These 4 baby teeth of Emilie's just did not want to leave her mouth on their own. Not sure why but whatever the cause her dentist knew just how to resolve this issue - he pulled them, all 4 of em. All are or were her front bottom teeth. She's had a new permanent tooth that has been coming in for some time now but due to the lack of space it's pointing towards the back of her mouth. This new tooth should have pushed out one or two of her baby teeth but it didn't, anyway there's plenty of room now and is expected to correct itself and straighten up as it should be.
Emilie knew she was having 4 teeth pulled but since she's never been through this before she really had no idea what was in store. However, JoAnne said she did EXCELLENT only a tear or two and that was from the weird, uncomfortable numbness she was experiencing from the novocaine, as well as the experience as a whole - overwhelming for a six year old. We won't mention this to her but this 'problem' could happen again since she has such a tiny mouth. If it does, the same course of action will occur, yikes! Kudos to the doctor and staff for how they handled this entire process. They took care of the issue without scaring or traumatizing her, which is a plus for getting her to and from the dentist in the future, even for simple cleanings. The tooth fairy even came last night and left her some cash!
Now, some of you may be asking yourself why I didn't take her or at least go with her for this appointment. That's a very good question and all I can say, and I'm being brutally honest, is that I simply couldn't handle it - a pantie-waist perhaps. I would rather have traded places with her. Plus, I've had some bad experiences with my two older kids, and hospital ER visits and passing out and such. Weird how somethings have that effect on you and other things you don't bat an eye at.
A man wakes up one morning to find a bear on his roof. So he looks in the yellow pages and sure enough, there’s an ad for ‘Bear Removers.’ He calls the number, and the bear remover says he’ll be over in 30 minutes.
The bear remover arrives, and gets out of his van. He’s got a ladder, a baseball bat, a shotgun and a mean old pit bull.
‘What are you going to do?’ the homeowner asks?
‘I’m going to put this ladder up against the roof, then, I’m going to go up there and knock the bear off the roof with this baseball bat. When the bear falls off, the pit bull is trained to grab his testicles and not let go. The bear will then be subdued enough for me to put him in the cage in the back of the van.’ He hands the shotgun to the homeowner.
‘What’s the shotgun for?’, asks the homeowner.
‘If the bear knocks me off the roof, shoot the dog.’
Here are our two rows of raspberries, each row approximately 50' long.
I've spent a couple days in our raspberries doing some spring cleanup and getting the beds and plants ready for their summer production. We have two different kinds of raspberries; one is red and the other is orange. Both are tasty, with the orange ones being sweeter. However, I do not know what kind of plants these are, so that's next on my list; determine the raspberry types.
I cut out the old, dead stocks and topped all remaining plants to remove last years dead growth. I also weeded as best I could and spread compost throughout giving them some good, rich organic food. There are no excuse now for poor performance unless Mother Nature pulls a fast one.
Remember, raspberry plants are biennial, which means that the first year they are vegetative only and don't produce fruit.
I came across this article about the ultimate act of sportsmanship involving two teams in Division II softball programs in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference - Western Oregon and Central Washington. 