The Good and the Bad

The beginning of my week started out BAAADDD!!!! After dealing with tooth pain all weekend I knew I had to call the dentist. It was the last thing I needed this week so I put it off until Tuesday morning. By that point I felt like the throbbing in my face would eventually make all my hair fall out. If you are reading this and have had a tooth ache - you know what I am talking about. Things worked out great after that. Dr. Kowalski was able to see me that day at noon and what I assumed would happen - happened. He had to do an instant root canal procedure on me. The novocain felt like heaven (UNTIL IT WORE OFF AROUND 4:00). Needless to say I took my Hydrocodone which just made me groggy and Penicillin and started my route to recovery.
I was determined not to let this pain ruin a day Dave and I had planned for yesterday. The girls had a day off yesterday (not for the snow) for a teacher's workshop. So, I loaded up on Advil and we took off up to the Woodbury Ski Area for tubing. It was AWESOME!!!! We ignored the slight rain (which kept everyone else away). We were the only ones on the mountain!!!!!!! I can tell that I am turning into an old lady mamma because every time the girls went flying down the "expert hill" I would annoyingly tell them "BE CAREFUL - BE CAREFUL!" Well, guess who was the only one to flip (twice) on the "expert hill"??? You got it - it was ME! Well, thank God we had helmets because when my head hit the snow/ice TWICE - that did a number on the ol' root canal that the Advil had let me forget about for a few hours. It was so worth the pain - it was great!!!!!

IT'S HERE!!!!!!!

Season 8 starts tonight!!! Be prepared for many future A.I. posts! The best thing about this season is that we now have DVR so we won't miss ANY episodes due to basketball or swim practices!!! I have it set on "record" already!!!Yesterday Erica and I joined Kristen at Ski Club for a night of skiing. I was TOTALLY impressed with my ability to keep myself upright and wake up this morning feeling only a tad bit sore. I only took one fall while exiting the chairlift the first time - only because it was kind of awkward and I didn't know what to do. But after that, I was a pro at it! Erica did amazing! I must say for someone who we many times call a klutz, she has great balance and coordination when it comes to sports like this. She's a great skater too so I had a feeling she'd nail the whole balance part of it. She does have a problem with the "need for speed" part. She was crazy! I recall a blog from a few months ago when we went to the Alpine Slide and she was the same way - however, she ended up flipping her cart and riping her arm open there. Kristen has gotten to be a pro herself! She spends most of the time racing her friends and kicking the boy's asses. SHE LOOOOVVEES that!
Anyway ... I thought I would include a few photos of myself - you can see them below.

2009

For some reason I always dread this time of year. A lot of you know that the whole New Year's celebration is NOT my favorite. I've never really known why, but I think it just has to do with Christmas being over .. heading back to school .. and so on ...

Well, now that my tree is down and decorations are put away, I can get focused on the year ahead. I am sure it will be A LOT less hectic than last year for us. Renovating the house, the "speed move" - it was crazy.

I can look ahead to a new season of American Idol (starting January 13th) ... and finishing my tenure as "PTO Mom" at Hatton School. My main wish for 2009 is that my family and friends remain healthy and happy.

In closing ... I wasn't going to load up my blog with more photos ... but there were some from Christmas that were so great I had to share them with you all .. ENJOY!