ME :)

A couple weeks ago my dental office took pictures for our website. Here are the two of me I liked and then just for fun the one for the office. We have not made the final decision so if you like one better than the other let me know.

I hope that everyone had a great Fathers Day. I was able to call my dad and talk to him for 8 minutes. Which is a marathon for my father. It was good. I miss him so much. Well hope your week is good.

Best News Ever!!

Once again Rob Thomas has captured my heart and soul.....new cd to be out June 30. You can listen to the cd here....How does he do it? How does he rip my heart out? How can lyrics rip through my chest and touch my soul?

The World

The World is parked in Portland. It is a very large cruise ship. Personally I am surprised it made it up the river. Who knew the Willamette River was so deep; and that the bridges could raise high enough for this mammoth to get through.

It is 6 stories above the walk. As you can see from this picture it extends far below the sidewalk.

There was an employee who was talking to a man on the sidewalk about the inhabitants of this cruise ship. Apparently there are 137 people on board right now. These lucky few get to live on the ship. It cruises around the world (hence the name...The World). What an adventurous life! It would be so wonderful to be able to visit places all over the world and experience different cultures.

This week all I have experienced in some Vietnamese food. Kym the dental assistant at my office took me to this restaurant with the worst service in the world but it had the BEST Salt & Pepper Squid. It was amazing! There were big chunks like calamari and then there were little squiggly ones which were the legs of little squids. They were so crunch and delicious. I dreamt about them all night. I am such a fan! It was wonderful. I also had Lemongrass pork chops with vermicelli noodles and some Pho soup--it is thin slices of beef put in raw in this boiling water. The water is so hot it cooks the thin layers of meat. There are vermicelli (rice) noodles, basil, sprouts, and other amazing flavors and spices! It was so delicious. I am such a fan of this food. It just might by my favorite. So while I am not cruising the world on a super sweet ship I can enjoy some really good food here in good old PDX!

PABA Strikes Again!

I was working at Albertsons Pharmacy the other day and it was slow. So I decided to take advantage of the time by reading a CE article and then taking the quiz to get a CE credit--which I need for my license. I choose one on skin and sun care. I am reading along and they start talking about PABA. For those of you who do not know what PABA is here is a link for a quick run down.

As I read the article I had flashbacks to hygiene school and Dr Soderberg teaching us Dental Meds and going on and on about PABA and how it interferes with the metabolization of some local anesthetics...or something. I cannot quite remember. So I laughed. My girls in school and I would laugh about PABA and how it kept popping up our readings and study questions. So years later I am still haunted by PABA. How is that for ironic?!

So here I am cleaning teeth like I do and This man had not had a cleaning for several years but is a daily flosser. So his lingual calc had cuts in it separating the interproximal it cracked me up. anyway he had his third molars. #1 and #16 to be specific. I am cleaning #1 and I can barely see what I am feeling. I take a look and I see that there is a lot of buccal recession and so I start very gently with the Cavitron and bam off comes the Great Wall of China! This is the largest chunk of calculus--aka tarter I have ever removed from a mouth whole! I had to take a picture! This pic is of the buccal.

This pic is of the inside-part touching the tooth. You can see the black ring there. It was so awesome! My dr laughed at me taking this picture and the dental assistant was giving me tips to help me get a clear picture, she also offered to bag it and sterilize it-not sure how it would have survived the Statim. We are such dental nerds!

And I did throw it away....