Well, we finally finished shoveling the driveway! What a job. We worked together this time. I think we motivate each other. We also take periodic breaks. There sure was a lot of snow! The paper said 11 ( Read more... )

For those who are curious, my doctor gave me some things to research and I will share them here.

An article about the syndrome - google this: Dental distress syndrome Fonder (author)

source for affordable night mouth guards - sleepright.com

info about laser therapy - thorlaser.com

Had a quiet but nice Christmas. Missed seeing any of "the kids" (I know, they aren't KIDS anymore!) but did talk to all of them at some point. It is good to hear their voices and know that life is good for them ( Read more... )

Well, I finally went to the doctor about pain in my elbow. I have been having pain during my exercising since May but it was starting to be evident during regular daily activity. I self-diagnosed myself using the internet: golfer's elbow. Similar to tennis elbow but with pain on the inside bone of the elbow instead of the outside bone. Well, in ( Read more... )

I am enjoying trying my hand at knitting socks. Barb started me a couple of weekends ago. I'm not real happy with the top edge but, mostly, I'm pretty proud of my creations! I am finding that it's not as hard as I anticipated. Here are a couple of pics.

They are pretty comfortable but a bit big for my foot.


( Read more... )

It's Sunday. I really enjoyed the concert last night. I have to admit listening for the harpsicord and the organ. It went very well. I went to the talk before the concert. Not sure it helped me "appreciate" the pieces more but it was interesting anyway ( Read more... )

Fall has arrived in Western Michigan. It's been around 60 degrees the entire day. Our furnace has decided it's not ready for Fall - it won't come on. Steve baked biscuits this morning - mmm. Life is rough. He also made a meatloaf for me to eat this week. The oven still doesn't take the chill off. The thought of taking a shower when it's this ( Read more... )

Am having fun at the DeGraaf Nature Center lately. Took a workshop on plant communities. It included some "field trips" of which I was able to attend 2. The first field trip was really interesting. There is a bog in Allegan County called Miner Bog. We went out onto the bog (which is just sphagnum moss which covers a very deep lake) and saw ( Read more... )

I usually just lurk, but thought I'd try my hand at journalling ( Read more... )