Get out of my mouth!

I have had my braces for 7 months now...I am VERY pleased about the progress on my lower teeth...however....I went to the orthodontist 6 days ago and my mouth STILL hurts, I can only eat really soft foods and I'm downing motrin like a mad woman! I can't figure it out, they're basically straight...why is it hurting so much now? The science doesn't make sense, when my teeth were moving a lot in the beginning, it didn't hurt at all.

 It was not a good appointment, the woman working on my mouth was ticking me off and then jammed my tooth and broke a bracket off! It hurt, it took an hour to fix, and I had the unfortunate pleasure of having the cement sanded off my tooth. Doesn't sound that bad? It was like a jack hammer was in my mouth, it made me so uncomfortable I thought I was going to pass out (which made me realize that I often get light headed when I'm having an adverse reaction to a situation.) On top of that my Dentist agreed with me that there has been no improvement on the top teeth over the past 2 months, NICE! You can't really see it in the pictures but the two teeth on the top are still not where they're supposed to be....but it certainly does look better.

Then when I was leaving...they told me that next time I come in, they're going "to start moving my roots". What the hell does that mean!?! Well, at least I have something to freak out over for the next 2 months.

Ok, moving on...I will say that I can feel my teeth really moving now! The top doesn't look better but it feels better, if that makes any sense. And I keep thinking about the fact that it was about this time last year that I started talking to my husband about seriously considering finally getting braces though I was really struggling with the idea...and now a year later I've had them for 7 months!

p.s. Thank God I'm already married...these are some horrific pictures of myself that I'm choosing to post on the internet! (Sorry husband)

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15 things to do in Pennsylvania

I've decided to alter my 'travel tips' that I've been putting together a little and I've been meaning to do a concise list of some of the fun things to do in Pennsylvania since we spent so much time there last year. I have thousands of lists like these...(I'm a little obsessed when it comes to list making) but I think some of them are worth sharing! Naturally I have many more items on my list of things to do in Pennsylvania but I have decided to include the things that I've already done and written about for now. Surely one day I'll add onto this list!

1. Haine's Shoe House

2. Spend Groundhog Day in Punxatawney

3. Sesame Place

4. Spend time at Valley Forge

5. Visit historic Gettysburg

6. Tour the Betsy Ross House

7. Take a Carriage Ride around Philadelphia

8. Pet Alpacas at Eastland Alpacas Farm

9. See Amish country via an authentic Buggy Ride in Lancaster

10. Take a ride on the Strasburg Railroad

11. Eat a Cheese Steak at the famous Geno's

12. Run up the Rocky Steps

13. Stay at the luxurious Hershey Hotel

14. See Ben Franklins' Grave

15. Spend an afternoon at Franklin Square Park

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10 fun things to do in Chile

My friend Shannon recently moved to Chile and I agreed to make her a Chilean bucket list...here are some ideas for her. To better understand why I'm doing this I would like to encourage you to read the poem I wrote her if you have not already and if you have I'm going to suggest you read it again HERE, because it's the best ridiculous poem ever written. Shannon has declared she will do everything on this list...so WHEN she does them I will do a little review and share her photos.

Darling Shannon, you have but 11 months left to...

1. get a snail massage

2. visit La Moneda

3. visit the Fonck Museum

4. visit the nude beach in Horcon

5. take a day hike on the Andes Mountains

6. swim in the largest swimming pool in the world

7. eat a calzone roto

8. learn to dance the cueca

9. see a Chilean rose

10. See the Atacama Desert

And as a bonus you need to get a similar outfit to the one this chick's wearing.

HAVE FUN!! 

Have you been to Chile? What were your favorite things to do in Chile?

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Sesame Street Live at the Fox

I am lucky enough to have a 'hook up' at PBS who offered us free tickets to Sesame Street Live at the stunning Fox Theater in downtown Detroit. Obviously my 2 year daughter LOVES Sesame Street so we jumped at this! It was a wonderful show, Z had a great time dancing and shouting words of encouragement to the characters on the stage "Good Job Ritos!" (Rosita) "Hi Abby!" "Dance Elmo!" It was adorable and heart warming. My daughter is my favorite thing in the world...my second favorite thing is seeing her smile. It was just a fun, family night. I couldn't get any pics of the characters which is ok since we've been to Sesame Place 3 times and have lots of pictures not just of the characters but of Z hugging them! I wanted to share my pics of the gallant Fox Theater because it really is the jewel of Detroit in my opinion and the wonder of the interior of this building is never lost, so I wanted to share some of my pics with you....I promise I'm going to get a better camera soon! When we walked in my sweet little girl said "wow it's amazing" which made me laugh because I must say that a lot! And it was too cute. Then I showed the Brazilians the pics and the mom said "it's like a castle". Sesame Street Live tickets are very affordable, and the show is the perfect amount of time for little kids: the first act is 40 minutes, 15 minute intermission, then the second half is only 20 minutes. Parents I think it's a wonderful show to take your kids to especially in these cold months, it's a nice outing.

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The strangest massage ever.....

So last week I told you about my Swedish Massage and I was asked a lot of questions about my prior massage having experience which got me thinking about the most bizarre massage I've ever had.... actually my husband thinks I was molested a little. I used to get massages a lot because I worked with dogs and was lifting 5-80 pound dogs all day long which killed my back so I started getting professional massages when I was around 18 years old. For a long time I went to the same woman out of convenience more than anything since she worked at the same place where I had my nails done. One time my ex boyfriend got me a gift certificate for a massage closer to his house...and it was a massage I'll never forget.

Things started to get weird before I even got there, I was about 15 minutes away and the masseuse called me 'to make sure I was still coming' I confirmed that I had the correct appointment time and hung up wondering why she would call since I was not running late and still had 15 minutes before my appointment started.

Right off the bat she told me to get completely naked....now it is one thing if a person chooses to remove every item of clothing of their own accord to be more comfortable but to tell me that I need to get nude was very weird and I should have known then that things would only get weirder. Of course I DID NOT take off all my clothes since it is totally unnecessary to remove your underware for a massage!!! The panties were staying on!

And so it began....she started by lathering her hands with oil and THEN PUTTING IT IN MY HAIR!!! Not only had I just taken a shower but how gross to put gobs of oil all over my head!

You know what she did with those oily little fingers next......SHE STUCK THEM IN MY EAR HOLES. A q-tip, yes. A strangers fingers covered in oil-NO, NO, NO! It was so sickening and this is when I started to think that I must be on a candid camera show. I was in shock by what she was doing to and could only wonder what would happen next.

After that, she squeezed my nose, massaged my eyeballs, made weird noises and got so friendly with my bosoms that I'm too embarrassed to talk about it... but the worst thing she did.....

I'm going to start off by saying that LEAVING MY UNDIES ON WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE. And naturally there was a white sheet covering....however what she did was still far from protocol in my book. She spread my butt cheeks. Yes, that's right, no massaging at all, just gratuitous butt cheek spreading. Now, I had my underoos on and there was the sheet so it's not like she could see my parts- so what was the point? Why would a person spread apart another persons butt cheeks?!?!

It was a feeling of pure relief when it was over-not one moment about this massage was enjoyable or NORMAL. I was much younger then- if something like that happened now I would certainly say something...actually I would probably just leave.....and then file a report.

Have you had a similar experience with a "professional" doing things that seemed... peculiar?

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A beach to spend a lifetime on

            Aloha kekahi i kekahi 

         

It is so bitterly cold in Michigan right now, I am enjoying reminiscing about our wonderful trip to Hawaii. I thought that since we woke up this morning to everything covered in ice it would be nice to share some pictures of the exclusive beach at the Kona Village Resort. I think the pictures say it all but I will simply note that this beach was always quiet, clean, extremely private and during our time there in the month of August there was always few people on the beach. The Village offered several activities that complimentary such as snorkeling, kayaking and the use of the paddle boards. They also offered activities for an additional fee such as rib craft rides and surf lessons which we unfortunately did not take advantage of.

Seeing sea turtles on the beach every day was such a bonus for me!

A little further down the beach.

That is the Hale with the pointed roof is where we ate breakfast daily

If I am not mistaken this is the location where the wedding ceremonies are held.

The beach is horseshoe shaped which makes it very easy to get some great photos.

As you can see...there's not a lot of people in the background.

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