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Show Ben Lomond Beacon, April 1 0, rS 1 980, Page 3 1 Mass!? 1 By Susan Mawhinney Steenblik It all started with the Spring cleaning. I was pushing some of the living room furniture away from the walls so I could vacuum behind them. All of a sudden, two year old Katie let out a squeal. I about had a heart attack thinking I had run over something with the couch! There she stood, dreamily, ecstatically, .hopefully holding a piece of tinsel that had been somehow left behind in the mass confusion that is Christmas. Now, if tinsel didnt have such remarkable static cling, and if it hadnt adhered itself to the back of the couch, Im sure I would have vacuumed it up long before this. During a or cleaning spree, something. Sure, sure, Sue. But, back to Katie. In the aftermath of her delight, four year old Daniel came running out to see what the sqealing was all about - to see if I had indeed run over his sister with the couch. Spying the treasured tinsel, in her hand, he jumped up and down and started a little song and dance routine that wouldve put Shirley Temple to shame. Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming! Santas on his way, and its a good thing too, because all of the crummy toys he brought last Christmas are all busted up! Can you believe this? What I want to know is, how do these kids go from such sweet, innocent, unassuming newborn babes to the greedy little monsters who are working up a frenzy in my living room?? I ask you, where have I failed?? The tribal chant goes on, toys. .more More toys..more toys! I feel the need coming on to put my foot down. By Carol f Wait a ninute, you guys! I begin on a friendly note. That tinsel Katie found is from last Christmas! It was somehow overlooked (ahem) when the rest of the Christmas thirgs were all cleaned away. I took a deep breath. Christmas is over. It wont be back for a long (emphasis on the long!) time Their greedy little faces fell. I was beginning to feel like Scrooge in March. This was pathetic. But we need (emphasis on the need!) new toys! they cry out in unison! All of our old (emphasis on the old!) toys are broken! The tears are welling up in their eyes. I have to admit, theyre not too far from wrong. What is it with those elves up at the North Pole, anyhow!! They just dont make toys like they used to, and Im beginning to think that Santa is into hiring just any old elf wholl work cheap. Santa has to beat inflation, too, but this is no place to cut corners. After all, a cheap elf makes a cheap toy, and a cheap toy doesnt stand a chance in the hands of a preschool pirahna. Like the kiddie record player, for instance. The kids loved it! They loved it so much, they dissected it for and the needle has gone the way of an experiment, the mistletoe. And the dolls! Good mother that I am, I had to see to itthat my little girl had a beautiful doll for Christmas! I couldnt listen to my older and wiser sister-in-laOh no, not me. She said, Buy a doll with the hair just painted on - real doll hair I gets ratty so easily! thought about her advice, but decided fake, painted on hair was not for me. So now I know why it was so important for me to get. Katie a doll with real hair. Hair is the dolls handle. Thats how you carry them grab a handful of that lovely hair and give a yank. The doll will follow, guaranteed a la Fred Flintstone! And then there was the Zap the Sap Race Track which Daniel swore he would die without. It looked like such great fun on TV. The kids on TV played with it like pros, with the little toy race cars zipping around the plastic track like it was the Indy 500! Why, they even had sound effects when they -- -- played! screeches... Music, applause.. you name it. Anything to make the toy look like more than it is. Which isnt hard, since the toys arent much to begin with. Daniel got his beloved race track and soon discovered the hard core facts of life. It didnt work like on TV. In fact, it hardly worked at all. It now sits in a lonely corner of his room, ignored and unused. Except by me. I give it a good swift kick every now and again. Works wonders on my inner hostility. Cheap labor elves. Santas being ripped off, just like the rest of us! I look sadly down at my excited children. No kids, I tell them. Santa isnt coming back for quite a while. But, if its any consolation, Easter is just around the corner, and very soon the Easter Bunny will pay you a visit! Quick thinking, Mom! The Easter Bunny??, they ask, incredulously. The Easter Bunny?? Thats right! The Easter Bunny! Does he bring lots of toys?, they want it all, I tell you. W Jean Shaw most the I interesting couldnt find hardlv Colored eggs?, they look at me as if Ive flipped my curler cap. Does the Easter Bunny lay colored eggs?? No, dears - the Bunny just brings the colored eggs. He doesnt lay them. Oh brother, what have I gotten myself into? Does the Easter Chicken lay the colored Mommy?? The Easter Chicken?? This is too much. Im going back to bed. There is no Easter Chicken - just an Easter Bunny! A Bunny!, a Bunny! Well then, where do the colored eggs come from, Mommy? Forget Spring cleaning. I think its time to break out the Paas! But on the other hand, most people would probably think I made it all up. The only ones who would believe that it wasnt a gross exaggeration are parents of teenage boys. And Im sure thev would only feel an abiding kinship with me and empathize down to the depths of their frustrated bones. , , remember N. 702 Road, girl, March 30. Humphreys Michael K. and Kerry Carver, 2491 N. Highway 89, No. 417, boy. March 31. Burgess Tim and Kathy Shupe, 2491 N. Highway 89, No 3, girl, April 1. Hill Robert G. and Shelly Sarlo, 1731 N. 625 E., Ogden, girl, April 1. Olsen and Joseph a 'M f n'lllrl: 316x4x8 2nd grade simulated on lauan plywood. N , girl, April 2. Reeves D. Brad and Lori Chambers, 780 E. 2600 N., North Ogden, boy, April 3. Lifelong resident Plain Lenora the original Lyman Skeen family. Mrs. Freestone and her sister Jennie Skeen Cook are the last two descendants of the original Lyman Skeen family. RAIN DANCE REGAL WALNUT 1 5 1st grade 316x4x7z Simulated woodgrain finish on lauan plywood. on $C99 $5 Chris & Didis FENCING! ft. 3 rustic flat top REDWOOD 37c 59c 85e . . . 2 flat top (good grade) . $39 1x4-- 6 FT. COMBED 98' 1x4-- 6 FT. ROUGH 79c 2x4-- 8 FT. S4S FT. 4x4-- 8 1 $09 2x4x8 ft. cedar stand and better 2x4-- 8 ft. sttand and better 4x4-- 8 ft. Pecky cedar 5" S4S Vi GAUGE 50-F- AROLL AMERICAN MADE ... . $185 I 4 FT $469 5 FT (100 $2 6 FT (117 .... 2" CHAIN LINK 1 69c . . $27 $36,s (77 V, LBS.) . . LBS.) $4295 LBS.) 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SAVE Oil ALL SIZES DIMENSION LUMBER AT DISCOUNT PRICES SPECIAL ON FULL UNIT LOAD ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE. - CMS & BOOM! Did I ever explode! After the dust cleared away, I had 26 pieces of flatware, ten plates, five bowls, two glasses, a potato peeler and a sack of junk. I think I will give the old nagging technique another chance. I would never dare write that story. Id be so $799 Simulated finish lauan backing. 12. The event will be held at the Plain City Lions Club from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. She requests that her family and all her relatives attend to celebrate her birthday with her. It is requested that gifts be omitted. Mrs. Freestone was born April 13, 1900 in Plain City, a daughter of Lyman Skeen and Annie Skelton. She married William S. Freestone on October 6, 1920 in the Salt Lake City Temple. She is an active member of the Plain City 4th Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She has bgen a, Primary ,Teachet Secretary of the M.I.A. and $649 1st grade 316x4x8 on i 316x4x8 GREEN lauan plywood. 1x4-- 6 Freestone will be honored by her family at an 80th birthday party, Saturday, April finish W Simulated woodgrain on hardboard backing. Simulated wooagrain on lauan plywood. 6x4x8 1 Simulated 1x4-- 6 City Skeen grado-3- 1," lii 316x4x7 1st grade CASTLE GOLD 1st ! FLINTLOCK $59 1. 1 I MAJESTIC WALNUT CASTLE GOLD Kathryn Chugg, 638 E. 1700 N , North Ogden, girl, April Wayment Michael L. and Shellie VanMeeteren, 1194 N. 5900 W., girl, April 1. Manning David B. and Marilyn Rozynek, 662 E. 1750 I1 ill ; r; ; DOORS doing with ANYTHING my utensils for the life of me! Then I looked in the basement family room. taking Harrisville and Dale they yourself, After Satterthwaite Liana Maw, celebrate 80th birthday shrugged innocently. Maybe I did, I thought. So I called a couple of my friends to see if Id had a lapse of mental functioning or something. No, they snickered. I must be losing more I than forks, I thought. cant Thorsted Richard W. and Linda Kay Dallinga, 3073 N 100 E., boy, March 28. Plain City resident to anything to set the table with. There were no utensils in the drawer. The dishwasher was empty and there were only four forks and a few spoons in the sink. I asked my kids, who were eating a snack of applesauce with knives, if one of the neighbors had borrowed my flatware for a party. No, they replied. Do you know where it could be? I asked. . Maybe you left them at a party eggs, Relief Society Visiting Teacher. Mrs. Freestone and her sister Jennie Skeen Cook are the last two descendants of The trouble with writing is, one doesnt dare write about situations. It would be too to admit publicly that I thought we had a mysterious silverware thief in the neighborhood who was so dumb that he took old, mismatched stainless steel. No, not like Santa does, I say, but he does bring baskets full of candies and colored eggs! You Con Call Us . 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