The Box Fairy strikes again!!

So funny!!! For those of you who remember my incident with a single skein of Red Heart yarn in a great big box a couple of years ago......here we go again! Different company, same type of packaging. The box is about 13 1/2 inches by 9 inches by 7 inches...and the 4 items in it would nearly have fit in a #10 envelope.

The three freebies they sent, the packing peanuts and the box they used probably cost them more than one thing I ordered!

My grin for the day!

I survived!

So......the teeth are gone and here I am. Contrary to popular belief (mine!), my oral surgery went fine....I did NOT die from fright, though I believe I was close...I think I came very close to crushing my poor husband's hand during the procedure, as well. My top dentures fit fine and I've had them in full time since the surgery. My bottom ones, however, do not fit, so are sitting in a container. They fit my bottom gum, but they don't fit with my top ones....when I close my mouth, there's a gap between top and bottom in the front where they don't come together...a BIG one....at least 1/4 inch........but they're together in the back - so I can't use them at all.

Ed did fine with his surgery, too, and his dentures fit fine. He's had his over a week - the swelling is going down, so he's ready for a reline, which will be done today. So, while we are at the denturist for that, they'll figure out what they need to do about mine. I have a feeling they'll have to make a whole new bottom denture - I can't see how they can possibly adjust the existing ones, but I don't know.

Oh, and....talk about strange!! No, not the dentures, though that IS a strange feeling. Usually Ed has a very high tolerance to pain and heals more quickly than the average person. I, on the other hand, have a really LOW pain tolerance and heal quite a bit slower than the average. Apparently, this is not true of either of us when it comes to our mouths! My mouth isn't bothering me much at all and his is hurting him....though, admittedly, I'm using every bit of the allowed dosage of pain meds they gave me and he isn't - they knock him for a loop and he can't work or drive. Also, I had much less swelling than the norm and he's had more than the norm! It was 3 days before Ed could eat anything that was not put through a blender with added liquid..........I had scrambled eggs for breakfast Sunday morning (just 36 hours after surgery)......so....maybe I feel better about this whole thing because of that?

We visited friends for a bit yesterday morning and then went to my niece's and hit the tail end of a "2 months til Nick comes home, fill boxes for his detachment" party late in the afternoon, so got to see some of the family for a bit. Nick is my grandnephew in the AF, stationed in Baghdad.

Nothing much else happened last week or over the weekend...not that I can remember, anyway. If anything comes to me later, I'll add it next time!

Done Ramblin

Ugh.....just my luck

I discovered I've not been able to concentrate enough this week to do anything right (frogged the same section of a bolero 4 times in one day), so about all I've done is read and play electronic solitaire and computer games.

Monday afternoon I started having trouble with a tooth....or, to be more precise, trouble with a blood vessel near a couple of loose teeth - every time those two move just so, it bleeds copiously around the third tooth (not loose, had a root canal in that one years ago) for about 30 seconds...just enough to make an ungodly mess. Sheesh. This happened twice that afternoon and once in the night. I had immediately started with salt washes every couple of hours...yesterday it only happened 3 times all day, as I was careful to not let the teeth wiggle (but I had to eat!). This morning, however, that area of my gum was swollen a bit and sore...so Ed (poor man has to do everything for me) called the dentist, who called the oral surgeon.....and they both agreed it's starting with an infection...but if they could get the amoxicillin in me right off, it will not interfere with my surgery on Friday. And, of course, THAT was my biggest fear.......big sobbing fear, actually. It's bad enough having a phobia about the surgery.....but it HAS to be done......if it gets postponed, there may be no AK trip for me. So, they called in the scrip and Ed took time from work to go get it and bring it home to me - by 9:30 I'd taken the first dose.....man oh man, I hope it works.

Sunday's snow didn't amount to much, but it snowed Monday as well.....and the wind blew really hard all day yesterday......welcome to Spring in Maine! All told, we probably only got about 3 inches of snow....but the wind drifted it to over a foot in places.

Got some books in the mail yesterday that I'd ordered at Half.com - I was down to my last book, so I'm all set for a bit....plus I have a bunch more coming that I got on eBay. When I've read them, I'll put them back on eBay - and likely not make a cent, but that's ok......it keeps me in reading material!

Ok.....can't think.

Done Ramblin