My Million Dollar Mouth

I have been going  to the dentist since I was a little girl. If it wasnt one thing, it was another. I have had everything done in my mouth. Except braces. One dentist I had when i was in grade school mentioned i might need braces one time, but I knew even then my teeth were straight and i didnt need braces. I have had multiple deep root cleanings, PAINFUL!  i have had Root canals, also painful and also one bridge and caps and fillings. Last year i had Implants started in the back, but I found out the teeth were not part of the 3600.00 price, so that gets put on hold for now.

Its not like I havent tried to do what was recommended for me to do. I was told if I quit smoking, my teeth would start to heal. So, after many years, I finally quit smoking. My gums turned pink and pretty, but my teeth didnt fallow suit. I was told to quit eating sunflower seeds cus the shells get in my gums and irritate them. So I quit the seeds. no change there either. I have flossed and brushed and rinsed till my teeth should have healed themselves, but they never do.

About 15 years ago, I went to the dentist thinking I was going to have a deep root cleaning, but in fact she cut part of the gums off, so the roots could be cleaned easier. i had deep pockets and this was supposed to correct that problem. All it did was slowley loosen those teeth till they were ready to fall out. So this year, I decided I was going to get that problem fixed too. I made an appointment with a new dentist and told them I wanted this problem fixed first. I couldnt look like a crack whore with missing front teeth. OH yes, it is my front right tooth and the one next to it. Wouldnt I be cute.

So i went to the appointment and got the teeth made for the first partial while my mouth healed. I was supposed to have the teeth pulled on Tuesday the 2nd, but I was leaving town and I didnt want the teeth falling out, so I was able to have the work done on Thursday. It only took a half hour to get my teeth pulled and the temp partial put in place The new temp teeth look really good, I can smile and be happy i will look Ok.

the thing is, right now, my teeth dont touch, so I cant chew. I talk like I have braces in my mouth. lol. for the first few days, I was starving. all ate was yogurt and cottage cheese. I may loose some weight here. I am going to call the dentist and ask about this in the morning. I am very fortunate that I dont get sick very often, but he dentist is making bank on me. I have double coverage and use every penny every year.

Ok, I gotta go snag a nap before I go to work tonight. I just thought I would fill in another blank here. so good night, and remember to brush your teeth.  lmao

I have a task...........

That I have to do, but I have no idea how to do it. I was asked, or more like appointed, to make a slide show for the post for a 75th anniversary. I have never made a slide show, but i was told I could do it on powerpoint and add music. I have Vista, which is supposed to be made for doing stuff like this, but i have never used all the playing with your photos stuff.

I was going to use the pictures i have taken, add some from the guys at the post and then see if i could get some more from people that have been around for a while. I was thinking of doing a little history about the place and putting it in a small book form. Maybe getting some quotes and small stories from the beginning of the place.

There are all the military branches there, so I should be able to get some good info. I could do the book thing, its the slide show i don't know how to do. The ladies in the Auxiliary seem to think that because i take pictures out there, that I can create a slide show. I think they need to bring their expectations of me down a notch or two.

i haven't even tried making a slide show yet. maybe i can do this. If I do, i will post it here and you can tell me what I can do to make it better. IF i can figure it out. I may also ask for help from some of you.

OK, that's it for today. gotta go shower and hot he bed for a few zzzzzzzzzz's.

Friday morning fluff

I need to get rid of that last post off the front of my page, so I am putting in this fluff piece. I don't know what I will talk about, but i am sure it will be so lite, it will be just fluffy. Here goes:

I decrewed last night again. At 12:20 i punched out of work and my friend Lorrie and myself went home. Again for the third time this week. I needed to waste some time, cus John is getting a little upset about decrewing so much. We went to breakfast at IHOP and wasted two hours there chatting. After that, the only other place open was Wally world. We walked around there for an hour where i bought some fabric to start a new project. Im gonna make my niece a quilt like the one I just finished. It will be in really bright colors though, for a young lady with a really bright personality. I will post a picture when I get it done.

the Divine One is coming out in a couple weeks and I get to meet her. I am so excited. I couldn't figure out what i was going to show her in Modesto, there is really nothing here to see. I could go show her graffiti on a wall, but we have all seen that. I haven't told her what I have planned yet, but I think it will be fun, and John is going to join us. I am now really looking forward to this. I m not scared any more of meeting Em and not having anything to show her. yes Em, I was scared I didn't have anything to show you.

It has stopped raining for a minute here. I am so happy for the rain we are getting. California is almost always in a drought situation. Every year for so many years. In the summer we burn. Then in the winter, it may rain a little. Every year, parts of our hills and coast fall, slide, drift down into someone Else's back yard. If it rains like it is this week, as happy as we are to have the rain, we have to worry about the effects of it. In southern Cal, the streets are flooding. Too bad they cant just put that water in a bowl and store it. Along the coast in Pacifica, the the cliff is about the fall and there is a row of apartments about to fall onto the beach. These apartments were built far away from the cliff, but the cliff got closer every year. This is what we go through though every year. i am still happy for the rain we are getting.

Hmmmmm, lets see. is that the end of the fluff? I don't know. Does anyone else watch Bones or Criminal minds. I love these two shows. I used to really like CSI Vegas, but Im not liking it as much as I used to. I think this is the end of this session of Friday Fluff.

windy storm in Modesto

This is a short video of the storm that is blowing through the west coast right now. Its supposed to last a week. This morning there were trees blown over, electric poles blown over and rivers and streams running high. Wind gusts up to 50 MPH in the area. I know most of you that read this get feet of snow, but we dont get this kind of weather every year. Im not whining, just sowing you.

A rare winter storm.

This is a short video of the storm blowing through here right now. its a very unusual storm, so I taped a bit of our back yard to show you. we dont usually get this kind of storm. there is flooding around the area also. gotta go run an errand now. check back with ya later

moss landing

a few pics from our day out

Phill's and Moss Landing

Friday night John asked me if I wanted to go to Phil's on Saturday for lunch. he has been on my shit list since last weekend, and i think he is trying hard to redeem himself. No, I will go no further than that about that. So, I agreed and Saturday we took off for Moss landing. Moss landing is south of us, or maybe its west of us, i am directionally impaired. I know it is between Montery and Santa Cruz. I know how to get to Santa Cruz, and its south of there, so i figured i could get to Moss landing. So we didn't print a map, and we forgot about the Gps thing alex left behind for us.

Note to Self: i am going to start a book of maps to places we like to go but cant remember how to get there, then i will leave it in the car. I promise.

Well, we ended up in Montery first. john wanted to see about booking a room at a certain hotel for my birthday. He wanted an ocean view, thought it would be nice. So we pulled up to  the hotel and there was a space pretty close, so we pulled. I deposited all my quarters, giving us 40 minutes. 10 minutes a quarter, or you could use a card. Yikes! We walked into the hotel and John went over and stood in line behind the people checking in and out. I walked out to the deck and took in the view.

It was a beautiful day. The rain was on its way, but on Saturday, it was breezy and really nice, for January on the coast. I turned around and John was up at the front of the line, so i went in to see what was happening. i have already taken time off for another reason in February, so we were going to use that weekend. Well, the AT&T Classic is the same weekend i had off so no rooms were available. the following weekend, a room with a balcony, ocean view, king bed was available for $425.00. I don't know if I actually let out a small gasp or not, I tried to restrain myself. its only a bedroom. the rates for the street view was around 200.00. we told them we would get  back to them. NOT!

then we headed south to Phil's. Phil's is a restaurant that specializes in fresh seafood. it is owned by a guy named Phil, and has been in business for a quite a few years. Our friends told us about it, so we searched it out and really liked it. It gained national attention after it was on the food network. The locals used to be able to just go there and have lunch or pick up a fresh crab. Now they have to wait in line. Lucky for Phil, unlucky for them.

We ordered a fire roasted artichoke with a sauce i cant remember the name for an appetizer. This was the first time we have had a fire roasted artichoke and it was oh so delish. I recommend learning how to do this. john ordered shrimp scampi, it was a full pound of shrimp in a red sauce. I ordered fettuccine with jumbo prawns.

 

 

There was so much food. and it was so good. Can you see all the prawns in that last shot. and yes, i ate all of it, along with that glass of wine in the middle pic. Like I said, really good food.

After we ate, we took a walk on the beach. it was just out the back door and about a hundred feet. Like i said it was breezy. A really nice day, so we walked down to a wall that extended to the water. I took a bunch of pics, but I will have to post them in an album. It was a nice walk to be out in the ocean air. That is always very refreshing to both of us, and it was good to walk off some of that lunch.

We had to go past the restaurant to get to our car, so we went back in and bought some dessert to bring home and two crabs. the are fresh every day, so we know they will be good. If they aren't caught off our coast, they are brought in from Alaska and cook each day. We could have even had them cook two live ones for us. the seafood moves through there so fast, it is always fresh. after that we headed home. After we got on the familiar road where john knew where e was, i fell asleep. I always do. i cant stay awake on a long trip.

Well, folks, that was out Phil's/moss landing trip. I hope you enjoyed it.  i know we did.

16 hours later

This is my latest creation. I am making it for a guy at work. He doesnt know, it is a surprise. I dont usually do this for the people I work with, but this guy did a very kind and heartfelt thing for me at christmas. I dont want to go into the detail about what happened, but it really made me feel good. Not many people would do what he did, and I appreciate it. I want to let him know how much his actions meant to me.

Anyway, the above blocks are the beginning of this quilt. i started it last week when I got off work early. I sorted and ironed my scraps I wanted to use, then set about cutting. I havent bought anything new for the front of this quilt. It is a pattern from a scrap pattern book, that he bought me. I wanted it to look more on the masculine side, so I tried not to use th floral prints that I have. I needed two yards of black, and two yards of white. I dont know how it happened, but I had both.

 

 

This morning I woke up early and went in to work on it some more. I started about 5 am, and finally stopped at around 2. I still have to buy fabric for the back, and I dont know waht that will look like. I will try to keep it on the masculine side, but i will show you when it is done. I really like this pattern, and i think I will make one using this pattern for my nephew. Its a good size for a guy.

Anyway, Em wanted pictures so here they are. My lens must be foggy, cus it doesnt look as sharp as I would have liked. I cant post these on facebook, cus he is on my friends list. I dotn want him to see it.

Maybe I will come back and tell you abut out trip to Phills and moss landing. It was a beautiful day. Its supposed to rain all week here, so we were lucky to get good weather yesterday. See ya later, I gotta go get ready for dinner and my prework nap.  

Alone again, ...............

Alex left a few days ago. Thursday morning to be exact. it didnt take long before the house just felt empty. it was actually. His game box and controllers were missing from the living room. His shoes and various pieces of clothing were no longer left in the living room, here or there. His room was suddenly empty and all the clothes were gone, stuffed into his car somehow. He did leave one small pile of clothes in the garage next to the washer that he no longer wanted. its not like the clothes were worn out, they werent. he doesnt wear is clothes out any more. I gave them to a friend who will give them to her grand children or some other kids that will be able to use them. I miss him already.

He is on his way to New Jersey, Mcguire Air Force Base. He is taking the low route, going through texas, Oklahoma and then up towards the east coast. He was going to go I-80, but that would mean he would have to drive through the snow and bad weather. It is snowing all along that route, so the lower route turned out to be a better decision, he hasnt hit any snow yet. His car has this system in it where he can talk on his phone and it goes through his speaker system. I can talk to him and feel good he can still pay attention to the road.

Anyway, the party we had for him turned out so good. Everyone had a great time and the DJ was absolutly AWSOME. He kept the music going all night long, and people danced all night, well at least until 11 when we had to exit the room. We ended up with around 50 people, and it was a blast. I dotn remembert if I wrote about this before or not. I put the pictures on my facebook page cus they load easier there.

Well, last night I had to work. it was my day off so i was forced in. I was hoping I would get to go home early, but that never happened. I am so tired right now, and I should take a nap, but I dotn want to waste the day away sleeping. I haveto go in sunday night at ten, rather than 12, so that means I have to go to sleep earlier tomorrow. It will feel like all I got to do this weekend is sleep. I want to do a little better than just sleep. I dont want to clean either, but I really dont want to sleep all weekend. what a conundrum for me.

Well, I probably should get off my tired ass and do something. maybe repack all the christmas ornaments into the box I bought to repack them in and put them in the garage so John can put them up in the rafters. maybe I could decide where to put the new wireless printer I got  for christmas. shuld I take down the old one? then what do i do with that one? I could give it to my friend, she doenst have a printer. I dont know. I also need to chnge the sheets on my bed, but then i may just fall down on it and then I would go to sleep and there goes the day.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, well, I need to make a decision and I could go on for a long time like this, but then I would lose your attention, if I havent already. so I am off for now to decide. see ya ll later.

Third times a charm

This is now the third time I am trying to write this blog. the first two were eaten by the hungry cyber wizards.  I think that is why my blogs seem to disappear. The cyber gods and wizards need someones words so they take peoples blogs to keep them satisfied. the bloggers are then frustrated and rewrite the blogs, and the wizards move on to someone Else's page. Multiply needs to add a blog save option in here. yahell used to do this to us, I really hope that part of yahell didn't transfer over here with the Multiply move.

Friday night our son Andy flew in from Washington. We hadn't told Alex cus we wanted to try and keep it a surprise. I tried to get alex to go to the airport with me, but the flight kept getting delayed, so I told him his dad would go with me to pick up my friend. I had told Alex's girlfriend and his friends his brother was coming in, so they kinda left him alone. His GF made sure he was home when we got here. Believe it or not, I was able to pull it off. Andy walked int he house first, and alex was there, think his dad was walking in the door. he had to do a double take to realise it was his brother. they hadn't seen each other in about 5 years.

After the hugs and a few pics(which turned out blurry in my excitement) the nonstop chatter started. I sat there happy as a clam listening to my two sons and john talking about so many different things. they talked and laughed and talked some more. It was the best. Alex told me he has never been surprised like that in his life. That is what I wanted.

Last night was the party we had been planning for him. I wanted to make sure he got to see his family from both sides and his friends before he started on this next journey of his life. Family is so important, and you really need to make sure to have them in your life. Well, alex is one of those lucky people that has a really great family on both sides of his family. Most of johns brothers and sisters and their kids were there last night. just two of my sisters were able to make it though. There was little kids and big kids all over the place. We ended up having about 50 people there, that is what we planned for.

We hired a dj to cover the music. I wanted to make sure we had a really good time for his last going away party. We just happened to find this dj by accident, but it was one of those really good accidents. he asked me to send him some pictures of alex and give him some info on him. I told him is passion is airplanes, and he put together a really cool slide show of air force jets and planes he found on line. For the pics I sent him, he put a separate slide show together with the music alex likes.

I am going to have to add his web page to my facebook page as a favorite. This guy is really good. He kept the music going all night long. He never took a break, and would jump between karaoke and music videos with a snap. He handed out microphones to people and had them singing with the music, it was just so much fun. I don't think I have danced that much in I don't know how long. We started dancing almost right after dinner. we stopped to cut the cake and make a short speech about alex and then we were singing and dancing again. I am going to have to post those pics here.

WE got home last night at 12:30 and into bed. as tired as I was, I could only sleep till 4:30 this morning. I tried to sleep longer, but it wasn't going to happen. So here i am, writing this for the third time.

On some other news. I went and got my hair cut the other day. I was gonna try and let it grow for a while, just for a change. i just couldn't do it. Anyway, i went in and told the girl just do something different, your the expert. So she cut the back, left some length int he front, died it darker in parts and put in highlights/streaks. I didn't like it at first, but i am liking it more and more. if I can find a picture from last night where I don't look like a sloppy drunk having too much fun, I will make it my new pic.

This is getting kinda long, so I am going to try and post it. This is where I have lost it the last few times. Well, here I go.See ya all next time.