Author Sidney Sheldon has passed away. Don't think I read any of his books, but I think my Mom may have.

The "Arctic Chill" has settled in and looks like it may be here for a while. The two Friday's Mom and I had our dental surgery the weather was nice. But it looks like Mother Nature has decided we need to remember what winter weather can be like. Some time this weekend I want to buy some more firewood. I don't know what it is, but there is just something nice about having a fire.

My right arm is slightly swollen. The only cause I can think of is my recent dental surgery. I think I need to evaluate the positions I sleep at night and see if I cant change things.

Been having weird dreams lately and I can say that the medications I am on due to the dental surgery are somewhat to blame. I usually have long involved dreams and many of them are strange, but the dreams I have have had in the past few days are just weird. In one dream, I was trying to escape some oppressive country. One of the things that a person trying to flee was to do was to solve this odd puzzle. The puzzle was the size of an orange and had a metal top that you had to get in just the right position in order to solve it. Some how I did well enough with it that I was allowed to proceed. At some point I ended up at the top of some stairs where there were other people trying to flee. A woman picked me and another lady out of the crowd and we were allowed to escape, but before I started to run from the steps, I had managed to get to the bottom of the steps without taking more then a couple steps and I ended up with a sandwich. Not sure what any of it means and not sure if I want to know.

Sunday is the Super Bowl. Will be watching and hoping the Chicago Bears win. This is going to be a historic Super Bowl regardless of whoever wins. Good luck to both teams. GO BEARS!!!!!!

The swelling on my face gives me a sort of demented chipmunk look. I have taken advantage of the swelling to do two impressions. The first being Richard Nixon and the other being a Godfather attempt. Think I did better at the Nixon one.

Got out yesterday and did some errands. Did some laundry, bought groceries and a few supplies. Most of the groceries were soft foods. Mom can eat a bit more than I can, so until at least the end of the week I am eating things like pudding, soup and macaroni and cheese.

Have a dentist appointment to get three cavities taken care of on Saturday. If my jaw is still sore, I may just cancel it and reschedule it for March. I don't want to cause more trouble with my jaw or have more swelling because I pushed things.

Will take things easy this week. The medications I am on make me a little weak and I do get light-headed and a little dizzy at times. So the last thing I want to do is push myself and then take a header into a cat box.

Had my dentist appointment yesterday and had three wisdom teeth pulled. One didn't need to be pulled because it moved over into a spot left open when another tooth had been pulled years ago. So seeing as it was a functioning tooth, it wasn't pulled. My lower saw is a bit swollen, giving me a demented chipmunk look. The swelling should go down a bit in the next day or two.

I have managed pretty well with everything so far. Cant eat anything I would like to because I cant open my mouth very wide due to swelling and some stiffness in my jaw. It will be at least a week before much of the soreness and stiffness will go away. Until then I am on a liquid and soft foods diet. Trying to figure out how I can have some chocolate. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Have dentists appointment tomorrow. I am thinking of going ahead and having the teeth pulled. Might save myself some trouble down the line.

The snow we got is still around, there not as much because it has warmed up enough to melt some of it as well as the ice.

We have snow! And plenty of the white stuff. It started snowing some time yesterday afternoon and really hasn't stopped. I will take some measurements this evening and at some point today I will need to get out and shovel. I am happy to see that the plows have at least once gone done the street. I wonder if they will do anymore plowing and if they will put done any sand or winter mix. Guess we will find out at some point today.

The top two photos are from today's storm. The bottom two photos are from the storm we had a week ago, the one that had more ice then snow.

Went to Jiffy lube this morning and then the grocery store. Needed to get one of the headlights fixed, it had burned out. Also needed to get new wiper blades and figured I'd get an oil change while I was at it. The errand took me about an hour, which surprised me. Figured Jiffy lube alone would for like take an hour.

Have a appointment to get three of my teeth yanked on the twenty-sixth. Not looking forward to it. Then on February third I will get three fillings. Think after that gets taken care off, I wont be seeing a dentist for a long time.

Mom's dentist appointment was this morning, she had five teeth pulled. She was a bit woozy after the ordeal. We went to our grocery store after she was released to get her prescriptions filled. Lucky her has dental insurance so it was only eighteen dollars out of our pocket. Once we got her meds, we paid for the food we needed to through the weekend and left. I got some lunch at a fast food place and we headed home. Mom's sleeping now, she has a little pain but nothing really bad.

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More Paris pics as promised.

Went to the dentist yesterday. Both Mom and I will need to see an oral surgeon. I might get three wisdom teeth pulled, but I may put that off. Mom had a worse time then me because she had more damage and what not then me, she will need to have a couple teeth pulled as well. She might take a Friday off so she could have the weekend to rest.

The winter storm that past through didn't end up doing as much as was expected. I think the weather "forecasters", if one could call them that, like to cover their collective butts a bit. They need to make us aware of a storm, but they could downplay what we might get. People panic if they think they might not get out for a few days. Wasn't surprised when we went to the grocery store on Thursday that the store was out of a lot of things. Of course if people where smart to begin with, they would have a few days worth of food and supplies so if they were trapped it wouldn't be a big deal.

Yvonne DeCarlo has died. Loved her as Lily Munster, she was also great in The Ten Commandments. Miss DeCarlo was beautiful and talented. She will be missed.

Winter weather wants to take another swing at us. We got a small amount of ice today and it was topped off with a little bit of snow. The area is set to get some more stuff this weekend. It should be fun trying to get our errands done and going to the dentists office with this stuff.

I've been a bit lax in posting and there are a few legit reasons. First off, I had a cold for a week or so and really didnt feel like posting when I didnt feel so well. Secondly, there hasnt been a whole lot to report other then the cold, warmer winter weather then normal and maybe a strange dream or two. And then I just really havent felt like posting. But I will repent and try to at least make an effort to post something.

Watched some of the bowl games and for some reason enjoyed them more then I normally do. Dont know if its because I didnt get a chance to watch much in the way of sports when I was out of the country on vacation or if it was just that the teams in the games were more interesting. It could be the latter.

Have a dentist appointment Saturday. Mom has one too, but since she now has a cold she may not keep hers. Have some other things to do this weekend, so it will be a busy weekend. Laundry, shopping, cleaning and resting. Dont know how much of anyting we will get done if Mom isnt feeling better.

Happy New Year!!! 2007 is now here and I started the year with a cold. Must have picked it up while traveling. Pictures above are a selection from my trip to Paris.

We had some rain yesterday and a brief snow shower. Woke up this morning to a sunny sky and it was quite nice.

Did some cleaning this morning and watched some college bowls games in the afternoon. Quiet start to the new year and I'm fine with that.

My only resolutions this year, ones I actually plan on working on, are to lose some weight and do better with my home-based business. I figure if I keep it simple, I may succeed with the resolutions.

Sergei is having problems with his ears again. We took him to the vet on Saturday and the vet said it could be a seasonal allergy thing. We have to clean his ears once a day, give him an allergy pill and put in some medicated stuff in twice a day. Will have to take him later in the week to check his progress.

Mom will have a mini vacation this week, the fourth until the eighth off. We have some things planned, but with the heat I don't know how much stuff we will get down.