4/26/16

Annette hadn't remembered to wear her contacts during the first day of teaching swimming to the polywogs and thought that, though Natalie's wingspan in the water wasn't bad, her face seemed to be getting mighty pink and could possibly use some zinc oxide on it.

Initially, Terrence was thrilled to finally meet Pepé Le Pew and ran up to give him a big hug, but then one of the children stepped on his tail, which scared him, and the whole afternoon sort of went south after that...

Herb wanted to put together the Mount Rushmore puzzle, but Tina and Lois preferred the one with a bushel basket filled with puppies. In the end, his pouting got to be so bad that Lois turned away from him altogether and didn't speak a word to him again until she served him his breakfast... cereal and instant coffee!

4/21/16

While on deployment, Private Ernie Whitelye was ecstatic to receive this snapshot of his wife Marietta, announcing her pregnancy. She did look a tad far along for five months, but that was the only time he'd been home in the last fourteen!

Until they could afford a truck with their company name "Stack 'n Jack Bricklayers" emblazoned on the side, co-owner Jack knew that his best opportunity for drawing attention to his company was to put apprentice Randolph in front near the street with his shirt off.

It wasn't that Barnaby didn't enjoy all the presents that Keith gave him for Christmas. He just really had his heart set on a new brandy cask to go around his neck, especially since ski season was on full swing!

4/19/16

After what was clearly a snafu at the hairdresser's, Mary Lou was reluctant to be seen in public and almost skipped Bud's party, but finally she decided to tell everyone that it was a new cut, done on purpose, called "The Hedgehog" and that she was actually going to be starting a trend!

Everyone down at Rhinewurst Cafe seemed to be having a great time and enjoying the array of drinks until Heinrich, fresh from a tour of French wine country, declared that the Merlot stank to high heaven and that there was no way he was going to allow anyone to drink that swill!

All the dance moms just loved the pose that Albertine struck for her recital portrait although it was later discovered that at least part of it was due to her mother accidentally sewing one of the cuffs on her costume to the decorative poof on her right hip!

4/14/16

After a rough day bagging groceries at Buckworth IGA, Pete could hardly wait to get home and pop the top on an ice cold brewskie, but unfortunately was in such a hurry to bring the bottle to his mouth, he took out one of his front teeth with it!

Any time Rosamund was feeling low, she headed over to St. Joan Cathedral and visited Sister Celeste who was always known to have a ready smile as well as the very latest, "A priest, a rabbi and a minister walk into a bar..." jokes!

It took Barbara four long months to whittle herself down enough to squeeze into her wedding gown and now that it was time for the cake, she practically had to be held back from face-planting into it and burrowing from one side to the other!

4/12/16

Most of Cassandra's bridesmaids were thrilled for Wayne and her, but Angelique had been strangely reticent during the ceremony and now seemed downright hostile. (And the silver-plated cake knife had also gone missing moments before this snapshot!)

As soon as Terri got home from work, she called the Transmark bus company to complain that, while it was nice that the stop on 8th & Elm had a canopy over it, the shelter collected two inches of water, which was going to take all evening to dry out of her bell bottoms!

Telma had instructed her husband Raymond to show her cousins     Tisa and Phaenelle where the guest powder room was, but had no clue that the three of them would disappear for 25 minutes during the party, emerging only after the repeated pounding on the door from Aunt Helen...

4/7/16

Bonita Jo was so ecstatic to see Ronnie Lee during his liberty after seven months at sea that she immediately brought him home, drew the curtains, put on some romantic music... and covered the lamps with plastic protectors.

Although heavy rains did cause their share of problems for those who dwelled in the nearby mountains, the upside was that Cory, who lived near the run-off drains, suddenly inherited a large swimming pool. He just had to be certain to overcome the current if he wanted to be home (or in the same county!) at dinnertime.

Wilhelm, Bruce and Antony were at first reluctant to agree to being counselors for the summer at Camp Conception, but after they met all the gals who made up the balance of the staff, they decided they liked the odds and were happy to come.

4/5/16

Under normal circumstances, Arch wasn't much of a gossip, but he couldn't believe his ears when Suzette called and told him all about who had spit up on Mayor Ramsey's tie and who went doo-doo in their dah-dah at the Shriner's Circus.

Lolene was desperate to hire a stripper for Elaine's birthday bash, but after shelling out for all the food, spiked punch, decorations and other party supplies, there was only enough dough leftover to hire Mort, whose ecdysiastic talents were minimal.

Knowing that he was not supposed to be swimming in the fountain at Falhaber Park, at the first sign of police Jimmy hopped over into some foliage and began a futile attempt to disguise himself as a piece of statuary.