Hiding Out!

I  had a dental appointment today to have one tooth filled, since I had swallowed one of the teeth from my upper plate yesterday, I thought I would see if he could put in a new tooth at the same appointment.I should have known better. People in the medical profession rarely ever do more than one task at a time.It is a sad state of affairs. Once you could go in for a doctor or dental visit, and they would check everything that you could possibly have need of checking.Those days are gone forever.Now you must make a separate appointment for each individual need. Today I needed a filling. The fifth of next month,I will be having a tooth cut out by a surgeon. Tomorrow,at noon,I will pick up my upper dentures,since they kept them after I had finished my dental appointment this morning.Yes, you heard right. I had to come home without my upper dentures.You cannot imagine the stress I have been under over that. I tried to Hide Out all day, so no one would see me without my teeth.I'd rather Pop didn't even see me,but it was inevitable that I would have to face him, sooner or later,toothless.He didn't tease me too much, since he saw I was quite upset over it already.Thankfully,I didn't have to avoid any company today. The coffee drinkers did not show up, and a couple of insurance salespeople rang the door bell,but were gone by the time I got up from my nap and got to the door.I thought if I slept more today, the numbness from the filling would have time to wear off ,since I was unable to eat or drink for awhile,and the time would pass more quickly that way,too.Tomorrow,noon, is a long way off, when you are waiting to get your teeth back.

I had planned to visit Mom after my dental appointment, and possibly go by the chiropractor for a quick adjustment,but then I had not planned on them keeping my teeth.I went as straight home as I could go. Thank goodness, I had sense enough to get my gas before the dental appointment.The few grocery items I needed would have to wait.It is very uncomfortable without my upper teeth for this long,but, no doubt, I'll live through it.I don't think anyone has ever died from embarrassment.

The above picture is a scene from another one of my bulletin boards.I had a little more time to browse through some more of the contents of my sheds while passing off the day in hiding.They are so many memories stashed away in those two sheds, it is a joy just browsing through them.The hard part is deciding what I will need to get rid of. That was my original plan for getting into the two sheds to start with. To thin down my collectibles.It will be a slow go, but hopefully I will have lots of time to work on it,when the growth of the yard slows down due to the super hot days of  summer we will be having soon.

Rest Your Mind!

As I was rummaging through one of my sheds yesterday, I ran across some of my past ideas and materials that I had once used for my bulletin boards at my job as cafeteria manager for the small local elementary school.This was one of my favorite things to do. I think now it was because it was so relaxing to my mind. I had a lot of paper work to do at that time,and that always stressed me out to no end.I could get away from the paperwork and work with my bulletin boards and the stress seemed to diminish immediately.That's the same way I feel now with mowing the grass. No matter how stressed I am, I can hop on my lawn mower and feel much better instantly. I believe it has something to do with seeing the end results quickly that are pleasing to the eye. I love to see my bulletin boards completed all neat and colorful, and the yard all neat and trimmed. That calms me so to sit back and see my beautiful creation and handy work.That may not be the reason why these things are so calming to me, but it seems like a possible explanation. No matter what the reason, I am so thankful I have found ways to release a bit of the stress in my life at any given moment.I intend to keep my little bulletin board ideas going in some way. If no other way, then just to use in my posts. I do love working with them. My sister, Vicki, gave me the letters some thirty years ago to use in appliques, but I never used them in that way, enough to mention,but this is the way I have used them, and I cherish the letters to this day. She gave me a set of both upper case and lower case letters, and I have never told her how much pleasure that one little gesture has brought me over the last thirty years. Thank you,Vicki, for thinking of me, those many years ago, and sending me the wonderful set of letters.

Mondays!

It is Monday although it is not raining. One can only wish, but this is one of the many bulletin boards that I use to put up for the children and adults who might pass through my cafeteria when I was working. I only wish I had had the insight to save more pictures. This was one of my favorite part of my job. I was allowed to have as many bulletin boards as I wished, (I had eight small ones, at one time)and I could keep them all decorated with my artwork and some of my favorite quotations.I think often of making myself a bulletin board for my yard, to share my artwork and quotations with passersby,like some of the businesses do in town.I may add that to my "Want to do Someday" list.