The Christmas decor at the Bruce red-light, intersection of Hwy 9 and 32 looks great. It’s new this year– lighted deer and a sleigh and really adds a lot to the corners.
Glenda Aron’s Antiques and More store next to Pizza Palace on the Bruce Square is already expanding. The antique mall is expanding to the adjacent building. Glenda said she already has most of those spaces rented out, too.
Lisa McNeece
Older sister Celia had two grandbabies due the same day– December 28, but one of them came last week.
Her son Colby and wife Amanda had their baby boy named Will on Friday.
Celia and Lanny took five-year-old Jackson up to the hospital that afternoon, but didn’t tell him what was going on.
When they got to the hospital room, Jackson’s other grandmother was holding the newborn baby.
“Who is that?” Jackson asked. “Is that Will?”
Yes, they all replied, it is.
When another aunt entered the room, Jackson took the lead in telling her about the baby with three words. “Will got out,” he said.
If you haven’t driven by The Journal at night in the past couple of days, please do so. We found a silver tree to go with Joel’s antique color wheel and it is perfect.
I got the tree in Memphis Saturday. The tree is thin– a pencil tree– and looks just like an artificial tree, thick with the bushy limbs, but the fronds are metallic, reflecting the colors from top to bottom.
I was merrily wrapping Christmas presents Sunday afternoon and going at a pretty good pace, when I opened a sack from a Memphis store, pulled out a piece of clothing and saw the white security tag attached.
It has been more than six months since this last happened to me, but it makes me so mad for several reasons every time.
Sure it’s embarrassing to “beep” at the door when you are leaving a store, but I’d much rather be embarrassed at the store, than get home and try to figure out what to do next. What is the point of the tags if they don’t beep at the door?
Both times, the salesperson checking me out was too busy talking to the other salespersons to focus on the matter at hand– which is dealing with the paying customer.
The last time I tried to remove a security tag with a paper clip and couldn’t ever get to the right spot. Someone told me they had removed one with a hammer, someone else told me they used a process they saw on-line that included lighter fluid (no thanks) and someone else told me they tried to remove one and it did not turn out well.
Thank goodness the article of clothing is for son Marshall. I thought he would get a laugh out of opening a present with the security tag attached.
The Journal will come out next week on Tuesday, instead of Wednesday. So we will have early deadlines. Please bring anything you need in that paper to us on Friday.
The following week, for New Year’s, the paper will come out on the regular day, Wednesday.
Also Journal subscriptions are due December 31. If you are not sure if yours is due, look on your address label or give us a call, and we will be glad to check it for you.