Is there anything better than a clean house when the sun is shining? (that was a rhetorical question, as I do realize that there are quite a few things better than that... I'm more going for the "simple pleasures" vantage). I'm sure there are studies out there as to why the sun has a rejuvenating effect on people, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now. The point is: there is nothing like the promise of Spring right around the corner to lift your spirits. As much as I love wallowing in self-pity, admittedly, it feels good to feel optimistic again.
Baseball season, ahoy! I'll begin with MLB, as it has just been in the past three or four years that I have actually gone to any MLB games. My team is the Pittsburgh Pirates. I'm all about Pittsburgh in general. What an awesome city!! There is nothing like driving through the Ft. Pitt tunnel and having it open up onto that awesome view! Choochie needs to take me to Pittsburgh and get me more familiar with the ins and outs that she knows all about *hint*hint*. Anyway... baseball games in Pittsburgh are the greatest. Mrs. T's Pierogie runners, shooting t-shirts, launching hot dogs, the kids getting to run the bases.... it is summertime at its best! (Even though the Pirates tend to have losing seasons!) If you have never been to a MLB game, I highly recommend it at least once!
Now... little league baseball. This year, I'll have three little people playing baseball. Upon sign-up, you are given a packet of info. This info includes the season's fundraisers. Do you have ANY idea how badly I hate fundraisers? To begin with, they are scattered throughout the school year for the PTA... sell Easter candy, sell baubles and bits for Christmas, Relay for Life, Jump rope-a-thon.... it never ends. This year, for baseball, we have three fundraisers at once. I'll give you the
rundown: #1: Candy bars. $1 a piece. Delicious, delectable candy bars that sit in my house and slowly get eaten one by one as I put dollar upon dollar into that godforsaken box, and eventually eat every damned bar of chocolate by myself. It would have been better for me to just hand you the $30 and kept my ass from getting 30 lbs fatter. (actually, my ass tends to stay as flat as a board, but my back, arms, and face turn into tubs of butter... TMI). #2: Lottery Calendars. $20 a piece for a three month calendar. With the calendar, you get a ticket with a triple digit number. If that three digit number comes up in the PA lottery any of the particular days of those three months, you win the amount of money designated for that day. I will tell you right now that as soon as you show someone a three month calendar and then divulge the price of said quarter-year-calendar, laughter erupts. Or shock. Or an uneasy combination of both. So, those five calendars are looking for a home, if anyone is interested. #3: t-shirts and hoodies. That's right, kids... get in line for your Leetonia Baseball short sleeve tees, long sleeve tees, or hoodie sweatshirts! $10 for t-shirts, $14 for long sleeved tees, and $24 for hoodies. Now, if you don't live in the Leetonia School district, or could care less about Leetonia Baseball, fear not! You could always wear them to... umm.... exactly. :
Bottom line: I hate fundraisers. Ask me for a donation and I'll give it to you, but PLEASE... please don't make me try to sell a bunch of shit on your behalf. Thank you.
More later.
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I so agree with you on those fundraisers! I saw you had a blog from facebook :o) I never sell the calendars- the paper only said you had to participate in at least one- I did the candy bars! And yes, I ate some too- but my husband took them to work and sold all the caramel and peanut butter ones! I was pissed- and I called Shelley to see if I could just get a box of those two kinds- she said she was probably going back up to get more, but never called. So they lost out on another $36. Cause we would have sold them.
And, oddly, I only ate...err... I mean "sold".... the almond and crunchie ones. I still have peanut butter and caramel left! :P
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