Tuesday is hiking day for my new bunch of friends, the Birdie Girls. Today's instructions were to meet in the Walmart parking lot at 9:20 am to car pool to the trailhead some 20 miles away. I was there early, because Walmart is in my backyard. Of course, I walked - still no car. When no one showed up I started wondering if I had the wrong day, or the wrong time, but no. The email was clear. Apparently no one needed to car pool, and I hadn't communicated that I needed a ride this time. So, no hike for me. Not to worry though. It's evening now and I've gotten my 10,000 steps in doing gardening, and walking to the dentist.
This was the long awaited day to get the veneers on my top middle teeth. I have nothing good to say about the temporary set that I've had for two weeks. It was like my childhood nightmare of my teeth being loose and falling out came true. They were plastic and not very toothlike, hard to clean, and had to be re-glued once. The second time they fell out was yesterday so I put them back in and didn't chew anything until my appointment this afternoon. The permanent ones are on now, and what a process. It must be very good glue that they use because it took a good hour to clean the residue out, and now my gums are sore. But they will heal. My teeth look and feel normal again and I am glad to be done with it. I have spent way too much time in the dentist chair in the last month or so.
Now if I could just refurbish the rest of me...
I feel like teeth are important or I wouldn't have gone through all this repair and refurbishment. I've seen too many unhealthy mouths, especially on the elderly, and I just don't want those problems as I continue to age.
I'm struggling with a gardening issue. I want to have a better perennial garden in the corner of the yard, but the deer keep eating the lillies. There's a lot of Sweet William and Oregano there already but grass and weeds are prominent. I am serious about fixing these problems because I want it to be a memorial garden. It's a garden that Mom started and has always loved and I want to keep it going for her. I also want to put the husband's ashes somewhere in that space. I'm convinced this is a do-able project, and today I did some weeding and identifying of plants that are already there, many of which turned out to be invasive weeds. Invasive weeds are kind of a metaphor for much of life - my opinion.
The corner garden. This will be my "before" picture.
On the other side of the fence from this corner garden is Walmart. And that will be a story for tomorrow. What on earth are they doing over there?
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