I’ve been a bad blogger lately, and for that I am sorry. So much stuff is going on around here, it’s hard to make time to write about it!

I healed well and quickly from my surgery. Got the stitches out last Friday. I can resume normal brushing and eating on that side but still no flossing yet (HORRAY! Finally someone is telling me to NOT floss!!!). Not sore. Just a bit tender in between the teeth at the gums. I go back in three weeks to check up and “polish.” Hope they don’t do a “spit shine” on that polishing! LOL

I have caught the home improvement bug. We got new carpet last week in our downstairs area. In preparation for the new carpet, we cleaned out our bookshelves and moved everything to the garage. I voted to get rid of the nasty old formica bookcases and matching coffee table that were hand-me-downs from Pete’s family. He didn’t really get a vote. He got a motorcycle instead (LOL! That excuse is going to last me a long time!). Anyway, I talked him into building some bookshelves and attaching them to one of the walls in our front room (aka the Sitting Room). Sister was going to help me paint some old furniture so we all went to Home Depot last weekend to buy our respective materials. In the middle of the paint department I was struck with a new idea! Let’s paint that wall BEFORE we build the bookcase to it and BEFORE we decide on what colors to pain the old furniture! Woo hoo!

Several trips to Home Depot, the fancy paint store, eight color test patches on the wall and two feng shui’ed pages later (yes I did a map of our house to help us decide on a color) and we’ve chosen a nice deep green, called Balsam (the top right color in the picture below).

We prepped the wall last night and tonight I trimmed and painted the primer on the wall. We have a lot going on this week so we might not get back to it for a couple of days but sooner or later that room is going to look AMAZING! I guess getting that new carpet really lit a fire under me and kicked me into taking pride in my home.

This week is known as the Week of the Young Child at my center and we have all kinds of events every day. And most of my kiddos are graduating at the end of next week as they head off to Kindergarten. Awww. I’m gonna miss them. Twenty one kids in our class of 34 are graduating. Lil’ whippersnappers.

It’s raining now and my back’s hurtin from all that painting. I must to bed. I miss you all! I’ll make my rounds to your blogs as soon as I can!

Wooo weee. Periodontal surgery is not fun. I’ve got 12 stitches (maybe only 10 - one part is so swollen I can’t count them back there) in half of my mouth, top and bottom. The swelling has finally subsided a lot and the pain is now manageable with Ibuprofen instead of narcotics. I missed work and school again today but I’ll be back at it all tomorrow. I am going to a staff meeting at work tonight since it’s important stuff and it only comes around once a month. But I ain’t showering for it. Nope. Those ladies will just have to grin and bear me in my groggy-ness until tomorrow morning when I can arrive at work freshly showered and make-up’ed.
All went well during my recovery. Friday afternoon, as I slept off the sedative on the couch, Honey swapped out my ice pack every 20 minutes. I’d mumble and moan a bit as he’d remove or replace the ice pack. He’s so sweet to do that. Saturday, my mom came over to help out for a few hours. She made us some meatloaf to eat on Sunday and just hung out and chatted with me. It was like old times with her. That’s exactly the kind of mom I want her to be in my life. I wonder if it’s too much to ask? My dad stopped by, too, to bring me flowers and hugs. It was weird and unexpected having them both there at the same time. They both stammered and stuttered a bit until mom left the room to “make some phone calls.” Sunday, Honey went off with his parents and sister to Easter brunch for MIL’s birthday. I had zero energy and lots of pain so I stayed behind. THANK GODDESS FOR TIVO!!! Most of the time I’ve been sleeping and trying to take all my medications on time. It’s still sore and uncomfortable but no longer as painful as it was. I am on a soft foods diet for probably a couple of weeks until at least the stitches are removed.
I feel like the poster child for Flossing and Proper Dental Care. This makes me want to preach to the kids at school and everyone else I encounter, “FLOSS YOUR TEETH! It only takes two minutes every day! If your gums bleed when you do it, they will stop bleeding the more you keep up with it! BRUSH TWICE A DAY AND FLOSS YOUR TEETH!”
Now, be honest, how many of you actually floss your teeth every day? Every other day? Once a week? Once a month? EVER??? I’m curious. Mostly because I need to know how much of a guilt trip to send ya’ll on!

Check out this video spoof of a helpdesk! So funny!

Helpdesk

Sorry I haven’t posted in so long. Things have been busy at work and school and I’ve been anxious about the surgery. I had the surgery this morning and all went well. Half my mouth is sore and swollen and peppered with stitches. Honey’s been taking good care of me all day and my mom’s coming tomorrow to help out. It was fun having a large milkshake for lunch and ice cream for dinner (since that’s all I can eat right now) but these kinds of foods don’t really stick in your stomach for very long.

I’ve got almost a half-dozen medicines to take the next couple of days and my IBS is already protesting. Oh joy.

Anyway, I’m alive and well and very sleepy. I’ll post more as soon as I’m feeling better.