I have had this blog floating around in my mind for some time now...waiting for the perfect story telling day to just THROW IT OUT THERE. And being that I asked Lovely to make something special with the STYLE and her day was a bit scattered (plus I should remember Lovely likes her pages to be PERFECT...which can sometime take a while) you get the I GET THIS FROM MY FRIEND KATHLEEN POST.
now let me start by saying I can honestly say I have several habits...some not the best that I have gotten from my friend Kathleen. But before I share I must step back a bit and explain just WHO Kathleen is.
Can't really tell you the first time we met..I just know I have known her my whole life. Can't remember not ever NOT knowing her so I guess that means I really HAVE KNOWN HER MY WHOLE LIFE.
Most childhood memories Kathleen is wrapped somewhere in the mix. Her folks and mine were friends and they lived a couple FIELDS (yes I said fields) over from us in Idaho. (ok fields and the canal) we were pretty much together thick or thin throughout high school and a year or so after college until she decided to MOVE ACROSS THE WORLD AND GET MARRIED!!
But in those years before that let me just tell you SHE TAUGHT ME A FEW THINGS!!
1. you know when you squish all your stomach into one little ball of ...oh what's the word....FAT...and then you have a bowl of jelly (FAT) I learned to do that from Kathleen.( we were probably 6 or so) I didn't really get the bowl of jelly till about this point in my life when I can easily squish that stomach fat...i mean jelly. (jelly might not have been the exact word but you get my point)
2. I learned how to hate to weed the garden from Kathleen. (her mom always had a HUGE garden and Kathleen got to weed it) I remember helping a couple of times and didn't think it was so bad....but I am pretty sure that my dislike of the chore dates back to those couple of memories of doing the weeding.
3. I learned hmmmmm how shall we say this....to be a good poker player out of necessity with my friend Kathleen......NO MORE WORDS NEED SPOKEN ABOUT THIS ONE!
4. I also learned not to drink by a bathtub.......(I learned that from HER, not me, as in all these lessons....I was watching from the side!!)
5. I learned that it is ok to stand up in front of a class of people that have different beliefs from you and state what you believe in. (to have the guts to do that in high school is a good thing) ok I don't think I learned this till a lot later in life....NOW I AM REALLY GOOD AT IT!!!
6. I think if I remember right she tried to teach me to smoke. I am pretty sure I was the laughing stock THAT NIGHT IN SPENCER IDAHO (go ahead and google that town and see what comes up) Glad this one didn't stick.
7. I learned from Kathleen not to PARK on the Monida hill just because you THINK you are in the middle of NOWHERE it is not always the case!!!
8. I learned sometimes you can't TRUST her and your sister when they take you on you FIRST DRUNK EVER, promise to look out for you but later you find them both NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE...don't worry I stayed sober.
9. I learned my love of vodka tonic from her....definitely YOU OWN THIS ONE KATHLEEN!!
10. I could easily go on and on from the vodka story....
11. I get the fact that she will ALWAYS BE OLDER....one thing I particularly like to hang on to...(it's our thing)
12. but this one in particular REALLY STUCK!
I remember her doing this all the time in HIGH SCHOOL...annoying I am sure I thought at the time. Not in a big way....just in a little way.
And now all these years later I do it all the time.
It drives people I know Crazy. My family is like "you know you have a .........)
PEN, yes PEN in my
EAR! YES, EAR!!! or behind my ear I guess I should say. BAD HABIT! Do it all the time....hey it is a must in the retail world of Raffia....someone is ALWAYS STEALING MY PEN!!!
Funny thing is people always think you have something sticking out of your hair....excuse me miss you have....ohhhhhhhh PEN IN YOUR EAR...
let's clarify this is not me or my gray hair.
She is a bit stylish....with the whole pen behind the ear kinda hot...don't you think....I chose to think of myself a bit more this way than the gray hat lady...
so that's it...that's where that weird thing came from....Kathleen Elenora Ross RIS! See what you started....Hey Lynda even does it now and then!!!
13. I also get that 40something years later although miles and miles apart with only ...occasional talks and facebooks and lifestyles that are way different...she will always, no matter how time elapses be one of my BFF's ....thanks for all the shall we say WISDOM!!!!! Love ya Kat!!!
Damn! Why do you always make me cry? I love you Lori, even when you blame me for things that really weren't my fault. I don't stick my pens behind my ear anymore - my head is too fat, cleavage is a great storage place for pens, pencils, cell phones etc. AND for the record... I was smoking, you decided to learn to chew. YUCK!
Posted by: Kathleen | February 17, 2012 at 10:45 AM