Dentist day...always fun...not!

Cori 9 1/2 months old

It looks like she enjoys brushing her teeth in these pictures...

not so....It was a fight to brush her teeth,

she didn't care for haircuts too much either,

when she finally got enough hair to cut.

The girls and I went for our dental exam and x-rays yesterday. Being new patients, we have to go back for the cleaning. Cori gets to go back today at 4 pm. Jarin goes back the 27th, she has to have a night guard made to keep her from grinding her teeth at night. Hubby said just get her a mouth guard like football players wear...ha. I go back the 11th of November, unless they get a cancellation, then they'll call me. Cori also has to go to an oral surgeon for a consultation. She has only one wisdom tooth...just one...in her whole mouth...but it looks like the top is facing you on the x-ray...kind of like a smiley face if it had eyes and mouth...anyway, she needs to get it checked to see if it needs to come out or just watch it, so that it doesn't mess up what the orthodontist has already corrected. If I was a gambling woman...which I sometimes am...I bet on him wanting to take it out...

Hubby had a business dinner last night so the girls and I went out to eat at R*by T*esday. They got the chicken mushroom pasta and I got chicken fresco with a baked potato and grilled asparagus. Jarin and I got the salad also.

Got Jarin's tires on her car rotated last week and the tire monitor light came on so we took it by again yesterday to let them check to see if a tire had a nail or something. The tires hadn't lost any air so they reset the tire monitor... hopefully that is all it needed.

I'll go before I write a book,

take care,

Sheila

A Nice Day...

There is a Catholic Church across from the apartments and they were having their fall bazaar yesterday. I went over there to see what they had. I didn't buy anything, but I entered four raffles for a dollar apiece. After I got home, Hubby and I went up to Kernersville to look at a couple of new subdivisions there. Then we went over to Greensboro to pick up a prescription at the pharmacy he was using when he first got up here. Then we did a little shopping at Kohls and Dick's sporting goods. We got home in time to watch Alabama get beat, I even put on my Alabama t-shirt but it didn't help...oh well I still love the Tide, win or lose.

Jack, I will put the picture of my Mom and Dad back up after Halloween.

Have a great Sunday everyone!
Sheila

Birthdays and Anniversaries...

My Mom had a birthday this past Sunday (Oct. 3), her 39th... :)

My in-laws celebrated their 62nd anniversary (also on Oct. 3) (pretty good since my Mother-in-law is only 39 too).

and my Father-in-Law turned 82 on Oct 7th.


Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary!!
We love you all!

Hubby made it to his eye exam last week and should get his new glasses in about a week. 'C' had an appointment Tuesday for a new Orthodontist. We liked him, he has a good sense of humor. She gets to go without her retainers during the day. She'll go back in about 6 weeks to see how she is doing. Next week the girls and I will go for our dental check-up. The downside to moving, having to start over with new doctors and dentists and such.

update...they called Hubby and told him his glasses were in, glad it didn't take two weeks....

Take care,
Sheila

Grumbling and grooming...

Here are some pictures of 'J's birthday cake.

We didn't get the insert for the chair that went with the new dining set 'within a week'. Hubby called them last weekend and threatened to bring the whole thing back and get his money back. They asked him to bring the chair and they would swap it out with one there...well, after going all the way there, they didn't have a chair in that color. They asked would he mind waiting while they went to another store and he said 'yes I would, just give me the insert out of the one you have.' They said they would try but didn't know if it would come out...well it did and he came home and put it in and now we have our chair. We did get a 50 dollar gift card 'within the week'. And a few days later we got a small bag of inserts..!?

Took 'J's dog Rylie to get her shots. I had to get two on Monday and then take her back on Thursday for the last one and a flea pill. She was too small to give them all on one day...she weighs only 3.8 pounds. Then I took her Friday to get groomed. I took before and after pictures, the best I could...she is scared of the camera because it flashes a red light before it takes the picture.

Before

(her hair grows straight out to the side on her neck
and she has a beard, plus longer hair on her chest)

After

(J's feet)

Her new shirt I bought her.

She also got a new collar out of the deal...ha.

Take care,

Sheila

Technical Difficulties.....

We have a new cable company now, already had to replace a DVR box because I would set it to record something and it would start to record then a few minutes later stop...

To start with you might get 27 minutes (out of 60), but as each new thing recorded it was less and less. The last thing it recorded only lasted 2 minutes. Most were my two soap operas I watch, and since I was behind I didn't realize it wasn't recording all of them. Any hoo, I watched all the full episodes I had then the cable guy came and gave us a new one. The ones not recorded I had to find on the Internet to watch....yes, the Internet is a wonderful thing...ha.

Now on to yesterday...I hadn't turned on the TV yesterday, so shortly before Hubby came home I turned it to the weather channel to see where the latest tropical storm was heading. I wasn't paying much attention to it and when Hubby came in he turned it to sports. While I was cooking, he asked 'what's going on with the TV?' Every one had a green tint....(aah, the martians have landed). It was that way on all channels...I unplugged the cable box a couple of times...tried adjusting the color on the TV....unplugged it from the box and connected it straight to cable, color was fine so we knew it wasn't our TV. Well a few hours later I called the cable company and set up an appointment for Saturday afternoon to replace the box...............


Then I thought, let me check the cables on the back of the box and where they connect on the TV... seemed to be connected good on the box, now the TV, all were plugged in good on the TV............noticed there were five plugged into the TV and I didn't remember but four on the box........ah ha! one was totally unplugged, plugged it in and VOILA!! people weren't green anymore....I defeated the martians!!!



Then with my head hung in shame I called back the cable company and told them we didn't need the technician after all.



All because I had dusted and had to lower the shelf the cable box is on.....



Have a great weekend!

Sheila

Cars and Jetts...

Jack, I took this for you. It was in the parking lot next to Biscuitville (I am in the drive-thru of B'ville). I thought it kind of looked like Chief Harris' car Betsy. Tell me what year and make it is.

Here is a couple of new pictures of Mom's puppy Jett.

I plan to take a before and after picture of 'J's dog, when we take her to get groomed. She is a chihuahua too. She is part long hair so she has some strange hair growth...

'C' has senior pictures at school today. Tomorrow she has a doctors appt. to get a TB test for a volunteer job. Also made her an appt. with a new orthodontist for early October. Today I have to make us an appt. for our 6 month dental check-up...fun fun.. Hubby has been for his first doctors visit, to keep his meds filled. This doctor is supposed to recommend a cardiologist, he's going to ask around at work too. He also has a urologist scheduled. Next he needs an eye exam for some new glasses, his current ones are held together with spit and glue...literally...ha.

Making spaghetti tonight...don't want to write another book like last time so I'll close this...

Take care,

Sheila

North Carolina gave me hives...

Okay, technically Washington state gave me hives...but North Carolina brought them back. I did have them a few times in the first year or two of living in Mobile but then they went away.

What happened was...when we moved into our home in Washington I somehow caused my leg to hurt, under the knee on the front left side or there abouts. It was my left leg. It wasn't my knee that hurt, and sometimes the leg would ache while driving and I would get a twinge of pain on the opposite side at my ankle. I think it was some type of muscle or tendon irritation (seems like the Internet showed a tendon or ligament that ran from that area across to the ankle).

Anyway, we moved into our house around the 20th of Sept. and I finally went to the doctor to have it checked out in April. He gave me some pain meds to take for a month to see if that would stop it. When I was almost through taking them I started getting hives...only in the evenings, except for once in the morning but there were just a few and it didn't last long. I thought it was the meds so I stopped taking them with just 3 or so left...no change....we walked in the evening so after checking some things online, thought maybe that was it...no, still had them on days we didn't walk. As for leg, Doc thought it was knee (wasn't knee), tried physical therapy, didn't work.

Went to my parents during the summer. It got a lot better there, but as soon as I went up the stairs the first time home it started up again. Doc told me to keep walking, would help 'knee'... it's not the knee....finally the walking was making it hurt worse so we stopped...I think around September it finally stopped bothering me. We only lived in WA a little over two years, after we moved to AL I had them a few times the first year or so, around spring and again near fall, but they weren't as bad as before. Then they stopped...finally.

Then I move to North Carolina and all h*ll breaks lose, they are back with a vengeance, and I get them in the evening and in the morning. Took Benedril a few times then had Hubby pick up some Zyrtec. I started taking it at night and they stopped. I'm not taking Zyrtec this week to see if they will stay away.

I'm still trying to figure out if Jack found out I had them in Washington and sprinkled something in the air to bring them back before he and Sherry left on their USA tour...hummm.

Okay, now on to another subject...like this one wasn't long enough....The Salvation Army picked up our old table and chairs and a dresser the morning before Hubby picked up our new set and our chair. Had no trouble setting the rocker recliner up. We had to put the table and chairs together....that table was/is a heavy sucker. We put the table and two chairs together that night before our back and hips said no more, we are to old and fat to be wallowing on the floor. Anyway, we get started on the last two and wouldn't you know, the very last leg on the last chair didn't have the insert in the hole for the bolt to screw into...so calls to the furniture store and they are supposed to be sending one in the mail. So for now the lone chair is lying on the floor against the wall until the part gets here....to be continued...

Hope everyone is having a great week,
Sheila