Thank God for my Dentist!

I went to my dentist appointment today expecting bad news. My teeth are like a really bad train wreck. I have a space in my front teeth due to not having my two latteral incisors. I was born without them. I never had braces because in my teens it didn't really bother me. But as I have gotten older it has really began to make me self conscious.

So I go to my new dentist and he tells me what I already know, my teeth need a lot of work. Fillings, Root Canals, etc. But then when we discuss my front teeth he tells me that there are other options other than braces. I have seen these options on the Discovery Health channel but my former dentist didn't want to do it that way, he wanted to charge me $9500 dollars to fix it. So my new option cost one-third of it and will give me a much prettier smile. I can't wait. I am going to post my before and afters on the site.

I have to say it was a very emotional moment when he told me that my teeth were fixable. I had tears in my eyes. I really wanted to just jump out of the chair and hug him. I restrained myself, but I don't know if I will be able to do that when I see my new smile for the first time.

On another note, today was suppose to be our first day of school. That is what is so great about homeschool, you just go with the flow. Tomorrow will be the first day. I will let you know how we fair.

I am falling apart, literally!

Okay, I'm not that old, but some days I feel like I am falling apart. This past Wednesday morning I was making my bed and strained to pull our overly large comforter up from the foot of the bed and BAM I pinched a nerve in my back. I haven't been moving much since then. On top of that I have a tooth that is broken and has now decided to swell up and cause me even more pain.

I made a dentist appointment to take care of the tooth. I just dread it because my teeth need so much work and even with insurance I always hate to hear the total amount when they give it to me. As for my back the last time this happened my dh took me to a local acute care clinic and they gave me a sleep aide. The doc wouldn't give me anything for my pain just said to get a good night sleep and the pain would be gone. Well, I hate to tell him but it didn't go away. You could have knocked me out with a baseball bat and the pain would be there in the morning. The way it seems to work is it just goes away BAM like it comes.

Maybe tomorrow I will wake up and be put back together! Lets hope!

One of my greatest fears becomes real!

Tonight my mom called me during dinner to tell me about the bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis. I turned on CNN and was terrified by what I saw. I have had a great fear of bridges all my life. I grew up in the St. Louis area, actually across the river in Cahokia, IL. I had to cross a bridge a lot since all our family and my dads place of work was in St. Louis. As I child I always prayed before going across for safe passage. And now my worst fears seem to becoming true.

Just a week or so ago I took a small trip to northern IL with my husband and we crossed a long bridge so high it made my stomach turn. He always laughs at me when I close my eyes to pray (when I'm not driving). Well tonight he said he was sorry for always teasing me about that.

It just seems so weird, because yesterday while eating lunch at our favorite local Mexican restaurant we views the bridge collapse in California. And I was glad to hear the reporters say that there didn't seem to be any deaths. And now today another bridge collapses. This one much much worse.

Please pray with me for all those affected by these tragedies.