Saturday, June 12, 2010

It rained on and off all week, there is a light rain this morning hopefully it will clear so I can do some gardening. Everything is growing nicely, the lawn is nice and green, just need a little more sun for the flowers to come out.

Nothing planned for today, except for breakfast at the restaurant after our walk and a bit of grocery shopping, yuk.

Work is the same, the restructuring plan for the company has been deposited and we are supposed to come out of chapter 11 in the fall. It will be a new company with new pension plans. The new type of plans along with new government legislation will reduce the company's future liabilities, not as good as the old plans but needed since one of the largest debt for the company was the deficit they had to pay to the plans. Haven't hear if the legislators have made the necessary changes yet.

Even with the new plan, how long can the company survive I wonder...

Friday, June 4, 2010

Hot and humid

We got lots of rain yesterday, I hid my flower containers away so they wouldn't get soaked. I've lost so many flowers to root rot, because it would constantly rain with no sun in between. They were in the rain the night before, hopefully the sun will come out today and dry them out.

Last week I started an Invisalign treatment to straighten my teeth a little over a week ago. I've been thinking about it for two years, ever since I notice that my front tooth which had been straight all my life was all of a sudden sticking out. Although that it seemed that my tooth moved overnight, the dentist said that teeth move over the years and that all of a sudden it looks like a tooth has moved but in actual fact it's been moving bit by bit and then one day you look in the mirror and notice that it's crooked.

The Invisalign treatment consists of a series of nearly invisible, removable trays that you change every two weeks for the next set of aligners. Each aligner is individually manufactured for your teeth. As you replace each aligner, your teeth will move – little by little, week by week – until they have straightened to the final position prescribed. This is my first set, I wear them all the time day and night, I take them out only to eat.

The dentist said that they will become part of me and when I don't have them on I will feel like something is missing, hope that day comes soon.