for me. They were mostly nice though, and would explain if asked. That isn’t what you are talking about? That is too bad, I am sorry to hear it.

Sojo, umm … yes! Why not? (giggling)

Good Evening Lonewolf, Doc, Sojo, Rmom and Everyone!

Hi, Luv! Tree? Tree? I quit putting up a tree around the same time as I gave up using wrapping paper. If you can’t beat them, join ‘em! I got the nativity set out, but that’s going to be the extent of my Christmas decorations. Since it is very rare for us to have visitors, and even people driving by can’t see our front windows (the side of the house faces the road), it would just be extra work for me. Especially since my guys don’t appreciate my decorating efforts. I can think of other things I’d enjoy more.

Okay….. wanna trade?

I did find a two foot black Christmas tree though so that is cool. I miss real Christmas trees. I could have one for free (or three) delivered by relatives but Gma is allergic. (faker?) I had one that my brother told me was the prettiest little ugly tree he ever saw. I put stuffed animals on top of the branches in the bare spots. The challenge was fun.

Good evening, LuvH8, Rmom, Sojo & elves I love Charlie Brown C’mas trees!

If anyone has clear skies, the moon is lovely tonight in our crisp 34 degree weather. Sorry you’re having rainLuvH8 We haven’t had rain for 24 days…yikes.

I will be scarce the next few days but thinking of you..”God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Women…”

I got a real tree from a tree farm near here. Picked it out and cut it down. Last time I’ll go there. After a week in my house where it was warmer a lot of bugs came out of the tree and were getting on everything.

A few years earlier I got a good tree free. I was working 3ed shift and heard an ad on the radio. That morning was the day before Christmas and because too many places ordered too many trees they were giving them away.

Hello HopeandJoy!

Our tree goes up this weekend. Lights have been up on the outside since last weekend.

Hi, HopeandJoy

Hi HopeandJoy!

You are leaving us? But…. but… we still haven’t heard you sing!

That is unfortunate Sojo. So, you have to spray your tree with bug stuff? They have that liquid stuff for ants. It at least is discreet.

Hi, Hope&Joy! We had partly cloudy weather today, so not sure what it looks like now. There’s a burn ban for the county Wichita is in, but not mine, however we haven’t had much moisture either. (Less stupid people though, so we don’t have near the problems with accidental fires.) I hope your voice holds out! I love a real tree, unfortunately, my hubby doesn’t. His Dad has a lot of allergies, so years ago on an After Christmas sale, we bought an artificial tree. He talked me into because he thought his folks might come for Christmas some year. That was about 24 years ago, and they’ve never been here for Christmas. Before we bought the fake tree, my Dad always cut the top off of one of his evergreen trees. The only year I bought a Christmas tree was when I was still single and lived out of state. It was about a foot high, and in a pot of dirt, with tiny decorations already on it. When I went home for Christmas, I gave it to Dad to plant. At the time my parents owned 40 acres, so there was always room for one more tree.

I put lights up inside! (no one sees them outside) I have to be done decorating by the 8th. Then, I can put it all away. (sigh)

I had to throw the tree out that year!

I’ve got several errands tomorrow so …

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Luv - That might explain it. My sister’s b-day is today, so we never started decorating for Christmas before the 10th when we were growing up. I can’t get in the mood to do much for Christmas until it is actually December.

LuvH8I am not Leaving, leaving, just scurrying around. We don’t sing again until the 13th for a group of ladies. We will have a smallish ensemble from our chorus.,,from 12-20.

Our lights are on inside and outside…we have one of the dratted “fake” trees, Rmom and I spray cedar scent about and remember other days and times.

Sojo maybe you had the beetles that are killing so many trees in the west.

Dratted? (please feel free to correct my spelling)

Hope&Joy - I can’t come up with an alternate spelling, so it works for me! I think I need to head towards bed myself. I didn’t get to sleep in today.

I found my snowflake window clings! They are nice ones and hopefully no one will notice the missing curtains. I thought I was going to have to cut some out myself!

I might cut out some for the back room, probably black.

Good Night Sojo & Rmom. Rest well you two!

Rest Peacefully Sojo & Rmom

Monkey 1’s birthday is Dec. 22 and Monkey 2’s birthday is Dec. 29. When I could I would adjust the decorating for their birthdays. Not having out some of the stuff (Santa ornaments, stockings, etc.) and putting out some more birthday type stuff (ribbons, streamers, balloons, etc).

There you are Lonewolf always good to have you around.

LuvH8 I can see you a lot of celebrations at once…birthdays and Christmas. I have a nephew born on Christmas and it was always a challenge to address both and give the right amount of attention. (sigh) I LOVED those cling snowflakes I lost last winter, I guess. hmmm.

Preparing to depart…….

Check out Cats with Hands at Seattle PI if you have a chance.

Yup, there were a lot. Now they are older and different sets of parents and stuff. I still try to keep it a bit separated though. Of course, if Monkey 2 cheers up we will get a proper Haunted Nightmare Insane Asylum Christmas thing going on ….. (Stupid Not-The-Boyfriend Anymore)