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[lizzybennet]

Cici is coming this morning to "negotiate her salary" for the past three days. Jeff from Map Magazine took care of all the dirty work. He called her and explained the situation. What a relief.

Zack lost a tooth last night! One of his front teeth has been hanging on for weeks. The adult tooth has already surfaced, but that baby tooth just wouldn't let go. It was flapping around in there, just tempting a passer-by to yank it out. Zack wouldn't let anyone try and pull it. Finally, it came out last night when he was eating peanut butter toast. Do you remember how cool it is to loose your front teeth? Suddenly you have a huge gap in your mouth, and you can hardly keep your tongue from exploring it several times an hour. And, of course, you can put various random objects in there and pretend they are teeth (my favorite was a peice of corn.) We had to figure up what the exchange rate was for the tooth fairy. At home he gets $2, which here would be about 16 rmb. We gave him 10 rmb because we didn't have any 5's. He woke up very, very early and was thrilled to see that 10 under his pillow :) It's nice to feel so generous, lol. Now he's asleep again! Crazy kid. .

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It was a mercury dime when I was Zach's age. Of course that little dime would buy as much or more than two dollars does today. I could go to the movie matine and see Tarzan or Randolph Scott on the big silver screen for a dime. I could buy a sack of hot boiled peanuts. I could buy a candy bar and a soft drink for a dime. It was the five and dime store then, not the dollar store. When I got sick and the doctor came to the house ( yes, house calls!) I would usually receive a shot of penicillin and a shiny silver dollar from my Granny. Now that was a real fortune! Times have changed. Bill