Monday, April 27, 2026

Monday: dentist

I had a routine filling done today.  I also have a canker sore near where they were doing the filling.  They numbed everything up, did the filling, and said it would be back to normal in about an hour.

I woke up from my nap, about two hours later, and noticed that my lip still felt really funny.  My cheek and gums felt ok, but my lip was not.  It turns out that it had swollen to about twice it's normal size.  I'm guessing it was mostly from canker sore plus instruments, but it was annoying.

Around 4pm it lessened in size - maybe to 1.5x.  Around 7pm it went down a bit more, but it hasn't gone down since then.  It isn't quite as annoying now, obviously, but it still does not feel right.

Here's hoping things are better tomorrow.

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Sunday: warm weather

After a cool morning, it got very nice out.  Ben went out to eFoil


The boys and I biked to Lowes for some paint cards.  It was a short but lovely bike ride.

I tried to make a focaccia tonight.  It was more of a thick flat-bread.  It was edible, because warm bread is edible, but we probably won't finish it. 


Saturday, April 25, 2026

Friday: under the sink

 I was cleaning yesterday and found another cat under the sink. Hahaha.


Thursday, April 23, 2026

Thursday: excel

 One of the assignments in my class is to do something with a picture.  (There's more to the assignment to make it worthwhile.)  Anyway, it's fun to see what the students come up with.  Some put a lot of time into it, some put the bare minimum.  This one is actually a bit in the middle but the first one I've seen with a title.


Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Wednesday: errands

I got a lot of errands completed today.  I didn't get much else done, but oh well.

It started at the dentist.  It was an ok appointment, other than I had a "large gag" reflex.  I'm going to be honest, it felt like a normal gag reflex.  When you stick something large in my mouth and all the way to the back we should be happy I only gag twice.  Also, the fact that you can't get a picture of the root of one in the middle back doesn't seem like my fault.  Anyway, it is done for six months.

It turned out that I only had 11 items to get at the grocery store, so I had enough time to get groceries.  I give myself a gold medal.  I came in just under $100.

I got gas.  It was the first time I've had to wait for gas in quite a while, but I usually don't try to get it at 11:30.

I had lunch with a friend.

I stopped by the library.

I finally got home and took my nap.  There were a bunch of friends waiting for me.  I had a bit more time to do some chores, but I really didn't get much done before I had to pick up the kids.


Between dropping off the kids at church in the evening and karate I also stopped at GFS, just to round out the errands.


Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Tuesday: Middle School Move up

Tonight we had middle school move up night.  Joshua had his first band concert.  There's a chance it will be his last too...he's having a hard time deciding between Spanish and band next year.


After the concert Joshua elected to go around to all the stations by himself and get his card stamped.  I felt a little bad for not joining him, but he wanted to go by himself and I have a good idea of what will happen next year since Joshua is the second child.

Monday, April 20, 2026

Periodically: rocks in the house

Periodically we have rocks in the house.  They don't talk, but they do move a little bit and they can often follow simple instructions.

The frequency that these rocks show up has gone down a bit in the last few years, but it also happens more than I would expect.