Leon Palmer

This is one of the first photos taken of our little "Fred" (yet another nickname from left field) after she came home from the hospital.

The picture frame....

I was self employed at the time and one of my best customers was a little late paying a final bill. My wife kept asking me to "make the call."  She was my best customer and I just didn't want to. I knew she'd pay. I also knew she wasn't one of those who purposefully left what was now my money in her account until it earned another twenty three cents interest for her.

Finally my wife asked if she could call. "Alright, go ahead," I said.

She called.

"Oh here it is, I'm sorry," said my customer as she found my bill under a stack of other envelopes she hadn't gone through yet. "By the way, did you get the baby present I sent?"

"I was so embarrassed, I don't ever want to do that again," my wife told me later.

"Wasn't my idea," I said.