Dad 234: The Last Post of 2014

(Definitely Dad's shortest post so far! Enjoy! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Enjoying today, the last day of 2014, as the sun shines brightly and the temperature dips to single-digit numbers. It is cold!

 

Nothing else to say or write today except:

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

Gum Recession Leads to No Fun

I have two teeth with enough gum recession that I need gum grafts. My first procedure was yesterday. The other will be in a few months.

 

The graft tissue is taken from the same side of the roof of your mouth. I asked to see the graft tissue before the doctor put it in the recipient site. (He said I was the first patient in 24 years that has asked!) It was this nice little pink strip of flesh.

 

May I say that undergoing this procedure was not fun? It was not fun at all.

 

The left side of my mouth is now out of commission for chewing purposes for the next week. I have these "silly putty" dressings on the roof of my mouth and over the graft site. It feels weird.

 

I am not allowed to eat crunchy stuff. So no nachos tomorrow night! Happy New Year to me. :(

 

To do: Get through the next few days of special eating without whining too much.

Orcs and Cats

Orcs. Lew and I went to see The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies on Saturday with our friends. We saw it in IMAX 3D. I'm glad that we paid more to see this movie in 3D, because I don't think I would have enjoyed it at all in the regular theater. There was not much of a plot - just lots of fighting - so the 3D aspect at least added some interest. As I watched the movie, I tried to figure out the five armies: dwarves, elves, humans, orcs (two armies of orcs!), eagles, a smaller band of dwarves, a hobbit - does Bilbo count as his own army of one? That's more than five, so I obviously didn't grasp the meaning of "army" for this movie.... Did I mention there was lots of fighting?

 

Cats. Photos and videos of cats are all over social media. Regular readers of my blog know that I sometimes post about my own cats, especially when they misbehave. My Aunt Debbie sent me an interesting news clipping last week - a pet advice column on clicker training cats and what rewards work best. I don't know if I could use clicker training with Jerry and Kurt because they already have us trained! (They meow, we deliver!!!) But maybe I should try.... Hmmm....

Christmas Morning in Photos

Major thing to report on this week: Christmas, of course! We spent the morning at Matt & Emily's house and the afternoon at Debbie & Glen's.

 

The day before: Christmas Eve service at church.

The day after: Absolutely nothing! (We did venture out once for about half an hour.)

 

Some Christmas morning photos for your enjoyment....

 

Grampa!

Front row: Matt, Lew. Back: Emily's mom, Eli, goofy Wayne.

Merry Christmas from Adam!

Emily made a wonderful breakfast for us.

Let's play!

Eli plays Spot It!

Adam and Grampa fed the dinosaur.

Tia gets a photo with Adam.

Tia and Eli share some playtime.

 

And what would Christmas be without getting into a little bit of trouble!

 

A Fantasy Football Legend

Writing prompt: Skin.

 

The first thing I thought of when I read this prompt was football, as in pigskin.

 

Then I thought of Lew's fantasy football league and the fact that I have neglected to mention this year's winner: Matt!

Congratulations, Matt!

 

This was a church league, and Emily recently posted this photo (along with her amusing comment) to our church Facebook group:

 

Jus' Sayin'

(Disclaimer: I don't really even know why this is important but I love my husband so I happily play along.)

 

And that concludes my five-minute Friday post on this day after Christmas.

 

Merry Christmas!

For unto us a Child is born....

 

The Baby Jesus!

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Dad 233: Merry Christmas!

(Enjoy Dad's next-to-last post of 2014! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Here in the midst of a wet storm that will take us through tomorrow. Not too sorry that it is rain. No plowing involved. But really would like a small covering of snow for Christmas. Not happening. Bah, Humbug!

 

Well, the Patriots now have 'home field' for the playoffs. They were fortunate to beat the Jets by a point. And even more fortunate that the Broncos lost to Cincinnati. The Colts took a beating but had their conference wrapped up. Just a letdown after winning their division. Good luck to the Pats and the Colts in the playoffs.

 

Simply put, to you and yours....

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!