I am so sorry about Ken's tooth,
Kathryn! I hope they do replace it at no charge -- I know implants are ridiculously expensive. Dmom considered it for full mouth, and still sorta wishes she had done it -- BUT -- she is so sensitive to so many metals, that she wonders if she could have tolerated them. Plus, the realization that she could have bought a really nice SUV for the same price. So she is still trying, with little success, to adjust to her dentures.
DDIL is trying very hard to follow all instructions re: her single tooth implant, because she said there is no guarantee re: whether it "takes" or not. But it sounds like Ken's just wasn't in right! Hope you feel better soon, also.
I do have
small ta-das:
* s2s, Bible, vitamins -- yes, took my B-12 -- but I noticed I did not take it all week last week, and was probably very negligent the week before.
* started laundry (1 load ready to hang up, 1 load in washer now)
* went to Wmart AND grocery store --
spent right at
$50 for
-- 4 gallons Milo's tea (if it is unavailable in your area, you are really missing out. It is the BEST sweet tea in the world)
-- 4 pkgs Sara Lee ready-to-serve rolls
-- 2 pkgs Pillsbury slice and bake chocolate chip cookies
-- 1 pkg -- 4 cups -- chopped pecans
-- 48 plastic forks, 48 plastic spoons
This sounds crazy to me. DH said the paper said Tgiving dinner for six should come in at approx $50. I don't believe it. He thinks we are spending more than our "share" on my family dinner, but I said, well, someone will be buying turkey and or ham, and that is very expensive, plus the time involved in making chicken and dressing, peeling/slicing potatoes, etc. Dh said, "But their dressing is no good." LOL. I told him that didn't enter in to the time and effort required to make it. (He doesn't like it b/c they put too much sage and don't brown it enough for his -- or my -- taste. But that's all right with me, b/c I know how much trouble it is to make it.)
Dgrands will be here in just a few minutes and stay for a few hours, until time for us to go to nursing home for singing. Then dgrands and their parents will be on their way to her family for the holiday and dgd's birthday.
Oh -- a FYI -- if you are considering buying a little girl a "little people" kind of house -- ie. Fisher Price or Playmobil -- I have a product review. Playmobil offers more "stuff" to play with -- such as a four place setting of tiny tiny silverware! -- but the house does not seem as durable as FP. The hinges do not want to stay tightly in place when you open and close it. I got it b/c I couldn't find the FP one that closed up and had a carrying handle. Also, I suppose after reading
The Miniaturist, I was fascinated wtih all the little furniture and accessories. Unfortunately, I did not realize that ddil and I would spend a good part of last night ASSEMBLING the little furniture and accessories, LOL! 127 pieces -- which I assume included the tiny flowers for the tiny stems for the tiny vase, the stickers for the tv and stereo, the chair cushions, the toilet paper -- yes -- it has EVERYTHING for the little family of three that live in it. But if it could be in two pieces, it WAS in two pieces.
DGD absolutely LOVED it -- as did dgs who wanted to play with ALL her stuff. Even the baby doll (one of those "Reborn" dolls that is supposed to feel more realistic (I also thought that was waaay overpriced, but she loved it too) -- DGS said he could be the daddy, she would be the mommy. He would be 35 years old, "b/c that would be the age of the perfect daddy." (The same age as his daddy.) Of course, he announced that made ME approx. 80-something years old, b/c I would have to be the great-grandmother.
It was a fun night, but I was glad when it was over.