Small Triumphs

We have has a couple of days with triumphant moments.

Yesterday Elly had an appt with her dentist. This was just a normal cleaning. She has had some rough luck dentally (is that a word?). When she was 1.5 years old she hit head on with our 70 lbs dog Chester. It was a crazy accident, on Christmas Day no less. She had her top teeth pushed in and back into her mouth. It was horrible-for her, regarding pain and trauma--for us in terms of just being sad for her. It looked awful, and not knowing the extent of the damage was super hard. Turns out we were referred to a wonderful pediatric dds who has been in charge of directing us to care for this injury, a split frenum (and 2 emergency stitches) the Saturday before Halloween 2007, and her regular care. The 1st injury has resulted in a near miracle. She still has all the teeth, no signs of infection or root death. From xrays we can see the the root is seperating from the gums and the tooth will probably fall out sooner than normal. BUT the good news has been that it seems not likely anytime soon.

Yesterday's triumph was her total acceptance of all things dental appt. She went in (asked to bring her MIMI...aka yellow rag...aka blankie). Got up on the bed/table. Opened up wide and ready. No battles no refusal. AMAZING especially in light of her past tramautic experiences.

Today's triumphs were all mine:

1. I weighed in and was 2 lbs down. I am now 8 lbs out of 21 total I am hoping to eliminate. Feels totally do-able without the extreme dieting. Add the exercise and smart eating...not hard at all.
2. I picked 6 cups of grapes from our vine. After tomorrow I will have more and enough to make homemade jelly.
3. Although I spent much of my day with a whiny, grumpy big girl and a whiny clingy and then climbing and anything little girl, I was able to complete several chores.
4. Showered AND shaved my legs (hee hee).
5. Never left the house...meaning no gas wasted nor money spent.
6. Might be unloading some of the bigger baby items left over to a friend of a friend. Could make some pennies on it. That in turn will go to paying off some piece of a bill.

Possible upcoming weekend plan will be buying new kitchen appliances.....the stove clicks constantly on the starter so we unplugged and just strike a match to light it. The microwave lost its door handle a year ago, and we open with a prying tool (chopstick). The stove's glass plate is loose from Her Royal Monkeyness. The fridge is losing its seal, and the dishwasher is the original and not very efficient. Look out for pics of our new updated stuff....