Owies!

Warning: This is going to be one of those whiny posts. The kind where I complain and feel all sorry for myself. Feel free to ignore, lol!!

Had dental surgery again this week. I say "again" because I had peridontal dental surgery back in May - to treat an area of my gums that is receding, the dentist harvested some tissue from my palate and grafted it onto my gums. Unfortunately I had an unusual amount of swelling and then some infection, so one of the stitches popped and it healed funny - made a little pocket of tissue which is not a good thing.

So Thursday, I went in for some no-charge repairs. Thank goodness, there was no need to cut into the palate this time. But there was some flap-cutting and it looks like Frankenstein's neck in there. Thursday also happened to be the day the workers were staining and lacquering our new hardwood stairs, so we had to stay out of the house until late in the evening...I went to my mother-in-law's for the day and dh drove the kids there after school.

I was glad to find myself back in my own bed yesterday (despite all the putting-the-railing-back-on noises the workers were making right outside my door). However, I must have had a reaction to one of the meds the doctor prescribed, because I started throwing up and pretty much continued to do so periodically for the rest of the day. I've eliminated two of the meds (the ones for pain - the irony of life!) and am taking only the antibiotics now. Still feel shaky but at least I'm no longer throwing up. Except now I get to feel the pain. Sigh.

I couldn't sleep anymore and came downstairs to make myself a coffee (which I am in desperate need of, because I wasn't allowed to have anything hot for 24 hours so between that and the nausea yesterday I had NO COFFEE). My plans for today included going to the grand re-opening of my local scrapbook store (yes, the one that shut down, where I spent all that money ... they're re-opening in a smaller location! Don't know whether to be happy or worried!). But I don't think I'm going anywhere or doing anything today. Pout.

If you got this far, thanks for "listening" to my whining. I'll get over it. Look on the bright side - I've got a few days off work!

He Shot - He Scored!

Bad, bad Scrapbooker. Bad, bad Hockey Mom. Last week, ds spent his first two minutes in the penalty box, and there I was, camera-less. Last night, he scored his FIRST GOAL of the season (and first in a long time - he was score-less last season) and again, no camera. What's up with that?? I cheered, I clapped, I possibly hooted. I am pretty sure I worked up a tear or two. But I didn't capture it on film!

We were leading 3-2 after trailing 0-2 and ds scored the 4th goal. We went on to win 6-4. Needless to say he feels pretty good about himself (and I'm a pretty proud Hockey Mom).

Note to self: Bring camera to hockey from now on!

Happy Monday everyone!

Under Construction!

No, not this site. My actual house. The stair guys are finally here installing our hardwood stairs (anyone with any experience getting tradespeople will understand why I say "finally" - wow, that's where the money is, trades. More demand than supply - they write their own ticket!). Can't wait to see the final product, but in the meantime, there is dust all over my house (more dust than usual, lol), drop sheets and plastic sheeting all over everything, limited use of the stairs, and lotsa noise. Thought I would do some scrapbooking today, but as my scraproom is up the stairs that is unlikely to happen. Most of my local scrapping buddies are at a local crop and most of my online scrapping buddies are at an online crop ... it's going to be a lonely day on the computer! So dd and I are outta here - if I can't crop, I can at least shop!

Funny thing about home renovations, is once you start, you can't stop. One thing leads to another. Originally, all we were doing was changing the kitchen counter and converting the stairs to hardwood. But now we have to paint, get a tile backsplash, get new appliances, get new window coverings, get hardwood upstairs too, get pot-lights in the kitchen ... and the list goes on!!! Looks like every house dh sells for the next few months will go towards one more upgrade to our house. Guess after almost 18 years here, it was time. But still. Had I known these renovations would keep me from my scraproom, I would have thought twice about it all!!!!

Happy weekend everyone.