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Whew!

It's been a coupla' days! And when I say a coupla' days, I mean like a weeks long coupla' days--for some of us! Let me explain.

We left last Thursday for Kentucky Lake. On the way, Mindy texted me that she was a bit nervous because she was on the way to get an emergency root canal. This is after suffering tooth pain for a coupla' days. 

I wished her well and didn't give it another thought. After all, I slept through my root canal about 20 years ago. I always say, "make me sit still and close my eyes and I'm out!" 

By Saturday, she was in a lot of pain. I'm going to cut to the chase here. She was in excruciating pain. The endodontist did not have an after hours emergency service. By Monday morning at 5:30 a.m., she asked me to come get her. When you don't feel good, you just want your mama!

I immediately gave her some of my "old" prednisone. She had already used ALL they had given her in the dose pack. At 8 a.m. I marched her in the the endodontist's office. The doctor "adjusted her bite"--didn't know that could be done. It didn't work. Pain didn't go away, but got worse. She was on massive doses of Tylenol and ibuprofen.

By Tuesday night, Justin delivered her to us again. The poor guy didn't know what to do for her. She said, "take me to mom and dad's." She felt like he needed to get a good's night sleep for work since this had been going on so long. She was already fretting about the work she was missing! 

After consulting with a doctor friend of ours (actually his wife--Madely--is who I call--she is my "go to" nurse friend who then consults her husband as necessary), we took her to the emergency room. We got there at 11 p.m. and didn't get home until 2 a.m. The meds they gave her were to last until 7:30-8 a.m. when we could get to the pharmacy for prescriptions. Well, it didn't. She was up by 6 a.m. 

I'm telling you, this was awful. She was shaking--she was in so much pain. Turns out it was all because the crown above the root canal had failed due to the movement of teeth with invisaline!!  So many moving parts here before they could figure it out! 

Now, all is finally good! Pain is just about gone or at least reduced more to soreness.

Here it all is in a nutshell--in Mindy's words:

I’m on the mend now, but in case you’re wondering, here’s my last 6 days by the numbers:

Seen 1 dentist 

Seen 2 endodontists

Seen 1 ER doctor

Had 2 dentist appointments

Had 3 endodontist appointments

Had 1 ER visit

Been prescribed 2 steroid packs

Been prescribed 1 antibiotic

Been prescribed Percocet (which apparently you’re not supposed to drive on 😬)

Taken ~24 ibuprofen (per Doctor)

Taken ~24 extra strength acetaminophen (per Doctor)

4 lidocaine shots

Topical lidocaine

Had 3 X-rays

1 root canal

1 root canal adjustment

1 crown removed

End of Invisalign

This picture does not include the 2 dose packs!

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Nothing like meeting your dental insurance deductible for the whole year in just 6 days 😬

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Back to me: I'm so happy that it's all over now. I have to admit, I cried after she finally left to go home. My babies will always be my babies. When they suffer---so do I!! I don't care how old they are!!

Travel Tuesday

Well, we spent the weekend at Kentucky Lake with Walter and Chris. The guys had a fishing weekend:

It was pretty cold for them, so their time on the lake was a bit limited. 

While they were out on the boat, I "taught" myself something new. Actually, I've been wanting to do this for a long time. But, when it comes to computer learning, I always wait until I have a good chunk of time. As it turns out, this was pretty easy. I plan to use this as a journaling technique for my scrapbook pages. This sums up the weekend!

This was actually just a test to see if I could figure out how to do it. I love it when I have the time to learn something new!! Afterwards, I decided to use it as my blog post. 

Oh, and I realize I got the date wrong. What I didn't learn was how to go back and edit after the fact!!

Me on Monday

Yesterday, I took the time to do something I've been wanting to do for a long, long time. In fact, it's been on my "to do" list for ages.

Do you have a hard time keeping up with the shows you are watching? Do you forget shows you are trying to watch? Do you forget which streaming service they are on? Well, I do. It's all so much to remember.

First let me start with the streaming services. We PAY for Netflix. We donate to PBS, so we have that. We get Hulu free through T-Mobile. Then we have HBO Max, Prime and Disney + because other people have logged in to them on our tv either here or at the beach. We have YouTube TV which means we can have it all on 5 televisions. We have it on 4 tv's at home and 1 at the beach. That means we get ALL of those streaming services on all of those tv's. 

Are you still with me? Kind of overwhelming and hard to keep track of. So many shows. Hmmm, I was watching Ozark. Now what service? What season? Am I caught up? So darn much confusion. I decided to get a hold on all of it.

 I have painstakingly added shows that I hear about from friends, family or fellow bloggers to the "my stuff" or "my list" part of each streaming service. Yesterday, I took the time to make an extensive list---ONLY of what I'm currently watching or want to watch very soon. That doesn't even count the hundreds---yes at least a hundred others that I want to watch sometime. Here it is:

As I went through each service, there were so many shows or series that I had forgotten I was watching. Now I have a list to get started on. That makes me happy. I have a serious problem when things are all jumbled in my brain. I need to be able to "see" it! I completely forgot that I was watching "Baptiste" and now it's already up to Season 3. Same with "You" and maybe "Sinner". I just cannot keep up with all of it. Now hopefully I can. 

Oh wait, add to all of this, the regular network shows that we dvr! I could probably stop right here and have enough things to watch for the next five years!

Have you tamed an overwhelming job lately? I would love to hear about it!

Something for Sunday

This past week, while on the treadmill, I watched a video of a woman making this dish. It looked so good that I had to copy the recipe. I want to make it, but it won't be anytime soon. It's pretty fattening and doesn't really fit in to my eating plan right now. But sometime, I want to make it. If you try it, let me know how it turns out. It certainly can't be any easier!

Doritos Taco Pie

1. In an unbaked pie shell, spread 1 bag of crushed (fine) Doritos.

2. 1 package of taco seasoning, 1 lb. Ground beef, cook according to the package directions.

3. Spread over Doritos.

4. MIx 2 cups sour cream with 1 cup salsa and spread over meat.

5. Sprinkle 2 cups of any cheese—mozzarella or cheddar over sour cream mixture.

6. Sprinkle another bag of crushed doritos over the top

7. Drizzle with a half stick of melted butter

Place in preheated oven and bake at 400 for 20 minutes. 

Scrapbook Saturday

1. On this layout, I used the lanyards that were attached to the season passes as ribbon.

2. The following two layouts are all together. I used an insert page to give me more room. This layout is about my fall when I was recovering from toe surgery and broke the other foot. I had two different boots and looked ridiculous!

On the insert, I made two pockets on each side to hole all the cards and notes I received while recuperating.

The facing page has pictures of all the gifts I received, lots of gorgeous flowers (I almost had to ask myself if I'd died!), and lots of food. I'm blessed to have so many friends and loving family members!

3. Mindy's First Communion.

4. Grade School Friends

5. A View of My hometown.

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