Friday the 13th

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13th! I think I've got some of Grandma T. in me because I have always loved scary stuff. I never handle scary movies well, but I can't help watching them. It's a sickness. I took the YW to a corn maze on Wednesday night and we had to go through the "haunted" section of the maze to get out. The girls are the biggest wimps and so I had to be in the front edge of the group. When the first scary guy jumped out at us, I seriously peed my pants (not fully, but enough). I have no control!!! The rest of the maze was running, screaming, falling, laughing, peeing more and carrying 16 year old girls, literally. It was WAY scary. I haven't been to one of those things for a long time and I swear they have gotten worse!

It was so much fun - I want to do it again tonight. What better night than Friday the 13th, the same night that our Halloween Grandma was born (except her's was in January) - still - spooooooky.

Dental Confusion

I went to the dentist about a year ago for a cleaning & check-up and he told me that I had 3 cavities and that one of my molars would need a crown & possible root canal soon. I was shocked by this seeing as I've only had 3 cavities since I was 6. We don't have dental insurance and the expense was going to be out of control, so I waited. About a month ago that tooth that needed the crown started to hurt all of the time. I knew I needed to get in there and get it fixed, but how to pay? Jed called a dentist he knew and fixed up a trade for countertops. So I went to this new dentist. He was the NICEST guy and seemed to be a good dentist, but his equipment was way out of date. Like the mustard yellow lights that looked taped together and the old-school x-ray's that they point at your mouth. Anyways, he came back and said my teeth look great - I have no cavities and all I have to do for the tooth that is hurting is brush with sensidyne toothpaste & flouride ($14). Could it be? I have been using the toothpaste and flouride and I have no more pain in my teeth. How can 2 dentists have such different outcomes? I'm hoping it's not the out-of-date equipment. What would you do?

Alpine Coaster

This weekend we decided to take the kids up to the Alpine slide for some fun. I didn't know they built a new slide called the Alpine Coaster. It is so much fun! It's like a huge roller coaster that you can't fall out of (like the Alpine slide). You sit in the sled on the way up and then you control how fast you go on the way down. I loved it! It's open for 2 more weeks and the leaves were awesome. It's a must-do for October!