What does the black Angus Cow Say?..."Cha-Ching"

What do you get when you combine the above picture with this picture?

A four day weekend with your parents flying on a private Eurocopter to 4 Angus Cattle Auction sales throughout the state of Georgia.

And your thoughts are "What??"

Let me explain...My father owns/raises Black Angus Cattle for the purpose of improving the breed. During certain times of the year you travel to other Angus breeders auction sales and buy some of their cattle so you can breed yours with theirs and make even better cows. That is the "Angus for Dummies" explanation.

So you know how you can go to a "steak house" restaurant that is more or less a glorified buffet and get a "knock-off-steak" for like $2.50 and then you can go to a real Steak House restaurant and get a "designer steak" for like $40.00, that is not including side dishes, well there is a reason for that. It all goes back to the cow.

Certified Black Angus beef is some of the best beef you can get (i.e. designer, couture). The cattle sales we went to are like a designers runway show for their product. The cattle you are seeing will never see the likes of a slaughter house (just like actual runway clothes will never see a store room rack of clothes). What these designer cows are capable of producing is what will end up on your plate one day after forking out designer prices for that luscious slab-o-beef!

Just ONE cow at one of these sales went for $170,000.00!

Its like a whole other world out there you didn't even know about. So next time you go to an expensive restaurant and order the filet mignon enjoy the guilty pleasure and know you are eating in-style!

Over zealous, maybe?...you tell me.

Have you ever been at a sporting event for children, say under the age of 13, and there is that ONE family that coaches from the bleachers. In the case of little league baseball from behind the fence next to the dug-out in their traveling folding chairs.

You know the kind I'm talking' about the really obnoxious parents/relatives...screaming "come on blue!" every time there is a bad call. Yelling at the players to "get it together!" or "tighten up out there!" or screaming at their own child/relative to get their head in the game, run faster, or every one's favorite...when nothing else works they start threatening their own child/relative. "You better straighten up out there or you're gonna' be sittin' the bench" or "Son, you better get a better attitude and shake it off or I'll pull you outta' the game!" They can even be educated people yet they suddenly lose all grammer skills!

It is no lie that there seems to be ONE family like that for every little league team. In the case of my little brother's 12 and under baseball team that family would be mine!
I don't know what comes over us. It's like this baseball obsessive spirit just possesses us and we can do nothing to control it!

You may be thinking "those poor kids" when actually, you should be thinking "those poor parents of the other players". It's amazing the character flaws you see in yourself when you are screaming and hollering at a bunch of 10-12 year old little boys, and every grown-up in the surrounding area just sits and stares at you. Every once in a while the other parents might say things like "Good try Billy...maybe next time". While you are screaming "Billy, don't swing at that trash...come on get your head in the game!"

So...as you might be thinking you need to pray for us...I would encourage you to rather pray for the other parents considering the season has only begun and this is just league ball its not even all-stars yet!