05 Friday Sep 2025
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bendy bus, big girl pants, blessed, dentist, drive, family, memories, moments, morning, Ottawa, small, widow
such small things give me joy;-)…
this morning, on a drive downtown to the dentist’s office, I spotted two different bendy buses;-)…
since I first saw one in Ottawa, while visiting my kids, just seeing one brings me happiness, lol…
great start to the day…
10 Sunday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, CDCP, cleaning, dentist, food, goodies, happy, moments, stress, Technology, wait, widow
Friday morning I had an appointment to have my teeth cleaned and only had to wait a few minutes before getting into the chair…
everything went well and I was happy to only pay a tiny piece of the invoice… thanks to the CDCP… I was pleased because previously my dentist had advised they wouldn’t be participating in the program…
I usually don’t eat before my appointment, so on the way home I got a breakfast burrito;-)… yum…
and then I admired my goody bag treats, lol…
I’ve been going to this dentist for years, but still stress before and during the appointment…
04 Thursday Jul 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, broken, dentist, filling, gag reflex, moments, taxi, Technology, tentative, widow
last night, after supper, I felt as though I had something stuck in one of my back teeth…
after trying for a while to get it out, I realized that a piece of my back tooth was missing…
kind of freaked me out… anyone who knows me knows how I feel about going to the dentist, sigh…
it didn’t hurt, but I kept wondering if it was going to…
first thing in the morning I called and was able to get in to see my dentist…
had to take a taxi to get there and found it rather difficult to see how much was owed…
I just barely sat down when I was called into the office…
it took nearly an hour for the filling to be completed… it was a bad one and apparently it was in the worst place for someone like me who has a tremendous gag reflex, lol… glad it is over…
walked down to the Delta and caught a cab home…
I am still rather tentative about chewing on that side…
27 Friday Oct 2023
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adrenaline, appointment, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dentist, family, garden, grandson, hidden, moments, nature, photos, pretty, ride, shovelling, snow, spare, taxi, trees, walk, weather, widow
this morning I got up early as I had a dentist appointment and my grandson was going to drive me down before he went to class…
it was dark and there was a lot of snow out there…
I put on a vest, dug out a hat and gloves, and made sure I had cash for the taxi…
it lightened up before we left and I went out to start cleaning off the car… there was easily six or seven inches of snow on it…
made it to my appointment, and when it was done walked to the Delta Hotel to get a taxi…
got a few nice photos of snow-covered trees on the short walk…
as I was riding along in the taxi, I realized that I didn’t have a house key😳…
thankfully, after my beloved died and I was on my own in the house, I put a spare key in the backyard for just such an occasion…
and, I was able to get through the snow and collect it, lol…
I unlocked the door and put the key back before shovelling the front sidewalk and steps and the back deck and hot tub area…
got that adrenaline going, in the taxi, and in the yard;-)…
02 Sunday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, dentist, family, filling, fixed, graduation, moments, nervous, smiles, smiling, stained, tooth, widow
in May I had a filling repaired that was really stained since it had been done…
no matter how often I go to the dentist I am always nervous and worried that it will hurt me, sigh…
made it through the process and was happy with how the tooth looked as it was one of the front ones;-)…
on Wednesday, while I was eating my supper, a piece of the tooth slid off and it felt rough and odd…
my daughter, the dental assistant, insisted that I call and leave a message at the office and they returned the call on Thursday morning… they were able to fit me in after the big graduation, during which I didn’t have any substantial smiles, lol…
I was very stressed and even more so when the dentist advised they weren’t going to freeze the area… it didn’t take long, but after what seemed like hours (likely minutes) the job was done…
it looks good, but I am concerned about biting anything with my front teeth now, but smiling isn’t a problem anymore;-)…
29 Friday Apr 2022
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what a busy day…
this morning I was picked up and dropped off downtown at my dentist‘s office for a cleaning… I was early so I walked around a bit and got a few photos of the golden guy…
been a really long time since I was downtown…
from there we went to Superstore where I found a few dishes and a little Tradescantia Nanouk…
then I drove home, emptied out the car, and took Indi to get a bath…
seemed as though most of the city decided to do the same thing, lol… got there at 12:11, into the wash at 12:32 and was out by 12:51… I walked outside while the car was inside…
back home, had lunch, and then drove to an appointment… from there it was back to Superstore to collect my grandson and return home…
a lot of driving and it was fun to be behind the wheel…
but now I am tired, lol…
20 Sunday Oct 2019
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AAA Downtown Dental Clinic, big girl pants, blessed, dentist, filling, memories, moments, walk, widow
had to go to the dentist for a couple of fillings… sad face…
I am seriously stressed by dentists, but go regularly so that I don’t have any problems… clearly had a very negative experience as a child and the fear has never left me…
I’ve been going to a specialized dental office for over twenty years and still I am nervous every time I go, lol…
the nerves at this appointment came because many years ago something happened when I was getting the freezing in my upper teeth… I mentioned it, and she changed the type of medication she used and then stood and chatted with me until it was time to start the procedure… clearly an attempt to keep me calm, lol…
got this shot as I was walking back to the office… felt much more relaxed as I passed by the Delta…
14 Friday Oct 2016
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thank goodness it is the end of the day on Friday…
since April my work schedule has been Monday to Thursday …
as of today, for the next while, I am back to working every weekday except the first Friday of each month…
this has been a long and busy week even though it didn’t start until Tuesday… next week is small business week so there are many activities going on throughout the province and we are involved in many of them…
early mornings and late nights and this morning I started the day with an appointment at the dentist…
rather tired and hoping that the coming weeks will be a little less hectic…
had a long chat on the phone after I got home and then decided to make soft boiled eggs for supper… it was very tasty and just the comfort food I needed…
sunset Thursday evening…
09 Friday Sep 2016
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alone, big girl pants, dentist, Elements, growth, happy, lunch, Mona Lisa, restaurant, widow
yesterday and today I was out for lunch with wonderful women…
we were at Mona Lisa yesterday and it was a beautiful and sunny day… there was a little breeze but that kept it from being too hot…
my friend stepped away for a while and I was content to sit and enjoy the time on my own…
today I arrived at elements before my friend and happily sat and enjoyed a cup of tea while waiting for her…
this might not seem like such a big deal, but just four and a half years ago I hadn’t ever been in a restaurant on my own…
yesterday I also went back to the dentist because I thought that a filling from a few months ago still wasn’t quite right… I’d been a couple of weeks ago and they had trimmed the filling down a bit… it took a bit of proding from other people for me to go then, but I went this time on my own… apparently I’d cracked the tooth right next to the one that was just filled, lol… was the most calm I’d ever been as they went ahead and filled that one…
I made trips to the pharmacy and the Apple Store with no stress or desire to call someone to go with me…
feels like I am experiencing some growth… finally, lol…
apparently those big girl pants are getting more comfortable… well, at least some days…
18 Thursday Aug 2016
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last night I planned to get up around two and take some shots of the full moon for a friend who always knows when the moon is full... took this one on my phone before I headed to bed…
sadly when I woke up around one, it was too late… was overcast and stayed that way all night…
even in the morning the sky was dull and there was no moon visible…
headed out earlier than usual as I had a dentist appointment to have a filling shaved down a bit…
even though I dislike being at the dentist, I don’t like to be late… got there before they had even unlocked the door, lol… should have gone back right after I discovered the filling wasn’t quite right… would have if I’d believed how simple and pain-free the process of smoothing it off was…
on my way home tonight I saw one of the bendy busses along Portage Avenue… I love to see them because they make me smile… always driving when I see them, so never get a picture…
Winnipeg bendy bus photo from the internet…
looking forward to riding on some when I head to Ottawa next month for a short visit with my daughter…
don’t ride the bus here but it is kind of fun there with someone who knows the system…
just last week I bought my grandson one of the peggo cards which are similar to what they use in Ottawa so people don’t need to carry bus tickets or cash…
photo by the proud recipient of the peggo card…
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