tooth update

Well to let everyone know.. yesterday I had my tooth extracted. YUP yanked right out.. YUP it hurt.. Yup it's annoying.. Nope nothing is there to replace it yet.. unless you count this little retainer thingy I have to wear.. that isn't real comfortable.. but does make it look like I have a tooth there..
I took 2 Valium before the surgery.. guess what?? didn't do a lot for me.. next time I am going for 3!
My lip was numb until 8:30 this morning.. Which is really strange.. the stuff was only suppose to last 12 hours.. but talking to Kristin (the assistant) this morning, she said that the doc used A LOT of anesthetic.. so I guess that is normal..
Last night I took some pain meds so I slept OK. And I am taking Advil today to help with the pain and to keep the swelling down..
And I got the day off today.. so that was OK..
Not much else to report..
I am thinking of making a red velvet cake for Valentine's day.. and if I can find red fondant.. I make may the one on Karen's blog.. will have to see...
That's about all..
More later
shawn

Better days...

Well I just thought that you would like to know.. I am MUCH better today.. No ranting on and on.. But I saw this and HAD to put it on the blog.. I mean HOW perfect??



This was just too funny.. I saw it and thought of Dawn right away!!

Have a great Friday..
shawn

WARNING... rant!

WARNING... RANT ALERT!!!

Don't you hate it when you are driving along and the idiot in the lane next to you decides that your lane would be great to be in? No turn signal, no notice just BAM.. AND they are probably on their cell phone too! I mean didn't they pay the extra $.25 for those optional turn signals?? Or didn't they remember that they are suppose to turn those on when cutting someone off in traffic!?!.
I am usually a pretty nice driver!!.. (usually)... If someone has a turn signal on, I will slow and let the in. I mean what happens if I don't? I get to my destination what?.. 15 seconds sooner???
And when you merge into traffic from a ramp?? HELLO ZIPPER EFFECT?!?!?! really people, it isn't that hard.. every other one..
And I am not sure why people have to look at a stopped car.. for what ever reason.. HELLO people.. they had an accident.. yup.. bumper is crunched.. yup.. they are having a bad day!!! Get over it and move on!!!





AND then there is the wonderful customer service calls.. you know the ones.. press 1 for blah.. press 2 for blah.. press 3 for blah... and if you think that you are EVER going to get to talk to a real person!! Not to mention those that give you the option of leaving a message, which will be returned in "2 business days"... Well I can tell you that if you EVER have to call MinuteClinic at their 1-866 number... be prepared to NEVER talk to someone..! I called on Friday.. pressed 4.. was on hold for 25 minutes.. when I thought that.. hey I will leave a message.. According to the recording.. someone would get back to me "within" 2 business days.. RRRRIIIIGGGHHHTTT!!!! so on Tuesday.. since I still hadn't heard from them.. I called again.. Again.. 28 minutes on hold.. (I was at lunch and just had the speaker on).. and then AGAIN... left a message.. OOOOKKKKAAAYYY!!! so on Wednesday.. after STILL not hearing back.. I went onto their website.. got an email address.. and was assured that someone would get back to my email with in the day.. so I emailed.. WELL.. Today is Thursday.. Let's just say that pressing "0" and strongly stating the facts will at least get you to a real live person.. AND a bit more complaining will actually get someone to call you back.. OK.. it was 3pm.. and I actually talked to the real person at 7:53am... but they still actually called me back.. and even followed up with an email..

Don't even want to talk about my day at work.. and the fact that I have to have my tooth pulled on Tuesday.. and the lab that won't even give a dental employee a discount.. but hey.. that's another rant...
I did hear that Valium is defiantly the way to go... and Pat did say that he would take the day off work and drive me to work and come back and pick me up..

Ok, thanks for reading.. hope your Friday Eve was better than mine!
shawn

BAD weekend...

Well all started out as a wonderful weekend.. Hannah had won tickets to see a preview of SPACE BUDDIES.. which.. I have to admit.. was cute.. too cute for an 11 almost 12 year old, but it was a free movie.. So since Hannah had won 4 tickets she had her friend Kyla stay over Friday night.. so we could just head over to Southdale for the movie..
Now.. backtrack just a bit.. Thursday night Hannah said her throat hurt.. A trip to Minute Clinic and a strep test later.. the quick test was negative.. OK great.. fine.. no problem.. she just needed rest.. well.. Saturday afternoon.. after the movie.. after Kyla went home.. I get a call.. the long test came back positive.. GREAT!! TERRIFIC!! This is the 2nd time in 2 months.. the Nurse Practitioner was concerned.. Hannah could hear me on the phone with her.. so she was all upset.. Trip to Target for Antibiotics.. and a recommendation to see her pediatrician.. OK fine..

Somewhere in there.. oh that's right.. while we were at the movie.. 1/2 of a tooth fell off.. NOTHING happening.. just broke right off.. IN THE FRONT!! so I call the dentist I work for and explain that tooth #6 (the tooth from hell...) broke.. and it's sharp.. YOU know what he asks me?? So should we pull it today?? WHAT?? HU?? UM.. NO!!!! just fix me up.. yeah, I know I need to do something... (when hell freezes over)... but not today!! HELLO!!




So this is my option.. an IMPLANT for the tooth.. which requires that I have the tooth pulled and bone grafting done.. then ANOTHER surgery to put the implant in!! WHICH is just what it looks like... a screw!! granted it's titanium.. but it is still a screw!!!

So my weekend, which at one point looked so promising.. turned into something awful..
I just wonder what I did for all this bad karma....

shawn

OH, I did do some stamping though.. so there is a bright spot.. I will take some pics and post them soon..

MISMATCHED!

OK, have you heard of these?? Little Mismatched socks!! Hannah has been wanting these for a while and we found some today.. (In fact.. she got these as one of the "sets").. I didn't know that they were that hard to find.. ANYWAY the deal is you get 3 different socks.. they are NEVER matched.. Which will make doing the laundry interesting that is for sure. We actually got 2 sets of 3 and a big 'ole large thing of 9.. so that was pretty exciting if I say so myself..

Yesterday (Saturday) I had a quarterly meeting with my upline's upline's upline.. or something like that.. It was in River Falls this time.. usually it is just in St Paul, but there were issues.. so off to RF.. Which is 45 miles away.. not terrible.. but whatever.. We did 6 projects.. and as usual, after these meetings I feel pretty good about SU.. So now I am at a stand still.. and to top it off.. I really like the Big Shot.. I will post pictures from the meeting later.. AND regionals are here in Minneapolis this year.. soooo.... you get the picture.

Not a lot of other news.. Hannah did get moved up to the more advanced Ballet class last week.. so here is this 6th grader in with 9-10 graders for Ballet.. I was surprised by it! I mean, I really didn't KNOW that she was THAT good.. I mean I think that she is good.. but I am MOM.. so this was pretty cool!! She doesn't have school tomorrow.. so she is off to a friends house for the day!

I found what I have been missing too.. I volunteered at the middle school Friday morning... Not even in Hannah's class.. It felt great!! and then I went back to her old elementary school to surprise her teacher from the last 2 years.. and stayed and helped there too.. AND.. I felt great!! I missed volunteering.. WHO KNEW... (K- this is much easier than the baby route!!)

That is about all.. will post more soon.. promise!!! and maybe even start some stamping... who knows???

shawn

Last Nights Adventure

For what ever reason... Hannah won tickets to see a preview of the movie Inkheart... I don't know why really she won them.. something about a story she had to write before Winter break... blah blah blah... But that is beside the point.. she won 4 tickets to the preview.. Which was last night.
We were able to change her clarinet lesson to 1/2 hour earlier so we could go, we were lucky that Jeff's student before her had to cancel for whatever reason, which by the way, I think happens a lot...
ANYWAY.. we got to Southdale Theaters about 6:40 for the 7pm showing. They seat 400 people for a preview in 1 theater. AND it was full.. We showed up just as Hannah's best friend Kyla showed up with her parents. Which was nice.. Hannah and Kyla sat with Pat.. I sat with Kari and Greg. I also got to see a TON of other people there too.. LIKE Karen (yup, Poodle Karen.. see earlier blog about my friends...) Who I did try to corrupt her, her ex, and the boys and have them line jump, but nope.. they wouldn't do it..
Hannah and Kyla were both given t-shirts... and I got one too.. they are YOUTH sizes.. so actually Hannah got 2! I tried giving mine to the young lady sitting beside me, but she didn't want it because it would have been too small for her...
OKAY.. sorry, back to the movie.. Pat and I liked it.. Greg and Kari liked it.. Hannah and Kyla liked it.. Poodle Karen liked it.. as did Steve.. Ben (Karen's oldest) said it wasn't like the book... which I haven't read.. but have been meaning to for awhile now, said he liked it..
I really hope that it does well when it opens. It was a good movie. Pat did comment that he could see tons of possibilities for sequels.. or a weekly TV show based on the book..
Hope you all have a good day...
shawn

VERY Important and Historic Day!

OH yeah.. there is THAT one too.. BUT the one I am talking about is DAWN!! Today is my BFF's Birthday!! And since it is her Birthday... I think anyone who reads this should bop over to her blog and wish her a great day!!!

Now I don't have something from James T Kirk for her, and it's not because I didn't look for something from her favorite Star Trek guy... But I did send her a gift.. which she has had at her house for almost a week now.. and didn't open.. SURE, she opens her Christmas gifts early... but not the B'day stuff.. Which I guess is okay.. But if you can add something about Star Trek in her b'day wishes that would be wonderful!! She would get a kick out of it!!!!



SO... Happy Birthday DAWN!!!!!
shawn