Follow-up to Monday

Tuesday's trip to the dentist was great, for me.  They complimented me on my hat and looked inside my mouth and declared me doing just fine.  Ron, however, didn't fare as well.  Since he wasn't in the best of moods, he didn't make any more appointments on Monday so while he was getting the impression made I talked to the appointment lady and she advised next Monday was booked up.  So now I have to go in and interrupt Ron and the assistant and ask if he wants TUESDAY morning or afternoon.  Something told me he wasn't a happy camper over that change so I took the "morning" reply and left the room.
The appointment made for Tuesday morning at 10:30 it was time for the prescriptions.  One for Valium and one for Percocet.
Now I have control I'm going to drive him to the appointment at speeds exceeding 75 MPH......round corners on two wheels......do a break check and then drive him home.  That should make him sleep the rest of the day.  I'll hop in MY van and take off shopping till I drop.  Wait a minute, he takes me shopping all the time and I'm the one asking to go home.  Oh well, I'm sure I'll think of something to do while he's recovering.
My mouth is still a little swollen so I'm not sure what we'll do today since it is Wednesday and we usually go out for a late lunch.
No matter what we decide I won't have to look for food to tide me over.  Our neighbor brought over breakfast burritos that her husband had just made.  A little spice but oh so good.  They've begun the 50th Anniversary Celebration.  Five of their family flew in last night from Green Bay, WI area with more to come between today and Friday.  Looking like it's going to be a fun week.
Hopefully it will keep Ron's mind off of next week.  We're planning on enjoying some good food and fun.

A Day at the Dentist

Tell me why a trip to the dentist NEVER turns out like it's supposed to.  Well today was no exception.  We both made our appointments with the knowledge that we knew we needed work done and was psychologically prepared to handle it.
I got to go first.  I needed a new cap/crown on a tooth that had had a root canal, no problem?  Doctor insisted they take another x ray and low and behold the bottom of the tooth is half rotten.  I had a choice, three tooth bridge or an implant.  The bridge would have entailed a root canal and a crown on the tooth on each side.  For a mere $200.00 MORE I could get an implant.  Implant won, tooth removed, minor surgery done and a metal screw inserted in my mouth and all sewn up.  The new bottom partial will have to wait since  I've put the Doctor behind in his schedule.  When we come back in the fall he'll put the tooth in place, in the meantime I'll have a fake tooth (the smallest partial plate in the world),
Next comes Ron, he needs a crown put on the tooth he had a root canal done on last year and a crown tightened.  Piece of cake?  The tooth with the crown is rotten, that's why it's loose and the one next to it isn't much better.  Now he has to decide if it wants those two removed and the partial modified or. . . . did I mention the Doctor suggested he have all his upper teeth pulled since they were so bad and work on his lowers which are in much better shape?  So do we challenge the national debt and get him fixed up right or does he just get an entire upper plate, only a small dent in the budget? Well, the love of my life declares that he's not putting all that money into his old mouth so tomorrow we're going back to the dentist for my check up and his impressions.  Because we promised our friends, Pat and Rich, we'd help with their annual Margarita Party on Friday the tooth pulling won't be done until Monday and the temporary put in place.  At least the lab is right in his office building so if things don't fit, they won't have to be sent out someplace for a couple days.

By the way, if you're wondering what dollar amount we deemed the National Debt.  $42,000.00.

Let it Snow.

I'm a day late in posting but we got snow Sunday morning, about an inch deep on everything but the roadways.  It was probably gone before noon but we weren't home to see.  About half way to church we realized there was no snow and hadn't been any on the ground on Swan.  The mountains surrounding Tucson were beautifully covered with snow.  Some all the way down to the bottom, which is why we got snow.  The view from the church pew was magnificent.  One of the guest pastors described it as the most beautiful mural on our north wall.  It's not a painted scene, it's ceiling to floor glass facing the Catalina Mountains with nothing to block the view.
Since we have so much in our little deep freeze we've decided to eat as many meals at home as possible so we can get it emptied out by the time we leave this spring and since I don't mind doing more cooking, we're doing pretty good.  The largest quantity is bacon. Since this is our first year of not being able to transport frozen and refrigerated foods back with us, we're having difficulty not buying on sale.
We even turned down and invitation to join Wayne and Norma after church for lunch at Golden Corral.
We are going to meet our friend, Marcia, for lunch Tuesday at Sweet Tomatoes.
At 10:45 it's already as warm as the high yesterday, 50 degrees.
Had a real shock this morning.  Ron went to deliver our newspaper that we share with our friends Gerry and Larry and their motorhome was gone.  Now we know where they were but we didn't realize they were going to leave that early, 8:30 am and that's early for them.  We hope they get all the work done on it in one day so they won't have to get a motel room for the night.
Ron's off to do laundry and I'll doing some cleaning and take another lesson using my Rosetta Stone language program.  Adios

Thursday, Thursday

Sorry I haven't written lately.  There has been the lull between the Gem Show and the Rodeo since the Golf thingy doesn't interest us.  I can't believe what some people pay to watch men swing at little balls and loose.  A couple years ago some friends here in the park said they paid a hundred dollars a ticket.

Yesterday was running day and then lunch at Sweet Tomatoes, nothing new and exciting.  Last night was Duke basketball and they won without me watching and bingo which I won one game.

Tomorrow is La Fiesta de los Vaqueros.  We ordered tickets and Ron picked them up Tuesday while I was at quilting.  Think we did OK.  Half way up, aisle seat, center bleachers.  It's suppose to be in the low 70s tomorrow so with long sleeves and pants and a hat, it should be great weather for watching the young cowboys in well fitted jeans jumping off horses and wrestling calves and then stand up with their cowboy hats still in place. WOW Can't wait.  LOL

Pizza Night

Nice day of coffee and donuts complements of friends.  Quilting during the day and pizza for dinner.  Pizza  with friends is always nice and then the fact it's all you can eat and being the first table to get pizza made it a really great evening.  The park is nice enough to start early enough that we can still enjoy the meal and be home in time to see any TV shows.  Especially The Good Wife, which I really like.  It keeps me up on Chicago politics with different names.
Because we missed the park coffee and donuts this morning we didn't find out till later that our Entertainment Director is quiting after this season.  We'll miss Eunice and Larry but they've been doing it for 10 years and Larry's health isn't good so they're going to retire.  Rumors have been rolling all day about who and how they're going to be replaced.  Should be enough time to keep us talking till the season is over since the managers don't tell us anything anyway we'll have plenty of time to fantasize.

Catch Up

Actually, hold the ketchup but that's dinner.  What a great few days we've had this week.  Wednesday was a running to get things done before our late lunch at Sweet Tomatoes.  Ron's phone battery has been going dead way to often so it was time for him to see about a new phone.  The good news was he was eligible for an upgrade but the bad news was they don't make the EN-V anymore.  But the good news was they make the perfect phone, not LG but Samsung sounded OK.  It's a flip phone, which is much easier to talk on but it converts to a full qwerty keyboard for texting.
Thursday was a trip to the Tucson Gem, Minerals and Precious Stones Show.  We managed to walk 3 of the many venues, which is really good for me.  The fact that we had the closest parking available without a handicap sticker made it a little easier.  We bought a couple things at Keno Memorial Park venue but nothing at the RV venue or the 22nd Street one.
Today was a trip to Tubac for their Arts Festival.  It was a perfect day to walk around the town and view the different vendors even though the rude people were there we had a good time.  Again the parking was first row after the vendor's private lot.  Couldn't believe it.  Last year we had to park the furtherest parking space away from the town and I'm not exaggerating one inch.  A lot of the spaces for booths were empty spaces and the one booth I really wanted to buy something from wasn't there and believe me, I walked the town to find him.  Oh well, guess that's what the internet is for.  We bought some great CDs from him last year and wanted to buy one as a gift.   There was a booth selling honey.  Don't know why I didn't buy any but they gave us a taste of honey comb.  Ron had never tasted it before.  It is so sweet and chewy and good.
Got to go thru the new border check point on our way back north even though we never left the US  we were about 20 miles north of the Mexico boarder when we were in Tubac.  No they didn't detain us but they did look in the driver's window to see the inside of the van and waved us on with good wishes.
Now it's time for hot dogs with no ketchup, pork and beans, cottage cheese and Mexican Pepsi for supper.

Great Global Warming

Scientist (Al Gore) are going to have a hard time proving global warming this year.  We're a hop, skip and a jump from the Mexican border but our nighttime temperatures have been in the teens for the past two nights.  Frozen water lines have been the norm.  The natural gas supply has gone causing very cold homes.  Schools have been closed just like they are up north.  Not because of the snow but because of no heat.
 I must admit LSD looked awesome the past few days.  Love that Chicago lake front and skyline.
It's official, our truck is sold.  The check is in the mail on it's way from Lockport and the title is in the mail on it's way from Tucson.  I would imagine that it will be removed from Larry's garage storage and be seen on the road this weekend.  I know the buyer is itching to get his hands on it.  He's going to clean it out for us since we had no idea it was going to be sold so quickly.  We were planning on doing that when we got back in the spring.  The Lord must know of something which we need to spend that extra money.  I'm just waiting for Him to tell me what it is.
I forgot that this was Desert Patch Quilters Friday so I missed the shopping trip to Sahaurita for fabric and then lunch with the other ladies.  I had promised to drive, too.  I've got some apologizing to do.