Brush with Crime

Belle had no idea that she saw more than gas pumpers and donut eaters two weeks ago at work. It was only her second week on the job when distraught parents and intense police descended on the store demanding to see the videotape of the store's ATM machine.

In addition to Belle's receiving a substantial pay increase to $8.00 per hour after only one month at the job, Belle also reports that a co-worker was reprimanded this week for having obscene figures stenciled on her fingernails, which were plainly visible to customers. Thinking that this may be just the tip of the iceberg, Belle can't wait to see what happens next.

When Grandma Mabry "got technical" it meant that she showed me exactly how she prepared fresh frozen sweet corn in her kitchen. When Aunt Jo "got technical" last month it meant that she got a computer and internet service. The same room that was once the home of Grandma Marg Mabry on the Minnesota leg of her Greyhound bus travels is now home to Jo's speedy Pentium.

Jo can now be reached via email and has genealogy software in place for family recordkeeping. Send her a note first chance you get!

Samantha survived dental surgery and her molars are moving forward nicely to fill the spaces left by the "extra teeth". When asked, she shyly displayed a slight glistening smile then quickly clamped her lips shut. "Nevermind the fruity lip gloss" she exclaimed. "I can't eat my Laffy Taffy!"

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

After a two month driving hiatus while her ailing Dodge Daytona rested up, Natalie is merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, back behind the wheel.

Natalie keeps a full calendar with work, school, family and friends. We know Grandma helped Nat get her car repaired for safety reasons, but can't help but think there's some relief in less chaufferuring, too.

SHORT HAIR RULES!

Not even her new blonde curls could convince Ann to grow her hair long again. Three years after being totally, shinily bald, Ann has resolved to become a Short Haired Person for life. With a cash Valentine's Day gift from her mother, Ann made a very rare visit to a hair salon and said "cut it short". The number of compliments since received have cinched it. Shorter is cuter!