hand eye crafts

 Before, or very early in my whole tooth replacement saga, my "regular" dentist told me that a crown on one of my lower teeth (last one on the left) was beginning to crack, and would have to be replaced. Yesterday, the process began.  I have never screeched and waved my hands during a dentist visit.  Yesterday, SCREECH.  And she couldn't stop, because this was removing the old crown.  It.  Was.  Excruciating.  The tooth itself, of course, is cracked (hence the crown), so there were two sources of misery.  But she got it done, and she warned me that it would probably be tender for up to a week.  I was given some gel to put on my gum, and released into the wild.  Last night, I was primed to call the office this morning and ask to be seen post haste.  If my upper teeth even grazed that one, there was ⚡️nerve pain.⚡️ Today it's better, which saved me a phone call and some money.  All my chewing has moved to the right side, as ...

Sometimes I'll start a post because an idea comes to me, and keep it in the posts "line" until I'm ready to publish it.  One had been there for quite a while, and I decided yesterday to put it up. Only it didn't publish like it was supposed to.  If you're interested in checking it out, scroll down  and back in time    to July 7th to read "Am I the Only One?" Here's something super cute to take our minds off of all that: Everything inside is equally cute, and for some reason, this Samoyed got a solo shot:

 Today I got some super-cute bunny crafting paper: Can you stand it?  I must be extremely choosy when picking projects for it.  I certainly don't want to waste any. Quiet day.  I just finished a biography of Sargent Shriver, and have begun a book Briton's been recommending for ever.   It's called Pachinko .  It's a thick one, so it will take me a while.  So far, the writing is simple, kind of spare, and simply mesmerizing.

I have failed to let you know that my  Twinnie , when I wondered about birds and spider webs, did some research and found out that webs are duct tape for building nests. Particularly hummingbirds. THANK YOU. So, I've added some size to my collaging, though I'm still churning out bookmarks.  This is one I really like: The necklace is from a longer piece of trim, and the jewels in her hair were taken from another length of that.  For some reason, I am so, so proud of that necklace...

This sticker  has tasked me.  It's a clear one (PET, technically, I think), and these are difficult to separate from their backing.  I usually get them apart eventually.  This one I worked with for 35 minutes.  35!  Did I give up and go to bed?  I did. A lot of that was my index and middle fingers.  Their "paralysis" makes fine work a bit tricky.  I've also noticed that I'm dropping things really often.  That "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" thing is true. Pinterest, as if you didn't know, very obviously employs algorithms.  "Have you seen THIS picture of Robert Redford?"  "Here's another angle of the Bee Gees on stage."  Well today, this showed up: It's a print for sale .  The thing about it is that three of those boots are boots that I own!  Starting from the left, #2, #3, and #4.  My feet are famous!  Sort of.

 Today was the last day of physical therapy!  Fingers still numb, lots of exercises in the memory bank, no more getting up ridiculously (for me) early to make appointments.  Finished!