Must blog, must blog, must blog...

...even tho I can't think of anything to blog about.

Well here's something:
I got a recommendation from Patsy, Rick's AA, for an eye doc, went there today for an exam. He was a squirrely guy about my age. Odd comments, singing low, tapping a rhythm with fingers, humming while he was looking at computer about my eyes. Didn't answer my questions, instead directed it back to me to answer. Office staff was quite nice.

With dentist Slysh in Pa, I actively didn't like his staff, rude little 20 somethings, not polite, attitude of the northeast coast, but I did like him. I should have changed, but he was recommended also.
And the resulting disaster happened.

In Indiana, the kids' pediatrician was just ok, didn't like or dislike, but I was always going to change to someone better because of a few mistakes he made. I didn't since the kids really only saw him for school physicals (mistakes: Paige's pink eye, when he didn't tell us to throw out the infected contacts and get new ones so the pink eye kept getting reinfected ((actually I should have figured that one out)), and Chris' shoulder blade, hurt when he was in the 6th grade and 4wheeling with Rende and start to tumble over a ravine, both of then grabbed a bush to save themselves, then got in poison ivy, but anyway the doc x-rayed the wrong one or something or other, and something with Scott about the preliminaries for another finger skin graft that he missed). I should have found someone better but I didn't. But they did all live so all's well that ends well.

In NC I kept looking for a good dentist and didn't find one.

So, what I'm asking myself is: should I find another eye doc or stay with this one? I'm leaning towards getting someone else, asking for more recommendations.

As I have learned with my teeth, jaws, it is essential to have the best doc. Really, really like Dr Peppard.

Don't like Dr King, Internist. I need to move on for my physical this year.

Cold, colder, coldest

Ok, I'm tired of winter. Our weather has been all over the place. 30s and 40s, then high 70s. I haven't been able to walk outside for a week because it has been too cold. I also can't think of anything to write so this will be short.

The Day of Infamy

It was one year ago today that my ears started ringing and have not quit since. My jaws twisted for the last time on Feb 5, the day before. I now understand better what was happening. Oh, how I wish I could go back to when I decided to have the crown put on!! But if I could decide on my worst decisions of life and go back and correct them, I'm not sure that is the point I would choose to return to.

Occlusion specialist

Just got back from another adjustment. He said that my jaw muscles are still trying to find their place within my mouth for the correct bite. He plots on a graph chart each visit to see where they are. I have been wearing it for 4 months (seems longer) and still all over the place. But he did say that the neurological somethings between my brain and jaw muscles have to be broken and new pathways formed for my jaw muscles to settle, and I have had a lifetime of it being wrong (I've heard all this before).

But this time I didn't experience the loud squeal like I did 2 weeks ago, so that's good. I have mouth exercises that I have to do, and so I'm going to be very diligent about doing them.

And that's that.

Poor, poor, poor Broncos

The guys were excited about Super Bowl Sunday, since the Broncos were in it. Sad to say they got badly stomped by the Seattle Seahawks. I didn't watch any of it, but 3/4 of the way thro Rick turned off the tv, came into the bedroom and said I can't watch this anymore.

Peyton Manning has had a great career, was/is a great quarterback, but perhaps his day is over. He is also, and more important, just a great person. We got his autograph about 14 years ago in the Indy airport. He was just starting his NFL career, if I remember correctly what Rick said.

Mourning thro out Bronco land.

Bookcase

I have run out of space on all my bookcases, but especially the misc one (I also have a political bookcase, a religious bookcase, and a paperback novel/good literature bookcase).
I went to 4-5 furniture stores and found wooden bookcases to suit my needs from $700 to $1500, but really didn't want to spend that much money. Don't know what our house will need for bookcases when we move (in 4-5 years).

Today Rick and I went to Ikea and found organizing shelves in a solid unit (once we put it together) for $200 that we both really like.

We're both happy with this new bookcase (at least we will be when it's put together and organized with books).