The day after Brianna got her braces put on, she popped one of the brackets off one of her front teeth – the orthodontist said to just wait until her next appointment to have it put back on. (That appointment is this coming Monday.) Last night while we were at dinner I took a good look at her teeth again. It’d only been 8 days since her braces were put on. Although the ortho said we would start seeing changes in her teeth alignment quite quickly, I had NO IDEA what a difference 8 days could make! I may not have noticed the change quite so much if the “popped” tooth wasn’t in the same place it started (since the bracket popped off and all). But, her front tooth that the bracket stayed on is almost completely straight! I just kept sitting there looking at it and making her smile so I could get a good view. I will post pictures after her next ortho appointment next week, but here’s a link to the pics the day she got her braces put on. (You can click on the individual images to view them larger.) Imagine the front left tooth (when you’re looking at her) aligned almost exactly at the angle it’s supposed to be (as opposed to the almost 45 degree angle it’s at in the pictures. I’m still amazed…
Archive for September, 2009
My birthday has been pretty good. When you’re 36, quiet = good. JR made a quick run back home this morning to bring me breakfast. When he leaned over to kiss me (I was still sleeping), his iPhone fell out of his shirt pocket and knocked me in the head. Those things are pretty good weapons when they come at you from a far enough distance and the corner of it hits your forehead. I spent most of the morning putzing around reading birthday wishes on Facebook & Twitter. This afternoon I picked up money for the fall festival “mummy wrapping” then had a PTA committee meeting after. Ran a deposit to the bank (for the PTA) got home then checked my email. When we got home Brianna gave me the card she made me this weekend and I put it on the fridge. Shortly after that JR got home from work and we headed out to Chili’s for dinner.
Our “local” Chili’s is normally excellent – great service & food. Tonight was definitely the exception to that. The server was nice enough, but she had to be reminded to bring out drinks (about 10 minutes after we ordered them) and it took a long time to get our appetizer. When they brought our food they got both my order and JR’s orders wrong. Mine was easy to fix, JR had to wait extra time for his meal. Drink refills were VERY slow (we were only drinking water, so it’s not like they had to be mixed or anything). The floor manager ended up coming to check on us and we were quite honest and told them what was going on. They offered to give us a free dessert, but since I was getting a free dessert anyway (my birthday dessert), they offered to remove the cost of JR’s meal also. When the check finally came they had indeed deducted my birthday dessert and JR’s meal, however they charged us for 2 drinks – we were only drinking water. So, they had to go fix that also. If that had been our first visit (or one of the first) to that particular Chili’s we probably would not be inclined to go back. However, since it normally is excellent I can’t imagine we wouldn’t go again…especially since we love the molten lava cake and I ALWAYS get the country fried chicken crispers w/ black pepper gravy – YUM.
The girls are now in bed – Delaney fell asleep on the couch waiting for Brianna to get out of the shower. I think I’m about to head to bed myself. I keep catching myself yawning while I type this!
CAUTION! GROSS IMAGES & VIDEO BELOW
We had quite an adventure last night in our backyard. Shiner cornered a Timber Rattlesnake and the girls (neighbor included) saw it and came running to the front yard to tell the grown-ups. JR went out back and shot it then chopped its head off. Here are some pics and videos.
Tags : JR, rattle snake, Shiner