Boooed

Remember us being "Booed" last year? Well, I was wondering if that's gonna happen again this year. This morning, I found a Boo bag on our front door!
I think I know who booed us.

Well, I'll get busy now and put together a Boo bag and boo three neighbors before time runs out. I'm running out of ideas!! If you think of something cute that I can put in a boo bag, let me know!

Happy Birthday, Carlton!

We celebrated Carlton's 87th birthday at his favorite Fish restaurant, and got him a sugar-free cake that actually tastes pretty good!

Happy Birthday, Carlton!!

Losing the wisdom

Removing the wisdom tooth this time round was more difficult than the last one. When I got the other wisdom tooth removed about 3 years ago, it was simple and straightforward. This time, the tooth was in a bad angle so the oral surgeon had to use a saw-like machine to break the tooth up and also remove part of the bone. Good thing they only told me about having to remove the bone AFTER the surgery or else I would have freaked out by all that hammering and sawing.
I was put on local anesthetics and Nitrous oxide (laughing gas). If you have ever wondered if laughing gas actually makes you laugh, No it doesnt. It just makes you really really drowsy. Thank God! I have no intention of laughing while my tooth was being yanked out. I had a scary experience of the first sniff of nitrous oxide as it gave me palpitations, trembling hands and I felt the room spinning, so the nurse turned it down to a lower setting.
After what seemed like forever, I finally heard the doctor say "Ok, I'm sewing you up now". And then they switched over to a tank of oxygen to wake me up.
I was glad I had my mom-in-law to drive me home as I was still feeling drowsy from the nitrous oxide. She stayed and cooked dinner at our place. By the time the novocaine wore off, I was in pretty bad shape. God, I didnt remember it hurting this much! And the bleeding did not stop. It took some time for the other pain killers to kick in.

The doctor actually called up that night to check if everything was alright. I thought that was pretty good service! But ofcourse I was in no condition to talk.

The husband was really sweet and brought me ice packs every 20 minutes. The next day he worked from home and blended stuff for me to eat and made sure I did not faint from all the medication.

The swelling came up the next day and now I am looking like a puffer fish. It is hard to even close my mouth. So yes, I look stupid and in pain. I am trying to lay off the narcotics (the good kind) because it makes me nauseous. I think the pain has reached a bearable level.

For breakfast, I made some yummy banana/watermelon/ginger smoothie. Yesterday, Jason made me some parsley/ginger/apple smoothie. My lunch was a spinach/carrot smoothie. Yes, I am turning into a blender Queen.
Now I have this craving for KFC! Ever wondered what fried chicken would taste like in a blender?

A letter to my sis-in-law's dog

Dear Chelsea,

I hope you have adapted to your new home. Have you gotten a chance to meet Champ, Bandit, Bingo and Poppy yet? I'm sure you will all have a blast up there in Dog Heaven and I know you will be in good hands. Bingo and Champ will share their bread with you. Bandit may be a little protective with his blankie but I'm sure he wouldn't mind letting you sniff it. Poppy would love having someone chase frogs with her. Maybe you can teach Poppy how to fetch sticks and balls. She was never really good at it. I know for sure that a sweet natured dog like you will make plenty of friends. Just make sure they don't give you any chocolate.

You are missed by everyone who knows you here.

The moose and the cat

Trouble and his new best friend

Trouble : " But I wish he would stop staring at me "

Snaked under

Nothing interesting happening lately.
Except that I saw big fat long black snake in the middle of the road as I was driving into our neighborhood this afternoon. I thought it was part of a tire or something. I drove by it slowly to get a better look and the snake moved.
I checked my mirrors to make sure that the snake did not swing himself under my car when I drove over it and I saw it slid away into the driveway of one of the houses under construction.

Someone will be disowned

Guess who ruined our much-awaited Friday ?

TROUBLE!!

Jason jumped out of bed this morning because he had the feeling that the cat was about to pee. Between the two of us, Jason is the one who can read the cat's mind. Partly because the cat has been in his life for 14 years.

And he was right.
But he was too late to stop the cat from doing so.

We saw the cat had already gotten into his position and was peeing on my dress!!! I looked with eyes half closed. Oh No.. its THE DRESS!!! The bridesmaid dress that I wore to my cousin's wedding. The dress that I had just brought back from the dry-cleaners and was going to return to my sis-in-law.
I was mad. Really mad. And I still am.
That cat is so not coming into the house today. He'll have to find someone else to feed him and tend to his princely chores.

Putting in a different way

Today I had my first taste of disc golfing. Disc golf, informally called frisbee golf, uses the same terminology as golf but instead of a golf ball, players throw a flying disc into a metal basket.
This 18-holes course we went to is located in a public park in a semi-wooded nature trail. In a way, you get the best of both worlds - walking on a nature trail and playing golf (sort of).

It took me awhile to master the spins and I usually send my disc flying into the woods and landing into a mass of poison ivy and what not. Oh, good times. But I think I didn't do too badly for a first timer. The game took us about 2 hours to complete. It was one lengthy nature trail too.

I was itching from the mosquito bites and spiderwebs and also mentally thinking of the poison ivy that I had to crawl into. I came home and put baking soda all over myself. Now my skin feels like a crusty floured yeast roll.

It was a fun sweaty afternoon.