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26 . the catoctin banner . August 2010 . www.thecatoctinbanner.com<br />
happily ever after<br />
Random Thoughts From a Cluttered Mind<br />
By Valerie Nusbaum<br />
<strong>The</strong> other day I was looking<br />
out my back door, and I spied the<br />
neighbor’s cat lying on a bench in<br />
my herb garden. He looked quite<br />
serene. <strong>The</strong>n I noticed a beautiful<br />
blue jay circling one of my cedar<br />
trees. I glanced to my right and saw<br />
a gorgeous bright red cardinal sitting<br />
on the back fence. <strong>The</strong>re was a baby<br />
bunny poking its tiny head out from<br />
under our garden shed, and I saw a<br />
cute little chipmunk scamper across<br />
the paving stones. Two dogs were<br />
playing and chasing a butterfly in<br />
their backyard. It was like something<br />
from a fairy tale, and I swear I felt<br />
just like Snow White.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the cat pounced on the<br />
bunny and tried to eat it, the jay<br />
started squawking and dove for the<br />
chipmunk and one of the dogs did<br />
something that never, ever happens in<br />
a fairy tale.<br />
Thought #1 – Real life is different<br />
from the stuff you read about when<br />
you were a kid. <strong>The</strong>re are trolls and<br />
monsters and fire-breathing dragons<br />
all around, but they look a lot like<br />
people we know. Prince Charming<br />
doesn’t exist, and I hate to burst your<br />
bubble ladies, but we girls aren’t<br />
always in “princess” mode either. If<br />
I slept on a pea, you’d find it a year<br />
from now squashed and rotten under<br />
the mattress.<br />
I married a wonderful man. I<br />
reminded myself of that fact as I<br />
wiped off some kind of sticky goo<br />
from the refrigerator door handle.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goo didn’t look like anything we<br />
had in our kitchen so I decided that<br />
I didn’t want to know what it was. I<br />
stuck my hand under scalding water<br />
and used anti-bacterial cleanser on<br />
everything.<br />
Thought #2 – Marriage is all<br />
about “give” and “take.” I give<br />
Randy a lecture, and he takes a walk<br />
around the block. He gives me advice<br />
on how I shouldn’t wear those gray<br />
exercise pants in public, and I take a<br />
skillet and throw it at him. It’s a nice<br />
skillet. I got it for my anniversary.<br />
We have a ghost living in our<br />
house. That’s the only explanation<br />
I can think of for the disappearing<br />
light bulbs. I buy new light bulbs and<br />
store them in the cabinet under the<br />
bathroom sink. <strong>The</strong> other day I went<br />
in there to get a light bulb and the<br />
box was empty. When I questioned<br />
Randy, he swore up and down that<br />
he would never put an empty box<br />
back in the cabinet, so it must have<br />
been the ghost.<br />
Thought #3 – Some things just<br />
aren’t worth arguing about. It takes<br />
way too much energy to get worked<br />
up over little things. I save my rants<br />
for the big stuff. Refer to Thought<br />
#2.<br />
My mom was visiting a while<br />
back after she’d had dental surgery,<br />
and our dinner conversation went<br />
something like this:<br />
Me: “I saw Yo-Yo Ma on<br />
television this morning.”<br />
Mom: “What?”<br />
Me: “I said I saw Yo-Yo Ma on<br />
television this morning.”<br />
Mom: “What do you want? You<br />
keep saying ‘Yo Ma’ and when I<br />
answer you don’t tell me what you<br />
want.”<br />
Randy: “Isn’t he the guy with<br />
the long hair who looks like Doug<br />
Henning?”<br />
Me: “I think you mean Yanni.<br />
Yo-Yo Ma plays the cello or violin or<br />
something like that.”<br />
Mom: “Speaking of Yonnie, I<br />
saw her at the beauty shop the other<br />
day.”<br />
Randy: “I hate Brussels sprouts.”<br />
Thought #4 – Sometimes it’s best<br />
just to keep going. Not everything<br />
needs to be explained. Some things<br />
can’t be.<br />
Randy and I took ballroom<br />
dancing lessons. It was a long<br />
time ago, and several years before<br />
“Dancing with the Stars” came on<br />
television. We thought it would be<br />
something fun that we could do<br />
together. It was fun, but we were so<br />
terrible at it that the instructor gave<br />
us our very own corner of the room<br />
and she told us to stay in it. Maybe it<br />
was because I can’t tell my left from<br />
my right, and I kept running into<br />
the other dancers. Or maybe it was<br />
my uncontrollable laughter when<br />
Randy got up on his toes and made<br />
his “graceful” hands during the chacha.<br />
That was bad enough, but the<br />
instructor told all the men to put on<br />
seductive facial expressions and poor<br />
Randy just looked like something<br />
was too tight. I’m laughing now as I<br />
write this….<br />
Thought #5 – Look for the humor<br />
in everyday things. Not everyone will<br />
agree with you and sometimes you’ll<br />
get put in a corner, but who cares?<br />
You’ll get a certificate like everyone<br />
else when it’s over.<br />
I’ll do my dreaming with my<br />
eyes wide open, and I’ll do<br />
my looking back with my eyes<br />
closed. - Tony Arata,<br />
American Song Writer<br />
Imagination Zone<br />
Children and Teens at the Thurmont Regional library<br />
by Janet Vogel<br />
Children’s Services Supervisor, Thurmont Regional library<br />
Even though we’re already in<br />
August, there’s still time to sign up<br />
for the Summer Reading Club. Kids<br />
can “Make a Splash” and win prizes<br />
just for visiting the library, and teens<br />
can “Make Waves” and earn chances<br />
to win $10.00 gift cards for every<br />
two hours they read. Everyone who<br />
registers is automatically entered into<br />
drawings for great prizes! Stop by the<br />
Thurmont Regional Library or visit<br />
www.fcpl.org/src to register and for<br />
more information. You can register<br />
any time between now and August<br />
14, so stop by and Make a Splash!<br />
Teens! Don’t miss the biggest<br />
party of the summer on the library’s<br />
deck. Your Summer Reading Club<br />
party is this Saturday, August 7, at<br />
2:00 p.m. We’ll have a DJ, games,<br />
food and more. Free Rita’s Ice for all<br />
who attend!<br />
Register today for our annual<br />
MarioKart tournament and the last<br />
Wii Wednesday of the summer on<br />
August 11 at 2:30 p.m.<br />
Meet real animals on August 14 at<br />
the Children’s Summer Reading Club<br />
Finale Party beginning at 2:30 p.m.<br />
with free Rita’s Ice, games and crafts.<br />
Wildlife Adventures will take the<br />
stage at 3:30 p.m. with their “Wild<br />
Tales” program that allows YOU to<br />
get up close and personal with wild<br />
animals!<br />
Our Movie Mondays continue<br />
in August with Monsters, Inc., on<br />
August 9 at 6:00 p.m. and Cars on<br />
August 16 at 5:45 p.m. Bring your<br />
own dessert or picnic dinner to enjoy<br />
while watching movies on our big<br />
screen and have a fun family evening<br />
out at the library. If you love coming<br />
to the library to watch movies on our<br />
big screen, check out our monthly<br />
“Lunch & A Movie” program.<br />
Bring your own lunch and settle in<br />
for a new movie each month. Kit<br />
Kittredge: An American Girl starts at<br />
noon on August 13. We’ll also show<br />
<strong>The</strong> Little Mermaid at 2:00 p.m.<br />
on August 28 for our Sing-Along<br />
Saturday. Warm up your vocal cords<br />
and be prepared to sing along!<br />
Have you enjoyed our summer<br />
Yoga programs? We will have classes<br />
for kids and teens in August and will<br />
continue some Yoga classes this fall.<br />
Register for any of the following<br />
classes by calling the library or<br />
visiting www.fcpl.org: Yoga for Kids<br />
& Teens ages 10-13: August 5 at<br />
2:30 pm; Yoga for Teens ages 14-<br />
18: August 5 at 4:00 p.m.; Yoga for<br />
Preschoolers ages 3-5: August 19 at<br />
10:00 a.m.; Yoga for Kids ages 6-9:<br />
August 19 at 11:00 a.m.<br />
Many of the library’s regular<br />
programs for kids and teens of all<br />
ages continue in August. Stop by<br />
the Thurmont Regional Library on<br />
Moser Road, call the Children’s<br />
Department at 301-600-7215 or visit<br />
our Web site (http://www.fcpl.org/<br />
information/branches/thurmont/) for<br />
more information about story times,<br />
art programs and more! Please note<br />
the library’s new hours effective July<br />
1: Monday–Thursday 10:00 a.m.–<br />
8:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10:00<br />
a.m.–5:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00<br />
p.m.–5:00 p.m.<br />
In the #1 Hair Salon<br />
In the Orchard Shopping Center, 213 Tippin Dr.<br />
Now at 2 locations:<br />
101 Tippin Drive<br />
(appointment only)<br />
213 Tippin Drive<br />
(walk-ins)<br />
301-305-7895<br />
Or 301-271-1152 or 271-5402<br />
Hours: Mon-Thurs 9-7<br />
Weds 8-4<br />
Sat 8-2<br />
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Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday<br />
(65 & older)<br />
We Invite You to Share Your Good News!<br />
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monthly calendar<br />
1st Sunday of each month....Woodsboro Fire Co. Breakfast 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon.<br />
1st & 3rd Sunday May - October, Saint Anthony Shrine Yard Sale & Flea Market. US#15<br />
and St. Anthony Rd, Emmitsburg. $10/spot. Call 240-529-2737.<br />
Mondays .............Bagged leaf & grass curbside pickup at 6:00 a.m. for Thurmont residents.<br />
1st Monday .........Avid Readers Book Club, Thurmont Library. 6:30p.m. 16 &older.<br />
2nd Monday... .....Dragons and Droids, Emmitsburg Branch Library. 4:00 p.m. Ages 8-12.<br />
3rd Tuesday... ......Explorer’s Club, Thurmont Regional Library. 7:00 p.m. Grades 3-5.<br />
3rd Thursday ......Breakfast at Bollinger’s Restaurant, Employees of Claire Frock Company.<br />
9:00 a.m.
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