Kathleen H. Taylor
fieldaflowas@yahoo.com
Welcome to Beason. It's been a long time since we got together last. I have been up to my big old backside with ball and business. I must admit these two things have given the word,"stress" a whole new meaning. While I appreciate having them both, they are driving me beyond my normal state of insanity.
It is rumored that there will be Memorial Day festivities out at the Berea Country Club. There are several guests expected including one that will be amongst the brave representing our country in Afghanistan. I don't know if I will be amongst the elite at the club. I have a get together already arranged with a flea market in Ohio. So, wouldn't you rather look at old Tupperware instead of seeing fireworks? Don't answer that one.
Congratulations to the 2009 senior classes of Ritchie and Calhoun counties. Everything you want is out there waiting for you! Just don't put that everything on to your parent's credit cards. If you do, you're going to be more familiar with the word, "job" rather than "degree".
What did you think about the "Idol" finale? I guess America realized that Adam had his golden ticket with or without "Idol". I really enjoyed the guests that made appearances on the final show-Queen, Kiss and the Black Eyed Peas. However, I did not enjoy seeing Rod Stewart trying to make everyone think he was sexy when he would have been better suited for AARP commercials instead. I preferred to think of him still at age 30ish rather than see him at 60ish. You could tell all his years of thinking he was sexy caught up with him in a bad way.
I had a day from the deepest darkest pit not too long ago. I began the day making sauce for the concession stand. I put in it the CrockPot with the notion that it was the greatest sauce ever made in the history of mankind. Have you ever noticed how Moms are so competitive about their hot dog sauce? I don't know why we do this to each other. Are we expecting to receive some 6 foot high SuperBowl of Sauce Trophy? I guess we enjoy our 5 seconds of fame when someone says they love the sauce. Anyway, I went to the Middle School for a meeting (which was excellent) and then to work. I came back a few hours later to get Avery at school, pick up the concessions and head to work again before Ethan's Band practice was over.
I was totally on top of my game, or so I thought. I was on my way back to work only to find Ethan standing at the bus stop. They cancelled band practice without my knowledge. Ethan got in the car and we headed to Rt 50. I made a sharp turn and ½ of the CrockPot spilled in the floor of my car. I had to take a breath on that one, but, I was soon on my way again. Then, the CrockPot spilled again leaving me with about a ¼ of the sauce remaining. I told myself not to flip out that things were going to be fine. You know how they say, "every cloud has a silver lining"? It's a big, fat, lie. This cloud had a black lining and a very bad forecast that came with it.
I got to work without having a nervous breakdown. I had a plan of just fixing the hot dogs and wrapping them in foil. That would've been great had I not left the buns at home!! Are you still thinking you are having a bad day today? I had to send Ethan to the gas station to purchase way over priced buns. We wrapped what we could and realized we couldn't get them to the field on time. So, I had to call the coach to see if he could meet me or come get the hot dogs. They were kind enough to come get them but probably slightly annoyed that it was so close to game time. We survived that day, but, whenever you think things can't get worse, oh yes they can!
I hope everybody has an awesome holiday weekend. But, please be responsible when celebrating.
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