No Snowcones in the Snow

 It's hard to make snow cones when there's no water, so JR's work was shut down longer than most. 

But I'm always excited to see his face appear on the Insta. 

Toothless Tuesday

 Poor Reed.

He was 7 years old before he had his first baby tooth fall out.  At 13 he still had 5 baby teeth.  

So in two different appointments he had 5 teeth pulled.  He had 3 pulled the week before the freeze shut down.

Look at the roots on that middle tooth.  The dentist said that one would have never come out. 

Then he got the other 2 pulled this week.

The root broke off on one, and they said it will eventually come up to the surface and Reed will be able to pull it out.  

The dental assistant told me "I've been doing this for 16 years and I've never seen roots like this on a kid."

Reed now has all his baby teeth out, and out of 20 teeth he had to have 8 of them pulled along the way! 

My foot

 So last week wasn't a total loss.  

I was able to keep my post-op appointment and got my stitches out. 

And I got to see all the hardware in my left foot. 

I have to wear a toe-spacer for the next 2 weeks, and after that I think I get to go back to a normal shoe! 

It's Going to be 60 Degrees Today

 Last night was our last night of freezing temps, and we have electricity, cell service, and water (we just have to boil it until at least Monday).  

We handled this week about like this

And definitely feel like this about cold weather

12 Hours

 We've had electricity for 12 hours in a row.  That's the longest we've gone since Sunday night. 

When all this was still new, the boys were excited to go make a snowman (way back on Monday).  

This was as big as they could make (and this includes all the snow they went and took out of our next door neighbors yard too). 

 Don't forget to check out those gummy bear eyes. 

For 3 days of no electricity, water, or cell service you'd definitely expect a bigger snowman.

Going Green is Great!

I'm posting this as fast as I can.  I only have a short time before "they" decide I've had enough electricity and turn it off again.  No, we haven't had an ice and snow storm to knock out power.  It just got cold.  It hasn't been this cold since 1989...but, you know, global warming.

See, not an ice storm.  Not a snow storm.

 I've been without power for 36 hours.  Oh, and we have no water or cell service either.  It's been super fun. Wanna see how cold your house gets with no power for 36 hours just because somebody decided you don't get to have power.

After 36 hours we've been gifted with electricity off and on.  

Oh, and we get to live like this for at least the rest of the week. 

Chloe Update

Chloe has been staying busy in her role as queen of the household. 

She takes her duties very seriously. 

Me Update

 So if you've been in my life for awhile (longer than Jason) you might remember that way back in 1993 I had bunion surgery on both feet. It was life changing. 

LIFE CHANGING.  

But in the last year and half or so, I started to notice that the bunion on my left foot was growing back. (I didn't know bunions could grow back, but after perusing the internet, yep, they can, and usually do.) 

Now looking at my bunion you'd probably say, "I've seen way worse".  Yes, I can promise you've seen way worse, but I wanted to get it fixed since it was already causing me pain (anytime I wore any shoes) and bunions don't go away or get better. 

So yesterday I had surgery and got that pesky bunion taken care of.  They cut along my old scar line so that I now have 2 screws in my left foot (one from 1993 and a new 2021 model).  The doctor also made another incision on top of my foot to go in and straighten up my big toe that was starting to get shoved over by the bunion. 

And here's what I look like now.  

I'm getting around fine, no crutches.  And if I know me, I'll figure out a way to get my self back in the gym on Monday...even if I have to sit and be fit! 

Reed Update

 So Reed and his basketball team had a great game about 2 weeks ago.  It was so fun and exciting I only got this picture. Reed's 12. 

After the game a player on the other team tested positive for the 'rona.   He had no symptoms, was the only person in his family to test positive, and had only tested because grandma was coming to town.

The next day (Friday) our whole basketball team got kicked out of school, told they couldn't test until Monday morning, and could come back to school with proof of a negative test.

The entire team tested negative and everybody got to go back to school, but they still cancelled practice for the week plus their game that wasn't until Thursday night.  

So two schools suffered because of a positive test from another school. 

Then this week they had a bye, so next week will be their last game.  That's right, a three game season. Thanks ridiculous covid procedures.