"So what are you getting Greg for Valentine's Day?" she asked.
I looked at her, a blank expression on my face. Valentine's Day? It hadn't even crossed my mind. On a romantic scale of one to 10, I am probably a fraction.
"I've planned a long weekend at the inn where we spent our honeymoon. It's a surprise. Bill won't even know until I pick him up at the office Friday afternoon," she gushed.
Greg and I honeymooned at Kings Dominion, where the most romantic attraction was Yogi's Cave.
This is my curse: Give me a romantic weekend in February, I see the Visa bill in March. Buy me chocolates in a heart-shaped box, I see Jenny Craig waving a copy of a Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. Perfume, I sneeze.
"So what would you like for Valentine's Day?" she asked sarcastically.
Easy. A gift certificate from Minute Maids cleaning service, the elimination of Court TV from my cable dial and a Chinese restaurant in Glen Burnie that delivers.
XXXOOO, Glen Burnie.
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Indoor golf takes on a new challenge when duffers follow a course in the Comfort Inn Hotel in Linthicum during the Fourth Annual Rotary Charitable Indoor Golf Tournament on March 4. A shot gun tee-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Glen Burnie, this event is one of the more popular fund-raisers for the chapter, explains spokesman Ed DeGrange. All profits will benefit local charities.
Registration fees are $55 per golfer, $220 for a foursome, $30 for a nongolfer. Program sponsor ads cost $25.
Exclusive sponsorship of an individual hole is available for $100. Sponsors have the option of designing the hole.
Dinner will be served from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A dessert table will follow and an open bar will be available during the event.
Players -- women, men and foursomes -- with the best scores will receive trophies, and an award will be given for the winner of a hole-in-one contest.
Because of space restrictions, registration is limited to 144 golfers. While the deadline is March 1, early registration is recommended.
For information call Carl Hein, 757-0323 or Ray Streib, 647-2727.
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Area youth are invited to a valentine dance from 7 p.m. to 1 Friday at the Country Club Estates Recreation Association hall on Paul Marr Drive.
Admission is $2.50. Adult chaperons are welcome as guests of the association.
Refreshments will be sold throughout the evening. Proceeds from the dance will benefit the CCERA swim team.
=1 For information, call Susan Martin, 761-0317.
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This week's cold weather may provide the perfect opportunity t stay inside and clean off a few bookshelves.
Fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, old catalogs and children's books good condition are needed for a book sale May 6 at the Historical and Genealogical Research Center at the Kuethe Library, 5 Crain Highway S.E.
Books may be dropped off during the center's regular working hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday or 760-9679 may be called to make other arrangements.
The Historical Society is selling $5 raffle tickets for an "old-fashioned" farm dinner for eight served at the Benson-Hammond House in Linthicum.
Prepared and served by volunteers dressed in period costume, the dinner permits the winner a glimpse of 19th-century customs and hospitality.
Chances may be purchased at the Kuethe Library, Benson-Hammond House or the Browse & Buy Shoppe in Severna Park.
/# For information, call 768-9518.
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Bingo Blast XXXII is scheduled for Sunday at the Church of th Good Shepherd, 1451 Furnace Ave.
A $20 donation includes a roast beef dinner, beverages and a chance to win a guaranteed jackpot of $500.
To reserves tickets, call 766-8810.
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Kathy Bourgard of the Hospice of the Chesapeake will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Glen Burnie Chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the hall of Holy Trinity Church, 7434 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd.
Ms. Bourgard will explain services offered by the hospice. A question-and-answer period will follow.
Retired federal employees and their spouses are invited to join. For information, call Dave Burke, 761-2934.
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A meeting of the South Glen Burnie Coin Club is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the VFW Post 160, 2597 Dorsey Road.
The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. so members can examine the items being auctioned.
For information on joining the club, call Jim Osborne, 766-2574.