NIRKD = DRINK
DOORE = RODEO
VOILJA = JOVIAL
MMIDUE = MEDIUM
CARTOON ANSWER:
SHE WAS BECOMING ANGRIER, BUT, AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT, IT WAS – – –
DRNRDEOVIAMEDM = MIND OVER “MADDER”
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Jumble Answers 
Thoughts on the puzzle:
Good parenting has its ups and downs
We run hot, cold and ideally medium
And try to stay jovial and limit the frowns
Amidst all the antics and mostly the tedium
Settle in with a drink 🥃, it’s not the first rodeo
Especially with teens – there’s way more to go
Karma’s the key to prevent being sadder
And as they say, it’s mind over madder
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Good morning. Mike and Angela, do I detect a Spring Break? It’s odd only seeing Jimo’s comment. Thanks everybody for solving the porch light mystery from yesterday. Agree it was from the commercial with just leave the light on for you. Medium is my choice for hardest word. The cartoon answer had me annoyed because of the quotation marks but this time I stuck with it till I succeeded. Clever finish. Until tomorrow stay well.
The RODEO calf roper always had a MEDIUM size bottle of cola to DRINK before performing since it always seemed to boost his JOVIAL behavior.
Hi Chuck…Not too much wiggle-room with RODEO, but I like your take. 👏🏻👏🏻. Well done! This is what I RUSTLED up….🐎🙋🏻
🐎 When they insisted she mount one of the MEDIUM sized horses only, she became slightly annoyed, but stood back to DRINK it all in; and in a JOVIAL voice said, “Boys…it’s only a question of MIND OVER MADDER…and this isn’t my first RODEO”.🐎
Lol, uclickgames was missing the space for the N in “mind” so there were three letters left for two spaces, but it was obvious after getting the “over matter” part!
Hi all – Saw ERODE before RODEO and JA VOL (actually “Jawohl”) before JOVIAL, but MEDIUM took me the longest. Almost gave up on the answer; wrote the letters, and the only 4-letter word I saw was MOVE, but finally the M and all the D’s let me see MADDER and the solution.
JimO, I love the poem.
Paul, speaking of commercials, I guess Mike and Angela “deserve a break today”. 🍔
I see another weather alert on the Chicago Tribune website. Good wishes to Chuck.
Have a great day, everyone!
“The circus MEDIUM earned a DRINK by using her MIND OVER MATTER to tip off the JOVIAL RODEO clown as to which cowboy was going to win the bucking bronco contest.”
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You have no complaint on this end. It’s a very tedious job. I certainly wouldn’t call it a spring break with the weather we have been getting. Enjoy the race tomorrow even though this will be the fourth year in a row with rain. Until tomorrow stay well.
Hi Brooklyn…Yes it is…but I’ve been sick for a few days, and kept pushing, until I pushed myself just a little too far. It caught up with me yday…These kids with the lethal germs they bring home from school? It’s like biological warfare! 😂 And with Mike already having had plans, we both laid low today…But, trow’s another day, and the puzzle’s a good one…I’m doing some research now…and watching the Yankees. I’m not used to being stuck home,..so I might as well make some use of it…Hope you’re having a good night…and thanks for the Shout Out…😘🙋🏻
I know what you mean Angela. One of my daughterinlaws is a school teacher and she’s sick a lot of times from the little tykes. Hope you feeling better. I’m flip flopping between the Mets and Yankees. I would never had watched the dreaded Yankees years ago. You get mellow with age.
It’s a shame, really. Too many people sending their kids to school when they’re sick…The little buggers spread germs like there’s no tomorrow…I feel for your daughter-in-law. I have a few family members teaching and in the school system too…and it’s a constant battle…And then you got me, with the resistance of a damn gnat,😉 and we just keep recycling the germs! 😂 Life! Anyway, I’m doing the same with the games. I just started with the Yanks because my friends are at the Stadium, and I thought maybe I’d catch a glimpse of them…And I agree, I never watched a Yankee game until Judge hit the scene…Now, every time I tune in, I’m prayimg that my Father’s not turning over in His grave! 😉 Enjoy the night, Brooklyn! ⚾️🙋🏻