The first few days with Invisalign was a real challenge. My teeth hurt with initial movement, and I felt badly that I probably wasn't as sympathetic with my children who wore braces. Sorry! I had to resort to getting acrylic nails put on, as my nails were short and became bruised under the nail bed in my efforts to remove the trays. The new nails helped, and now I can remove the trays quite easily. Then the next few days by evening time I was ready to scream out with tooth claustrophobia. My teef just felt like they needed to breathe and break free. Now that I am in my second week, I am adjusting. No between meal snacking, unless I want to remove the trays, and brush. I had to get sensitive tooth paste, cuz my mouth was raw from constant brushing. So . . . I survived, and now I will just have to repeat the tooth pain, when I get my new set of trays on Thurs.
I spoke in Church today, and am glad it is over. I should be good for another couple years. Spoke on "by their fruits, ye shall know them." Don't know if my talk inspired anyone else, but I felt some nice spiritual feelings in the preparation of the talk. It was a good week for those feelings. I shared with all of you the tender mercies of the Lord in helping me find Jason. I just had a long conversation with his mom, Joyce, and we plan to meet in Sac when I take Grandpa next week for some skin cancer treatment. She was wonderful to talk to and harbors no ill will towards anyone in the family. Lots of things were cleared up for me. Jason is in Uncle Denny's stake, and Denny will be calling him.
Joyce is a labor and delivery nurse at Sutter Memorial Hospital. She has been alone for 21 years. She has had a difficult life, but rose above the challenges and made a life for herself and her children.
Talking to her helped fill a hole I have always felt in my life.
Jared, Deb & Kids arrive tomorrow, and we are looking forward to some fun times - a trip to the Pumpkin Patch, and Marine World. I will post some photos real soon

Togetherness

I am joining the blogger world in a feeble attempt at family togetherness. The phone is great, but I find the information stream gets stuck, and I don't have the memory to keep track of who I told what. So, I will try blogging.
I have something new to wear these days - Invisalign!! I got my first trays today. Dr. Reading now does Invisalign, and he offered me a good deal - so I took him up on it. He said I was a good candidate. The correction time is fairly short. I will need a total of 8 trays for the top - 16 week treatment and 17 trays for the bottom. I am pretty sore today, but he said it will get better. I can only take them off to eat, and have to brush before I put them back on. I guess that will cut down on between meal snacking! It takes some skill and pressure to get them off. I am sure I will get better at it, as time goes on. I won't know what to think of my smile without my front tooth sticking out. Surpisingly, it will correct more quickly than the bottom crowding.
We had a lovely rain last evening. Everything is all fresh and clean now. I am glad for fall to be here, but disappointed I didn't get in another swim in the pool. We had a short swim season this year, and I missed out on a lot of it, since I was gone so much. The new pool liner made taking care of the pool much easier.
Grandma and Grandpa are settle in at The Courtyard. No complaints about the food. Today they went on a group outting to the Oroville Fish Hatchery. I am glad this new place offers monthly outtings, as well as trips to Movies 8, and WalMart. I am hoping my errand runs for them will lessen. They are much closer to fetch for Church, too.
I got a chair massage at the mall today. It was WONDERFUL. Those guys really put some muscle into it. Eventhough there was a ton of pressure, it wasn't painful. I love Clarice, but I will have to agree with Jared, as he terms her massage a "professional tickle." It is lovely and relaxing, but not deep tissue.
Okay, Jared, Megan and Andrea, we just need to get you two on board with the whole blogging thing.