Throw out some treats...get visitors in the night.

Yesterday I went to the Dentist to get the permanent crowns for my implants. Things went well and I think I am thru with that procedure. Since I am long overdue for a cleaning I made an appointment for three weeks from now. The dentist told me that by then I could tell him how I liked my new teeth. Then he added that if I didn't like them there was nothing he could do. So far, things seems to be OK altho I am so used to chewing on the other side I haven't really tested how my chewing will go on the left side. Anyway, it has been a summer to remember.

I am so tired of this heat and am encouraged that things will imporve if we can just make it to the week-end. I have to fast tomorrow morning and go for a blood draw then next week I will go and get the results. I have lost weight this summer as I was mostly on a soup diet so that might actually be a good thing. I weighed 124 this morning so don't think I need to lose much more.
I am short tho so that is not a bad weight for me.

I have been invited to a kniting bee to learn how to knit. I can sew and quilt but I have never learned to knit. The gals say scarfs would be an easy project to start with so I may just knit everyone a scarf for Christmas. I along with most of my friends are trying to learn new things to keep our mind sharp. We all hear it is the best thing one can do to keep the brain from deteriorating.

Louise and I went to the graduation of the Tarleton State Univ. Dept. of Medical Lab Sciences
which is located off campus near the Ft. Worth's hosital district. The schlorship program there is suponsored by the May Owens Foundation. When the North Ft. Worth Women's club closed due to the loss of membership , we sold the building and donated over $160,000 to the May Owens Foundation. So in gratutude they invite a few of us former members of the NFWWC to the graduation ceremonies - they sit us on the front row and seem to find it necessary to recognize each of us by name. It was quite a large class so we will have a lot of Lab Technicians around.

My son, Joe and his wife Sally are leaving Friday for a week in Oregon. I think they will enjoy a little trip after messing with me and my teeth all summer and her Dad and his little problems.
I hope they come back refreshed. I will miss them but with the cell phone contacts available I never feel they are far away.

Hopefull I will keep my blog up a bit better than I have this summer.

This morning my son, Joe, took me to the dental surgeon for a check on my implants. He said they look good but the gum has grown over one of them. He said I would be ready for the crowns in about 3 weeks and at that time he would use a small lazer to burn the thin layer of gum off. I am then to go straight over to my dentist for impressions and temporary crowns. Looks like it will well into Sept before I am thru with all this. I have been eating mostly soup, yogurt and apple sauce. He told me this morning I could brush the implant area - said I could even use the electric toothbrush in that area. I have been avoiding it when I brushed my teeth. Guess I try to get up nerve and do what he says.

It has been really hot. We are supposed to have rain this afternoon and that will be good as we are behind in rain. I did have a pretty good shower a few days ago but would welcome some more.

I have stumped my little toe. I was in the bedroom which is carpeted so don't know how I did it. It hasn't hurt until this morning. I tried putting on my tennis shoes and I could hardly make it from the bedroom to the den. I taped it to the other toes and put my sandles on but I hobbled to the dentist. Guess I will be going barefoot around the house for a few days.

My son had to leave immediately after he got me home because he and his wife had to take her Dad to the hospital for a check up. He had a kidney procedure last week and this is just for a check up. Maybe they will get all of all folks settle down for awhile.

I talked to Louise and she has been mowing every morning. She called me when she came in and said she had about half of her acreage mowed. She goes out every morning for about an hour or two. I think she has 5 acres to maintain.

I will be staying in today. May try to clean my desk.

Yesterday I had tickets to attend a showing of abstract art from the 1920 to 1950's at the Amon Carter Museum. Louise and I had planned to go as they were going to have someone give a presentation. We decided not to go as it rained all afternoon. THe presentation was at 6pm and we would have probably been out by 7:30pm but even tho we missed it we sure enjoyed the rain.
I went last Tuesday to the regular dentist for him to look at my implants as he will have to make the crowns. He said I only had one implant and I told him I had paid for two. He talked like my gum had grown over one of them which I didn't want to hear. Next Tuesday I go back to the surgeon and I hope nothing bad has happened to the implants. I don't think he will release me as he said it usually took at least six week for them to heal. I will ge glad when it is all over with.
I grocery shopped early this morning, came home and fed the birds. I made zucchini soup but other than that I can't brag about accomplishing anything.

Well I am back feeding the birds. It is so hot that the water in the bird bath seems to go fast so have to make sure they all have water. The birds are fickle as they disappear if I don;t feed them. They will hang around for a couple of days but guess they have to find food somewhere so they leave. I also noticed the black and white cat that I thought was long gone showed up with one kitten. When my son Joe was here taking care of me after my surgery he left Tuna in the refrigerator so I put that out with a bowl of water for her. I wouldn;t have fed her except she had that kitten and I am a softy. She doesn't belong to anybody and I really don't want her around because I'm afraid she will get the birds.

My tooth surgery is coming along quite well with only a fleeting pain now and then - especially if I yawn. I'm still eating soft foods as I don't want to mess anything up. I'm back to using my electric tooth brush but am being very careful to avoid the implant area. I heard from my insurance today and I have overpaid the doctor about $600 so hope they will send a reimbursement check so I won't have to bring it up on my check-up trip.

Today I went to the skin doctor for a routine check but I have had little bump on the side on my nose and since Dr. Oz said the triangle from the top of your nose down to each corner of your mouth is the "death" triangle I have been slightly concerned. He said it was noting to worry about and removed it along with another little bump on my forehead. He really checked he over today - my back, my head, my stomach and my legs and he has never done that before unless I complained about something. He mentioned how hot it was and it is not even summer. Said he got married on the 21st of June 1980 and they went to Colorado up in the moutains so they didn't even realize it was so hot. He said when they started home they heard that it was 115 degrees in Dallas. I told him I well remembered that 39 days of record heat. Hope we are not going to have a repeat of that summer.

Louise Brogoitti came by yesterday afternoon. She often stops by for a cup of coffee and a snack as I am on her way home. She comes from Aledo to Fort Worth most days as she doesn't cook and eats out every day. She occasionally goes to lunch in Weatherford but mostly comes to Ft. Worth as the traffic is worse in Weatherford than in Ft. Worth. She knows every resturant in town and I think they all know her.

Doris Peterson's called and her roommate got thru the pacemaker surgery OK and has been moved to a rehab on Trail Lake. He had quit eating and lost so much weight that they are going to try and build him up. I feel sure he will go back to Doris' when he is released.

The mail brought my Bank Statement so I balanced my checkbook. I was a penny off so I just posted .18 instead of the big .19 of interest they paid me. I had bought two zucinni the other day so I made soup for lunch. Saved enough so will have another bowl for supper. Probably have yogurt and applesauce too. Have been watching Congress drill the CEO of BP. That has been on all day. He has only been in the job three years. Said he didn't make the decisions that led to the trouble. It is hot outside so I pray the electricity doesn't go off.