Big Top by Rob Harrell for May 25, 2011

Good Morning, Tribe

Breakfast menu:Country Fried Steak and eggs, your choiceHome friesSausage links or pattiesHickory Smoked HamBaconFrench toastPancakes with fresh fruit toppings Assorted pastriesPop Tarts Selected ice creams & ice cream floats!Chocolate Pudding Cold KFCRoot beer or PEPSI Assorted fruit juices Bloody Mary’sCOKEY COLA Johanan’s CocoMochaDoc’s World Famous Nuclear CoffeeChocolate/White milkChocolate cakeEnjoy!

BIG TOP ALTERNATE BREAKFAST LISTCourtesy of Hilo & Audrey’s Restaurant, Earthlight Gardens, SeleneYour chef: Johanan RakkavA LA CARTEEggs any styleHilo’s You-Build-‘Em OmeletsHilo’s You-Build-‘Em Grilled SandwichesHilo’s Huevos Rancheros (Lonewolf-approved)Breakfast steakAll-beef breakfast linksA wide list of organic cerealsHash browns (with sea salt and Tabasco sauce on request)Bagels (every kind Einstein Bros. offers)Philadelphia Crème CheeseEinsten Bros. Schmears (all varieties)Nova Scotia lox (with or without bagels, no limit)BREAKFAST BEVERAGESMilk (whole, lowfat, nonfat)Lifeway Kefir (all varieties)V-8 (because you could’ve had one)Orange Juice (just like Mishkenot Sha’ananim in Jerusalem makes it)A wide variety of Ocean Spray and Langer’s fruit juices (see list)Odwalla’s Superfood beveragesCOFFEE, COCOA AND TEAWe use only Godiva Belgian Chocolate in our cocoa-based productsWe use only Mount Hagen Organic Coffee (leaving aside Doctor Toon’s secret recipe)We proudly serve Celestial Seasonings herbal teas and the best caffeinated green and black teas availableTea (see list)Hot chocolate (any style)Coffee (any style)Chris Alan Starbright’s Divine CocoMocha (made fresh with either So Delicious Coconut Milk or Blue Diamond Almond Breeze – as a float with Godiva Belgian Chocolate ice cream, $1.50 extra)Hilo Whitemoon’s Radically Best Coffee (you won’t believe such a thing could ever grow on a plant)Doctor Toon’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee (unobtanium collector’s mug, $2.50 extra)Bmonk’s Heavenly Mint Mocha (as a float with our in-house Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, $1.50 extra)ICE CREAMYou name it, we probably got it (including Godiva, Hagen-Daas, and especially a wide variety of gelato flavors made fresh and in-house)AUDREY’S PI PIESWe have an enormous selection (see menu); the house specialty is pumpkin pie

Good morning, Lonewolf!

If you were preparing a menu, remember this is an alternate menu and not meant to supplant anyone else’s really good ideas.

Good Morning, Johanan!Not a problem, sir.

With that I will head to the horizontal position.Good Night Everyone.P&L

Oh my two menus!I need a Sherpa to help me pick choices here.

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠, Johanan & ♥Little Sister♥

♠Lonewolf♠, I’ll have some cold KFC and a Pepsi please.

Now that I’ve take care of breakfast. it’s time to get ready for work.

Feeble Minded!

Congratulations Little Sister!

Good Morning, TribeandallCongrats, Li’l Sister!!!

Could I get a Sherpa to carry a chocolate cake to me? I’m in need of a chocolate fix, as I couldn’t have it for 24 hour before my stress test.

Good morning, LuvH8, Lonewolf & Rmom.

Good Morning *♠Lonewolf♠, ♥♥ Little Sister♥♥, Wolfbyte, LuvH8/BBS, Grog,Doctor Toon, The Sojourner, Doc Toon, MontanaLady,Serenasakitty,SmileyRmom,Bmonk, Plodsw, Ladyhawk, lakesnake, Lewreader, MisngNOLA,Josh,Yukoneric, Only Tink, pseudo,Digital Frog,*

Very cool today better then all that heat but alas summer is coming back this weekend.We did have some rain no hail.I’ll be leaving little after 8am to get mom for CT scan.SRMom I wish you well on your heart test. Hubby went through this. Me I never have.

Hi, Grog & Kab!

SRMom I wanted to give you something special and no I don’t know if you have a bad heart before your stress test. I wished I thought of this for my own hubby when he had his stress test done.

Hi, Kab

♥Little Sister♥ in honor of your grades B+ great work;)

Just found out that a co-worker of my hubby, had a brother-in-law killed in the Joplin tornado.

See you later, Doc!

After having four days off in a row, my hubby said he could get used to that. I reminded him that next Monday was Memorial Day (a holiday for him) and Tuesday was my follow-up appointment with the cardiologist, which gives him a good excuse for taking the day off. I don’t think he’ll be able to keep having 4-day weekends for very long, though.

Rmom, from last night’s comments, I figure one has to be nuts to chase a tornado. I’d be running away from it.

_Judge Judy, like my Canadian Criminal Law course, can be interesting & educational, but entertaining? Night Court was entertaining, but I wouldn’t go that far describing Judge Judy.

Morning All!

I like cartoons, especially Scooby Doo.

Sometimes it is hard to decide what to do.

Sometimes it is fun to watch smileys wallop each other.

@LuvH8I prefer Road Runner & Wylie E. Coyote. Of course, between homeschooling and no cable TV, I never got in the habit of watching daytime TV. If I found a program that I liked, the commercials were TMI for my sons. We just buy or borrow the DVD’s (or VHS) and watch what we want, when we want, without the commercials.

Good morning everyone :-) Pepe is cute. Oh and I do remember seeing this one before.

Back to bed I go.

Luv – True. I guess I try to think through the possible consequences before I act.

I have Scooby Doo on video and DVD! TV tends to be depressing especially if the news sneaks up and attacks you.

Funny, I didn’t mind Bugs, but I couldn’t stand the road runner. My favorite will always be the Flintstones, but I do like Scooby.

Well….. see…. sometimes the consequences are kind of icky no matter what combination of things you decide to do.

Luv – I know sometimes it seems either choice isn’t great. But in the long run, you’ve got to pick the best one you can, given what you know now.

Hello I’m back the CT scan didn’t take long. Technician notice according to my mom how she says her words.I always like the Flintstones comic strip. When cam toanimationn to movie I watched that to. I also liked Mighty Mouse, and Blue Smurfs, Puff and Stuff. a few others.

I’ve watched the Flintstones, Bugs Bunny, & the Jetsons. But we bought a lot of VeggieTales videos, so that is probably the cartoon I’ve watched the most often.

The Monkeys watched a lot of Disney movies. Absolutely no Barney was allowed at my house, it gave me nightmares.

Good morning, everybody! (esp LuvH8, Grog, SR Mom, & ♥Kab♥!)Poor Winky—nobody else thinks his sherpa is a good answer.

Good morning, bmonk

Congratulations, Little Sister………you deserve a good vacation!Rmom……glad you’re back from all your tests. They’ll find out what’s wrong real soon. Keep us posted. :))

Good morning, MT Lady!Congrats, Lil’ Sis!Good luck on the tests, SR Mom.Condolences to the family, SR Mom.

Big Sister I remember the Monkeys and my sister watched that show.Does anyone dolandscapingg or flower to garden’s at your homes? I realize some of you may have apartment’s and you can have a small box with flowers growing.Here in ICT used to have a Lawn and Garden home show for the past 40 years. But due to low turn out the sponsor who organizes this event put a stop to it. A local school would build a picnic table to be sold to help with their needs now not gonna happen.

Hi, bmonk & M’Lady!

Well, the sonogram showed I have a large gall stone. That might explain some of the symptoms, but not why I’m getting so easily tired. I guess since all my body parts are the same age, they’re all wearing out at the same time.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

I’ll have a country fried steak and eggs, thanks ♠Lonewolf♠.

Sith Lords like peach blintzes?If I didn’t have waaaaay too much to do already, I’d take a poll as to special items for a special dessert menu. Peach blintzes would be on that menu. :)

Hi, Sojo & Johanan.

Hello Johanan and bmonk!

Hi, Sojo & Johanan!

bmonk – Thanks for the poem. What’s worse – falling apart little by little, or all at once?

Hello Rmom!

At least I’ve already met the GI doctor – he did my husband’s recent hernia surgery. Also, the appointment with him is just two hours before my appointment with the cardiologist (and lunch time in between), and their offices could be considered within walking distance, if I could walk a “normal” distance.

Hi, Sojo

At least at this point in my life, I don’t have a schedule that makes it difficult for me to take “sick time” – unpaid of course.

Hello Grog!

Just heard one of the tornados in Oklahoma yesterday missed one of my realitives house by a mile and another by 4 blocks. Glad to hear they are okay.

Hello all busy day on BT. Kansas City, MO is under tornado warning. Why so many? Weather guys say due to vortex. The Sojourner glad your relatives are spared.SRMom at least you are finding out some of your health problems.For me a two or three years ago I found out by accident I have two small stones I don’t want anymore, mine would be to fat content from cholesterolol so I really am very careful oeatingng. I don’t want anymore. stones.

Next week you all will get a break from me. I will be getting ready more for summer class. I have already started book review.

Hello pseudo – No laugh here! I liked it but a friend I once worked with couldn’t stand him, wouldn’t even let his kids watch the show.

Hmmmm! Several times now I’ve tried to reply to a comment, but when I submit it, the site locks up. I then have to copy the comment I’m making, refresh, reload comments, hit reply again, paste and submit. Works, but it’s a hassle.

Hi, pseudo.

I found a little Sponge Bob Santa in the couch. It is very scary so we are keeping it.

Kab Sister, you don’t say that we will get a break from you as if it is a good thing. You say: Next week I will be too busy to come and visit with everyone. You all will just have to suffer without me :’(

♥Kab♥ and LuvH8 :-(

pseudo, I am surprised since both Youklis and Drew are supposed to be out of the line up today. But I suppose they have enough fire power left.

Did they serve up any cookies?

Good afternoon, TribeIt was a slow day, so I am home early for a change! Cool deal.

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠!

They served up 4 cookies. Cookies accounted for 7 of the 14 runs. The story is now available online.

Sometimes when you get the perfect pitch to hit, it is referred to as a cookie , because it looks so good coming at you and you just can’t resist.

Maybe not if you include the ones who hit the Deep South. We’ve had other years like this in tornado alley.

pseudo, more often than not, it’s a homer. The fastball down the middle or the hanging sliders are pitches that the pitcher wishes he can take back. Rarely do they result in singles or even outs.

I think I heard it from Joe garagiola way back when.

You’re on the eastern side of OH – right?

It looks like the eastern half of MO is getting it now.

Getting ready to head out. No storms to worry about. Of course, hurricane season is right around the corner though.

Just got back from running our errands. Wow……y’all have been chatty today! It’s fun to hear what everyone has been doing.Still having those pesky tornadoes, huh? Good luck, everyone. Just glad all of you have been safe!

Hello Montana Lady – Just some good rain here earlier. Sunny now.

I don’t blame you, pseudo – I’d rather be home too if a bad storm comes.

Hello. If you see this Big Sister wnat I wrote earlier on not on to much starting next week. I didn’t consider typing the way you said. And Thanks Bmonk My mom does drink lots of water and takes prescription for her bladder and UTI infection this still continues. For me the two small stones has to do with my body not processing foods on fats this is why I have to be careful. I takmaintenancece meds for this.

Just talked to my hubby. Prayers are needed for his co-worker’s sister & family. Not only did her husband die in the tornado, while he was in Home Depot, their house and vehicles got flooded. Top it all off, Sunday was one of their kids’ birthday. I can’t imagine trying to deal with a house & vehicles ruined by flood waters AND the death of a spouse at the same time.

The nurse suggested lots of cranberry juice and adding cranberry pills for UTIs, you might want to consider it for your mom. Also, making sure there plenty of vitamin C. It rained on me today……. how does this count against whirlies?

No…. that is a lot and probably going to really take the fun out of looking forward to the kid’s birthday.

Hi, Luv! – I’ve heard cranberry juice is good for UTIs also.

Be thankful that you only got rain. We got rain here today, but nothing severe, thankfully.

I don’t know if it was the 18 or the 13 year old’s birthday, but that would be a horrible thing to have happen anytime, but on one’s birthday would make it really bad. I did schedule Mom’s funeral on my brother’s birthday, but since it was his 55th, I didn’t think it would bother him.

Rmom – That is more sad news to hear.

Kab…….regarding the UTI…….I was told the cranberry juice thing, also. But, the doc said to take 500 mg to 1000 mg tablet of vitamin C just before going to bed. The body excretes the excess vitamin C in the form of an acid, and it sits in the bladder overnight, killing lots and lots of bacteria. It works!!!!

She can have sugar. Two weeks ago doctor did lab work and she borders diabetic. Not sure if there is acid in cranberry. She cannot eat oranges or grades mouth for cancer sores. Absolutely no bananas high allergic.Former Pastor who is retired lives in the Ozarks and okay, his son lives by that hospital and now no house. So many people lost loved ones from that horrible tornado.

Hi and Bye Doctor Toon – Have a good night.

I didn’t realize when I typed mom cannot have sugar very little sugar. Sorry. I know I typed UTI but the doctor states she has bladder infection.

Kab Sister If she has sores in her mouth, definitely go with pill form of Vitamin C and Cranberry. The Vitamin C will also help with healing the mouth sores. If she is avoiding acidic food she is probably not getting enough to heal either thing properly.

Oh! Well they are close enough to each other, the same things work for both ;)

Cranberry helps the lining of the bladder etc. be slippery to the bacteria so it doesn’t stick and gets flushed out.

Good evening, Tribe.

Hope you had a good day ♠Lonewolf♠.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

I must be getting tired. The canker sore for her mouth is from eatting oranges or grapes.I just received a heart felt e-mail, just bear with me my mind is not on writing right, this e-mail someone sent is legimate. Has to do with all that tornado activity from Joplin, MO. Apparently that massive cell blew debree not only to Springfield but to Cartilage, MO a lady is trying to find the owner of some personal items. Had my name right except the middle initial was wrong. I did let her know this.Like The Sojourner said good night. I will be gone most of day Thursday. I have to do a training. Then in future I have to miss 4 hours. I’m thinking of July 1st as a start. Then later I need to miss another 8 hours.