Days 15 - 17

I had to take a break from posting the last couple of days. I had a major malfunction of my laptop and couldn't get it to use a browser. It was almost 6 years old so I figured it would be money better spent getting a new one rather than trying to fix the old one. 

Last night I transferred all the Documents and Photos to an external hard drive in preparation for getting a new laptop. Fortunately, there was a sale on the one I wanted: 15.6" screen, 1TB SSD hard drive, 16GB RAM, etc. It's basically my previous one, just upgraded a bit. I also purchased the service to transfer everything but when I got the new one home, everything transferred quite nicely as everything was in 'the cloud' or some cyber storage place. I will return to the store tomorrow to get a refund on the transfer service I don't need. 

Day 15

A microwave bowl caddy.

Day 16

soup mix. Just add an onion, zucchini, bacon that has been cooked and chopped, a can of diced tomatoes, and a bunch of spinach.  

and today, Day 17

another pattern designed by Marlene,

including the snowman button.

Tomorrow evening is the guild's Christmas get together and ornament exchange. I have my ornament stitched I just need to fully finish it. It's not hard to do, it just takes a couple of hours to assemble all the necessary tools and materials. I don't like leaving things to the last minute but sometimes it can't be helped. 

Mundane stuff now...

I've been frequenting my dentist's office quite a bit lately. Before my trip, I had the prep work done for a crown and a temporary one installed. It usually takes a couple of weeks for the permanent crown to be created and shipped back to my dentist from the west end of Toronto. 

After I got home, the temporary crown came off. I put it back in place but it came off again the next day. I called the dentist to see if it could be affixed more firmly again as I was afraid I'd swallow it while eating or sleeping. The permanent crown appointment was for the next day so I thought I could hang on 'til then but somehow my permanent crown and those of three other patients were in a Purolater depot somewhere between Etobicoke and Oshawa. So instead of putting on the permanent crown, I went in and had the temp attached more firmly. Fingers were crossed the permanent crown would show up before my dentist went on holidays.  He put in a rush order for another one to be created.

Then two days ago, a hunk of the adjacent tooth broke off, leaving a really sharp area on the lingual (tongue) side of the molar. This was lacerating my tongue so I called the dentist to see if I could get in to get the thing filed down, filled, or patched somehow. Lo and behold, my permanent crown arrived so I went in to have it installed AND the adjacent tooth filed down. It looks like that adjacent tooth will need a crown in the new year. My dental insurance only covers part of one crown per year so we'll probably get working on it before my next cleaning appointment in April or sooner if it bothers me.