Today we participated in the "Young Entrepreneur's Market" at the Bettendorf Family Museum. This was open to all youth ages 5 -16. We basically could sell whatever we wanted. The point was to teach kids about selling, marketing and merchandising. We took some toys, books, and crafts that I made. We did pretty well. We left early because of rain, but we were out there for about 2 hrs. Channel 6 News came with Fran Riley and a camera man. They videoed our booth and asked Riley for an interview and Riley of course was all for it. It had started raining and Riley had his umbrella up and was spinning it around when BAMMM! Hit Fran Riley in the face with one of the spokes and off flew his glasses and across the parking lot they went. They flew a least two parking spaces. I went and got his glasses mortified and apologetic. Fran is pretty well blind without those glasses we discovered. Anyways I about died. So Riley was interviewed, and just like I was afraid of he clammed up, I think the questions were too spur of the moment for a seven year old, then Fran said so mom looks like cat's got his tongue and began interviewing me. Needless to say terror went through me, not because of being scared of what to say ( I can talk any time to any one about anything, just ask me I'll tell ya.), but that I came dressed for a garage sale not a news interview. Hair wet, rain spots all over my glasses, a Stetson construction t-shirt I swiped from Dave's side of the closet and a pair of shorts (Thank God I shaved my legs, just kidding). Frompy! Afterwards Riley said, " looks doesn't matter mom". Yea, right they don't matter until your 38 yrs. old and dressed like an old hag on local tv.
I looked like the lady that you usually see on the news that exclaims they never expected the flood that floods their house every year on the Rock River, minus the curlers and her neighbors casserole dish she forgot to return. If I get edited out it will be okay. Hopefully Riley's interview will air.
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