A New Journey
I think every one who reads my neglected blog now knows about the braces. This is just about the only news-worthy thing that has occurred since my last post in February. Summer solstice has come and gone, but that’s not really about me so much as the simple passage of time.
So as much as it may gross some people out I want to watch my teeth progress and I don’t want to wait 10 weeks for my next appointment with the orthodontist (when they’ll take a picture) so, I need to post befores and durings. Skip ahead if you must and I’ll try and drudge up some info about what has gone on around here.
First, nice smiling face shots!
Before braces:
With braces:
A close-up, 4 days in:
In case you wondered, I have Damon System Braces. Click the link if you want to learn more. They’re not your mother’s braces.
So, ok, while braces has been all-consuming for me I guess a few things have gone down since February. Ella turned 5. That was a big deal of course and we threw her a party with her little friends. A Wizard of Oz party. Cutest little Dorothy you ever will see!
We went on a road trip Memorial Weekend and checked out the North Cascades Highway on our way to North Eastern Washington. Washington has ghost towns. Bet you never would have guessed it, but it does, and we checked some out. We think the living residents of some of these “ghost towns” should be offended at the insinuation that they and their town are dead though. No wonder they’re grumpy at the odd ghost-hunter.
Ella graduated from pre-school. We’re now just 2 months from full-day kindergarten and lots of money back in our own pockets (and right back out again, but for good causes like getting out of debt).
I went to Las Vegas to meet some friends for the very first time. To make a long story short I met 6 women on a message board full of women with babies born the same month/year as Ella. We bonded, splintered off to our own board and have been chatting all these 5 years. We had a really great time and are all ready looking forward to our next meeting. It’ll be a trip when we get our families together and see our kids play together. We’re thinking when they’re 10 we should get together. At that age I bet they splinter off boys vs girls with Ella palling around with Avery and Evy (the girly girls of the group). Am thinking when the kids are old enough we moms set them up with a board and they can chat and complain about us. Of course we’ll all have put keystroke software on their computers so we’ll know every word they type. The imagination runs wild just thinking about it!
That pretty much sums up the last few months. I know, I should blog more often. I haven’t been cooking much and especially now that my choices are limited I’m not feeling terribly inspired towards culinary adventures. I’m hoping we 3 Louie’s are going to Mt. Rainier this weekend so maybe in the very least I’ll have pics from that day trip to share. And check back once a week for braces updates because I’m hoping to take new pics every Thursday to monitor my progress. From what I’ve read by the time 6 months have gone by there should be a big difference. Yippee!!