Big Top by Rob Harrell for December 24, 2010

Roast Turkey, duck, or goose and vegetables (Including red cabbage) cranberry sauce or apple sauce stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy any kind of soup you like with crackers Barbecued steak and chicken cooked ham Potato salad, pasta salad, or fruit salad

Premium or imported beer Bloody Mary, Margaritas, Pena coladas, martinis Chardonnay, Zinfandel, or Merlot Asst. fruit drinks, and Teas Also milk and chocolate milk Regular or Doc’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee Starbright’s Divine Cocoa Mocha courtesy of Johanan Rakkav & Chris Alan My Big Sisters Berry delicious breakfast Smoothies bmonks Cup of cheap mint mocha Sodas like pepsi, also available in floats Hot chocolate ( with or without marshmallows with whip cream on top by request.) Eggnog Apple cider

Chocolate Mousse, lemon tart, chocolate cake, short bread, butter cookies, gingerbread cookies, cherry cordials. Little Christmas candies, chew-able mint candy ——————————————————————————– eggbeatter omelet with light meats and vegetables for those who watch what they eat.

#Merry Christmas everyone :-)

Dusty you better come up with a quick plan, since this was your idea from the start.

Good morning Littlt Sister!

I’ll have roast duck please.

Here you go Sojo enjoy the meal. :-)

Thank you Little Sister. Looks great!

I’ll try for sleep now.

P O O F !

Good night Sojo.

I’m going to take a small break from the Big Top. I will return when Christmas is over.

Good night everyone. Merry Christmas to you all.

Good Morning, Little Sister & Sojourner.

Merry Christmas, Little Sister

Mornin, Tribe. Any duck left?

Morning, greyhame… Help yourself. There’s plenty left.

Dr. Phil? Please let her go.

Good Morning, Tribeandall

Merry Christmas to everyone here at Gocomics!!!

I work till about 2 or 3 today. :^(

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠. And a Merry Christmas to you, too.

I won’t be taking a break. I don’t expect a lot of people on GC site.

Good Morning Lonewolf, Little Sister, LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, RwB, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, Woodeye, hopeandjoy2, Johanan Rakkav, Rmom , Digital Frog, The Sojourner,Bmonk, serenasakitty,Ladyhawk, Saskfan

Good Morning, Kab

Merry Christmas!

Bonjour tout le monde! Joyeuz Noël!

Good morning Kab. Little Sister, I hope you’re being good - or very good at being bad. :) I also hope you’re not living in a canoe; aren’t you getting a little bit wet lately?

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good day and night.

Good Morning & Merry Christmas to you, Saskfan!

I’ve always had an affinity for tarts, or are you talking about pastry

Good morning to All……

just popping in long enough to say Hello to the gang!

Hope Everyone has a wonderful Christmas. Church tonight and then tomorrow —–TOTAL CONFUSION as 15 of us open presents!!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone. :))))

Merry Christmas, Montana Lady

Little Sister! You Didn’t Drowned!!!

 

Merry Christmas, Humbug!!!

For all who will be busy tomorrow:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Good Morning Santa Grog!

Good Morning, Sojourner

I saw your second comment before I saw your first.

Merry Christmas to you Sojourner

Good Morning, Kab, Saskfan, Montana Lady, Ponytail, Humbug & Sojo

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠!

Quiet day, ♠Lonewolf♠?

Looks like the Weather Network may actually be doing a broadcast from this location. There’s a satelite truck accross the street from me among the other vehicles and people prepping for the Guarenteed White Christmas. I doubt I or my house will be on TV though.

I wonder if that tent they’ve put up will hold when the wind starts blowing later tonight.

If I had the Weather Network I’d watch it Santa Grog. It may be on there internet site or YouTube though so I’ll check it out later.

Sojourner, I don’t think they’re broadcasting now. They may be setting up for the morning, when the snow is due to arrive bright and early….and I mean early!

Santa Grog - Yes, your right about that. They will probably shoot a before shot today, an in progress dumping and then an after in the morning. It may be on the local or national news tomorrow. I think I’ve seen something like that before on the final segment of local news where they show something special in the nation that day.

Yet another truck has pulled up: One Stop Party Shop!

Merry Christmas Santa Grog!

Hello Humbug!

  Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Hello Sojo!

Wanna wrap, clean, decorate, nag, drive, etc?

Santa Grog Aren’t you in League City??

Oh, and hello Tribe Everyone threw me off, even the breakfast menu, I thought for a moment I had slept through until Christmas. I would have been in dutch with our choir director….not to mention the choir.

Hello, Quaby. Yes I am.

Humbug - I’ve done what I can / need and am just taking it easy (except for maybe washing clothes I need to do). Weather here keeps changing between sunshine and cloudy like it can’t make up it’s mind! Am about to finish a history course I’ve been watching and need to decide which course to start next. I’m watching them as opposed to watching TV, avoids the commercials, but I’ll check what’s on TV soon anyway.

Hello Quaby!

I wish I could have taken a before-picture. They’ve added some small pine trees for atmosphere and some stacks of hay that they may eventually used to create a mini tobagan run.

I’ll put a picture or 2 in my photobucket tomorrow.

Well, you can take a normal picture later?

Yes, I can, Humbug. A normal picture with no trucks in the way would be much better.

I think I will take a nap now.

BBL

Snow in Houston. I’m gonna have to check the ‘net and definitely call the family tomorrow (Mom’s probably already at the church getting ready for the Christmas Eve services). Not only that, in my neck of the woods they’ve gone from rainy to rain with flakes to rain with flurries. If I recall correctly, last year’s 3-6 inch blanket snuck up on us.

Have a good nap Santa Grog.

Well… off to pajama lunch. Be good everyone.

Happy Christmas eve and a Merry Christmas to all Good to see you Sojourner, Santa Grog, Humbug, Quaby, Montana Lady, Little Sister, Lonewolf, bmonk, Kab, Rmom(if you check in) I hope I haven’t missed someone.

Hugs and Christmas blessings to all!!

Good Afternoon of Christmas Eve!

Don’t spend too much time on last-minute preparations!

Leave the decorations up until Twelfth Night!

Merry Christmas, or otherwise Happy Holidays to you all!

Hello HopeandJoy and bmonk!

Enjoy your lunch Humbug. :-)

Wow! a pajama lunch! How fun is that!!

Hey all pajama off day sound even nice since lunch is done. Our house almost smells like ckicken steamed some in prepration for chicken and veggy soup. No one sick just something different for Christmas.

this would be great with pajama lunch

To paraphrase; And they heard her exclaim as she roared out of sight,

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT

We leave here at 5:30 for candlesight service picking up mom. Sister and hubby are in different town where his parents live on a farm two hours away. They, though not today, make a homemade flavored mustard. This flavored mustard is mellow not like Frenches more like a dressing. I used some on a sandwich.

Hello Kab and serena!

The Sojourner I am so gald weather didnot get so bad here. I hope your company came back for a longer visit this time.

Kab - They didn’t leave because of the weather. When they left we noticed it was starting to freeze.

That’s too bad, Sojourner Sorry to hear that.

Well, my Cajun Roast Pork is now in the oven. It should be ready by 7.

Sounds good Santa Grog.

Okay, Santa Grog, ya’ll ain’t getting no snow. A family in League City won some contest on the Weather Channel, and tomorrow it’s gonna ‘snow’ at their home. The actual weather is the more typical ‘rain and in the ‘60’s’. And that’s per Channel 2 News.

We’re still holding for snow showers. We’ll know tomorrow whether we get any or not.

Quaby, the forecast I got this morning (channel 11) said that the cold front - and the rain will push through by midnight….unless the front has stalled.

Actually my favorite channel is #13. Maarrrvvviiiin Ziinnddlleeerrr EyeWHITness NewS He who closed the Chicken Ranch when I was attending A&M

And the radar did show a bunch of red around Conroe, you’ll be getting it soon.

Yeah, I hope so. After all the effort I see being put into this today, I wouldn’t want to see it ruined by rain.

BBL.

Good evening, Tribeandall

Work went longer than expected and then I stopped by my mother’s house to help her with some gift wrapping.

Now I am getting ready to go to Wolfangil’s mother’s house for Christmas festivities and then on to the Candlelight service. James sings in the choir for the Candlelight service. Tomorrow we do the same thing at my mother’s house in the afternoon.

♠Lonewolf♠ - Have a good evening!

Pop!

Merry Christmas!

Candlelight services can be so eerie. We’re doing it, too, while singing ‘Silent Night’. Right after that we get the sending prayer and process out—with the candle–to ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’. Up until that point I was protesting being left behind since I have some balance problems what with my corn/wart on the left foot, a year old sprained ankle on the right and a hip/back that can occasionally really be a pib. When the candle part was decided, I decided I’m keeping my little rear end in my chair. I’m behind the lectern, a nice little hidy-hole, and if anyone notices….aren’t they supposed to be looking at the cross i/o me?

Anyway, I’m all washed and cleaned and drying off right now. Got to be at the church by 10pm as we have to be done rehearsing by 10:15ish as the flute choir needs to get set up and tuned up to start at 10:30. So I will see you on the flip side, and who knows, I may make it to turnover. I’ll pick up a load of Krispy Kreams while I’m out just in case.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Hello Rmom!

Quaby - Sounds like it will be good.

Update: There is now a League City patrol car now blocking entrance to the crescent accross the street from me.

Hello, ♠Lonewolf♠ & Rmom

Merry Christmas to you both.

Have a good evening, Quaby. FYI the storm started to hit around 7:30. I’m thinking that it’s starting to subside now, but I still yet may have problems with internet connection.

Hi, everyone! I’ll be real scarce for the next week. At least I have internet here at my in-laws, but I also have 5 other people noticing what I do. We had dry roads, and no real traffic or other problems getting here. Good night!

Goodnight Rmom Glad you are safe. Understand what you are saying.

*Merry Christmas*

Santa Grog My golferman didn’t want to go to church and I didn’t want to leave him on Christmas eve so we stayed put and watched It’s a Wonderful Life It is so inspiring.

HopeandJoy, I saw that late last week. I finished watching The Bishop’s Wife about 15 minutes ago and will watch the one and only A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim & Patrick MacNee. I don’t like the musical version with Albert Finney that was on TCM this morning.

Good Night Rmom.

Santa Grog We didn’t like the Albert Finney musical version either, The Alistair Sim Scrooge is the best.

The Michael Caine Version with the Muppets (for heaven’s sake) is an interesting one and quite convincing inspite of the little creatures. I gave it a “look-see” because I like Michael Caine.

Back from church. It went fairly smoothly, even though the person in front of me forgot about her candle and sat on it. I tried to warn/stop her, but the candle was still snapped in two, hanging on by the wick. I took it and told her I’d hold it until time (I’m in the lectern and there’s a shelf). Fortunately mine was still intact, and as she had to walk out with the candle lit I let her have mine. If I put my thumb just right the candle sat up enough to work. The anthem, “I saw three ships come sailing in” sounded great and I heard some compliments as I worked my way out.

Well, I’m still wired a bit, so hopefully I’ll make it to turnover. Krispy Kreams are on the counter, ready to take to the buffet.