Wisdom teeth be gone

So I went to the dentist today. I will not make this read graphic or painful for anyone as it wasn't so bad. That being said I still feel like I just had a stroke on my right side so who knows what kind of dental hangover awaits. I requested to keep my extracted upper and lower teeth to scare my children (annotation: referring to children someday, of course) into the consequences of not brushing someday.

Things that worked for me during this dental procedure:
1)TV- the BBC news ribbon caption helps when things get a little noisy. I multitasked and had my cleaning and fillings done all at once- it had been a while.
2)Checked up on the rhythm of breathing once in a while and slowed it down. There is a good calming effect to be had there
3)Ask what to expect in terms of freezing. Once I knew I should not expect to wake up to the mouth renovations I felt much more comfortable. And they were right, I didn't feel a thing.

Things that didn't work:
1) Closing one's eyes for a poke does not work as this just makes you more aware sensory-wise. Then again looking at the bright light above your head doesn't feel too good either.

I advise to try finding something on the opposite side of the dentist and stare at it. I picked looking at my dental hygienist. It may have creeped her out a little but her tools were the most interesting things in the room, harmless little suction thinger and water/air spout. Also good was the fact that she didn't flinch the whole time! (they must teach them that at school). I would have flinched if I watched it, or maybe passed out. That happened once at a take your kids to work day but that's a story for another day.

Anyways two teeth out, two to follow in three weeks time. Hopefully I will not morph into a chipmunk but rest assured a picture will follow soon if I do...

 update:
Well, its now night time and I'm still talk like an idiot because I have to squeeze a tea bag to keep the bleeding down. Apparently tannins work well to form clots. And they taste better than gauze too.
I bet you can't even tell which side is swollen. Can you?

I'm not going to brag about not being overly puffy for two reasons.
1) This whole ordeal is not peanuts afterall, there quite a bit of TMJ pain in my small child jaw from being open for hours at a time today, unfortunately the Torodol wont touch that. Smiling with my mouth open hurts, which explains the mugshot above.
2) I'm a tad superstitious about tempting fate. Like pointing out when things are going smoothly in the ICU, or commenting on how good the drive is for traffic, how good the fishing is today, etc etc. the moral of the story is not to mention these things out loud.

Anyways I do realize I am going on a tangent here about this mini-surgical feat. It helps to stay busy when in pain. If you are thinking, your breathy story about this day is painful to read, you may be right, but aha! that's the beauty of blogging, You could just move onto the next topic. As opposed to Facebook which forces these thoughts upon all, whether you want the info or not.'
I hope there isn't some facebook big brother out there who is going to punish me by perhaps putting my face on a lamo commercial or something.

Cheater cheater pumpkin eater

I can admit it, I have no patience when it comes to gardening

The fulfillment of bringing home flats of flowers and subsequently stuffing them into hanging baskets, hoping for the best is good enough for me this season.
Maybe sometime I will revel in the labour of propagating my own seeds. I do have my days when I choose to roll pasta dough knowing darn well there is Kraft Dinner in the cupboard.

What a privileged life we have if these are our choices...


I think this gardening thing is really cool. In fact it's about time I banish myself from going to any more greenhouses. On cold night like this one where the plants come inside the kitchen turns to a mini-jungle. 

Bikini bail

Can you imagine skiing at the end of may?
Sunshine mountain in Banff stays open until May 23 and is rumored to reopen for Canada day too, but don't let me be distracted in this story.That is precisely how the boys got into trouble.
While riding up the mountain, we noticed two women clad in a gold bikini tops just behind us. These were girls taking part in Bikinis for Breast cancer, accepting charitable donations.
Well, the two google eyed monkeys must have left their sense on the chairlift, they collided not more than thirty seconds after this princess Lei sighting. They say this is the first collision for both of them in their ski history.

Coincidence?
Accidents happen to those who aren't looking...perhaps
Accidents happen to those who look too long is also true
Snicker

Rocks for sale

I decided to build a raised flower bed this year. where to find and take rocks without trouble? Kijiji of course!

An add from Strathmore offered rocks for the taking as long we picked them from his field. I had four totes full within an hour of scouring with sean.

Growing things in that bed could be tricky. The birds in our area seem to be picky eaters and prefer my plant seed to their own bird seed. I'm attempting an ornamental grass theme.

You would almost think I'm from the prairies with that choice.

Keep your friends close

I wonder what contributed more to the proximity of these otherwise enemies?

The fact that the kitty was on a leash.

Or the amount of catnip ingested prior to the photo.

Happy birthday to me!

Sean and I managed to make this sushi mountain on April 5. We ate so much we could hardly move afterwards. Like any wicked hangover, it was probably worth it.

Spring fever

Seems spring has sprung here in Calgary, soon most of our friends will have a wagon in their back yard to haul their tots to the park. But,  another option is a baby carrier. Parents seem to like this one as it makes you hands free in a snap. We tried to use a real child but soon found that dolls are more patient with shameless picture takers like me. Kids have some sort of strong aversion to standing still. Also, what luck find to come across a life sized version of Arild?

A

I wonder the age limit is for this thing? Yes I shamelessly googled the topic. You know what I found? 18 months. My visual of a six year old was much more funny. It's much smaller than a child swing so no I did not even try to stuff myself in it.

St paddy's

This is why I love pubs, the drink is as big as my head.

Wrath of the trailer

These cupcakes and anti-inflammatories are my arsenal against the trailer that fledged an attack against Sean. He was making a short trip with his suburban when the trailer came unhitched at the lights. He attempted to pull a superman and reconnect it and, well, the trailer won. The whole thing was really unfair, but he all is well as he heals fast, especially when he listens to his physiotherapist. I think it was the sweets that helped the most.

Happy new year!

We had nice fresh snow to skidoo and explore buffalo lake countryside for the new years weekend. We were driving around minding our own business when a porcupine peeked out from the bushes. It was just a little one that didn't know what to do, especially when Sean picked it up! Nicole and I reacted the way that any women would in an intense emotional experience- we screamed and ran. As I write this I am revisiting that moment and maybe I was the only one who screamed and ran.