Bits and Pieces

This is going to be a collection of things because there have been so many out-of-the-ordinary activities in my life over the past week that I want to share.

Dancing and Donuts

Last weekend our daughter was invited to a Sadie Hawkins Day dance at a senior living facility by a 93 year old woman whom she recently.   I took our daughter and dropped her off at the dance.  When I went back to pick her up, the dance was still in full swing so even I got to dance and they sent us home with a bunch of donuts that had been donated by Haggens.  As I wandered around the dance multiple people came up to me to tell me how amazing and sweet our daughter is.  They were impressed that she would choose to spend a Saturday evening dancing and dining with a group of senior citizens and they just loved her.  It's always so wonderful to hear when one of my children is exuding the love of God behind my back!  One woman came up to me and asked if she was my daughter.   When I said "yes" this woman said "I love Jesus too!"  What a great testimony our daughter has!  And we took home half a dozen donuts as a sweet treat for lending out our daughter to shine for Jesus.😋

The Wisdom of Teeth?

I think they are called wisdom teeth because they come in later - usually after high school when we are adults.  But it's a little bit of a misnomer.  They are the least consistent of all the teeth. Some people don't end up having any wisdom teeth, some only get one or two, some have all 4 but they never grow in.  Some wisdom teeth grow in at odd angles and some have 1 root while others have 3 or 4 roots.  There is no rhyme or reason when it comes to wisdom teeth and, if you have had braces in your youth or any orthodontia to straighten out your smile, when wisdom teeth grow in, they change the dynamic in your mouth and make your teeth crowded and crooked again.  So, almost everyone has them removed.   I had mine removed the summer after my senior year of high school- all 4 at once and they hadn't grown in yet.  My husband had one removed while he was in college,  another in 2013 when our kids were quite young and he had the last 2 removed on Monday of this week.  He has been on a soft food diet but is otherwise healing up nicely.  Our daughter has 4 wisdom teeth that are trying to grow in already (she's 15 years old) and there's no room.  Two of hers are growing sideways into the roots of the teeth ahead of them and it hurts!  So, all four of her wisdom teeth will be coming out on April 16 - just a couple of days before her Spring Break.   And our son has already been told by his orthodontist that he will need his wisdom teeth out next year before they start causing problems because they are developing quickly and he has already had teeth removed to make room in his mouth AND he has had braces twice.  He is 13 years old.  So, by the end of next year, our house will be rid of all wise teeth!

Are you Thrifty?

You already know that one of my favorite places to go is the thrift store in my neighborhood. I generally like to go on Tuesdays after I volunteer at my son's school.  That is the only day that my friend works there and that I am generally available to visit.  My husband is usually out of town on Tuesdays so I am not spending time away from home that should be spent with him.  But this week my husband has been home recovering from oral surgery and we ran errands after I volunteered at the school on Tuesday and then had lunnch together. I had a strong feeling that I needed to check in on my friend at the thrift store at some point that day so my daughter and I stopped by after school.  There was a long line of people waiting to pay for their items so my daughter and I browsed the store while we waited.  I rarely look at clothes there - my favorite places to look are at the arts and crafts, movies and books.  But my daughter likes to look at the clothes.  So we split up and I found a couple of movies and books while my daughter found a pair of cute jean shorts with flowers on them and a beautiful (and brand new with the original tags still on it) lavender formal dress for the next Homecoming formal at her school in October.  When the line had cleared out, my friend was SO happy to see us!  She had been down and discouraged and was wondering where I was.  She had been anticipating my visit before lunch and I didn't make it at the expected time.  So it was a profitable trip - we were able to be an encouragement to my friend, we spent less than $10 and, among other thrift store gems, my daughter got a brand new, well made, beautiful dress that she tried on as soon as she got home and discovered the only alteration it needs is to be hemmed because it's too long.  It's always a joy to go to this particular thrift store on Tuesdays.  I always walk away with a spring in my step, a heart full of joy and often with an amazing deal on something I didn't know I needed until I saw it.  😉

And that concludes my post of random bits and pieces of my past week.  Tomorrow is the last day of the kids' 3rd quarter of school.   My son has his spring break next week but my daughter's spring break isn't until the week after Easter which is why we aren't going anywhere and it was the perfect time to have her wisdom teeth yanked out.  😉

Looking forward to the next adventure!