THE JOY OF LOVE, DAY 13

Willette Photography & More is offering a free, online photography class this February, called The Joy of Love. There's still time to sign up, if you're interested!

Lesson 13 - ROUTINE. I am horridly impatient and haven't actually waited for this lesson to be posted yet, but since the Willette gave us the theme, I ran with it.

Poor Weeb. She's really sick of the Mammarazzi. So I told her to be silly and she happily complied. Seemed only fitting that I would make the photo of this twice daily routine as ridiculous as possible after my silly instruction.

Nothing like a little fun with levels. Click on the white dropper and select a point (white or white-ish), then do the same for the black. It's amazing the fun you can have!

I know I should be practicing more on making photos look better. But sometimes I really just can't help myself. *grin*

THE TOOTH IS OUT THERE

Sorry, I couldn't resist the stupid title.

My daughter lost her first today.

I did not expect loose teeth before she turned 5 years old. And she was NOT thrilled about having a loose tooth, either. I was shocked each day that passed and that thing hadn't fallen out. It seemed to be loose for more than a month.

My poor girl. She is not a fan of change. I've worked so hard to

try and have her experience the changes of life as an adventure, but as much as I try to hide my own issues from her, she is very much like me. Sorry Baby, you've done nothing BUT change since the day you were conceived. Life is change. I'd say you'll get used to it, but you'll probably just stress about everything for the rest of your life, just like I do, regardless of how illogical it is.

Baby teeth are SMALL!

After the initial hysterics, she was quite interested in the tooth and how it fits in the mouth and the new tooth that's already growing behind where her baby tooth once was. I decided to show her my wisdom teeth. I had them removed when I was 18 and asked to keep them. I think they're awesome. My kid thinks they're awesome, too. And comparing them to her tiny baby tooth, I understand why these suckers caused me such jaw pain!

We thought about the best thing to put Weeb's tooth in so the tooth fairy could easily find it (and Weeb didn't easily lose it). We decided on this little container. She drew a picture of a tooth and the Tooth Fairy on it.

We're all smiles and gappy grins now. I wonder what the Tooth Fairy will bring tonight.

INVISIBLE TOOTH TATTOOS

No, no, not tattoos of invisible teeth. I got those three filings done today. They filled them with something that wasn't silver. I wouldn't say it was exactly tooth color either. But it certainly wasn't silver. It was tooth-ish color - whatever that is. Bummer, I was hoping to have a cool (and kinda disgusting) before and after picture of my chompy bits.

I have pretty good teeth. I made it into my 40's with only 1 cavity that required freezing, prior to today. Granted, these three cavities were likely there for a while and had I been going to the dentist regularly (or more than once every 5 years), I might have actually had them detected and corrected BEFORE they were a problem. And had I been flossing more regularly prior to the past couple of years, these cavities might not have even formed at all (they were all in between teeth).

So, boys and girls, floss regularly and visit your dentist every 6 months to 1 year. Or you'll end up with three cavities filled on one day. Or worse, over two or three days.

And as much as it wasn't painful (wow, my Dentist is awesome with a needle!), I'm a bit achy now.

I will also mention that the Slurpee that I rewarded myself with after the fillings were done was some kind of funny to drink since my lips were frozen HOURS after the fillings were done. Ever try to drink through a straw when your lips are frozen? Funny stuff. I highly recommend it, just for the laugh.

I've looked for an amusing graphic to add to this, but I'm tired and achy and I can't find one quickly. Sorry, next time, folks.

SOME TATTOOS FOR MY TEETH

I have been pretty lucky in terms of my teeth. I've only had two cavities and only one of those actually required freezing to have the filling done.

However, after a five year dental hiatus and a sad reminder that I have not always flossed as I do now, I have come to learn that I have THREE cavities that require filling.

I'm not happy about this.

But I've had three tattoos and a baby, so how bad can this be, right?

The dentist had mentioned that he told kids that when having a cavity filled, they were going to get a cool silver tattoo on their tooth. I thought that was kind of cool and was going to blog about the new silver tattoos I was going to be getting soon (if this cough ever goes away).

So, as I often do, I turned to Google to see if I could find a good picture of a tattoo on a tooth. And wouldn't ya know - people actually DO IT! Seriously. Google TOOTH TATTOO and see what you come up with. Crazy.

Mine are going to be way cooler.

Mine are going to look like silver stars.

But perhaps not quite like this. LOL