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Show I . Sun Advocate Price, Utah Tuesday December 17,2002 5A Real life twelve days' of Christmas ' page ffPontiriued train Christmas projects f 4A) ; The eighth day finds me strinf-- ing rights around the outside of the house. I kno I waited too long ' day weve el been waiting for, in this ,"sea of shoppers. because ;'i the store is dbdra biny, (Mit because . rend the weather bat the prak unti the Witii onfy two days left ping trip, the checkout : : As I stand them, quickly bebom- -' mg inpatient I notica that I am sur-by fellow shoppers. fra not . I decide that it might be appropri-round- ed ate to wrap the gifts I slaved sd hard to buy. l unload the artillery out of the closet and lock myself of its bitter bite, but tor the pest two there are only .two check out lines in my bedroom to wrap gifts. The , months, I've waited for my hus-- . open in the mike store. No wonder ' only. problem with this is. that I band to help out with this project' this massive, amount of humanity kicked the cat in with me. As I look I decide to do the light shining around the room at the mountains b located in one central location. myself just to prove that I can do, V". NowJ'mno genius, but I know;: of gifts, I take 1 deep breath and ft on my own, After al, ff I come' that these stores him extra help dur-- y begin the job at hand. I start cut-Nown with pneumonia, my bus- -, ihg the holidays, So where b this ting the paper and zip down the band will have to take on the re-- help? It sure is not located at the roll, when my cat puts his nose . sponsibility of taking care of his ; checkout stands. 1 find it b often under my scissors. Luckily I tfidnt wife who sick froze where' poor hanging . located at the store eatery cut hb nose, but I did trim hb chin rf Wei worth a it's shot ' the hard workers are sitting around ham a bit ,hb" fights. . After spending several hours . anyway. ,r annung cotm sm laugning at , . Now that the lights, are sparfrustrated shoppers. It's enough to wrapping gifts, I am finally done. The cat was a big help, but hb chin kling brightly outside, i enter the drive one to shopping cart rage.' I seventh day. today; I deckte to fiand tad are not as ful and fluffy as -'- By the fifth day, decide to finish when we started. nally fil out holiday cards. 1 have my shopping, and venture on to the . AAAjIaMIIA me jg jgjA or oeen ponoenng oo I stores one last tens (This trip b to reach One left, uiougni my ulti- -: day . . who' for how I thb I leveL am months, but being faced ing usually pick up what forgot tiie day mate stress UnmA ' ILaI I. flntolimA I am, i have to make things cobefore On this day, J realize just wimmioinnKsntngrTvnome-made mplicated by hand stomping and how rude peopte roalfy are. Maybe it project that I have started crafting each card, Two hours later b the tension, of the season, but I for everyone in our family. Alal 1 have completed b four lousy cannot make it through the store though my project changes ; , : ; ;'. in . . . , 1 ) cards. Tbb was the decking factor in running down to the store and buying a chop box of hofiday never seem to be ahead. I am the type of person that feels that handmade gifts make the best presents of all. By this point, I uinsuiias tw ftyMMA i jyM wonder' vVVvr--- without someboify running kite me with their cart l am a person that year, was robed to be poGto at al times, eash ; .and. I by to pass these manners est things complicated,such as . aiongte my daughter, but at the store greetings. I usually make the writing cute little sayings inside the card underneath the original phrase; but not the yean Sony, to aV the fourth, Im just happy, to alive after strolling through the . be above and beyond projects you .cluttered stores. On this day however, I have reached the point of ab-..J... After I have filled out all my source Hniauuik TL inars wny wnen i I for turn on the radio and ati I hear b cards, on the sixth day, head fthe post office to mail them off, Christmas songs, I scream. I'm sure and then to the stores for some i nave oeen nemmg mese songs last minute shopping. Every yeru I for the past month, but up to this vow that I win start my shopping point I have successfully drowned Gin the sprig fte my grandma use .out tin melodies, ' Ho do, but Im lucky if I make it by Three more days left, and I deDec. 25. So, by shopping on the cide that I will bake hotidav nodtes. sixth day, Im actually ahead of Sure I waited quite awhile, but at schedule. least my baking will be fresh for As soon as I enier the store, Christmas day. Each year, my mom andcatebrato. L - ! ; through the store with a and overwhelmed 1ook,on ; .blank ,my face, gathering gifts' as I go. By the time that I deciijq l am it through with my shopping, I enter - come. It b .VA . Itbafiilfilling feeling to watch all those whom I made gifts for. open the "trig gift" from my family. It b also a joy to watch my daughter's eyes light up when she opens each gift of hers under the tree. It b even more ton to watch her jpore her toys and play in the boxes:...' Althoti Fm sure that I wiN be an absolute grump during the entire 12 days, lam thankfid for what I have been blessed with. I also take the time to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas and celebrate the birth of Christ : I'm sure that each of you could relate to at least one of my 12 days of Christmas a lot bettor than the . and dayhas Christmas day ami I get to relax By jmy mouth drops. There are shoppers as far as the eye can sad, and these peopte are those who bare waiting in the checkout fare. I ; . Finally, the words, -! griA VBABBpSwWB amongst these rude and unfriendly shoooers. mv daughter learns her fair share of colorful phrases and everyone who receives a card from my family; the thought and f sincerity was there, just not the 1 Those big Eager for coup in Venezuela boys acting (Continued from page 4A) now, and ft could very well cover by August. Venezuela's, like little cent econoqiy would get a tremendous boost from an increase in oil prices that would likely result hem a war with Iraq. Second, the recession boys (Continued from page Any last worts?" so in 1983, when due to a recession and unemployment his approval rating bottomed at 35 per- re- But the U.S. press that this is a perfectly reasonable demand. is prolonged and deepened because investors are essentially on strike apinst the government taking money out of the country and withholding investment in hope of getting a new president 4A) "That could have been me passing my pace car. The sounds of the engines and the smefl of racing lud was the best A retraction published in the "Chicago Tribune on April 20 summed up the extrema little-notic- ed prejudice of our major news organizations apinst the president of Venezuela: "An editorial on Sunday mistakenly said that Venezu- Like any strike, it cannot continue part indefinitely. Of course it does not make any more sense for Chavez to hold was surprised the camera was fast enough to catch me. fosterday I could not sped race 1 - together with the Bush administration elan President Hup Chavez had praised Osama bin Laden. The "Trregrets the error.1 Oops. early elections than it would have ibune car driver today I are one. Thats my car. Didn't you win the award for the best dressed driver Whos thb Mr. Lamination? . cant believe the team of Dave, 1 Dave, Dave and Danny won got up to 145 miles an hour and it wasnt that fast 1 How do I get a job at that place?" This was a real show It was all about a new experience for 12 local guys, but it really was about creating new memories, and maybe a few new lies. Every time they toil the story the speed gob a little faster and the talent a little better. fou can bet Til be joining them in the spring when they go again. IMfhtvIl -- bake homemade cookies, but after getting married and moving out I decide to start mv own baking trarfitions. Im not ashamed to say my mom's cooking is sure a kit I original version of the song (Who really knows what afl that stuff b better than mine; and certainly, anyway). I do ask however, that you take the time to relax and enjoy your holiday. season, wen if it b easier. Thb year Tvs decided to just sample mom's baking and maybe cook some ready made cookie only on Christmas day. Merry Ghristmas! ttortdpartttoshop- : ilte tie. gijt tftat beeps you IK.joined aU yean Long! - -- a Giji SubsctiptiOK to Hie Sur Adoocote. ok GiUe i fi.' &KJUj kX I. 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