Recovery

I'm just being lazy, and trying to recover from having my wisdom teeth extracted.

The pain has been different than I expected. It is nearly impossible to eat. My tongue hurts and my cheeks hurt. Is has to get better soon, right? On the positive side, I don't look like a chipmunk,  yet.  I'm hoping for the best!

Tooth Ache

I have been suffering from a tooth ache for a while. It was finally time to go to the dentist, last Tuesday. The dentist sent me to an oral surgeon. They want to pull my wisdom teeth. Actually, I have an appointment to have my wisdom teeth pulled, tomorrow. Yikes!!!!!

I keep thinking of images like this:

Unfortunately, the pain is almost unbearable even with pain meds. So... I'm going to have to bite the bullet and have it done, but I'm scared. I'm afraid it's going to be super painful. And, I'm afraid my cheeks will swell up and I will look like this:

I mean, the chipmunk is cute and all, but I don't want to look like him.

Or him:

OH MY GOSH!!!!!! Or this guy:

Whoa!!!!! That's disturbing!!!! Well, wish me luck because I guess it has to be done. I'm hoping that I will recover like a champ and will not suffer from chipmunk cheeks or that I will make chipmunk cheeks look super hot.

Fun with Bondo

I had a great thrift store find, yesterday. I found a pair of Monkey Lamps. Actually, another lady was looking at them but decided not to get them. So... It was a score for me. They are Monkey Lamps by artist Bill Huebbe.

Here is a picture of the exact lamp from his website:

Fantastic right?????

Well I found  a pair of them for almost no money. But... One had a chip on the back of the collar of the coat. I decided to try to fix it with Bondo!

I mixed the Bondo with the hardening agent in a cup. I put a piece of table on the collar, behind the section that was missing, and I filled in the area with the Bondo. Here are some more photos:

Once it dried, I sanded & painted it. This stuff does dry quickly and has a very strong chemical smell, but it works! Here is the finished, painted collar:

And here is the repaired monkey from the front:

Cute and almost as good as new. I did go out and buy some nice black shades to go on them. They look great, but I am a huge fan of monkeys.

So... How would a rate the Bondo project? It was very easy and took me less than 2 hours to complete, including drying time. The only real minus to the product is the odor, but it's not bad enough to be a reason not to use it. I will definitely be using it for more repairs in the future. (I will try to remember to take more pictures next time.)

Happy Monday!

Home Again

We are home. Back from our trip to Memphis to visit family.

We didn't drive, we flew (with an almost 2 year old). Sassy did better on the plane than I expected. There wasn't too much screaming & crying. I was afraid that we were going to have one of those toddlers than everyone wanted to throw off the plane. Thankfully, we didn't. She even slept most of the flight home.

Sleep????? That's a funny thing around here. We didn't get to do much of it! We are all sooooooooo tired from the trip. Sassy did not sleep well, at all, while we were gone. This morning she is a nightmare, a total mess. She is exhausted!

Here she is:

Just kidding.... That's a Tasmanian Devil, by the way.

Oh yeah... The pack is home too. Here are three of them in the kitchen, circling like piranhas, waiting for food.

Zoe is not in the picture, because it wouldn't be our pack if they all behaved and cooperated! Anyway... I just wanted to report that I survived the plane trip, and we all made it home safely. Now, we can carry on with our normally abnormal life. I must go now, before I have to hit spell check one more time. Did I mention that I'm tired???????????

Happy Monday!

Up, Up, and Away

We are going out of town, tomorrow. We are flying to TN to visit Alex's family for the weekend. I HATE to fly!!!!! I LOVE the idea of flying, but HATE to fly. Flying should feel like the picture above. You know, flying off into the wild blue yonder. Flying up into beautiful blue skies and white fluffy clouds. It should be relaxing.

Instead, for me, it is filled with anxiety. I clutch the seat when we take off. I clutch the seat when the plane turns. I clutch the seat (or dig my nails into Alex's flesh) if there is turbulence.  I start to panic when the plane begins to descend in order to land.

For me, flying looks more like this:

It's not calm and peaceful. It's more like getting sucked into a hole in the sky. Wish me luck on my flights to and from! I know that I'm being irrational, but I can't help it.