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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
TALK
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I told Danny that I hoped
that we wouldn’t see any
body that we knew when
we stepped into the res
taurant in Warner Robins.
It was for what you would
think...obvious reasons. We
like to go out to eat, and
go places that we haven’t
tried yet. So, we headed to
Warner Robins and ended
up at Santina’s located in
the old Kroger Shopping
Center. It is a new Italian
restaurant. So, when your
husband owns a restaurant,
people think that you are
“spying” on the competi
tion. Not really. When we
eat at beta’s, Danny feels
like he is at work, so we
like to go to other places.
Getting back to Santina’s,
we had a very good meal,
nice atmosphere, and we
will go back. I’m sure that
they will remember us.
Danny knocked over the
water glass, and it broke
into a million pieces, but
he did save the bottle of
Shiraz. And, yes the res
taurant got very quiet just
for a minute. So, whom did
we see? Actually three peo
ple, Michael Morris and his
wife (who is expecting) and
Mark (don’t know his last
name, but he use to work
at The Swanson. Thanks
Mark for the great custom
er service.)
I hate the “D” word. Don’t
you? Every time that I hear
it, I get a hunger pain, tell
ing me that it is time to
eat. I just cannot stick to
it. Well, I am trying some
thing different. It is called,
“Boot Camp”. It started
Monday night. The instruc
tor is Carlene Moore. I’ll
call her Hitler for right now.
I might change my mind
later, if I survive. What do
I have to lose, hopefully a
little weight, and body fat.
Maybe, I am scared that I
will fail, and another thing,
Audrey is doing it. You
know, the 22 year old step
daughter of mine. I sure
can’t let her out do me, can
I? She is 24 years younger
than myself. I’ll keep you
informed on my progress if
there is any.
Cousin Jan was surprised
last weekend for her 50™
birthday by her family and
friends. Look on page 6B to
see a picture of her “dressed
up” for the occasion, (yes,
she is going to kill me for
this) While I was at the
party, I met an interesting
character. Her name is Lu
Lu. (She is Peggy Johnson’s
cousin) She is a hair dresser
in Warner Robins. That girl
is funny, and I’m sure a
lot of fun to hang around
with.
Joyce Jones had a nice
surprise when she had both
of her children, Selecia,
and Valerie came home at
the same time to help cele
brate: Father’s Day, Joyce’s
birthday and Jimmy and
Joyce’s wedding anniver
sary. Valerie lived in Mexico
now, and Selecia, who lives
in Jacksonville has been
renovating a home that is
103 years old that looks
absolutely wonderful now.
Ms. Jones reminded me
of the flood that was 14
years ago on July 4™. Their
home ended up five and a
half feet under water, and
lost everything. As much as
they hated losing their per
sonal items that they had
See TALK, Page 6B
LIFESTYLE
A new club for women who love to read
The Perry Bookworms’ second meeting will focus on novels in Jan Karon’s Mitford
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writers
A new club was started on
July 12, with a dozen local
women holding a two hour
discusson of a love they have
in common: books.
Many in the group were
meeting each other for the
first time, because the group
was brought together by news
paper and e-mail invitation.
The first program included
a discussion of Betty Smith’s
1943 classic, “A Tree Grows
in Brooklyn,” along with a
discussion of favorite female
characters which ranged
from childhood favorites like
Nancy Drew to the bounty
hunter Stephanie Plum of
Janet Evanovich’s bounty
hunter series. Frequently
mentioned were Scarlett
O’Hara, Agatha Christie’s
Jane Marple, Jane Austen’s
Elixabeth Bennett and Anne
Eliot, the women of Daphne
DuMarier’s novels, Jo March
of “Little Women,” and Scout
of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a
Mockingbird.”
The group discussed both
lifetime favorites and cur
rent reading. Terry Everett
talked about books she is
The HHJ QUIZ
Literary Quiz
Name two poems by Gerard
Manley Hopkins that have
birds in their opening lines.
Harrison’s Sports Quiz
Last Tuesday, the Major
League Baseball All-Star
game was played at the soon
to-be-demolished Yankee
Stadium. Normally, selected
players will play the same
position for which they were
voted unless the manager
decides otherwise. What indi
vidual in all-star game history
has played the most different
positions? Name him and the
positions played?
History Quiz
How old was Booker T.
Washington when he was
freed from slavery?
Faith Quiz
Which Shaker hymn
became famous around the
world as part of the score for
a ballet?
In the News
As of this week, what’s the
FDA’s problem with fresh
salsa?
Whird Quiz
What cheese has been, by
royal decree, ripened in the
same caves since 1411?
A perfectionist faces challenges bringing up five boys
The
boys have
finished
wash
ing the
Suburban
and it’s
ready for
my inspec
tion. I
walk
around
Angela
Lineberger
Me and the Boys
and check it from all four
sides. It looks like it’s been
sprayed with water and
swiped a few times with a
rag, but that’s about it.
I tell the boys, “You need
to wash it again and not
miss any spots.”
They look at me in disbe l
lief with their mouths hang
ing open.
I ask, “What’s the mat
ter?”
reading the Earlene Fowler
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Members of the newly-formed Perry Bookworms attending the first meeting include,
seated, from left, Joyce Jones and Emily Johnstone; standing, Olivia Stachorek, Terry
Everett, Laurie Jones, Andrea Lasseter, Joy Skeen, JoAnne Horrell, Cathy Goff and
Beckie Burnham.
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Eye Q: Who is it?
Last Weeks
Answers
Vatican City
St. Peter’s Basilica is
located in Vatican City in
Rome. Getting it right were
Michael Stanley, Larry and
Chris Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Bill Harrison,
Sandra Faircloth, Olivia
Stachorek, Jaloo Zelonis,
Laurie Jones, Terry
Everett, Terese Stanley
and Jim Worrall.
Hunter is brave enough
to say, “You want everything
perfect. We’re just kids and
you’re going to hurt our self
esteem”.
So I say, “Self-esteem? The
way you just washed this car,
I’m not sure you have any,
and no I don’t want every
thing perfect, but I do want
things you do at least done
halfway right.”
I go back inside and they
begrudgingly get back to
work, but it doesn’t last long.
In a few minutes I can hear
them scream and yell as they
spray each other with water
and sling wet, soapy rags at
each other
. Oh well, at least some
thing out there is getting
soap on it, even if it’s not the
car. We repeat this scenario '
several times and after sev
eral hours, the car is finally
Jones listed Ferroll Sams,
Pat Conroy and William C.
Harris among her favorite
by Charlotte
Perkins
Superior People
According to Marianne
Moore’s father, as she
writes in the poem Silence,,
“Superior people never
make long visits, have to be
shown Longfellow’s grave or
the glass flowers at Harvard
. . . .” Getting it right were
Michael Stanley, Larry and
Chris Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Bill Harrison,
Sandra Faincloth, Olivia
Stachorek, Jaloo Zelonis,
Laurie Jones, Terry Everett
and Terese Stanley.
A great match
Bill Harrison says says,
“On June 26 1969, tennis
players Pancho Gonzales
and Charles Pasarell bat tled
at Wimbledon in the first
round for 5 hours and 20
minutes overnight and
played an unbelievable
112 games before the five
set match was settled in
Gonzales’ favor. The match
up between the aging 41 year
old Gonzales and the 25 year
old Pasarell is considered to
be one of the greatest ten
nis matches ever played and
precipitated introduction of
the tie-breaker rule in 1970.
Getting it right were Michael
Stanley, Larry and Chris
Thomson, Nancy Braswell,
clean, but I am exhausted
from the entire ordeal.
It would have been easier
and less tiring for me to
just wash the car myself. If
the boys spent as much time
working as they did in try
ing to find ways to get out
of work, they could conquer
the world.
I admit, at times that I can
be a perfectionist, but con
trary to what Hunter says, I
do not require perfectionism
in them, but I would like
jobs that I give them done
right, though. And this ‘self
esteem’ business has just
gone too far.
Some ‘experts’ in chil
drearing say that we should
build up our children’s self
esteem. The only problem is
some of these ‘experts’ think
we should reward our kids
regardless of whether they
authors. Cathy Goff recom
mended Frank McCourt’s
novels, as well as books by
Send your answers to hhjquiz@yahoo.com
or call 987-1823 , ext. 234
The deadline is Thursday, 9 a.m
Bill Harrison, Sandra
Faircloth, Olivia Stachorek,
Jaloo Zelonis, Laurie Jones
and Terry Everett.
Trifling with the Eiffel
The Eiffel Tower is due
to undergo a 10-year, $267
million “upgrade” or “face
lift.” Getting it right were
Michael Stanley, Larry and
Chris Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Bill Harrison,
Sandra Faircloth, Olivia
Stachorek, Jaloo Zelonis,
Laurie Jones, Terry Everett,
and Jim Worrall.
Chiang did it
On Feb. 15th, 1912,
Chiang Kai-Shek, killed
Tao Chengzhang, leader of
the Restoration Society, at
point-blank range as Tao
lay sick in a hospital. This
is the same Chiang who,
as Generalissimo, led the
Chinese breakaway cre
ating the nation/state of
Taiwan. Getting it right
were Michael Stanley, Larry
and Chris Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Bill Harrison,
Sandra Faircloth, Olivia
Stachorek, Jaloo Zelonis,
Laurie Jones, Terry Everett,
and Jim Worrall.
do a good job or not. How
can a kid feel good about
himself if his parents never
require him to do anything
right in order for him to
build good self-esteem in the
first place?
When the boys throw out
“self esteem” to me I know
that they are just trying to
get me off the real subject,
which is the job that I hdve
given them to do. They are
smarter than a lot of those
“experts” and can get me
sidetracked in the blink of
an eye
. After a few minutes of
these “word games” I can’t
remember what I asked
them to do in the first place,
which is exactly what they
were trying to accomplish.
They keep me so confused
that most days I feel like my
head is spinning around on
SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008 ♦
Catherine Cookson and Elie
Wiesel. Jo Anne Horrell rec
ommended “Because of Winn
Dixie” and “The Secret Life
of Bees.” Beckie Burnham
listed her favorite authors
as Jane Austen, Francine
Rivers, Lisa Samson, Renee
Gutteridge, Robert Whitlow
and DuMaurier.
Those presented deter
mined the name of the club,
and learned from Emily
Johnstone about a blog she
had already set up for the
group’s used.
More members are wel
come. This group is open to
all women who enjoy read
ing and talking about books.
The Perry Bookworms will
meet at 10 a.m. on the first
Saturday morning of each
month. The next meeting
is on Saturday, Aug. 2. The
theme for the meeting will
be Jan Karon’s Mitford
series. Members are wel
_ come to bring books to swap.
* Meetings are being held at
the Landmark Realty build
ing on Houston Lake Road,
Kathleen.
For more information
contact Emily Johnstone
at emilys9@alltel.net
or Charlotte Perkins at
shotsi@alltel. net.
Conversion story
Malcolm Muggeridge,
long-time editor of Puck
and man of letters in the
once-Great Britain, first
interviewed Mother Teresa
in London in 1968, literally
falling in love with her and
her faith, making it his own.
He subsequently told her
story through a television
documentary filmed in India
called “Something Beautiful
for God.” Getting it right
were Michael Stanley, Larry
and Chris Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Bill Harrison,
Sandra Faircloth, Olivia
Stachorek, Jaloo Zelonis,
Laurie Jones and Terry
Everett
Seismic Slinky
The “Slinky,” a coiled
metal toy, effectively demon
strates the concept of wave
movement, including seis
mic waves. Getting it right
were Michael Stanley, Larry
and Chris Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Bill Harrison,
Sandra Faircloth, Olivia
Stachorek, Jaloo Zelonis,
Laurie Jones and Terry
Everett.
my neck. They truly make
me as ‘dizzy’ as everyone
around town thinks I am.
From trying to get them
to clean their rooms to mak
ing them do their homework
keeps me in a perpetual state
of confusion and exhaus
tion.
But, I’ll just be patient.
One day, they will have chil
dren of their own, and when
they are at their wit’s end
trying to get their children
to work without harming
their “self-esteem”, I’ll truly
be able to smile sweetly and
look grandmotherly as I
whisper under my breath,
“payback IS hell”.
Angela Lineberger lives
in Perry with her husband,
Kerry, and five boys, Tully,
age 15, and Tal, Hunter, Ben,
and Luke, age 13.
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