K-Stated

Looks the holidays have Mrs. Smith camped out in the kitchen. She tackles those issues and a question from one of her readers this week:

First, I want to apologize if I have
offended anyone with last week’s edition regarding my “Christmas”
tree. I will now be politically correct and use the term “Holiday”
because, believe it or not, I do try to be sensitive in all that I do
and never want to disrespect any one’s beliefs.

With that said, let’s move on.

We survived our first winter storm in
Kansas without many problems. We were fortunate enough not to have
lost power at all, which is more than I can say for countless people
here in the Little Apple. I hope that everyone is able to resume some
normalcy in their lives sooner rather than later.

Betty Crocker is overrated! I wanted to
get in the “Holiday” spirit and start a new tradition of baking
“Holiday” cookies with the kids. Well, let me tell you, that was
one of the shortest tradition known to man. First, you have to mix
and stir and kneed and all that stuff. While that may not sound like
much, try doing all of that while watching the football game (the
Washington Redskins, of course!), entertaining Ms. Tiffany, cooking
dinner, taking numerous phone calls, etc. etc. etc. – get the
picture? Well, first let me say that MY homemade sugar cookies tasted
nothing like the blue wrapper roll of Pillsbury dough which I knew I
should have picked up. Even after the cookies where all decorated
like the “Holiday” pictures that you see in the magazines, they
still tasted like cardboard.  It’s been three days since I’ve put
my hard work in on that project and the cookies still remain in the
same place. We’re talking about a house full of kids who
practically eat anything that isn’t breathing and they left

Mama’s
cookies there to waste away. Anyway, I have realized that a pinch of
salt here and a dash of vanilla there just isn’t for me. Although,
the cookies were beautifully decorated (even with Tiffany eating more
icing and getting getting more on her face than she actually put on
the snowman, which she made especially for Daddy) they didn’t pass
the “KID” test, because they are still here. 

Looks like Christmas is going to be put
on hold for a while at my house. Why, you ask?  Because Mr. Beasley
hasn’t turned in his “letter to Mrs. Claus.” For the life of
me, I don’t know why he drags this out. He know the rules. If
anyone sees him out there, tell him to just ENTERTAIN his mother… I
don’t ask for much – jeez!

On another note, I hear that the
freshman of the basketball team where allowed to speak to the
media… FINALLY! Is that good or bad? I’ll let you all be the
judge. I read a few of the interviews that were printed in some of
the local newspapers and all I have to say is “Who let the dogs
out? Woof , woof , woof, woof…” (I crack me up sometimes.) On a
serious note, it will be VERY entertaining to say the least! I guess
I’ll have to interview Lil’ Mike some time soon for “Mama SayZ” in
the coming weeks so get your questions ready.

Speaking of questions, here we go. This one is from Brad:

Ms.
Smith,

I
love the writings. Thanks for generously providing them every week.

Questions:

Do
you like to cook much?
Is there a favorite meal of the team’s that
you fix or that you all eat in general?
How would you describe the
cohesion of the team currently?
What do you think of Sutton and
Samuels coming in at semester?

Have
a great week, stay warm, enjoy KC, and I’ll look forward to the next
installment.

Well, Brad, I don’t like to cook at all BUT I
have to.

I mean, I have five kids and a few extra additions, thanks to
the team, and they have to eat. As far as a favorite meal, there
isn’t one. I just watch what I cook depending on who’s coming
over, like no red meat or pork if Ron (Anderson) is over. The kids at
home pretty much eat whatever is being cooked, except Mychaela has
been practically begging for fajitas lately. It’s the basketball
guys who come with special requests, such as breakfast food in the
middle of the night like french toast – even after waffles are on the
menu for the day. But all in all, it’s not a problem.

I think the team is playing well
together. The more they play, the better they get. It’s all about
gaining the experience of playing together against others, and to me,
they are doing a great job.

The addition of Sutton and Samuels will
be a great addition, I’m sure. Other than that, I have no comments
on their arrival until they get here.