the view from my side of the desk

Both the mister and I are working from home so we've moved a spare kitchen table from the garage to the homestead. It backs up against the sofa with me at one end, the mister at the other. This is confusing to the cat (did I tell you we have a new cat?) and so she does this, because the mister is her favorite. 

daily walk: a new route

 

a pandemic tradition, I hope

 

Aka weekend scones. We had buttermilk and so I gave the mister puppy dog eyes and asked him if he could make is famous buttermilk scones, which are really from a recipe I found, but I just hate combing the cold butter to the flour. I have no idea why but it irks me. Scones are my favorite favorite and so I puppy dog eye it up and the mister makes the dough the night before and I bake them up the next morning. These have chopped crystallized ginger in them. SO GOOD! I would share the recipe if I could remember where I found it. I hope I can convince him to make a batch of dough every weekend. Fingers crossed! 

the march bed

 

daily walk: all the blooms

debrace day!

My mouth and bite are still wonkified but good gravy, my jaw is less angry and the floss no longer gets stuck, and I am not biting my cheek anymore, and the snaggleteeth have been unsnaggled. Not too shabby for a dentist directed orthodontic adventure! She was and is amazing, and stuck with my wonky mouth. It hurt like hell but it was totally worth the two years of agony. Here's day one with braces if ya want to see the magic.

Remember when I was going to get the jaw surgery and all that but didn't because we weren't sure insurance was going to cover it, and then no orthodontist would touch me without the surgery? My dentist specializes in odd mouths. She loves the challenge and wholeheartedly believes the shape of our bite and tongue placement effects our breathing. She took impressions of the wonk and with my permission presented it to an entire seminar audience of over three hundred dentists who were looking to use the Six Month Smile program. They looked at my case and helped her come up with a plan and she did it! It took two years, ahem, but she did it! There were tears, and lasers, and deep breath coaching, and we did it! Sure, I have to wear a retainer for the rest of eternity but it was worth it.  She says she will never take on another mouth like mine, but I am so grateful she did! 

***edited to add how happy I am that I got in just under the wire before dental offices closed due to the pandemic.