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6B /Tallahassee Democrat • Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Gifts are wrapped, cookies are baked. Yeah, right.
Happy first birthdays
By Tricia Dulaney
MOMSLIKEME.COM
Bryce Ian
Bell, Dec. 16,
son of Cheryl
and Juan Bell
Madyson Kha’
Boyd, Dec. 9,
daughter of
LaToya and
Shawn Boyd
Kirsten Monet
Bradley, Dec.
19, daughter
of Sharon and
Kerrick Bradley
Branden
Davis, Dec.
17, son of
MarKeisha
McCall and
Shea Davis
Marin Leigh
Foster, Oct.
20, daughter
of Kimberly
and Robert
Foster
Kylie Olivia
Harris, Dec.
15, daughter
of Kaila Slater
and Sam
Harris
Carlos B.
Hightower,
Jr., Dec. 23,
son of Sabrina
Britt-Hightower
and Carlos B.
Hightower
RonDasha
Nichole
Hollis, Dec.
18, daughter
of Regina and
Ronald Hollis
Finn Howard
Prosser, Dec.
11, son of
Kerry and Matt
Prosser
Luciano
“Luke”
Vincente
Pucci, Dec.
17, son of
Karen and
John Pucci
Editor’s note: Serena
Moyle is enjoying a
wedding anniversary
trip to Rome — the one
in Italy, not Rome, Ga.
Her column and blog
will return when she
gets back.
Dear Santa,
I know it’s been a
while since you heard
from me, but I have
an important request
— not the pony thing
again, I’ve gotten over
that — and I knew you
were just the person to
ask. Even my husband,
born romantic and
creative gifter, can’t
manage this.
Xavier White,
Dec. 18, son
of Casey and
Terrance White
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leon County schools:
Lunch menus for
Leon County elementary schools. All meals
include low-fat milk.
Today: Cold cut sandwich, tater tots, fruit
cup.
Wednesday: Winter
break begins.
meals on Wheels: The
week’s lunch menus
for Elder Care Services’ Meals on Wheels
program. All meals
include low-fat milk.
Today: Breaded fish,
macaroni and cheese,
green beans, wheat
bread, mandarin
oranges.
Wednesday: Ovenroasted turkey with
gravy, sweet potatoes, collard greens,
corn bread, cranberry
sauce, apple pie.
Thursday: Closed.
friday: Closed.
monday: Meat loaf,
lima beans, okra and
tomatoes, wheat bread,
apple.
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I need time. Not
perpetual youth, just
a week. A few days? I
know you don’t usually
handle such cases, but
you obviously control
the time thing (around
the world in one
night?), and Christmas
is way too close. School
doesn’t even get out till
today!
See, with a little
more time I could
get it all done, just
the way I’d planned.
Those cookies I clipped
the recipe for back in
September, those gorgeous handmade gifts
I bought the materials
for, the cards I wrote
but haven’t had time to
address …
Today in
History
Today’s
Birthdays
1775 Esek Hopkins
was appointed the commander in chief of the
Continental Navy.
1808 Ludwig van
Beethoven’s Symphony
No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67,
and Symphony No. 6 in F
major, Op. 68, also known
as the “Pastoral Symphony,” had their world
premieres in Vienna,
Austria.
1858 Opera composer
Giacomo Puccini was born
in Lucca, Italy.
1864 During the Civil
War, Union Gen. William
Sherman wrote a message to President Abraham Lincoln which said
in part: “I beg to present
you as a Christmas-gift
the city of Savannah.”
1894 French army
officer Alfred Dreyfus was
convicted of treason in
a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges
of anti-Semitism. (Dreyfus
eventually was vindicated.)
1944 During the World
War II Battle of the Bulge,
U.S. Brig. Gen. Anthony
McAuliffe rejected a German demand for surrender, writing “Nuts!” in his
official reply.
1968 Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower in
a private ceremony in New
York.
1977 Three dozen
people were killed when a
250-foot-high grain elevator at the Continental
Grain Company plant in
Westwego, La., exploded.
1984 New York City
resident Bernhard Goetz
shot and wounded four
youths on a Manhattan
subway, claiming they
were about to rob him.
1989 Romanian
President Nicolae
Ceausescu, the last of
Eastern Europe’s hard-line
Communist rulers, was
toppled from power in a
popular uprising. Playwright Samuel Beckett
died in Paris at age 83.
Actress Barbara Billingsley is 94. Actor Hector
Elizondo is 73. ABC News
correspondent Diane
Sawyer is 64. Rock singermusician Rick Nielsen
(Cheap Trick) is 63. Rock
singer-musician Michael
Bacon is 61. Singer Robin
Gibb is 60. Rapper Luther
Campbell is 49. Country
singer-musician Chuck
Mead is 49. Actor Ralph
Fiennes is 47. Actress
Lauralee Bell is 41. Country
singer Lori McKenna is 41.
Actress Dina Meyer is 41.
Actress Heather Donahue
is 35. Actor Chris Carmack
is 29. Actor Logan Huffman
is 20. Singer Jordin Sparks
is 20.
Mingle with other mothers
I totally was going
to Martha Stewart all
those gifts, the kind of
wrapping you do with
raffia and gilded pine
cones and a glue gun,
instead of recycling the
SpongeBob birthday
bags again. I was going
to clean my house, too,
dusting the blinds and
stuff, not just getting
the dirty socks off the
living-room floor.
Please, Santa — I’ve
been good this year.
I stayed within budget. Those shoes don’t
really count. I mean,
they were on sale, and
I knew if I waited for
you the store would
be out of my size. And
I tasted only a few of
the M&M’s I put on
the Christmas cookies for my daughter’s
class. And I swear I’m
getting a handle on
that laundry mountain.
I’ve made every holiday concert, party and
program my kids had,
all 387 of them, and
I’ve dropped change
in every red bucket in
town.
This could be the
perfect Christmas — if
only I had a little more
time!
Sincerely,
Tricia
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It’s the
Capricorn
sun’s first
day back
on the job,
and he gets
right down
to business,
making sure every task on the list is
completed and done the right way.
Energies become focused as the sun
transits through Capricorn. This year’s
tone is even more serious than usual,
as there are only a few days left in the
decade.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
. You’ll take the lead and then
notice som
eone nipping at your heels, ready
to slide into the top position as soon as
you let up. Whatever you do, work with
this person instead of against him.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
If you go along with what everyone else is doing, you’ll get mediocre
results. This holds true in both social
and professional situations today.
Creativity is attractive. Be your own
person.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Prestige will suddenly be more
important to you. You deserve recognition, and it will feel right to get it. This is
no time to modestly deflect accolades.
Graciously take it all in.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
A bright outlook will improve
things across the board. Bring some
emotional sunshine into the scene and
suddenly things are not only more
pleasant, but they work better, too.
you walk down the street seems espeYou’ll enjoy a lively debate or cially fresh. Even the car horns and the
a game of wits. It’s not about who is
smarter or more clever. Rather, it’s noises of society seem like the notes to
a way of interacting that adds some a song you almost recognize.
excitement (and perhaps chemistry) to
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
the events of the day.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
If you don’t feel like doing much,
You are a good actor today. You’ll
be able to keep your feelings a secret it might be because you’re waiting for
if that’s your desire. You might also use something better to come along. You
your skills to blend into an environment will only be drawn to tasks that you can
so that you can quietly observe it.
immediately recognize as being worthy
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
Your household has always been of your intelligence and imagination.
a lively place, but now it’s causing you
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 22)
more stress than you would prefer. It
will settle down shortly, but only after
You bring enthusiasm and vitality
you make a small compromise.
to
your
endeavors of 2010. In January,
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)
Your attempt to always push for- your personal life percolates with new
ward meets with resistance from time interest. You will promote a product
to time, and blindly plowing ahead isn’t
always the best idea. A break in the and make a terrific profit in February.
action will give you some much-needed Your commitment to a company will
downtime to plan your next move.
be rewarded in May. Support a loved
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
There’s nothing better than being one’s learning process in August -with your favorite person, surrounded
by cozy warmth, feeling comfy and you’ll affect destiny. Scorpio and Leo
loved. If that’s not part of your experi- people adore you. Lucky numbers are:
ence today, it will be soon. Be patient. 42, 2, 28, 35 and 18.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
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sation. Key off something that’s in your
You will move at a fast pace surroundings.
dreamy Pisces
C h r i s t m a s things actually turned out.
what feels wrong to you.
moon glows both literally and figuratively. This creEve under the
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Make
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
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(Jan.
20-Feb.
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over the goings ates excitement around you. You’ll be
energetic Aries
Even though you can’t pinpoint
New
Insightful conversations will put
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you wonder
why you get more
on of the day. interesting to others. Though you might
moon,
and the exact reason for your current set
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open
mind
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
most ordinary occurin their beds tonight. The Capricorn piece of your success equation.
of your life, from your personality to
There is no need to impress in your demeanor.
active imagination will
sun reminds us of the importance of
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
your plan.
nary events to the level anyone with lavish gifts or displays of
tradition.
Whether
it’s
a
practice
you
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will
be
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find them in your current mindset.
Plunk down the money. Nothing will be
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23-Oct. 23)
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LEO (July
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You’ll learn about yourself by
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
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Your generosity will be much
your nature connects you closely with
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You are capable of feeling any
way you want to feel. You’ll just have
to remind yourself of this. Morning
melancholy will be a temptation, but
even if you “go there,” it will burn off