Julie again

Another shot of Julie, apres haircut. She is wearing the pink dress I made for her. She looks so tiny, but you can see so much gray in her hair. We forget she is a senior-citizen! (Or at least, middle-aged.)

Julie looks like a puppy

She got groomed tonight and I swear I thought they brought out the wrong dog. She looks so little!

I had a bad day today with a headache and stomach problems, plus my legs were aching. Not to mention the UTI. I gave a sample yesterday and have to wait to see what the lab report says, but in the meantime I'm on some kind of antibiotic. At least my tooth is hurting.

Nick was also sick today. I pray this will be better tomorrow. I frigging hate losing whole days because I can't function.

Plans change...

...whether I like it or not. I had a bad toothache all day yesterday so I made an appointment to have that second root canal done, after all. I go in Saturday morning.

Today I woke up with a damned UTI. I am off to the doctor shortly. Mike is taking me, which is great because my car is making funny noises and the engine light keeps coming on.

I was lucky to get a quick appointment. Even better, I wasn't even put on hold. This rarely happens!

At least my tooth isn't bothering me today.

Root Canal, Part II

The second half of the root canal wasn't near as bad as the first. Most of the infection is gone. I'm told it takes about 6 months for the bone to grow back enough to show on x-ray.

I didn't even take the pain killer when I got home, even though it ached a little. I still have some work to be done but that isn't terribly urgent. Maybe after we go to Ohio in the summer. I have too many other things to catch up on.

Julie has a grooming appointment on Wednesday, then I want to get her to the vet for a checkup.

I need to get new glasses.

Nick has a dentist appointment Friday.

We are going to Ohio next month and again in June or July.

Thirty days or so in a month and I never feel there is enough time.

New Toy

I have had a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer for maybe 20 years now, and really loved using it. But I felt it was time for a newer model. I found one on the clearance rack at Target for $100 cheaper than usual, so I grabbed it.

I realized when I got home this left me with  only $40 in the bank for the next two weeks, so I cashed in a bunch of coins today and put $80 in my account. This was too good a deal to pass up.

Katherine will inherit my old one. I think this one is about 2/3 the size and is certainly much lighter. Hopefully, it will also last me 20 years. LOL, I will be 81 then.

Ready for Spring

I took the heavy Granny-square afghan off the couch and put away all the St.  Patrick's Day pillows. (I have a few St. Pat's around still. It is too early to decorate for Easter.)

The first day of Spring is tomorrow. My couch now has lighter, brighter pillows and a quilt I finally finished today--after maybe 2 years? I'm not one to stick with a project to get it done quickly. It's more fun to jump from project to project, but eventually it does get done.

I also  made all the pillows on the couch. I will keep the darker curtains up until it warms up more outside. It's supposed to be in the 40s this week, still a little chilly for this time of year.

My tooth bothers me but not so much I even need Tylenol. I take the tramadol at night to help me sleep. So far it has not bothered me, thank God.

Tooth problems

I have had some pain for a few weeks in my lower jaw under some front teeth.  Mostly, I was able to keep it down with Tylenol and Anbesol. I had some work done on them but was still hurting. Last night, I was up half the night in pain.

So I went to the dentist today and he said I needed a root canal. I call up the endodontists he recommended and they either weren't in or couldn't see me until next week! So, I found the name of a doctor I'd been to years ago and was able to get in this afternoon.

I have a big infection that I'm sure would not have waited five more days. It was a new doctor named Sanchez and he was soooo nice. Could not have worked harder to make me comfortable. I must have gotten 8 shots before he could work on me without pain. Part of that is the infection that sometimes keeps the numbing medicine from working. But in the end he did what he could today. I am now on antibiotics for a week.

I'm sore from the 8-ish shots and took some Tramadol. I was worried it might 'bind me up.' I have problems with medications because of my stomach. But the pharmacist says I shouldn't have trouble with this. Never did before. I'd hate to think I'm reduced to nothing but Tylenol. Damn stomach.

So I go back for part 2 next Friday. I'm just glad I've done something to take care of this. Not sure how it happened except that the tooth was chipped. Maybe germs got in that way. I have a chipped tooth on top, too, and I plan to take care of that Monday before something else happens to me.

Today is St. Patrick's Day but it was kind of like any day to me. Soon the green stuff will come down and I'll start putting out Spring/Easter. We're expecting a little snow but at least it is in the 40s next week.