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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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tions in the HHJ Quiz, call
Charlotte Perkins at (478) 987-
1823, ext. 234, or e-mail your
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Literary Qiiz
Who was the only fiction
al character ever to have
his obituary on the front
page of The New York
Times?
What address did he
have printed on his busi
ness card?
What was the name of
his twin brother?
At what location did his
fictional career begin and
end?
BUeQuz
In what city was the
street called Straight? Who
was told by the Lord to go
to a house on that street?
Geortfaquz
Which Georgia city began
as Wattsville?
USA quiz
How many stars were on
the United States flag when
the Civil War began?
Which president issued
two executive orders
regarding the number of
stars on the flag, and their
arrangement?
According to the Flag
Code, is it acceptable to
wear a flag as clothing?
WerdQuz
Which of these events
DIDN’T happen in 1906?
The birth of Tallulah
Bankhead, the Centennial of
the Louisiana Purchase, an
eruption of Mount Vesuvius,
an earthquake in San
Francisco, the awarding of the
Nobel Peace Prize to Teddy
Roosevelt, the appearance a
ball of fire (later identified as
an exploding meteorite) in the
sky over Siberia.
Answers from the Dec.
21 HHJ Quiz.
The Christmas quotations
in the Literary Quiz were
from “A Child’s Christmas in
Wales” by Dylan Thomas; “A
Christmas Carol” by Charles
Dickens; “The Gift of the Magi”
by 0. Henry; John Milton’s
“Nativity Ode” and “How the
Grinch Stole Christmas” by
Dr. Seuss.
The cognoscenti were
Sharon Cyr, Mike Stanley,
Terry Everett, Delilah Evans,
Bill Harrison, Jim Worrall and
Laurie Jones.
Bible Quiz: Mary, the moth
er of Jesus, “kept all these
things and pondered them in
her heart.”
The scripturally savvy were
Sharon Cyr, Mike Stanley,
Terry Everett, Delilah Evans,
Bill Harrison, Jim Worrall and
Laurie Jones.
Georgia Quiz: The
Christmas tree most grown
by Georgia tree farmers is the
Leyland Cypress.
Georgia geniuses were
Sharon Cyr, Mike Stanley,
Terry Everett, Delilah Evans,
Bill Harrison, Jim Worrall and
Laurie Jones.
Weird Quiz: The drawing
of Santa was by famed 19th
Century editorial cartoonist
Thomas Nast.
Getting it right were Bill
Harrison, Rex Gambill,
Sharon Cyr, Mike Stanley,
Terry Everett, Delilah Evans
and Laurie Jones.
New traditions for New Year's Eve
More often than not, I turn
down dates for New Year’s
Eve because I have my own
tradition that makes that
evening one of my favorites
of the year.
After the harried busy
ness of the Christmas sea
son, which now begins with
Thanksgiving, I want to
have a quiet evening. My
idea of perfect happiness is
to settle down by a roaring
fire, order in way too much
Mexican food and watch a
couple of good movies. It’s
my gift to me.
So when he called the
other day and asked me to
join him for a black tie glitzy
event, I thought first of that
wonderful quietness I nor
mally enjoy on the last night
of the year as a tribute to
all my other non-quiet 364
nights.
“WelUlll,” I began, edging
toward explaining, as I do
annually, about my beloved
tradition. Then, I thought
Talen Jacob Jennings
David and Jill (Kennedy)
Jennings announce the
birth of a son, Talen Jacob
Jennings, on Nov. 15, 2005,
7 lbs 15 oz., 20 1/2 inches
long. Sister is McKenzie
Jennings. Grandparents are
Betty Kennedy of Perry, Billy
Kennedy of Macon, Micha
Jennings of Columbus and
Henry Jennings of Phoenix,
Ala. Great grandparents
are Jeanette and Robert
Haymans of Richmond Hill,
and William L. Kennedy Sr.
of Macon.
Caden Jeffory Grant
Patterson
Gerald and Jessica
Patterson announce the
birth of a son, Caden Jeffory
Grant Patterson, at Houston
Medical Center on Dec. 16,
2005. Grandparents of the
baby are Jeffory Bailey of
Sneads, Fla., Gail Bassett
of Byron, Larry and Lucia
Patterson of Kathleen, and
Rose Theilke of Anchorage,
Alaska.
La’Carrie Que’Mel
Laney
Rosheshia Laney announc
es the birth of a son,
La’Carrie Que’Mel Laney,
born at Houston Medical
Center on Dec. 16, 2005.
Grandparents of the baby
are Patricia Laney and Stevie
Felts of Warner Robins.
Cole Brannen Creel
Tim and Charlotte Creel
announce the birth of a
0 Christmas treehouse
My older son had part of
his Christmas come a little
early this year. For the bet
ter part of a year he has
been lobbying for a tree
house, and now his efforts
are bearing fruit.
“I’m getting a treehouse
for Christmas and it’s too
big to even go under the
Christmas tree!” he has
been fond of telling anyone
who will listen.
It has been a very exciting
time in the Martin house
hold, and I do believe it’s
been as much fun for two big
boys as it has been for the
five year old one. My hus
band designed and built the
house with the help of his
daddy. It looks suspiciously
like a platform deer stand
with some extra siding and a
roof, since they have experi
ence in building that type of
structure.
For a couple of weeks, they
have been hard at work, out
in the cold and the wind,
to get it done in time for
Christmas. The soon to be
owner has been supervising
as much as possible, mak
ing plans all the way. “We
can spend the night in the
treehouse, Daddy. You can
come too, Dadah!” He even
went so far as to invite one
of his granddaddy’s friends
to join them.
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Columnist
of that gorgeous, black
sequined (and yes, Mama,
it’s sexy) dress that I’ve only
worn once and the match
ing black and rhinestone
encrusted, four-inch sandals
that make my small feet look
ridiculously like Barbie’s.
He laughed, knowing that
with me, there’s always a
story. “Well what?”
I was torn. It was a choice
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son, Cole Brannen Creel, at
Houston Medical Center on
Dec. 17, 2005. Grandparents
of the baby are Jan Pedrick
of Fitzgerald, Bennie Pettis
of Ocilla, and Jimmy and
Shirley Creel of Statesboro.
Krista Renae Robinson
Amanda Robinson
announce the birth of a
daughter, Krista Renae
Robinson, born at Houston
Medical Center on Dec. 17,
2005. Grandparents of the
baby are Stephanie Roberts
of Atlanta, and the late James
Robinson of Franklin.
Julia Kate Bremner
Clint and Laurie Bremner
announce the birth of
a daughter, Julia Kate
Bremner, at Houston Medical
Center on Dec. 17, 2005.
Grandparents of the baby
are Sally Manning of Dallas,
Texas, and Joan Reeves of
Cheshire, Mass.
Nevaeh Arianna
Walters
Jasmine Walters announce
the birth of a daughter,
Nevaeh Arianna Walters, at
Houston Medical Center on
Dec. 18, 2005. Grandparents
of the baby are Jim and
Shirley Walters of Warner
Robins.
Lynzi Marie Edwards
Patrick and Brittney
Edwards announce the
birth of a daughter, Lynzi
Marie Edwards, at Houston
Medical Center on Dec. 18,
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The Front Porch
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Whether the proposec
sleep over ever occurs, there
is still plenty of fun going
on in the now completed
treehouse. It has a ladder,
a bucket on a rope to use
to pull up any necessary
accessories to the fun, and
a swing on a zip line for
a quick escape. That’s my
favorite part.
My husband made the
swing and attached the cable
- going towards the house,
our son said, so that when
I call him for supper he can
jump on and zip to the house.
When it was time for him to
take his first ride, he was a
little leery. We started him
out easy, and it was pure joy
to see the scared look on his
face turn to delight. He is
already planning to invite
that no woman should ever
be called upon to make -
a sacred night of peaceful
retreat or the opportunity
to prance around in a fancy
dress and stunning stilettos.
“Well,” I repeated, trying
to buy time.
He chuckled lightly, the
kind of chuckle that a guy
makes up because he doesn’t
mean it. “Listen, if you keep
beating around the bush,
I’m gonna get my feelings
hurt.”
“It’s not you. It’s just,
well, can I be honest?”
I felt his wince across the
phone. “Just for the record,”
he replied, “I’m not always
enamored with all of your
moments of honesty. But go
ahead. ”
I laughed. You have to love
such a guy. Then, I told him
of my normal New Year’s
Eve tradition.
“You know, I’m thinking
that sounds better than my
offer. Want company?”
2005. Grandparents of the
baby are Keith and Deviso
Grubbs of Clinchfield, and
Dr. Tony and Tina Baldwin
of Perry.
Ella Kathryn Venancio
Daniel and Victoria
Venancio announce the birth
of a daughter, Ella Kathryn
Venancio at Houston Medical
Center on Dec. 19, 2005.
Grandparents of the baby are
Kathryn Venancio and Paul
Venanico of Portsmouth,
R.I.
Amira Carissa
Simmons
Robert and Antonia
Simmons announce the
birth of a daughter, Amira
Carissa Simmons at Houston
Medical Center on Dec. 19,
2005. Grandparents of the
baby are John and Shirley
Johnson of Southfield,
Mich., and Robert and Kay
Simmons of Warner Robins.
Ty’on Maxwell
Tyrone Ridley and Catrina
Maxwell announce the birth
of a son, Ty’on Maxwell, at
Houston Medical Center on
Dec. 19, 2005. Grandparent
of the baby is Patricia
Jackson of Fort Valley.
Jaiden Zackery
Serranzana
Jerremy and Phannapilai
Serranzana announce
the birth of a son, Jaiden
Zackery Serranzana, at
Houston Medical Center on
Dec. 19, 2005. Grandparents
over all of his friends and
cousins to enjoy it with him.
I am glad that the joy of
the treehouse will be shared,
particularly since part of it
was originally intended to
be enjoyed in another way.
My husband used composite
decking (or “plood” as he
calls it, since it’s a mix of
plastic and wood) to make
the floor and sides - the
composite decking that I
won about three years ago
and thought would be turned
into a sure enough deck.
However, I gave up on that
idea about two and a half
years ago, and so suggested
that my husband use the
boards for the treehouse.
“I was planning to,” he
informed me.
But when I look at the
Christmas treehouse, I know
they were boards well spent.
When I watch the house
become a fort, a jungle hide
away, a pirate ship, or any
number of places that exist
only in our son’s - and even
tually our younger son’s -
imagination, I will know the
boards were put to a much
better use than an unimagi
native deck.
It’s already been a merry
Christmas at my house.
Is the treehouse perfect?
No. But is it perfectly won
derful? Absolutely.
I wasn’t quite ready to
give up the idea of sequins
and rhinestones in exchange
for a turtleneck and jeans.
Then, I did what any woman
would have done had she
been in my high heels. I
asked for more time. And
like any man who has ever
dealt with a woman who
wanted her sequins and tur
tlenecks, too, he agreed.
I’ve always been told that
superstition is that what
ever you’re doing when the
clock strikes midnight on
Dec. 31 is what you’ll do
for the rest of the year. Not
true. I’ve try kissing, sleep
ing, praying, talking, visit
ing and listening. And none
of the aforementioned, have
I spent the next year doing
exclusively. But one New
Year’s tradition I’m stick
ing with is eating black-eyed
peas and collard greens.
I don’t like collard greens
but I eat them because I
like the greenback money
of the baby
are Pornphan
and Bill Farley
of Warner
Robins.
Zoey Marie
Alvarez
Jose Juan
Alvarez and
Maria Orozco announce the
birth of a daughter, Zoey
Marie Alvarez, at Houston
Medical Center on Dec. 19,
2005. Grandparents of the
baby are Maria Orozco of
Vidalia, Aurelio Orozco of
Dublin, and Mana Alvarez
and Rosendo of Mexico.
Brandon Marshall
Miller
Marshall and Deborah
Miller announce the birth
of a son, Brandon Marshall
Miller, at Houston Medical
Center on Dec. 20, 2005.
Grandparent of the baby is
Tommy Lee Hudgens Sr. of
Perry.
Braylon Neveah
Doremus
Charles and Melissa
Doremus announce the
birth of a daughter, Braylon
Neveah Doremus, at Houston
Medical Center on Dec. 20,
2005. Grandparents of the
baby are Maria Davis and
Eddie Windham of Warner
Robins, and Cheryl Cox and
Allen Cox of Lansing, Mich.
Auditions for 'The Wisteria Bush'
Auditions for roles in “The Wisteria Bush,” a comedy
by Jo Vander Voort, will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday
and Tuesday at the Warner Robins Little Theatre, 502 S.
Pleasant Hill Road, Warner Robins.
According to director Paula Johns, the script calls for five
women.
“The Wisteria Bush” is set in a fictitious small Alabama
town where everybody knows everybody else. It’s a month
before the town’s annual homecoming and a committee is
meeting to select a graduate of the high school for the honor
of homecoming queen. This is a play about women’s friend
ships. Southern accents are in order.
The play will open on Feb. 10, with further performances
on Feb. 11, 16-18, 23-25 at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees Feb.
12 and 19 at 2:30 p.m.
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they promise to bring. Last
year, Mama noticed that I
was swallowing them whole
- with a yucky look on my
face - and she said, “You
have to chew them. If you
don’t chew them, it don’t
count and you won’t make
any money.”
“No, no, no,” I replied.
“You can’t make up the
rules.”
“Why not?” my sister
asked. “You do.”
Good point. That’s why
I’m thinking that this year,
I’m going to have a quiet
black tie event at my house.
It’ll be small and intimate
with lots of Mexican food, a
good movie and a fabulous
black sequined dress.
I don’t like collard greens
but I sure like making up
the rules.
Ronda Rich is the author
of “What Southern Women
Know (That Every Woman
Should)” and “The Town
That Came A-Courtin’. ”
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LANE SMITH
Lane Smith, son of John
and Mary Jones of Bonaire,
celebrated his first birthday
on Dec. 16, 2005. He is the
brother of 4-year-old Logan
Smith, and the grandson of
Steve and Shelby Roland,
Evelyn Smith and Jack
Mclnvale.
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in “The Wonderful
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