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♦ SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007
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Saving to be
Caribbean bound
My husband and I
have been saving
money to go on a
trip to the Caribbean in a
year or two. But I don’t
think that will be happen
ing now.
The trouble started
because I needed to get a
new sofa. The old one was
fine for
a while,
but
time
and
body
weigh
over
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Laura Snyder
Laura on
Life
sat on this sofa, my butt
would sink down about a
foot, my back would bow
back into it, and the head
rest would push my head
forward so that the only
possible way to watch tele
vision was to look out the
top of my eyes as if I was
wearing bifocals...which,
I’m not.
I knew it was time for
a new one and so did my
husband.
However, he wanted a
new television first. We’ve
had our current television
for only ten years and in
my mind, it was just fine.
I don’t have a lot of time
to watch television, so as
long as it didn’t spit fire
or turn off randomly, I
was a happy camper. My
husband, however, imag
ines himself as some sort
of TV connoisseur and he
dubbed our TV “old tech
nology” and as such it was
just not watch-able any
longer.
I knew that if I didn't
want to look like that
saggy eighty-year old
woman, I needed a new
sofa. After visiting dozens
of furniture outlets,
I finally found one that
I could live with. In fact,
was so comfortable that
the salesman had to wake
me up because the store
was closing.
The only color you
could get this sofa in was
“cream”. I imagined my
children with their col
ored markers, dirty fin
gers, dirty feet, and dirty
... well, everything, and
I thought, “Well, I could
always rent an apartment
and keep the sofa there.”
However, the salesman
assured me that the sofa
was made of a washable
material and that you
could even get pen marks
out of it. I believed him
because I wanted to. I
wanted that sofa.
I told my husband about
it, but, of course, he want
ed a new TV I asked,
“What good is a new TV
when I can’t watch it com
fortably?”
Just as illogically, he
responded, “What good is
a new sofa when I can’t
watch a decent TV while
sitting on it?”
We both knew that in
order to get what we each
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Grade Morgan Svoboda
celebrated her first birthday
Jan. 10. She is the daughter
of Daniel and Trish Svoboda
of Kathleen, and the little
sister of Will and Adam
Svoboda. Her grandparents
are Thomas L. Jones, Don
and Kathy Svoboda.
wanted, we would have to
get them both. So after
discussing a strategy for
paying for these hugely
expensive items, realizing
that we’ll have to be on a
macaroni and cheese diet
for at least two years (my
children were jumping for
joy) we went shopping for
a new TV
I can’t believe how many
stores we had to schlep
through to find “the one”.
My husband is so picky. (I
know what you’re think
ing, but you have to be
picky about sofas.) For
me, it would have been
easy to pick a TV: Pick
the size we want and buy
the cheapest one. Done!
But no, we had to look
at resolution, projection,
LCD, plasma, high defini
tion, blue ray, and a bunch
of other strange sounding
words that I can’t even
spell. He finally decided
on a high definition model,
but when we got it home,
we found that it didn’t fit
in the entertainment unit
we had.
Did he return it and buy
a different one?
No!
He relegated the enter
tainment unit to the
basement and decided to
mount his technological
wonder on the wall; high
enough that there would
be no miniature fingers
messing with it.
There it was, hanging
like some kind of teleport
ing black hole in the mid
dle of the living room wall.
Indeed, it was so big that
there were some scenes
that you felt like you could
• just leap right into.
It looked stupid, but my
husband was only annoyed
because there was nowhere
to put the speakers for the
home theatre system he
was already trying to talk
me into getting.
I figured that the only
thing that would make it
look good up there is to
put one of those portable
fireplaces below it.
My husband thought it
was a brilliant idea, but to
be honest, I saw a picture
of that set-up on one of
the hundreds of TVs I was
forced to look at.
So basically, our trip
to the Caribbean will be
spent sitting comfortably
on our new sofa, in front
of a fireplace that we can’t
use because it sets off the
smoke alarms, watch
ing other people cavort
ing in high definition on
white sand beaches seen
in exacting detail getting
the beautiful tan that
should’ve been mine. If
only that TV was a tele
porter.
Laura Snyder
may be reached at
lsnyder@lauraonlife.
com Or check her website
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Anniversary
Contributed
George (Tony) and Harriette Antonio
Antonios 65 th
George (Tony) and Harriette Antonio celebrated their 65th
wedding anniversary Jan. 2 in a simple ceremony in their
home. They were married Jan. 2, 1942 in Jackson. He grew
up in Forsyth and she grew grew up as Hariette Suffridge
in Jackson. Their 65 years together included 25 years in
the U.S. Air Force and extensive travel around the country.
They retired from the Air Force in 1967 and have lived
in Warner Robins since then. They have been active in
square dancing and round dancing, the Lions Club, the
American Red Cross and the Base Retirees Volunteer
program. They are also active in The Warner Robins
Women’s Club and are Heart of Georgia hospice volunteers.
Their children are Phillip and Donna Antonio of Warner
Robins and Jack and Carmen Antonio of Reno, Nev.
90th birthday
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Perry Dec. 16, 2006. Mayor Jim Worrall had a proclama
tion drawn up naming Dec. 16 as George P. Stokes Day.
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Melinda Ann Sparks and Justin O’Neal Miller
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Melinda Ann Sparks and Justin O’Neal Miller were mar
ried July 1, 2006 at Trinity United Methodist Church in
Warner Robins. The bride is the daughter of Charles and
Beth Sparks, Macon. Her grandparents are Donald and Vera
Jennings of Tucson Ariz., Jackie and Alice Sparks,Cedar
Park, Texas, and Evelyn and Jim Ewing of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The groom is the son of Steven and Terri Miller, Bonaire. He
is the grandson of William and Dixie Swain of Midwest
City, Okla, and Elmer and Belle Miller, Cincinnati, Ohio.
ThebrideworeastraplesswhiteorganzaA-linegown with pleat
ed band at the waist and an apron back trimmed in satin. She
and her attendents carried blue hydrangea bouquets.
Christine Sparks Adams and Karen Sparks served their sis
ter as Matron and Maid of Honor, respectively. Bridesmaids
were Stephanie Miller Riley and Alanna Miller Dubose,
sisters of the groom, and Sally Nguyen and Courtney Bean
Williams, friends of the bride Kenny Lipscomb was best
man. Serving as groomsmen were Jonathan Miller, brother
of the groom, Sean Murphy, Jimmy Myers, Rvan Burleson
and Matt Hodge, all friends of the groom. Following the
ceremony, the reception was held at the Georgia Music Hall
of Fame in Macon.
The bride and groom are 2000 graduates of Houston
County High School. The bride graduated in 2004 from
Georgia State University in Atlanta with B.S. in early child
hood education. The groom graduated fro Georgia Tech
in 2005 with his B.S. in architecture. Following a 10-day
cruise to the Eastern Caribbean and Puerto Rico, the couple
are making their home in Atlanta, where he works with
Greenberg Farrow and she is a nanny
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