Baldo en Español by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for December 05, 2010

Buenos Dias y Todos. I couldn’t sleep so I am up early. I am sure that I will pay for it later.

Dry, if you find some leaves scattered all over your yard. I took note of today’s comic and had 20 large garbage bags hand delivered and deposited in your yard so you and your friends could play in the piles. No need to thank me. I believe JFri will do you a similar service in the near future with piles of some of that cold, white stuff. You know what I am talking about don’t you?

Éste no necesita traducción o explicación. Muy bien hecho!

(This one needs no translation or explanation. Very well done!)

cleo it stinks when you can’t sleep! I almost felt sorry for you until you mentioned the other S word! :-P

It’s only supposed to flurry, but the wind, he is a-howling!

How’s that roast coming along?

I seared it and baked it for about 4 hours yesterday. When I got up this morning at 2AM, I put it in the oven to heat it a little then I seperated the onions from broth and put the broth and brisket together in a bowl in the fridge until this evening. I put the onions in another bowl in fridge. Tonight I slice the brisket and defat the broth then combine everything in the oven for another 35 minutes or so. We shall see if all the work is worth it.

Hello???

Almost forgot the o on the end! Boy, I would’ve been in trouble by the powers!

Had lunch at the Olive Garden! Yummy!

cleo you got up at 2 AM? Should I say goodnight to you now? Or do you still have some steam left in you?

Dry I still have some steam but once we have dinner, food and wine tend to tip me close to the brink and today will probably be worse.

I went to an annual artist’s grouping of several who are displaying their creations and hoping we will buy them as Christmas Gifts. Fortunately the people I shop for do not necessitate trips to the mall. I actually only by gifts for a tiny select few. The toughest is a friend of mine and my cousin. I actually talk to him 6 days a week and her (they are married) at most once a year. They are loaded financially. She can not go into a shop without buying something, because she feels guilty and he indulges her whims. She has a well paying job so it is not like he has all the money, but he went to Rodeo Drive to get his Swiss watch repaired. The jeweler said how about buying one for your wife (she was with him). He was shown what is called a Reverso, which means it has a watch face on both sides so you can have two different time zones displayed. “Do you like it honey” he asks. “Yes,” she replies, $4400 later they walk out of the store. The good news, he says is that he doesn’t have to pay the $600 to send the watch back to Switzerland for repairs. Now you can see how much of a challenge it is to get them gifts.

Me pregunto lo que todos dirán cuando vean que sus hojas se han vuelto?

(I wonder what everyone will say when they see that their leaves have come back?)

Well then, how about “Cheese of the Month” Club, “Coffee of the Month” club, “Wine of the Month” club? Parlty I’m being facetious, partly serious. Something on the high class end of course. Or just a nice bottle of wine, some fancy bread, and a good cheese in a nice gift basket?

cleo I used to love clients like that! They would come in for a battery or some repair, but buy an expensive watch just to tide them over.

They are the best! But I do see your point.

I imagine I won’t see you again tonight, once you have dinner. Let us know how the brisket tastes. It sounds divine.

I hope it tastes good Shika. I am pairing it with Smashed potatoes with cream cheese and chives.

Dry, that is very much like what I am going to give them. I am putting together a package of foods made locally. They eat out most of the time, but when she works they usually just snack of cheese and crackers instead of having dinner. So with that in mind I am putting together a little goody box. I also bought a nice wooden cutting board made by a local furniture maker. It is made out of two types of wood and shaped like a leaf, with darker wood being the leaf and light wood the stem. I may throw in a good WA wine as well.

His Shika! I knew you’d be around!

cleo that sounds like a lovely gift!

And that’s how I sometimes do my smashed taters. I also do cream cheese and sour cream and margerine.

Cowboys and Colts are in overtime. BB in a bit.

That is a handy way to get rid of your leaves. Wonder what her friend’s dad would say about that?

Howdy johnnyd how are you doing? Have you been getting any of the “weather” that has been flitting about?

Well, the sauce for the brisket is very good.

Hey johnny! Watch any football today?

Well I see it’s been an hour since I posted. Forgot it was garbage night!

To answer your question from last night Dry, I am just using a regular oven.

We have garbage and recyling pick up every two weeks. Our community is smallish 80,000 and you have to flatten and bundle cardboard which is the most time consuming part of the procedure for me with LilG and her online purchases.

LOL! She must purchase a lot! Good thing YOU DON’T HAVE TV! I have a friend who is addicted to QVC, which is a 24/7 sales channel!

Hola amigos!

Hi Johnny Long time no see. How’s school going?

The brisket smells heavenly cleo

How’s the game Dry?

Howdy Shika, the brisket is almost ready. I am a bit concerned about tenderness, but will let you all know.

Dry, LilG is addicted LLBean sale of the day.

As long as you cooked it, and slowly, it should be fine, cleo.

I LOVE LLBEAN! But I’m not addicted to the sale of the day, would be if I could afford it, I suppose!

Shika the Cowboys won. Didn’t matter to me either way, but it was a good game. Do they broadcast the NFL games up there?

Dry I don’t watch T.V. and never watched games. But I know that everyone else in the world does, lol

You never watch TV? Not even the news? Oh yes you do! :-) You knew about the Vicor of Dibley before you saw it the other night! We talked about it last year! :-D

Dry I get all my news on line. I cancelled my cable years ago and can’t wait to get rid of my T.V. I started reading these comics when I stopped buying a newspaper to save money!

My friends told me about the Vicar of Dibley. In fact, my church is going to watch it after church Thursday night, instead of bible study. It sounds like fun.

It’s a great show! Now that I know you, I can really see you in that story! :-)

Dry I must admit that I enjoyed it the other night. I’ll see if I can rent DVD or something. Did you see the Christmas one where the Vicar eats three lunches, and then is asked if she will marry the man of her dreams?

I mentioned on an other strip that I like your new puppy picture. I don’t change my avatar much now.

No, the ones I see are on PBS and they rarely show the Christmas ones. And no, I didn’t see that comment about my new avatar.. I just found this little guy on a Purina Dog Chow pop-up ad, the World’s cutest dogs.His name is Boo, and that’s the hair cut his owners gave him, I guess! LOL!

I thought it was a little fur hat!

What a cute name. BOO!

Yes, it looks a hat, doesn’t it, but on the Purina website it really looks like part of his hair. Maybe he was a poodle. I should do some more research. That is a cute name, isn’t it?

I wonder where Tabby is? Of course, this time of year, I should know. I keep bouncing from my paper to Baldo.

COME OUT COME OUT wherever you are Tabby!

I wonder what happened with the strips today that posted in Spanish? It was kind of fun to see though, except for the dumb comments some people made.

Do you get the cartoon “Retail” Dry? Today’s is so true to life.

Hello Babes! :-)

The brisket was very good, but I cooked it longer than the recipe called for and it was 1/3 of the size. I would do the recipe again. The smashed potatoes and a salad with cranberries and walnuts made a nice dinner.

http://content.comicskingdom.net/Retail/Retail.20101205_large.gif

How do you get a blue link here? This is the address.

Your link is forbidden Shika. How dare you mess with the forbidden fruit. LOL

Hey cleo Good to hear. Too bad the brisket shrank. I guess that means there isn’t any for me.

Babes? Woo Hoo! You hear that Shika? We’re BABES!

It did shrink but there is plenty for you Shika, plus taters and wine. The salad is gone but we can throw another together for you.

I tell you cleo I just can’t get my links to work here.

Forbidden, indeed. Well, if you go to comic kingdom, you can see what I am talking about. I love that strip.

Babes? I thought he said Babies. Whew. I was going to cry.

Of course, we are BABES. Look at the company we keep.

I think it is also at DailyInk. I subscribe to that and used to get Retail, don’t know why I dropped it. I’ll go check as I am reading my DailyInk now.

What else shrunk cleo? WINK, WINK!

I googled the toon and saw it Shika.

Well Dry, my waistline didn’t shrink I can tell you that.

You know what I meant, “George Costanza!” :-D

Dry I am shocked at you! Wink, wink? LOL

What where you thinking?

cleo Since I spent close to 30 years in retail, I can really appreciate that strip. It is spot on!

Is JFri on another road trip?

Must be a Seinfield reference.

Oh you know it, Shika!

Yeah, I DO know it Dry. ;-)

Did cleo fall asleep?

I doubt it, though he should be tired by now, but I suspect he is trying to figure out how to explain the shrinkage in the roast (yeah the roast) to LilG! ROFLMAO!!!

JFri is chilling, Miss Shika-moo!

I just read Retail, Shika. You meet people like that everywhere! Even in my line of work! Sigh!

Yes Dry that is true. Even in ministry!

Hello Mr. Chilling Jfri!

Sorry I am slow to respond. I keep bouncing back to my paper, as I have mentioned.

How are you chilling JFri? Watching something on T.V., or just chilling with Cache?

He’s just chillin’ cuz his nickname is Chilly Willy, you know that cute little penquin guy?

I worked in retail for a long time as well and never want to do it again.

LilG came upstairs and we watched an episode of house from Netflix. I am actually still awake. Although I probably display certain zombie traits.

This game better not go into overtime! I have to work tmr.!

Dry- Jfri was just here, and you let the occasion go unnoticed! What happened?

D@MN Ravens lost!

I loved that little penguin! So cute.

cleo Glad you are still awake, with this gorgeous company.

When you ladies are around the company is always gorgeous.

I think if JFri is chillin’ he needs a snifter of Booker’s to put a little heat into the joints.

Well, now you can go to bed early Dry.

Although I guess that isn’t what you what to hear, lol

Hah! Bookers will do that. I could use some too.

Booker’s all around.

Hear, hear! A toast!

Shika, I like toasts and all that, but it takes away from actual drinking time. :-}

As Tiny Tim said:

You started it cleo! I’m finished mine, could I have some more? Please, sir!

Hear, hear Dry!

Another toast! Oh…alright. To the best dang friends I could have without meeting them.

Now that is saying a lot.

Here’s to drinking on line with the best friends whom I have yet to meet.

Come on Locos, hear, hear!!

and I’m waiting for another one cleo!

Dry, I love your avatar. Is that a hat your little munchkin is wearing?

Of course you are finished Dry…big surprise!!!!

I should be in bed, but how can I leave

Hic, hic, oh pardon me! Bookers does that to me!

Seriously folks, you know I love you all!

Oh cleo see my previous post, it’s not a hat, I don’t believe. I think that’s how Boo was groomed. He was on a Purina dog food website and I thought he was SOOO cute! Almost as cute as you!

Now where’s Shika? You know that girl can’t hold her liquor Cleo! :-D

*Shika(( is probably singing Christmas carols while standing in the doorway to her bathroom entertaining her good friend *Ralph.

The way I messed up that last post I reckon I have had a few tugs on the Booker’s bottle as well.

I WAS chilling watching TV until I saw the mess in the kitchen! Took me 40 minutes to clean it up!

Not bad for someone who has been up for over 19 hours.

Cache never chills until bedtime. He always has me throwing something for him to fetch!

Looks like we all have tippled a little too much!

Dry (hic) I am hear, and I am fine!

cleo Who is Ralph? Oh no. It just came to me. I am not that far gone mister! (hic) Just happy.

JFri cleaning up a mess in the kitchen. I am assuming you approached the job like the Duke cleaning up Lordsburg?

Cache keeps you fit and active! Good boy! Did he make the mess in the kitchen?

No not bad at all, unless JFri is referring to YOUR kitchen!

Come out Shika. The men folk need some company, and I am heading to the great Feather Pillows who keep calling my name!

Stay safe you two, no leaving cleo’s once you’re past the legal limit. Forget I said that! Stay put! Go nowhere, don’t even leave the room! SNERK!

If you are going to tipple, one must tipple to much. But if you tipple, watch out so you don’t topple!.

Dry You think my feather pillows aren’t calling me?

Oh, I don’t have feather pillows. But if I did, they would be whispering sweet nothings in my ear. Like,

Get to bed *Shika! You have to get up early again tomorrow.*

Are you bidding us adieu Shika?

I won’t topple cleo I am fine. Tipsy doesn’t become me.

How can you stay awake this long?

Good night Dry! L almost forgot you said you were going to bed.

I guess I’d better do the same. Any last words?

Well if you all are going to bed I guess that I should too. Last words? Yes, I have to say…

cleo It’s not that I want to leave, but my eyes are closing and my brain is shutting down. It’s a conspiracy to get me to go to bed.

I am glad that we’ve had a short time to chat. Too short, but your time is earlier than mine.

Shika this is the longest time that we have had to chat in a very long time. Sleep well sweetie!

Goodnight JFri. The Booker’s is on the end of the kitchen cabinet.

Peck!

that’s for both of my men friends here. Don’t fight over who’s first. There’s plenty of hugs to go around.

GOOD NIGHT MY FRIENDS, AND SWEET DREAMS!

(You too cleo. I’ve enjoyed the time. Have a wonderful and restful sleep!)

Goodnight Shika. I don’t fight over kisses as long as I get them.

:-D You’ve got them!

Good night to JFri wherever you are!

Kisses, back rubs, and deep tissue massages. :-)