Some summer vacation nuggets to pass the time:
-It feels like the weather here has gone back and forth between pouring rain and scorching hot and humid. If this is what climate change is going to do to the Midwest, I am going to take my toys and go…well, somewhere with better weather.
-Today, we found out that L has a gaping hole in one of her molars. A molar that was just fine in May when we visited the dentist. Apparently, a filling fell out (or was cracked out by all the sucker and/or gum chomping she does) and in less than two weeks since I first noticed a brown spot on her tooth about a quarter of the tooth is gone. She will now have a lovely silver princess tooth (crown). Awesome.
-Next week, M is going to have her own dental procedure (fillings, extractions) which will cost in the neighborhood of $400.
-Did I mention this is a no-spending month for us while we try to pay off the last bits of our China trip? Between the $650 on dental work and $400 on car repairs this month, the no-spending month is not helping the trip payments at all. All this avoiding of Target is getting me nowhere.
-Have I mentioned yet that summer vacation is killing me slowly?
-Thanks a lot! I made it into the top 25 on the voting thing!
-M went to a friend’s house today and it appears she and her friend made the incredibly bad choice of dumping baby powder all over her friend’s sibling’s room. I haven’t decided exactly what logical punishment is most appropriate for that bad judgement. Should she write an essay of apology? Clean my dirty basement? I don’t know. The friend’s mom wouldn’t let me pick her up early or make her clean up the mess there herself (because the girls would have entirely too much fun playing in the mess while cleaning).
Voted (again) for you!
Good luck with the dentist visits and bills. I dread the dentist now more as a financially-responsible parent than I did as a kid!
I wanted to thank you for the recommendation last year for the Wilds. We just went last weekend and the entire family LOVED it. We will definitely go again.
Gah. I think the Circle of Moms thing is a lost cause. “Rescue”, “blessing”, “quiverful”, “princess”, blah de blah de blah. Anyway, I voted for you, and some other more serious bloggers.
To me, you are absolute the best Blogger ever !!!!
Warm regards and a big hug,
Nathalie from The Netherlands
we have no dental insurance and had a 1800 dollar dentist bill last month. There is no way you can budget for that! Mia 2 giant cavities/root treatment, husband 3 freaking cavities-Damn Irish teeth. Good luck with your blog thing, voted.
Eesh! Dentist bills are scary, but I love the ‘princess tooth’ concept. Very cleverly done.
As for M and her baby-powder shenanigans, I vote for cleaning, esp. if it’s something that can parallel the annoyingness of getting baby powder up off of everything. This is, however, provided that she can clean it for real without making more work for you.
I’d put her in charge of vacuuming for a set period of time (next 2 weeks?). Then she can see how fun it ISN’T to get stuff off the floors.
May I ask you how you copyright your blog? I would like to open my blog to the public, but I don’t know how to copyright it. Thank you.
Ahhh, my kids have done the baby powder thing before, and let me just say, baby powder is nothing! It’s actually quite a bit easier to clean up then say peanut butter or cat litter…:P
I voted for you too, several times, so congratulations!