Month: August 2011

This afternoon I had a terrific lunch.  It was Mexican food and I always help myself to tons of chips and salsa.  However, as I chowed down on the crunchy tortillas chips I felt a crack and then a sharp pain.  I bit down wrong on one of the chips that must have been cooked a little long because it was extra crunchy.  I chipped one of my front teeth.  I called my general dentist right away to see if I could get in.  I got his emergency line.

One of the on call staff called me back and said I could be seen at the office on the other side of town in about 30 minutes.  I hopped in my car and drove through town to find the little office that I’d never been to.  Apparently this was the office that was used by a cosmetic dentist that is also in my regular dentist’s practice.  There were brochures for teeth whitening and braces in the waiting room.

I ended up waiting in the front for the dentist to set up for about 10 minutes.  Once I got back he did an x-ray and then got right to work.  It only took about 30 minutes to do all of the work.  I was surprised.  He put some kind of paste on my tooth that hardened and matched the color of my tooth.  I think he said it was bonding.  Anyway, he also told me that if I wanted to get a crown later that it might be a better option since I have to use that tooth a lot when I’m eating.  I made an appointment to go get checked out again in a month.

Last night I was watching Grey’s Anatomy reruns.  I just love the hot pink scrubs that some of the nurses wear.  They look so comfy and cute!  OH!  That gives me an idea.  I think I’ll be a nurse for Halloween this year.  Scrubs would be REALLY comfortable to wander around town in with the kids as they go trick-or-treating from door to door.  Not only would it be an easy costume, I would actually wear it again.  I could use them as lounge wear around the house.  I don’t think I’d see myself wearing a witch, smurf, or pumpkin costume again on a regular basis.

I know http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/ has a nice variety scrubs for sale.  I bet I could get my entire costume from them.  Maybe I’ll even go so far as to order a matching hat.  I know the hat I probably wouldn’t wear again but it adds to the overall look.  I guess the only other things I’ll need are some nice comfy work shoes and of course I’ll need a stethoscope to round it all out.

I can’t wait!  Only a few months away.  Now if only it were this simple for my kids to decide what they want to be for Halloween I’d be set.

The heat here is really killing me.  I feel like I’m melting the moment I walk outside of the house.  I feel horrible for my dog.  She’s a black lab German shepherd mix.  Her hair is almost all black.  We have it cut short for the summer but she still gets really hot if she stays outside in the sun for very long.

I can’t wait for it to cool off.  I can’t even take my kids to the park in the afternoon for fear of them getting burnt on the playground equipment.  If we go at all we have to go early in the morning before the heat has a chance to start cooking everything and bringing it all up to scorching temperatures.

I do love the summer, but I wish the heat was a lot milder.  Oh well, I guess I’ll enjoy the time to have popsicles and eat ice cream while it’s around.  Before I know it it will be fall and be getting chilly.

My neighbor Susan ordered one of those new fancy address plaques.  She got one with her family name on it and it’s absolutely beautiful.  It definitely gives the front of her house a new and updated look.  It’s made of a black metal with ornate scroll work coming out from the top and sides.  The numbers and words are in a lovely copper tone and in a very classic, old-fashioned style font.

Honestly, I’m a little jealous.  All we have on the front of our house are our address numbers.  They aren’t even that pretty, just plain gold numbers in a standard, boring font. It’s probably Arial.  They wouldn’t look so plain if they were in a different font or maybe textured.

I think I want to order one of the house plaques like Susan got.  Sheesh, listen to me… it sounds like I’m trying to keep up with my neighbors now.  I’m not honest, I just really adore her new plaque and think that our house deserves an updated look too.  After all, it would go great with the new flower boxes we just installed.

My daughter had a blast playing at the park this afternoon.  She LOVES the swings.  Unfortunately, she fell off the swings today and skinned up her knees pretty bad.  It reminded me of when I was in fourth grade and went to a school that had gravel on the playground instead of grass or sand. I fell off of the merry go round one time and landed in the gravel.  I had to pick little rocks out of my elbows and knees.  It was awful!  I’m just happy that her knees will heal and she won’t have the scars that I do from skinning up my knees.

We had such a fantastic time at the Y today!  We took the girls to the Y to go swimming.  I stuffed all our things in one of the lockers while my husband went and found us a nice group of loungers by the pool. I absolutely adore the kiddie pool they have.  My girls can wade around and the water never gets too deep.  The girls splashed around for what seemed like hours.

There was another family that brought their 3 kiddos and they had a great time with our girls.  They tossed a ball back and forth. Their oldest accidentally hit it soo hard that it went under the set of aluminum bleachers at the end of the pool deck.  My husband crawled underneath them and got it back for the kids.

After swimming and splashing for awhile,  I went back to the small locker to get the little insulated cooler  that had our lunch in it. We had a picnic out on the grass.  The weather was perfect.  We had turkey sandwiches,  fresh fruit salad, and I made us some yummy chocolate chip cookies for dessert.  We really enjoyed our afternoon together as a family.  I can’t wait to do it again.  I’m bummed that summer is almost over for most of us.