TGIF

Yeah, it's a bit cliche', but Owell.


I AM happy it's Friday. Despite the fact that I still had to run out and do some errands. Apparently, the dogs like to have food. Dang them. ;) If not for the fact that there wasn't enough food to last them until Monday, I would've totally stayed home.

Traffic was bad enough today. I wouldn't want to have tried it tomorrow. Plus we are jam-packed with things to do tomorrow too.

As I was standing in LINE at the self Checkout at Wal-Mart (yes, you heard me right) I was thinking that I was glad it was Friday, and that we were about ready to be DONE and on the way home.

J got her 1/2 way progress report for swimmign yesterday. She's doing really well. She needs to work on a few things tho. I told her her teacher said she needs to practice those things, and she says "Mom, how can I practice when we don't have a bog pool"?

Uhhh, ok good point there.

Being the clever Mom I am, I told her she needs to practice them AT swimming lessons. That while her teacher is helping the other kids in her class and she's waiting for her turn, that she can work on some of the things she needs to do.

"Oh, Ok."

I have more to post about T-ball last night, but the hubster is out scaring the killdeer Momma with the lawnmower and needs me to find a clean shirt for him. :-P These are HIS shirts, surely you think HE'D know where they are. That's where you (and I too appparently) would be wrong. :-P

New Song

I put up a new song for the blog. The Family has declared this as being my theme song. :snicker:

Toothpaste

Ok, I've been meaning to write this for some time now, I just haven't seemed to manage to find the time.

I grew up using Crest Toothpaste. When the hubster and I got together, he was a Colgate guy. In the interest of saving $, as I was a SAHW I went ahead and just started using Colgate. No need to buy 2 different kinds of toothpaste. Toothpaste is Toothpaste, right?

This went on for years until I was PG with Johanna and I couldn't STAND Colgate. In fact I ended up using Crest Kids Toothpaste, cause it was the only thing that didn't make me nauseated.

Afterwards, I went back to Colgate. Until I got PG with Ava. Then I just wanted to use Crest. Of course I could barely stand to brush my teeth with her either.

So A while back, I bought the hubster a 4pk of Colgate at Sams Club. Later that week I was in WM and they had it for $1/tube. You could buy 5. I had a coupon. So now we are at 9 tubes for him. At the same time, I bought myself a 2 pack of Crest.

I can't remember excatly when all this was, but I can tell you that since then, The hubster has gone through the 4 pack I bought at Sam's Club, and I am STILL using the same tube of Crest.

HTH can he go through 4 tubes when I haven't even gotten through ONE? I'm not brushing any less. There's the same amount in each tube? Is he just a wasteful slob? Probably!

I'd also like to add, that I enjoy having different colored toothpaste than he does. It is now GLARING obvious which one of us is spitting all over the sink/faucet/counter when we brush, and I will give you a hint here, it's NOT me! LOL He used to try and say how did I KNOW it was him. Well now I know, and he can't dispute it! Muahahahahahahaha

Anyway, that's my Toothpaste story. LOL

Do you guys have a brand you like better than the other? Is it the same one your spouse prefers? Is it the kind you used as a kid?

Discuss....

Dental Implants

It's coming up on year since Eric had the first of his dental implant surgeries. It all started when he discovered that one of his molars had cracked. Thankfully for him, our dentist was able to see him right away. That was the good part. The bad part was that it was cracked all the down and needed to be extracted. Not really what he wanted to hear.

No one really wants a missing tooth. My first thought was, at least it's a back tooth. It's not as noticeable as a missing front tooth. Apparently, just leaving it alone isn't a great idea. Something about the remaining tooth not having pressure on it from the missing tooth and getting all gnarly and out of control. Eric definitely didn't want that.

Another option was for him to get a Bridge. This involved a lot of work, including getting the surrounding teeth, capped. Since the other teeth were fine, he really saw no reason to go through all that.

That left the last option which was getting an Implant. Our insurance wouldn't cover it, but it ended up being about the same cost as the bridge would've been.

If you aren't familiar with Dental Implants, basically they implant a small metal rod or rods into the jawbone, and then later they go in and attach a crown to that. It's a lot simpler than having to get bridgework done.

Eric went for several visits with the Implant Specialist. The crown was put on by our Family Dentist.

People often ask him what his experience was like. Was it painful, does it feel odd, etc? He is quick to tell them that it was completely worth it, and he'd definitely have it done again. Overall it was great, and it certainly hurt a lot less than a root canal! They gave him some sedatives to take, and he really doesn't remember much about it. Heck, he doesn't even remember my hitting a deer on our way home from the surgery, but that's a whole other story! LOL