She Shed

Pam had this on her blog recently and I loved number 4. Which she shed is your favourite?  We have had a lot of snow this winter, necessitating a few cancelled appointments.  It is nice to think of warmer weather.

Some of you may know I slipped on the ice and hurt my wrist last Saturday.  I am happy to report that the xrays are okay and nothing was broken.  The wrist is improving everyday and it was a good warning to beware the ice.  I am so glad spring will be here soon.

Humour at the Hairdresser

silk flowers at the liquor store

Daughter L and I were sharing humour that we experienced at our respective hairdressers recently. At my hairdresser last week, an older male customer walked in and greeted the older esthetician, 'everytime I see you, you look ten years younger!'. The assistant and I looked at each other and smiled, that was a good one!

Daughter L said her hairdresser, he has an adult daughter if we are to guess his age, was discussing artificial intelligence with her. He said he was in Walmart one day and lined up to cash out with his regular cashier. He heard a voice 'young man, come this way, I can take you here'. 'Young man!' she repeated trying to get his attention. He said he looked left, he looked right, there was no other man there. 'She must mean me!' he realized. He continued, 'I was so flattered and happy, that really made my day! That is one thing artificial intelligence cannot do, it cannot make you feel as good as I did that day!'

My tooth Implant status

I thought some of you may be interested in my tooth implant process:

I had an appointment last week with the dental specialist to have imaging x rays done as the first step to having an implant done to replace a tooth I had extracted last fall.  At that time he could not put bone chips at the extraction site because they might become infected along with the existing abscess I had developed.

It was a good day, because after the dentist looked at my x rays he was able to see that I have enough bone of my own at the site and we can start the implant surgery immediately.  The dentist said that one lady had just been told that her bone graft had not taken thus she is not a candidate for an implant.  She will have to have dentures.

My next appointment is in early April for the implant surgery.  A week later, I will have a follow up appointment to check progress, then another follow up appointment a month later.  There will be another surgery 4 months after that to put some kind of cap in place.  At that point I will go to my regular dentist to have a crown made.  All things going well, I should have a new 'tooth' by Christmas.  The cost of an implant/crown is between $4000 - $6000.  Typically, most health insurance policies don't cover this.

Another good thing that day was son K found my missing pair of gloves!  It was just annoying when it disappeared.

Chocolate cream cake with ganache icing

Daughter L made me this chocolate cream cake with a coffee ganache icing to cheer me up after my recent wrist injury. It is delicious.  A get well soon gesture she called it.

Wrist injury

I never thought about this, it is good advice!  Well, just thinking way ahead to spring.

So I went out to shovel yesterday and slipped on some black ice, hurting my right wrist.  I have never fallen so hard on an arm, did it ever hurt.  We decided to go to the walk in clinic to have it looked at.  The doctor didn't think it was broken but ordered xrays anyway.  He will call if there is a problem.   On a lighter note, the technician asked if I could be pregnant prior to doing the xrays.  I thanked her, as I am turning 60 in June.  I know it was just a precaution.  Luckily I am left-handed.  Unfortunately I will be missing my aerobics classes for a bit.

Roasted Eggplant with Miso Glaze

This roasted eggplant with miso glaze came out very well, it is easy to make and I know many of us are looking to add more vegetables to our diet. Miso paste as pictured below is very salty so you can adjust the amount used to your preference.


5 Japanese eggplants sliced in half lengthwise


Miso Glaze

1 tbs mirin
1 1/2 tbs miso paste
3 tbs olive oil
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 tbs white sugar

Preheat the oven to 350F

on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, arrange the eggplant slices. Mix your miso glaze together.
spread the miso glaze over the slices with a spoon

bake 20 minutes.

Paint Party Friday - My March 2019 Calendar Page

For Paint Party Friday, I am sharing my 2019 March calendar page with you, I have a calendar printed up every year by Shutterfly. The quote I selected for it is:

'Where life plants you, bloom with grace.'

And welcome to March!

Kay had kindly allowed me to paint her photo when I first showed it.  I selected it for use in my calendar.